December 1994 — Vol 16 No 11
Source
Open original PDF • December 1994 • Vol 16 No 11 • 72 pages • $2.95
Overview
Year-end Vol 16. October General Meeting (Lawrence Charters, 5). Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 9). Weekly Telecom Training Classes Report (Phil Shapiro, 10). WAP Disketerias (Dave Weikert, 11). Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (50) — annual USPS Statement. Trapped By Natives! A Review of Conflict Catcher II (Jon C. Thomason, 12). Maintenance Suggestions (Kellogg Humphreys, 15). What is V.34/V.fc and Why Should I Care & Mode32 Important Alert (Allan Levy, 16). Hard Facts About Hard Drives (17). HP DeskWriter 550C (David L. Harris, 18). Using High Density Disks in 800K Drives (20). New Books by IDG (Jim Alley, 23). Press Release—Apple's eWorld Launches eWorld of Work (25) — Apple eWorld online service (launched 1994, sunset 1996). Mac Lingo 2 (Ralph J. Begleiter, 26). Artists on Exhibit (Ann Aiken, 28). VistaPro: Three-D Scenes From the Real World (31).
Highlights
Apple eWorld of Work
Apple's eWorld online service (June 1994) gets a Pi press-release writeup. Notable because eWorld would shut down March 31, 1996.
Conflict Catcher II — Jon C. Thomason
Casady & Greene's Conflict Catcher — extension manager. Thomason continues as Pi telecom/utility voice.
V.34 modems + Mode32 — Allan Levy
V.34 (28.8 kbps) modem standard + Mode32 (32-bit addressing for older Macs) — practical configuration alerts.
Statement of Ownership/Circulation
Annual USPS Statement — published yearly per USPS rules. Useful for tracking Pi journal circulation if present.
Mac Lingo series — Ralph J. Begleiter
Mac vocabulary/jargon series continues from 1994-11 — V16 N10 (Pt 1).
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Morris Pelham, Lawrence Charters, Phil Shapiro, Dave Weikert, Jon C. Thomason, Kellogg Humphreys, Allan Levy, David L. Harris, Jim Alley, Ralph J. Begleiter, Ann Aiken Topics: Apple eWorld, V.34 Modems, Mac Lingo Series, Pi Journal Circulation References: Conflict Catcher II, Apple eWorld, Mode32, HP DeskWriter 550C, VistaPro
Connections to other issues
- Closes Vol 16; 11 issues published (Jul-Aug combined)
- Apple eWorld = competitor to AOL/CompuServe; covered just months before its eventual shutdown
- V.34 Modems = next-gen modem speed (vs V.32bis from 1992-12 — V14 N12)
- Mac Lingo Series Pt 2 follows 1994-11 — V16 N10 Pt 1