January – February 1997 — Vol 19 No 1
Source
Open PDF • Jan–Feb 1997 • Vol 19 No 1 • 100 pages
Overview
Volume 19 opens. TCS Explorer Service—Open Transport PPP Installation Instructions (18) — TCS now PPP-accessible, enabling Internet over TCS dial-up. Some Thoughts on the Drawbacks of Not Having an E-mail Address (Phil Shapiro, 69). Women in computing (Joanne Michelle Grzywacz, 70). Tuesday Night—Technical Assistance at the WAP Office (Lorin Evans, 20). Those Language Translation Programs (Dan Wages, 22). FileMaker Pro 3.0 (Paul Gerstenbluth, 27). 3M Precise Mousing Surface (29). About 3-D Modeling: Freeware and Infini-D (Carol O'Connor, 32). Low-Cost Digital Video Returns to the Mac (Dennis Dimick, 35). Eric's Ultimate Solitaire: A Menace to Civilization (Lawrence I. Charters, 39). WebArranger Update (David L. Harris, 41). Artist on Exhibit (Blake Lange, 42; revised Ann Aiken, 66). Top Ten Hotline Tips (Tom Witte, 45). Unload Download Phobia (Lorin Evans, 55). LightningDraw GX (Mary Keene, 58). Internet error messages: Resolving the most common problems (Jon Rust, 72). Hard Drive Fragmentation (George M. Engel, 73). Spell Catcher: Catch-all Utility for Writers (Tonya Engst, 75) — TidBITS contributor. Apple II Sources for Apple II Goodies (Ron Evry, 78).
Highlights
TCS Explorer Service / PPP
TCS now Internet-bridged via Open Transport PPP — members can dial Pi's TCS and reach the Internet. Major infrastructure expansion.
Drawbacks of No E-mail — Phil Shapiro
E-mail as essential — Shapiro continuing Internet advocacy.
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire — Lawrence I. Charters
Delta Tao's Eric's Ultimate Solitaire — classic Mac game; "Menace to Civilization" plays on productivity loss.
Low-Cost Digital Video Returns — Dennis Dimick
Mac digital video budget options.
Spell Catcher — Tonya Engst
Tonya Engst (then TidBITS) reviews Casady & Greene Spell Catcher. Adam Engst's wife co-founded TidBITS.
Women in Computing — Joanne Michelle Grzywacz
Diversity-in-tech piece — continuing Pi Women's SIG threads.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Phil Shapiro, Joanne Michelle Grzywacz, Dan Wages, Paul Gerstenbluth, Carol O'Connor, Dennis Dimick, Lawrence I. Charters, David L. Harris, Blake Lange, Ann Aiken, Tom Witte, Mary Keene, Jon Rust, George M. Engel, Tonya Engst, Ron Evry Topics: TCS Explorer PPP, Email Adoption, Women in Computing 1997, Tuesday Night Clinic References: Open Transport, FileMaker Pro 3, Infini-D, Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, LightningDraw GX, Spell Catcher
Connections to other issues
- TCS Explorer PPP = next phase of TCS evolution from Web migration (1995-05 — V17 N03)
- Tuesday Night Clinic continuing from 1996-11 — V18 N06
- Volume 19 begins — Pi's 19th year