July – August 1996 — Vol 18 No 4
Source
Open original PDF • Jul–Aug 1996 • Vol 18 No 4 • 100 pages • $2.95
Overview
WAP Election Results 1996 (14). Tuesday Nights (Lorin Evans, 15). Considering the Possibility of External Financial Support for Computer User Groups (Phil Shapiro, 38). Remember Them? (Lorin Evans, 13). Into that Long Good Night ate-World (Dennis R. Dimick, 19) — eWorld epitaph; service shut down March 31 1996 (announced 1996-05 — V18 N03). Mac Essentials, 1996: A List for Novices & Pros (Lawrence Charters, 23). Fractal Design Painter 4 (Nancy Seferian, 28). An Interview with Eliot Cohen (Carol O'Connor, 31). Artist on Exhibit (Ann Aiken, 34). Animation and 3D Modeling on the Mac (Stuart Bonwit book review, 37). Movie Cleaner Pro: Essential QuickTime Tool (Dennis R. Dimick, 41). Brushin' Up My Russian (Jennifer Elsea, 45). The Alchemist (Mary Keene, 56). Defective Chips Cause Freezing Up of Some Apple Computers (63). Playing with Poser 1.0 (Etana Finkler, 64). APS DATloader 600 and Retrospective Remote 3.0 (Paul Chernoff, 66). Iomega Zip Drive—FAQ (Steve G. / steveg@phantom.com, 70) — Zip Drive (100 MB removable) FAQ. Color Printer Challenges—Ink Refills (Mary Keene, 72). Public Use Power Macs Popping Up All Around the DC Metro Area (Phil Shapiro, 74).
Apple II: IIGS Hints (Luis Felipe de Melo Moura, 76); Errata (Lorin Evans, 78); 800k Drives for the Apple II Computer (Dave Empson, 79); The Apple II and the World Wide Web (Steve Cavanaugh, 81); Using a Zip Drive with an Apple //e (Bryce Percival, 81).
Highlights
eWorld Epitaph — Dennis R. Dimick
"Into that Long Good Night ate-World" — Dimick's farewell to Apple's failed online service.
Mac Essentials, 1996 — Lawrence Charters
Definitive Mac essentials list for novice & pro — Charters as guidance-list compiler.
External Financial Support for User Groups — Phil Shapiro
User-group business model rethinking — Shapiro foreshadowing the long decline.
Iomega Zip Drive
100 MB Zip Drive (1995) — major removable storage. FAQ format from steveg@phantom.com.
Apple II and the WWW — Steve Cavanaugh
Web on Apple II — community keeping the platform on the Internet.
Public Use Power Macs in DC — Phil Shapiro
Free-to-use Power Macs at DC libraries/community spaces — Shapiro's NII outreach in practice.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Phil Shapiro, Dennis R. Dimick, Lawrence Charters, Nancy Seferian, Carol O'Connor, Ann Aiken, Stuart Bonwit, Jennifer Elsea, Mary Keene, Etana Finkler, Paul Chernoff, Steve G., Luis Felipe de Melo Moura, Dave Empson, Steve Cavanaugh, Bryce Percival, Eliot Cohen Topics: Pi Election 1996 Results, Tuesday Nights, External Funding User Groups, eWorld Epitaph, Mac Essentials 1996, Iomega Zip Era References: Movie Cleaner Pro, Fractal Design Painter 4, Iomega Zip Drive, Retrospective Remote 3, Apple eWorld
Connections to other issues
- eWorld Epitaph follows eWorld Shutdown from 1996-05 — V18 N03
- External Funding User Groups thread foreshadows the membership/funding strain that becomes acute in late-2000s/2010s
- Iomega Zip Era = major removable storage; superseded older floptical / SyQuest