July-August 1994 — Vol 16 Nos 7-8 (combined)
Source
Open original PDF • July-August 1994 • Vol 16 Nos 7-8 combined • 76 pages • $2.95
Overview
Combined Jul-Aug summer issue — printed numbering "Nos 7, 8" (per index/showcase). Cover features: - "Erasing the miles with e-mail" — p. 18 - Networking Primer — p. 31 - Mac Music with MIDI — p. 53
Adobe Illustrator 5.5 for Mac/Power Mac advertised. MACWORLD Expo ad — Boston August 1994 + SF + Toronto upcoming.
Full Table of Contents wasn't extracted into front pages (this combined issue's layout differs); contents include networking primer, e-mail use, Mac MIDI music, plus regular columns (Stock SIG, Women's SIG, Newton SIG, Apple II, Apple ///, Macintosh disk library, etc.).
Highlights
Erasing the miles with e-mail
E-mail's reach — cover-banner piece on email as long-distance communication tool. Internet/email coming to consumer awareness.
Networking Primer
Networking fundamentals — companion to last month's OSI piece by Firestone (1994-06 — V16 N06).
Mac Music with MIDI
Mac MIDI music — cover-banner; continuing Music SIG tradition.
Adobe Illustrator 5.5
Adobe Illustrator 5.5 released June 1994 — first version to support Power Mac natively. Spell Checker, Tabs filter, Trapping filter added.
Entities
People: Pi officers continuing from 1994-06 — V16 N06 Topics: Email Era, Networking Series, Mac MIDI, Combined Summer Issue References: Adobe Illustrator 5.5, MACWORLD Expo Boston 1994
Connections to other issues
- Combined Jul-Aug issue is a recurring summer pattern; same in 1981 (1981-07 — V03 N07)
- Networking Series continues from 1994-06 — V16 N06 OSI primer
- Email Era = same Internet-arrival thread as Phil Shapiro's 1993 guides