April 1994 — Vol 16 No 4

Overview

POWER PC ARRIVES: "Macintosh with Power PC" (13) — Apple's Power Macintosh launched March 14, 1994 (Mac 6100, 7100, 8100). Pi covers the new RISC-architecture Macs. As You Like It—WordPerfect 3.0 (Douglas M. Bloomfield, 14). System Enablers (17). Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Laser Printers (Thomas J. Piwowar, 18) — Piwowar returns to Pi with hardware expertise. The TCS As It Evolves (Lorin Evans, 1). General Meeting Summary: Macintosh-December, January & February (Lawrence Charters, 5). Internetting (Susan Kayser, 9). The Curse of the Telephone in Times of Family Crisis (Phil Shapiro, 20). The World Software Industry: A Brief Overview (Joseph A. Hasson, 31). Gaining Access to Computer-Oriented Academic Journals (Phil Shapiro, 33). New Macintosh Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 20). Artist on Exhibit (Blake Lange, 26).

Apple II: Teach a New Trick to a Venerable Computer (Dave Jernigan & Joan Jernigan, 35); Beginner's Corner: Polishing Green Apples (Steve Weyhrich, 36) — Weyhrich's new beginner's column; Apple II History continued (Steve Weyhrich, 50).

Apple III: Little-Known Utilities for the System Utilities (Hal Edelstein, 44); The Apple III Internal RAM Test (Rod Whitten, 45); The Music Goes Round and Round (Gary Hayman, 46); "Profile" of a Hard-Learned Lesson (Burr Patterson, Jr., 47); The Apple III System Configuration Program (Joe Dombrowolski, 48).

Highlights

Power Macintosh launches

Power Mac 6100/7100/8100 — Apple's first RISC-based Macs using PowerPC 601 chip. Major architectural transition (Apple's first since 68000 to 68020). Pi covers immediately.

Laser Printers definitive piece — Thomas J. Piwowar

Piwowar (Pi journal lead 1989) returns with technical guide. Continued Pi expertise.

Internetting — Susan Kayser

Practical Internet usage — emerging mid-1994 mainstreaming.

The TCS As It Evolves — Lorin Evans

President on Pi's BBS evolution — context for the changes.

Steven Weyhrich double column

Beginner's Corner: Polishing Green Apples + Apple II History — Weyhrich publishing twin Apple II columns.

World Software Industry — Joseph A. Hasson

Hasson (Pi's longtime legal/economic essayist) on global software market.

Entities

People: Lorin Evans, Morris Pelham, John D. Barnes, Lawrence Charters, Susan Kayser, Phil Shapiro, Joseph A. Hasson, Douglas M. Bloomfield, Thomas J. Piwowar, Lawrence I. Charters, Blake Lange, Dave Jernigan, Joan Jernigan, Steve Weyhrich, Hal Edelstein, Rod Whitten, Gary Hayman, Burr Patterson, Jr., Joe Dombrowolski Topics: Power Macintosh Launch, PowerPC Transition, Internetting, Apple II Beginner's Corner References: Power Mac 6100, Power Mac 7100, Power Mac 8100, WordPerfect 3.0 Mac, PowerPC 601

Connections to other issues

• Power Macintosh Launch = major Apple architectural transition (PowerPC era begins)
• Tom Piwowar reappears as contributor — last seen leaving Editor role in 1989 1989-07 — V11 N07
• Apple II History Series (Weyhrich) continues
• Internetting = same-era theme as Phil Shapiro 1993 Internet guides