May – June 1995 — Vol 17 No 3
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Overview
Cover features a Netscape screenshot of the WAP TCS HyperText Welcome Page ("Under development by Washington Apple Pi, Ltd.") — Pi is migrating the TCS to a web-accessible format. Election Issue: candidate statements + ballot (p. 44a).
Cover-banner content: - Election Issue, p. 44a - "Join us and get on the Internet" — p. 13 - Microsoft Office, p. 18 - PixelPaint Pro, p. 24
February General Meeting (Lawrence I. Charters, 5). March General Meeting (Lawrence I. Charters, 9). Women on the WEB (Lisa Schmeiser, 51). Microsoft Office 4.2: Tour de force or travesty? (Rick Zeman, 18). PixelPaint Pro 3.1: Versatile Image Editor and Graphics Effects Toolbox (Dennis Dimick, 24). QuickBooks 3.0 (continued). Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 17). News from Columbia Slice (Ellen Baniszewski, 17).
Highlights
TCS as Web — cover graphic
Pi's TCS being ported to the web under development — combining BBS-style conferences with WWW access. Major infrastructure transition. The Netscape browser screenshot itself is significant — Netscape Navigator 1.0 launched Dec 1994; Pi members adopting fast.
Women on the WEB — Lisa Schmeiser
Women's voices on the early Web — gender-and-tech perspective.
Microsoft Office 4.2 — Rick Zeman
Microsoft Office 4.2 for Mac — first MS Office suite for Mac (Word 6, Excel 5, PowerPoint 4).
Election Issue
Pi election with full candidate package; results announced in 1995-07 — V17 N04.
"Join us and get on the Internet"
Pi Internet-membership recruitment — combining TCS, Web, email access for members.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Morris Pelham, Ellen Baniszewski, Lawrence I. Charters, Lisa Schmeiser, Rick Zeman, Dennis Dimick Topics: TCS Web Migration, Pi Election 1995, Women on the Web, Pi Internet Membership References: Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Office 4.2, PixelPaint Pro 3.1, QuickBooks 3
Connections to other issues
- TCS Web Migration = next phase after 1994-10 — V16 N09 "Over 28 Billion Served"; cover shows Netscape over TCS
- Pi Election 1995 results in 1995-07 — V17 N04
- Microsoft Office 4.2 = first MS Office suite for Mac