September – October 1996 — Vol 18 No 5
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Open original PDF • Sep–Oct 1996 • Vol 18 No 5 • 100 pages • $2.95
Overview
From the President (Lorin Evans, 5). BOD June Meeting + BOD July Meeting (Lawrence I. Charters, 6-7). July General Meeting Report (Don Essick, 8). Stock SIG (Morris Pelham) reports on April, July, August meetings. Women's SIG (Nancy Seferian, 12).
Macintosh: Encyclopaedia Britannica CD-ROM 2.0: Forget the movie, buy the book (Lawrence Charters, 14). Terryfic Tips: Low Res Photoshop (Terry Wilson, 19). Font Box 1.7.1 by Insider Software (Elizabeth Roman, 20). Desktop Printing 2.0: Menu Visible but Isn't Functional (21). ClarisWorks 3.0 Tip (21). PowerCenter 120: PowerPC 604 at a Bargain Price (Paul Chernoff, 22) — another Mac clone (Power Computing). Artist on Exhibit (Blake Lange, 28). Earth Explorer (Mary Keene, 32). Zippy Graphics & Art: Count in the Hundreds (Carol O'Connor, 39). SimpleCard: Simply Phenomenal (Phil Shapiro, 43). A Review of The World Factbook (Herbert Block, 44). Computers Can Be an Excellent Hobby (Lisette Rook, 55). Review—gay & lesbian online (Etana Finkler, 56). The Schoolhouse News (57). How To....? (on BBSs) (J. Michael Rowland, 61). Launch Pad—The Desktop for Kids (Martin Moebus, 63). ShareDraw: A Poor Man's Illustrator? (Peter Hinchliffe, 64). Review—FWD Hard Disk ToolKit (Mark Farley, 66). HELP! (Michelle Ross, 67). Casady & Greene Info Genie (Victor Willem, 69). Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia (R.C. Dale, 70).
Apple II: KansasFest 96 (Geoff Weiss, 73). The GS/OS System (Matthew Pearce, 78). Brutal Deluxe's Convert 3200 (Dean Nichols, 80). Converting High Quality Images for the Apple II (Luis Felipe de Melo Moura, 81).
Highlights
PowerCenter 120 PowerPC 604 clone — Paul Chernoff
Power Computing PowerCenter 120 — PowerPC 604 Mac clone at "bargain price". Mac clone era at its peak.
Britannica vs Encarta CD-ROMs
Britannica CD-ROM 2.0 (Charters) and Microsoft Encarta 96 (R.C. Dale) — Pi compares the dominant CD-ROM encyclopedias.
"gay & lesbian online" review — Etana Finkler
LGBT-themed online resource review — notable inclusion.
KansasFest 96 — Geoff Weiss
Annual Apple II festival continues — Pi sends a writer.
Tuesday Nights at Pi continues
Implicit context for the high SIG activity reflected in this issue.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Lawrence I. Charters, Lawrence Charters, Don Essick, Morris Pelham, Nancy Seferian, Terry Wilson, Elizabeth Roman, Paul Chernoff, Blake Lange, Mary Keene, Carol O'Connor, Phil Shapiro, Herbert Block, Lisette Rook, Etana Finkler, J. Michael Rowland, Martin Moebus, Peter Hinchliffe, Mark Farley, Michelle Ross, Victor Willem, R.C. Dale, Geoff Weiss, Matthew Pearce, Dean Nichols, Luis Felipe de Melo Moura Topics: Mac Clone Era, CD-ROM Encyclopedias, Encarta vs Britannica, LGBT Online References: PowerCenter 120, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD-ROM, Encarta 96, SimpleCard, Launch Pad, ShareDraw, Info Genie, Earth Explorer, Brutal Deluxe Convert
Connections to other issues
- Mac Clone Era continues from 1996-01 — V18 N01 (Power Computing 100); now PowerCenter 120 reviewed
- CD-ROM Encyclopedias = important consumer-Mac category