January – February 2001 — Vol 23 No 1
Source
Open PDF • Jan–Feb 2001 • Vol 23 No 1 • 100 pages
Overview
Volume 23 opens. Judges Galore (Lorin Evans, 5). Cartoon (Charles Stancil, 6). BOD Nov + Dec Meeting Notes (8). BOD Jan Meeting Notes (10). The Best Of Times: A SEAC Memory (Gena Urban, 11) — Bernie Urban's widow recalls SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer), the early NBS computer. Garage Sale Ballot Results: The Votes are In (Steve Fink, 16). Garage Sale Photos (David L. Harris + Tom Witte, 16). Best of the TCS (John O. Ludwigson compiler, 45). Year in Review (MDJ, 77).
Macintosh: Mac OS in a Nutshell (Bob Rivkin, 20). E-Mail Droppings (Jon C. Thomason, 21). Aladdin Tuner 3.1 — A Review (Brian G. Mason, 25). Using Mail Siphon II (Dave Weikert, 29). Head Rush — A Review (Brian G. Mason, 33). Adobe Photoshop 6 / ImageReady 3 (George Fox, 35). MacWasher — It blows away the "dustbunnies" on your hard drive (Dale Smith, 42).
Editorial staff: Managing Editor Kathryn Murray; Associate Editor Bonnie Ashbaugh; Review/Macintosh Editor Lawrence I. Charters; Apple II Editor Seth Mize; Art Editor Blake Lange; Calendar Editor Bill Wydro.
Highlights
SEAC Memory — Gena Urban
Bernie Urban's widow writes about SEAC — the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (1950) at the National Bureau of Standards, where Bernie had worked. Personal/historical bridge from Pi co-founder (Bernard Urban d. May 28, 1993) to the dawn of computing in the DC area.
Garage Sale 2001
Pi Garage Sale with ballot results — democratic governance theme continues; member voting on Pi inventory.
Photoshop 6 / ImageReady 3
Adobe Photoshop 6 (Sep 2000) + ImageReady 3 — graphic-design coverage by George Fox.
Mac OS in a Nutshell
O'Reilly Mac OS reference reviewed by Bob Rivkin — classic Pi book-review tradition.
Aladdin Tuner 3.1
StuffIt-maker Aladdin ships a system tuner — Mac-shareware-era utility.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Charles Stancil, Genevie Urban, Steve Fink, David L. Harris, Tom Witte, John O. Ludwigson, Bob Rivkin, Jon C. Thomason, Brian G. Mason, Dave Weikert, George Fox, Dale Smith, Kathryn Murray, Bonnie Ashbaugh, Lawrence I. Charters, Seth Mize, Blake Lange, Bill Wydro Topics: SEAC Memory, Garage Sale 2001, Pi Year in Review Series References: Mac OS in a Nutshell, Aladdin Tuner 3.1, Mail Siphon II, Photoshop 6, MacWasher
Connections to other issues
- SEAC Memory = personal coda for Bernard Urban memorial arc (d. 1993, 1993-07 — V15 N07)
- Opens Volume 23 — first issue after Mac OS X Public Beta (Sep 13, 2000); OS X 10.0 ships March 24, 2001
- Lawrence I. Charters now Review/Macintosh Editor — masthead role continues