March – April 2001 — Vol 23 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 2001 • Vol 23 No 2 • 100 pages
Overview
Mac OS X Installation Party — March 24, 2001 at NOVA Annandale Campus — JD Mankovsky (Apple Sr. Systems Engineer, Reston VA) helps members install OS X on launch day. Beige G3, Blue & White G3, G4, G4 Cube, all iMacs/iBooks/PowerBooks (WallStreet+) eligible. 128MB RAM and 2GB free required.
An Apple for the Teacher (Lorin Evans, 5). BOD February Meeting Notes (9). Welcome to WAP! (Dave Ottalini, 10). Pi Fillings: The Questionnaire (11). Mac Reclamation Project a Holiday Success (16). Montgomery County Schools Drop Macs (Bill Fox / MacsOnly.com, 18).
Macintosh: Viva la Difference (MacNovice — Ralph J. Begleiter, updated by Dave Ottalini, 19). Mac Lingo 1 (Begleiter / Ottalini, 21). Troubleshooting 101 — Solving Application Problems (Pat Fauquet, 23). Making Drop Caps For "Justified" AppleWorks Text (Bob Mulligan, 26). Memory Mapper 1 (Brian G. Mason, 28). Mac OS 9.1 — What's New? The Window Menu in Finder (Dale Smith, 31). Ten Steps to a better day, the Macintosh way (Tom Witte, 33). Willow Design: iMac Carry Case (Washington Apple Pi Labs, 34). Customizing the Launcher (Brian G. Mason, 36). Walls: Mac OS X and Freedom (Lawrence I. Charters, 37). Crashing Macs (Jan Mowrey compiler, 39). DoubleClick (Dave Ottalini + Derek Rowan, 46, 92). Mac Freeware & Shareware on the Web (Dave Ottalini, 65, 67). The Weather Net 4 Winds — AWS / Macmet weather software (Ottalini compiler, 68).
Highlights
Mac OS X Install Party — March 24, 2001
The cover event. OS X 10.0 ships March 24, 2001 — Pi hosts a same-day install party with JD Mankovsky (Apple Sr. Engineer, Reston). Vendors selling OS X CDs on-site. Volunteers install OS X on member machines for the price of "thank you." Iconic Pi community moment.
Walls: Mac OS X and Freedom — Lawrence I. Charters
Charters on the Mac OS X transition — freedom theme. The OS X public beta has been out since Sep 13, 2000 (2000-11 — V22 N06); now retail launch.
Montgomery County Schools Drop Macs
Big local Apple defeat — Bill Fox (MacsOnly.com) writes the eulogy for Mac in Montgomery County (MD) public schools. Major theme for Pi's geographic region.
MacNovice Relaunch
Ralph J. Begleiter's classic MacNovice column — updated by Dave Ottalini. Two pieces: "Viva la Difference" + "Mac Lingo 1." Pi reviving the early-90s teaching tradition.
Mac Reclamation Project
Pi rescuing old Macs for charity/education — community service.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Dave Ottalini, Bill Fox, Ralph J. Begleiter, Pat Fauquet, Bob Mulligan, Brian G. Mason, Dale Smith, Tom Witte, Lawrence I. Charters, Jan Mowrey, Derek Rowan, JD Mankovsky, Washington Apple Pi Labs Topics: Mac OS X Install Party, Walls Mac OS X Freedom, Mac Reclamation Project, Montgomery County Drops Macs, MacNovice Relaunch References: Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS 9.1, Memory Mapper 1, Weather Net 4
Connections to other issues
- Mac OS X Install Party = the moment OS X arrives in Pi members' hands (10.0 launch day Mar 24, 2001) — bookend to 2000-11 — V22 N06 Public Beta coverage
- Dave Ottalini anchors much of the issue — emerging as core contributor
- MacNovice Relaunch revives Begleiter's column from 1992–94 era