March – April 1996 — Vol 18 No 2
Source
Open original PDF • Mar–Apr 1996 • Vol 18 No 2 • 100 pages • $2.95
Overview
Danny Goodman's Apple Guide Starter Kit (Mary Keene, 28). Alps GlidePoint: Slip, Sliding Away (Lawrence Charters, 29). Graphic Tips (Carol O'Connor, 32). Scripter 1.01 (Rick Zeman, 36). The New Macintosh TCS Disks (39). Mission Code: Millennium (Peter Day, 43). The Schoolhouse News (45). Electronic Marker Pad (Stuart Bonwit, 55). Team SAT Review (Mary Keene, 57). The Guinness Encyclopedia (Don Essick & David Essick, 61). Setting Up Home Pages on the Web (Phil Shapiro, 63). A CompuServe Online Conference with Guy Kawasaki (Dave Ottalini ed., 65). On to Three Dimensions (David Findley, 67). Questions About the PowerBook 5300 System Software Update (Diane Ezell, 68). Apple Macintosh 7500/8500 CD-ROM Telecom Installer Issue (Rolando Nanez, 69). Newton 2.0 OS: Error -48402 in Calls Application (Brian Aslakson, 70). Elementary Reference Bundle: Dinosaur Adventure Trouble (Trebor Carpenter, 70).
Apple II: PC-Based File Server for Apple2 Proposed (Douglas Manzer, 71); Tax Tip for Apple //ers (71); Keeping the Apple II Flame Alive (Jeff Hurlburt, 74); New FAX Software released for the Apple //GS (Ottalini ed., 76); Modems and the PC Transporter (Ottalini ed., 77); The Ten Best Apple //GS Tips (Gareth Jones, 78); Yours For the Downloading (Douglas Cuff, 79).
Apple III: Repair Tips (Ottalini ed., 81); Apple III to Mac Conversion Tips (Charlie Zimmerman, 83); New SCSI Manager for the Apple III (Ottalini, 83).
Highlights
Setting Up Home Pages on the Web — Phil Shapiro
Web 1.0 home-page how-to — Shapiro continuing the WWW thread he's been driving since 1993-01 — V15 N01.
Guy Kawasaki CompuServe Conference
Guy Kawasaki (Apple evangelist, later author) appears at a CompuServe Apple conference — Ottalini edits transcript.
Alps GlidePoint — Lawrence Charters
Trackpad input device review — early consumer trackpads.
Apple III to Mac Conversion — Charlie Zimmerman
Apple III data migration — vintage-machine preservation.
Apple II Flame Alive — Jeff Hurlburt
Continued Apple II advocacy — community sustaining the platform.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Mary Keene, Lawrence Charters, Carol O'Connor, Rick Zeman, Peter Day, Stuart Bonwit, Don Essick, David Essick, Phil Shapiro, Dave Ottalini, David Findley, Diane Ezell, Rolando Nanez, Brian Aslakson, Trebor Carpenter, Douglas Manzer, Jeff Hurlburt, Gareth Jones, Douglas Cuff, Charlie Zimmerman, Guy Kawasaki Topics: Web Page Authoring 1996, Apple Guide, Mac Trackpads References: Danny Goodman's Apple Guide, Alps GlidePoint, Scripter, PowerBook 5300, Newton 2.0 OS, Mission Code Millennium
Connections to other issues
- Phil Shapiro WWW thread continues from 1993-01 — V15 N01 and 1995-03 — V17 N02
- Guy Kawasaki — first Pi appearance of the Apple evangelist
- Newton 2.0 OS = Newton MessagePad 120 era