May – June 2001 — Vol 23 No 3
Source
Open PDF • May–Jun 2001 • Vol 23 No 3 • 92 pages
Overview
Election issue — official ballot insert E1-E8.
If we can land a man on the moon, why can't the Pi… (Lorin Evans, 5). January Meeting Photos (6). February Meeting Photos (9). March General Meeting & Mac OS X Party (Lou Pastura, 10) — recap of the historic OS X Install Party. Welcome to WAP! (Dave Ottalini, 14). Penguins At Kitty Hawk — A Prehistory of the Web-Based TCS (Jon C. Thomason, 15). The TCS Crew Proudly Presents (David L. Harris, 21) — relaunch of the WAP TCS on the Web. More OS X Party Moments (28). March Meeting Photos (51). BOD March Meeting Notes (86).
Macintosh: Macintosh Computers in a Law Firm (Dave Weikert, 29). DigiCam 101 (A Megapixel is not a Huge Pixel!!!) (Lou Pastura, 37). New User: How to Stop Computer Freezes (Pat Fauquet, 47). Cleaning House (MacNovice — Ralph J. Begleiter / Dave Ottalini, 50). Beware the Trash! (MacNovice — Begleiter / Ottalini, 51). Setting Up a Network With a Firewall (Edgar Durbin, 53). Don't Discard That Rotten Apple — Make It an Internet Server, Part III (Richard Sternberg, 77).
Highlights
Penguins At Kitty Hawk — Jon C. Thomason
Pre-history of the Web-Based TCS — Thomason writes the foundational history of how the WAP TCS evolved from the FirstClass-based BBS era to the new Web BBS. Title alludes to the Wright Brothers + Linux penguin — TCS now running on Linux at last.
The TCS Crew Proudly Presents — David L. Harris
Web-Based TCS launches — Pi's flagship BBS is now a Web BBS. Major technical milestone.
Mac OS X Party Recap
Cover-issue debrief — Lou Pastura recaps the March 24 Install Party (2001-03 — V23 N02 cover event).
DigiCam 101 — Lou Pastura
Digital camera primer — megapixel education. Coming-of-age of consumer digicams.
Pi Election 2001
Annual election — full ballot E1-E8 insert. Officers rotate.
Rotten Apple Server Part III
Richard Sternberg completes a series on running an Internet server on an older Mac.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Lou Pastura, Dave Ottalini, Jon C. Thomason, David L. Harris, Dave Weikert, Pat Fauquet, Ralph J. Begleiter, Edgar Durbin, Richard Sternberg Topics: Penguins At Kitty Hawk, Web-Based TCS Launch, DigiCam 101, Pi Election 2001, Rotten Apple Server References: WAP TCS, Mac OS X 10.0
Connections to other issues
- Penguins At Kitty Hawk = origin myth for the WAP TCS Web era (rebuild of FirstClass-era TCS 1996-01 — V18 N01 etc.)
- Web-Based TCS Launch = the technical achievement; Linux-based
- Mac OS X Install Party recap from 2001-03 — V23 N02
- Lou Pastura emerging as core contributor (later Editor)