Pi-Journals Wiki

A living wiki of the Washington Apple Pi Journal (1979–2016) — the publication of Washington Apple Pi, an Apple user group founded in 1978 in the DC/MD/VA area. Maintained by an LLM, read by humans.

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Issues Index — chronological list of all 308 known issues, eJournals, supplements, directories, and catalogs
CLAUDE — how the wiki is structured and how the agent should maintain it
README — Obsidian setup notes
Ingest log — what's been processed, when
Backlog — open questions, contradictions, TODOs

Status

Catalog seeded: ✅ 308 issue stubs from the wap.org showcase
Volume 1 (1979) ingested: ✅ all 11 monthly issues
Volume 2 (1980) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 3 (1981) ingested: ✅ all 11 monthly issues (incl. combined July/August)
Volume 4 (1982) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 5 (1983) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly + the Jul Membership Directory — Jul Vol 5 No 7 closed 2026-05-28; Vol 5 complete
Volume 6 (1984) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly + Disk Library Catalog + Membership Directory — ★ Mac launch year. Vol 6 complete as of 2026-05-28 second batch
Volume 7 (1985) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues — ★ Tom Warrick becomes 5th President Aug 1985; IIGS announce year-prior; ImageWriter II + UniDisk 3.5 launches; closed 2026-05-28 second batch
Volume 8 (1986) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues — ★ Mac Plus + LaserWriter Plus launch (Jan 16); ★ Microsoft Excel 1.0 for Mac; ★ Desktop Publishing arrives at Pi (dPub SIG launches); ★ Apple IIGS launches Sep; ★ Annapolis Slice forms (Aug); ★ Steve Wozniak visits DC; ★ Tom Piwowar's first byline (Jun); closed 2026-05-28 third batch
Volume 9 (1987) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues — ★★ Mac II + Mac SE launch (Mar 2); ★★ HyperCard launches (Aug 11) + HyperCard SIG (Oct) + HyperCard News column (Nov) + Bill Atkinson visits Pi (Dec); ★★ Walt Mossberg's "Apple II News and Notes" column launches Mar 1987 — 11 months earlier than the previous backlog assumption; ★★ Phil Shapiro debuts (Jul); ★★ Eric Rall debuts (Dec); Cynthia Yockey rises; Quark XPress launch reviewed; closed 2026-05-28 third batch
Volume 8 (1986) ingested: ✅ Sep–Dec only (4 of 12); first half of 1986 still a gap
Volume 9 (1987) GAP — no PDFs available yet
Volume 10 (1988) ingested: ✅ all 12 — ★ closed 2026-05-27; Pi turns 10 at year-end, leads into 1989-01 — V11 N01 10th Anniversary Issue
Volume 11 (1989) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 12 (1990) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 13 (1991) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 14 (1992) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 15 (1993) ingested: ✅ all 12 monthly issues
Volume 16 (1994) ingested: ✅ all 11 issues (still monthly; Jul-Aug combined)
Volume 17 (1995) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — bimonthly era begins
Volume 18 (1996) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues
Volume 19 (1997) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Mac OS 8 + Jobs returns
Volume 20 (1998) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — iMac launch + 20th anniversary
Volume 21 (1999) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Y2K + iBook clamshell
Volume 22 (2000) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — OS X Public Beta era opens
Volume 23 (2001) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — iPod debut + OS X retail launch + Tyson's Apple Store
Volume 24 (2002) ingested: ✅ 5 of 6 bimonthly issues — iMac G4 + Jaguar; N3 May-Jun missing**
Volume 25 (2003) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Pi's 25th anniversary year + Fauquet Presidency + Power Mac G5 + iTMS
Volume 26 (2004) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Barnes Presidency begins; ★ Leaner Journal format transition Nov-Dec (99→23 pages)**
Volume 27 (2005) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Tiger 10.4; WWDC Intel transition announcement; Bob Jarecke's first Pi byline**
Volume 28 (2006) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Intel Macs launch + Boot Camp + Apple Store Columbia + "Pi Clubhouse" first mention***
Volume 29 (2007) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — Jarecke Presidency (from May 2006) + iPhone launch + Leopard* + Pi Photo Contest I + Travis Good debut + Mossberg evening
Volume 30 (2008) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues — ★ N5 closed 2026-05-27 — Pi 30th Anniversary year + 30th Gala with Mossberg + Mac Masters w/ Dr. Mac + Lesa Snider debut + MacBook Air + Macs in Moscow + ★ iPhone 2.0 App Store launch (Charters cover) + .Mac→MobileMe + Bylaws ratified Jul 26 + Larry Kerschberg Director confirmed + ★ V30 N6 is the LAST PRINT PI JOURNAL**
Volume 31 (2009) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues + Photo Contest supplement — eJournal era
Volume 32 (2010) ingested: ✅ all 6 bimonthly issues + Photo Contest III supplement
Volume 33 (2011) ingested: ✅ 5 issues (no Jul-Aug)
Volume 34 (2012) ingested: ✅ 4 issues (no May-Jun, no Sep-Oct)
Volume 35 (2013) ingested: ✅ 3 quarterly issues (Spring/Summer/Fall — no Winter)
Volume 36 (2014) ingested: ✅ 1 issue (Winter only)
Volume 37 (2015) ingested: ✅ 2 issues (Jan + Dec)
Volume 38 (2016) ingested: ✅ 1 issue — ★ THE FINAL PI JOURNAL EVER PUBLISHED ★
Issues ingested: ★★★ 308 of 308 (ARCHIVE COMPLETE) + the index source (★ 2026-05-28 batch: +14 entries closing the last 1983 hole + the 1984 Vol 6 gap)

Featured era — 1979 (Volume 1)

The founding year. Highlights:

1979-02 — V01 N01 — The founding 3-page newsletter from Bernard Urban
1979-03 — V01 N02 — John Moon coins "Washington's Apple Pi" to spare typists the ][ symbol
1979-04 — V01 N03 — Constitution adopted; masthead reads "WASHINGTON APPLE PI"
1979-06 — V01 N05 — Moon becomes 2nd President; Greenfarb's DOS internals; Moon's SWEET 16 writeup
1979-10 — V01 N09 — Full magazine format; Urban elected to Apple's SF user-group summit
1979-11 — V01 N10 — "Here Comes International Apple Core!"
1979-12 — V01 N11 — Year-end double issue: memory atlas, Ampersort

Featured era — 1980 (Volume 2)

Year two — Pi reached "critical mass" and became an institution. Highlights:

1980-01 — V02 N01 — Urban begins self-publishing the newsletter on his Muse printer + EasyWriter; 119 paid members
1980-02 — V02 N02 — 142 paid members; "critical mass" editorial; first Apple III rumors; demographic survey
1980-03 — V02 N03 — Pi gets an official phone number; dues standardize at $12/year; IAC Annual Meeting previewed at WCCF with Wozniak, John Draper, Bill Atkinson
1980-04 — V02 N04 — ~200 paid members; IAC newsletter exchange with Eastern Region clubs; SIGAMES launches
1980-05 — V02 N05 — Apple III unveiled; DOS 3.3 announced; Bernie Urban elected 3rd President
1980-07 — V02 N07 — John Moon's ABBS in testing; NEWSIG and PascalSIG launch
1980-09 — V02 N09 — ABBS live; DOS 3.3 BUGS reported by Val Golding; dues to rise to $18
1980-10 — V02 N10 — 350+ members, 800 circulation; year's biggest issue (47 pages); merger talks reach climax
1980-11 — V02 N11 — Merger formally tabled; first Hardware Corner by Urban's sons; Apple FORTRAN review
1980-12 — V02 N12 — Year-end; Susan Zakar's stern letter about meeting conduct; VisiCalc arrives in the journal

Featured era — 1981 (Volume 3)

Year three — Pi crossed 650 members; Morganstein became 4th President; Wozniak attended a meeting in person. Highlights:

1981-01 — V03 N01 — Dues now $18; SIG/Disabled founded by Curt Robbins; IAC News Bulletin debuts
1981-02 — V03 N02 — Wozniak plane crash reported; 530 members; nominations open
1981-03 — V03 N03 — Bit-copy ethics editorial; first Apple III member experience report
1981-04 — V03 N04 — Urban reelected to IAC Board; H&H Scientific (Pilloff's company) ads launch
1981-05 — V03 N05 — Urban's farewell editorial proposes WAP Slices and a paid administrator
1981-06 — V03 N06 — Morganstein elected 4th President; Wozniak speaks at Pi meeting in person
1981-07 — V03 N07 — First combined Jul/Aug issue; HUFFIN (Pascal→DOS text by Schwartz)
1981-09 — V03 N08 — PUFFIN (DOS→Pascal by Dr. Wo); WAP Hotline launches; John Moon's ABBS sysop column
1981-10 — V03 N09 — Date-shift policy: issues now predated; Legend 64KC RAM ad debuts; "Inside Apple Pi" compilation ships
1981-11 — V03 N10 — New meeting site; WAP Tutorials launch; IAC copy-protection open forum
1981-12 — V03 N11 — Year-end; SuperScribe II review; Clinton Computer discount ads debut; Memory Expansion Beyond 64K

Featured era — 1982 (Volume 4)

Year four — institutional milestones; the //e era begins. Highlights:

1982-01 — V04 N01 — Volume 4 debuts at $2 cover; Apple bans dealer mail order; Skillman's telescope-controller article
1982-02 — V04 N02 — Genevie Urban's international Apple correspondence column; Echo II speech synthesizer review
1982-03 — V04 N03 — Co-editorial; Computer Music Systems by the Bensons
1982-04 — V04 N04 — Applefest '82 ad; Bernie Urban WCCF report
1982-05 — V04 N05 — Morganstein "To Grow or Not to Grow"; Constitutional Amendments; John Moon's "Write Your Own BBS"; first lawyer-authored Copyright article
1982-06 — V04 N06 — Apple /// SIG launches (Ronald L. Askew); Walt Francis's "Future of WAP" essay
1982-07 — V04 N07 — VisiColumn debuts (Walt Francis); "The IAC and Thee" by Tom Warrick; New ABBS
1982-09 — V04 N09 — Corona Starfire 5 hard disk review; CP/M and Operating Systems primer (Bensons)
1982-10 — V04 N10 — WAP INCORPORATES (Robert C. Platt); chicken-farm Apple HLA ad; 6502 Architecture
1982-11 — V04 N11 — TelecomSIG launches; Bob Platt's "A Trip to the Land of Woz"
1982-12 — V04 N12 — Year-end; Pi physical office opens (map page 52); FIG-Forth; The Bottom Line + Consumer Advocate columns debut

Featured era — 1983 (Volume 5, partial)

Year five — the IIe/Lisa era, formalized membership systems. Highlights so far:

1983-01 — V05 N01 — Volume 5 debut; Dave Weikert takes over as Librarian; Pi members testify before County Council
1983-02 — V05 N02 — Apple //e unveiled (Tom Warrick cover piece); 67-page issue; Apple Teas formalized
1983-03 — V05 N03 — Apple LISA announced (James M. Burger); Apple III "report card"; ZCPR; first Apple Dot Matrix Printer impressions
1983-04 — V05 N04 — Year's largest issue (71 pages); Morganstein's Applesoft tutorial series begins; tax-season VisiCalc; The Wildcard review (copy-bypass)
1983-05 — V01 N01 (sic) — New Member Reference Book special edition; new officer slate; full Bylaws published
1983-06 — V05 N06 — Word Processing Section (10 products, 20 pages); IRS Letter of Appreciation; Glossary for New WAP Members
1983-07 — Membership Directory — "The Cast of Characters" — redacted member directory
1983-07 — V05 N07 — Urban + Morganstein vs Software Merchandising magazine "Irate Letter" rebuttal; Forth III; Shift-Key Mod canonical writeup
1983-08 — V05 N08 — VisiCalc Leave Chart; (Semi) Incredible Jack; first Pi notice of Ted Nelson's "Literary Machines" (hypertext)
1983-10 — V05 N10 — ProDOS arrives (Jacobson coverage); LISA member hands-on; CESIG launches
1983-11 — V05 N11 — ★ Apple v. Franklin Third-Circuit ruling explained (Platt); Hypertext continues; CP/M and ProDOS columns
1983-12 — V05 N12 — Special Computers & the Handicapped issue (Jay Thal's DisabledSIG, 8 articles); WAP Book Library formalized

Featured era — 1984 (Volume 6) — ★ THE MACINTOSH LAUNCH YEAR

Apple unveiled the Macintosh January 24, 1984; Pi unveiled it to Washington four days later. The whole year is structured around the Mac's arrival and Pi's institutional adaptation. Highlights:

1984-01 — V06 N01 — Steve Wozniak unveils the Mac at the Departmental Auditorium Jan 28, 1984 (RSVP card on inside cover); MCI Mail; Modula 2 introduction begins; Comm-Term + Anchor Mark 12 modem reviews; Pushed into CP/M Pt 2
1984-02 — V06 N02 — ★ THE MACINTOSH LAUNCH ISSUE — Warrick "The Macintosh: A First Look" ("a Lisa at an Apple ][ price"); Platt "MacSoftware: More than Fast Food"; Riley "The Macintosh as Viewed by an Engineer"; Urban "Whither Apple?"; Rosden "A 68000 Bit Co-Processor"
1984-03 — V06 N03 — Philip Noguchi debuts ("Biggest Scam Since Television"); Lawrence Husick "Just What is Bernoulli?"; Source vs CompuServe (Alexander); Hunter Alexander FCC DNICs; Modula 2 Pt 3
1984-04 — V06 N04 — Cable reprint "Wozniak Brings Mac to DC"; Warrick Macintosh Alarm Clock + Mac Notes franchise launches; The Forth Column (Kevin Nealon) debuts; "Future Directions of the Pi"; Norling at Softcon
1984-05 — V06 N05 — ★ SigMac News column launches (Ellen Bouwkamp); Macintosh ↔ Apple ][ Transfer (Schmitt); Mac speed comparisons (Morganstein+Weikert); Turbo Pascal arrives (JRT); AppleWriter WPL customization (Lorenz)
1984-06 — V06 N06 — ★★ Walt Mossberg's first major Pi byline reviewing AppleWorks; Apple //c launch coverage (Platt's Owners Guide); Apple Donates ProDOS Manuals (Warrick); Becker "Macintosh and His Sisters"; WAP Elections begin; Design the WAP Logo contest
1984-07 — V06 N07 — Steve Hunt joins SigMac; Mac Q&A column launches (Hunt+Landing); Peter Trinder Apple '84; RAMDRIVE //c (Gribble); Turbo Pascal second look
1984-07 — Disk Library Catalog — Standalone Disketeria catalog as of 7-3-84; Volumes 1-100+ enumerated
1984-09 — V06 N09 — Tom Warrick "Your Own Apple Bulletin Board" (canonical BBS-from-scratch how-to); Capitol PC reprint on Software Piracy & Users Rights; WAP Crossword Puzzle franchise begins (Combes); Music Construction Set review
1984-10 — V06 N10 — Raymond Hobbs "Mac Innards" (deep dive); Stock SIG News (Marvin Hass) goes regular; Three Multiplans compared (Hobbs); CrossWAP Puzzle (Cosgrove)
1984-10 — Membership Directory — "The Cast of Characters" Oct 1984 — redacted (~6 pages survive)
1984-11 — V06 N11 — ★★ OFFICER RESTRUCTURE: VP role split into VP-Programs (Tom Warrick) + VP-SIGs (Bob Platt), Nancy Little new Secretary; ★ Lynn R. Trusal debut ("Apple //e to NBI Telecom"); ★ Platt reviews "Fire in the Valley" (foundational Apple history); Mossberg's second 1984 Pi byline (AppleWorks Utility); 1001 Binary Tales: Mac Innards 2
1984-12 — V06 N12 — Year-end; Pi finishes Marine Corps Marathon (Platt); Best of WAP BBS column launches (=Alexander=); Fat Mac 512K upgrade coverage; GamesSIG revival (Wartow); LISA SIG launches (Day); Sundog: Frozen Legacy

Featured era — 1986 (Volume 8) — Mac Plus, Desktop Publishing, Apple IIGS, Annapolis Slice

Pi's 8th year — Warrick's first full calendar year as President. The Mac Plus + LaserWriter Plus combo kicks off Apple Desktop Publishing; the Apple IIGS launches in September; the Annapolis Slice forms in August; Steve Wozniak visits DC. 1986 in 12 issues:

1986-01 — V08 N01 — Volume 8 debuts; Andy Hertzfeld + Bob Pindus "MoneyWorks"; Cary Lu Presentation; New Meeting Format; Lynn Trusal Mac Draft + Mac RAM Upgrades; Beta Testing Mac Wizardry
1986-02 — V08 N02 — ★★ Mac Plus + LaserWriter Plus launch (Jan 16 1986); ★ Microsoft Excel 1.0 for Mac arrives (Morganstein 'EXCEL'ing + Warrick Excel Power); HFS Follies (Warrick); Trusal Macintosh & Scientific Environment; Apple //c launches in disguise; OverVUE 2.0; Confessions of a Lurker (Zorro)
1986-03 — V08 N03 — ★★ Desktop Publishing arrives in force at Pi (Apple II Desktop Publishing — Rowell + Here Comes DTP — Kuhn + dPub SIG launches under J Condren); Microsoft Excel review (Trusal) + Excel Taxes; Husick "][ in a Mac" (Apple II emulation); Hardis Mac Plus Connectors
1986-04 — V08 N04 — Leon Raesly "Please, Apple, Leave My II Alone" rallying cry; Jef Raskin's SwyftCard for the //e reviewed (Adrien Youell); Inside Mac/LaserWriter/AppleTalk (Trusal); Henry R. Hertzfeld Pinpoint review; Accounting on the Mac (Ed Myerson); Membership Directory (Schwartz)
1986-05 — V08 N05 — ★★ Jef Raskin himself replies about SwyftCard; AppleWorks SIG launches (Peg Matzen); FEDSIG Report (Chuck Weger); WAP Acrostic puzzle debuts (Professor Apple); Mac Disk Speed Comparisons (Brecher); MacRecorder II Mini-Review (Hardis); UniDisk 3.5 for Apple ///
1986-06 — V08 N06 — ★★ Tom Piwowar's first Pi byline (dPub SIG — June 1986, correcting backlog assumption); Music SIG officially launches (Hobbs); ByLaws Changes; The New LaserWriter Plus reviewed (Earl W. Douglas); Hunter Alexander "A Byte of BIX" (BYTE Information eXchange)
1986-07 — V08 N07 — EDSIG News transitions to Patricia Kirby; PI-SIG News (Robert Golden); Ronald Wartow at the Consumer Electronic Show; Raymond Hobbs "A Button-Down Guide to the Apple" series launches; Audri G. Lanford Excel Macro Shortcuts; Mucha DA's (Morganstein); WAP Budget (Myerson)
1986-08 — V08 N08 — ★★★ Annapolis Apple Slice FORMS (Micha Dannenberg announces — formed July with Sep 13 1986 next meeting at Anne Arundel CC; predates the Oct column debut); ★★ Steve Wozniak visits DC for Apple Computer Clubs International awards banquet; Worcester Country School (Berlin MD) + Edinburg Middle School (Edinburg VA) honored; Dealer Relations Committee push (Warrick)
1986-09 — V08 N09 through 1986-12 — V08 N12 — Sep-Dec 1986 (Apple IIGS launch, TCS launch, Wozniak letter to Pi) already ingested 2026-05-26

Featured era — 1987 (Volume 9) — ★★ HyperCard, Mac II + Mac SE, Bill Atkinson visits Pi

Pi's 9th year — Warrick's third (and final full calendar) year as President. The biggest year of new Apple platforms since 1984: Mac II + Mac SE in March, HyperCard in August. Pi's institutional response is fast: HyperCard SIG launches October, Bill Atkinson visits Pi in December. 1987 in 12 issues:

1987-01 — V09 N01 — Volume 9 debuts; ★ Lou Pastura debuts; Annapolis Slice News column (Claire Johnson); Stock SIG News (Andrew D. Thompson); Rich Norling "View From the Hill" debuts; Adrien + Siew Youell "Mac-London"; Mac Vaporware Advisory (Begleiter); TCS Graphics (Raesly); Initron-Rinitron-Trinitron IIGS review (Raesly)
1987-02 — V09 N02 — AppleWorks SIG now under Ken DeVito; tax season template (Koskos); David Weikert Mac Library volunteers call; Marty Milrod Mac Disketeria; View From the Hill: BASIC (Norling Pt 2)
1987-03 — V09 N03 — ★★★★ Walt Mossberg "Apple II News and Notes" column LAUNCHES (11 months earlier than backlog assumption); Harvey Kaye "The Journal Index" project; FedSIG Corner (Steve Crawford); Jay Rohr "Growing Up Mac"; Dave Weikert "Mac Disketeria Notes" column begins
1987-04 — V09 N04 — ★★ Mac II + Mac SE launched (March 2 1987); AppleWorld '87 Special Report (Warrick); Microsoft Word 3.0 Review (Walker, the buggy release); Peter Trinder "The New Macs in England"; MindWrite (Seelig); WAP Elections begin
1987-05 — V09 N05 — TCS tutorial by Raesly (8 file areas, 168 files as of Feb 21 1987, growing rapidly); TCS in its first 5 months of operation
1987-06 — V09 N06 — Apple //gs SIG launches column (Ted Meyer); Annapolis Slice News transitions to Nancy Stump; "The Growing TCS!" (Raesly); Patentability of Software (Hasson); Development Team for the Mac SE (Jenner); Microsoft Word 3.0 Bug Report (Platt)
1987-07 — V09 N07 — ★★★ Phil Shapiro's first Pi byline ("Thoughts on the Size of Human RAM" — Jul 1987, becomes pivotal Pi voice through 1990s); Warrick warns "Don't Upgrade to Finder 5.5/Sys 4.1 Until..."; Boris Levine "PlusWorks + AppleWorks on the ][+" (AppleWorks on the original Apple ][+); Paul Kelbaugh "Upgrading from a //e to a //gs"; Trademarks and Computers (Kaye)
1987-08 — V09 N08 — ★ WAP 1987 Operating Statement & 1988 Budget; ★ Linda Van Zee's first byline (later Cognitive Learning Styles Nov+Dec 1988); WordPerfect 1.1 review (Berman) for Apple II; ★★ Quark XPress reviewed at launch (Jay Rohr); Word 3.0 Command Summary (Warrick); Technical Writing on the Macintosh (Chapman)
1987-09 — V09 N09 — Music SIG officer election (Bill Bittle Chairman); Gary Hayman "I Love Apple Music Pt 4" deep musicology (slurs/ties/staccato programming)
1987-10 — V09 N10 — ★★★ HyperCard SIG LAUNCHES (Robert C. Platt — 2 months after HyperCard's Aug 11 1987 launch); Walt Mossberg continues; Volunteer Profiles series debut (Platt); SIG for Arts and Video; Boston MacExpo coverage paired (Sicard + Milrod); 'Take the Plunge!' (Raesly Apple→Mac persuasion); David Todd takes IIGS SIG column
1987-11 — V09 N11 — ★★ HyperCard News column launches (Platt); ★ Cynthia Yockey rises (dPub SIG + Mac Meeting Report — later named as 1989 BOD-vote-to-remove-Platt speaker); Lynn Trusal "Laser Printing and Mac Typesetting"; ★ Robert Wolov's first byline ("A View of Big Blue"); Phil Shapiro Reading Fun shareware; Canvas review (Milrod); Apple IIGS Finder + Stripping GS System Disk (Todd)
1987-12 — V09 N12 — ★★★★ BILL ATKINSON VISITS PI — HyperCard Author at Special Meeting (Yockey) + Q & A with Bill Atkinson (Platt); ★★ Eric Rall's first Pi byline (CMS SD-80 Group Buy — Rall becomes Pi President 1990-1991); Rick Chapman "A Simple Script for HyperCard"; AV-SIG News (Jay Williams); Pat Kirby On-Line Offerings; Joseph A. Hasson Historical Chronology of Computers

Featured era — 1985 (Volume 7) — Mac year-2, Warrick takes the Presidency

Pi's 7th year, second post-Mac-launch year. Morganstein closes out his presidency; Tom Warrick takes over. 1985 in 12 issues:

1985-01 — V07 N01 — Volume 7 debut; Steve Hunt "The 512K Mac - The Real Benefits"; Husick on 65C802/816 (prescient: the chip that powers the upcoming IIGS); Mac↔VAX interop cluster (Wilson, Pennington, Nellis)
1985-02 — V07 N02 — ★ LAWSIG launches (John Weld); Mossberg's third 1984-85 byline (AppleWorks-Compatible Util); Kathleen Abrams "Closing the Gap"; George Sall Apple //c+ Apple //e double-feature; p-System on the Mac
1985-03 — V07 N03 — ★ MacNovice launches (Ralph J. Begleiter) — canonical Mac-instruction column; Frederick Apple Core (Lynn R. Trusal); News Notes From the Veep (Bob Platt); James M. Burger "Apple 85 - The Macintosh Office"; GAMESIG Closeup (Wartow); LISA-In-Law (Burger)
1985-04 — V07 N04 — Urban "The MacWorld Exposition"; Martin O. Milrod debut ("What's Wrong with MS Word"); Mac Q&A expands to trio (Landing/Anderson/Shuck); Sider Hard Disk reviewed; first Apple-to-Laserjet piece
1985-05 — V07 N05 — ★ Genealogy thread begins (Raesly's 63 Genealogical Data Bases + Family Roots review); Husick Z-80 for the //c; Jazz vs Symphony (Kornreich); Programmers Sub-SIG launches (Hardis); ReadySetGo Mac DTP
1985-06 — V07 N06 — Platt "Say It Ain't So, Big Blue" (likely IBM PCjr discontinuation); Caveat Emptor: Rumors, Rumors (Hardis); Spring Comdex Atlanta (Burger); MacProject review; Steve Hunt Radio Shack 100/200-Mac
1985-07 — V07 N07 — ★ MORGANSTEIN FAREWELL President's Corner; Gena Urban writes Morganstein tribute "I Like His Style"; Mac Q&A now bylined Jonathan E. Hardis (column takeover); Lynn Trusal "Editorial Policy Goes Too Far"; Smalltalk on a Home Computer (Schmucker)
1985-08 — V07 N08 — ★★ TOM WARRICK BECOMES 5TH PRESIDENT (first President's Corner); WAP Cash Operating Budget published; Roger Keating (Australian designer) visits Pi (Wartow); MacAdvantage launches (Platt); Carmen Sandiego review; From Type Slugs to Lasers (John S. Lee) begins
1985-09 — V07 N09 — 76 pages (page count jumps under Warrick); Treasurer's Report; MacNosy disassembler review (Hardis); Macintosh Revealed book review (Walker); VersaTerm review (Voglewede); My 640K //c with CP/M (Raesly)
1985-10 — V07 N10 — ★★ Apple's Sep 1985 product announcement: UniDisk 3.5 + ImageWriter II + composite color monitors for //e/c + 20MB Mac hard disk + Apple Personal Modem; Pi members get 25% off via Clinton Computer; Tom Warrick at 1985 Apple Users Group Conference + MacWorld Expo; V. Scott Galbraith "Confessions of a SYSOP" (4 years before Bob Platt's famous 1989 version); Joe England "Thoughts on the Future of WAP"
1985-11 — V07 N11 — ★★ Andy Hertzfeld co-bylines "The Business Accountant" (original Mac team member!); Pie Ala Mode (A Slice of WAP) — Slices framework formalizes (Tom Kroll); Balance of Power (Mac Cold War game); Optimum Memory Sizes (Milrod & Warrick); "Apple Reacts" (post-Sep-1985 Apple analysis)
1985-12 — V07 N12 — Year-end; WordPerfect arrives (Walton Francis "Perfect WP"); Molecular Biology on the Mac (Markiewicz — first Pi scientific-Mac piece); $175 1200-baud modem (Trusal); Professional Composer review; Whither Group Purchase debate (Milrod vs Wasserstrom); MacAdvantage Pt III

Featured era — 1986 (Volume 8, partial Sep–Dec)

After a 3-year gap in our PDF set, Pi has matured: 76–82 page issues, $2.50 cover, multiple SIGs, Tom Warrick now President. Highlights from the 4 ingested issues:

1986-09 — V08 N09 — First post-gap issue; many SIGs active (AppleWorks, Mac, GameSIG, Music, Apple ///, EDSIG); MicroPhone/Red Ryder/Smartcom II Mac telecom comparison
1986-10 — V08 N10 — Apple IIGS launch coverage (3+ articles); Annapolis Apple Slice debuts (Urban's 1981 "WAP Slices" idea finally realized!)
1986-11 — V08 N11 — Stock SIG and dPub SIG launch; FullPaint review; Apple II→Mac Screen Converter
1986-12 — V08 N12 — Letter to the Editor from Woz; New WAP TCS launches (4 conferences, 32 boards each); Microsoft Works review

Featured era — 1988 (Volume 10, partial Jan–Aug)

The HyperCard era arrives; Macintosh II family in full swing; Apple lawsuits beginning. Highlights:

1988-01 — V10 N01 — HyperCard SIG + Anomalies (Rick Chapman); First WAP Journal Index (Harvey Kaye)
1988-02 — V10 N02 — Walt Mossberg launches "Apple II News and Notes"; DoDDS Apple IIGS contract (160K students)
1988-03 — V10 N03 — Four Assemblers for IIGS; MultiFinder explained; Federal SIG launches
1988-05 — V10 N05 — The Great Apple Lawsuit (Apple v Microsoft+HP); first Mac Virus technical notes
1988-07 — V10 N07 — AppleFest coverage; Zip Chip Apple II accelerator; WordPerfect for IIGS
1988-08 — V10 N08 — Robert C. Platt becomes President; HyperCard 1.2; FullWrite Professional

Featured era — 1989 (Volume 11) — the 10th Anniversary and the Governance Crisis

A turbulent year: Pi turned 10, then a President was removed mid-term. Highlights:

1989-01 — V11 N01 — WAP 10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE; Platt's history article with complete officer roster; Journal redesigned (category-based TOC); Facilities Review Committee
1989-02 — V11 N02 — Leon Raesly's "Whither Goest Thou, PI" editorial; AppleWorks GS; Hertzfeld on the Apple ///
1989-03 — V11 N03 — Cover price $2.50→$2.95; WAP's new office sneak preview; Macinations on NeXT Cube
1989-04 — V11 N04 — Mac IIcx rollout; Phil Shapiro's "Archaeology of Apple II"; Tektronix color printer
1989-05 — V11 N05 — Jean-Louis Gassée to address Pi; "Open Hearing on the Second Decade"; Wingz; Connectix Virtual
1989-06 — V11 N06 — Bob Platt's "Innocence Ends"; last Platt issue as President (removed June 14)
1989-07 — V11 N07 — GOVERNANCE CRISIS: Board removes Bob Platt as President (vote 10/2/3 BOD, 24/3/7 members); Tom Warrick acting; Nancy Seferian emergency Journal redesign
1989-08 — V11 N08 — David Morganstein returns as President (2nd term); full publication of May/June BOD minutes; Clinton Computer→ComputerLand
1989-09 — V11 N09 — Stabilization; new "Artists on Exhibit" by Seferian; July BOD minutes
1989-10 — V11 N10 — "Confessions of a SYSOP"; Illustrator vs FreeHand; After Dark; Prodigy preview
1989-11 — V11 N11 — Annual gift givers' guide; HP DeskWriter; FORTRAN Pt II
1989-12 — V11 N12 — Year-end; full SIG roster; settled cadence

Featured era — 1990 (Volume 12) — Recovery and Eric Rall takes the helm

Post-crisis stabilization, bylaws ratified, new President. Highlights:

1990-01 — V12 N01 — Volume 12 opens; Micro-Mentor Clearinghouse proposal; JMP statistics; "I Like Your Face" typeface series begins
1990-02 — V12 N02 — Tom Warrick: "The Outlook for Macs in Washington"; Cuckoo's Egg book review (sets up later)
1990-03 — V12 N03 — Draft Standards of Conduct (post-crisis response); Color SE/30; EdSIG returns
1990-04 — V12 N04 — Proposed bylaw changes; The Cuckoo's Egg (Cliff Stoll) reviewed; macGIS; WAP Picnic
1990-05 — V12 N05 — Election Notice; "As American as Apple Pi" (Shapiro outreach); HyperTALK SIG; IIGS Magazine launches
1990-06 — V12 N06 — CAD-SIG launches; "Standing By for System 7"; Office News column (Nancy Pochepko)
1990-07 — V12 N07 — AppleFest-ivities; New Wine in Old Macs; Tele-Foster Grandparent program
1990-08 — V12 N08 — Eric Rall becomes President ("Picking up the reins/reigns/rains"); Windows 3.0 critique; MacGreenpeace pierces the Iron Curtain
1990-09 — V12 N09 — Sharp Wizard PDA on Mac; Hartford-Macintosh Drive-in; Accounting Solutions series
1990-10 — V12 N10 — Bernie Urban returns with Canvas article (post-crisis reconciliation); After Dark 2.0; trackballs
1990-11 — V12 N11 — WAP's Mentor Program launches (Manny DeVera); Soviet telephones; David Ottalini elected Secretary
1990-12 — V12 N12 — Year-end; Typographic Pioneers; "Wait for System 7?"; Claris CAD 2.0; DeskWriter

Featured era — 1991 (Volume 13) — Eric Rall + System 7 + Election Irregularity

A turbulent transition year: Rall's Hitchhiker's-Guide-themed presidency, System 7 launch, ballot invalidation, new editor. Highlights:

1991-01 — V13 N01 — Volume 13 opens; HyperCard 2.0; PageMaker 4.0; Mentor Program updates
1991-02 — V13 N02 — Phil Shapiro "Imagewriter Pricing: A Lament" guest editorial; Lynn Trusal "Sayonara, WAP" farewell column
1991-03 — V13 N03 — Frank Potter launches "Exploring Typefaces" series (Pt 1); MacInTax; Disk Doubler
1991-04 — V13 N04 — ISO: Journal Editor posting; election prep
1991-05 — V13 N05 — MacDraft 2.1; Mac Bible 3rd ed; Apple Evangelists
1991-06 — V13 N06 — System 7.0 — Hitchhiker's Guide (Eric Rall, Pt 1) — System 7 ships May 13 1991
1991-07 — V13 N07 — ELECTION BALLOTS INVALIDATED; Hitchhiker's Pt 2 "Restaurant at the End of the Universe"
1991-08 — V13 N08 — Hitchhiker's Pt 3 "Life, the Universe and Everything"; StatView; Beta Test Blues
1991-09 — V13 N09 — Rall's farewell "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"; StyleWriter launched; ECC public meeting
1991-10 — V13 N10 — Deborah Hoyt becomes Managing Editor ("In the Pi Pan"); Volunteer Column launches; Soft PC; PC World Forum '91 from Moscow
1991-11 — V13 N11 — A History of the WAP TCS (Leon H. Raesly) — primary source for BBS history; FrameMaker 3.0; Dvorak Tutorial
1991-12 — V13 N12 — Year-end; production stack disclosed; "Apple II Editor: Desperately Needed"

Featured era — 1992 (Volume 14) — Lorin Evans + Internet awareness

Stabilization under new President; Internet/netiquette arrives at Pi. Highlights:

1992-01 — V14 N01 — Lorin Evans new President; Bernard Urban returns formally as VP-Community Affairs; Beth Medlin new Office Manager; 1991 Journal Index
1992-02 — V14 N02 — Steven Weyhrich launches Apple History series; Lawrence Charters arrives as major Mac voice; ShareWare/FreeWare primer
1992-03 — V14 N03 — Annapolis Slice transitions to Seth Mize; Carmen Sandiego; multilingual software trend (Chinese, Hebrew)
1992-04 — V14 N04 — TCS Open House; PiPower Cartoon debuts; Apples in Russia (Cherenkov); WordPerfect 2.1
1992-05 — V14 N05 — ClarisWorks launch coverage; Microsoft Word 5.0; Election Notice
1992-06 — V14 N06 — CAD-SIG launches; "Pi Flies to Falcon" (Charters); System 7 standby; Nisus WP
1992-07 — V14 N07 — Netiquette + Unofficial Smilie Dictionary — Pi first reaches Internet customs; election results; Trusal returns
1992-08 — V14 N08 — TelecommSIG launches (Allan Levy); V.32 Modems; "World of Fonts" renamed from "Exploring Typefaces" (Pt 18); MACnificent CD-ROM
1992-09 — V14 N09 — How the TCS Works Pt 3; Jon Thomason rising; ClarisWorks update; Word 5 Training Tips
1992-10 — V14 N10 — Consumer News column (Charters); Annapolis Slice → Kay Cave; Healthy Dining
1992-11 — V14 N11 — "The XYZ's of File Transfer"; Lorin Evans modem mods; Apple II Screen Shots (Shapiro+Wydro)
1992-12 — V14 N12 — Year-end; Women's SIG launches (Seferian); Community Affairs Column formalized (Shapiro); Photo CD coverage; Macintosh Orchard guide

Featured era — 1993 (Volume 15) — Internet arrives, Pi loses its founder

A milestone year both technically and emotionally. Highlights:

1993-01 — V15 N01 — Phil Shapiro "Internet User's Guide and Catalog" + "Internet and Systers Mailing Lists" — Pi's Internet threshold; UGTV; Year in Review; From Alice to Ocean
1993-02 — V15 N02 — NEW JOURNAL COVER DESIGN by Ann Aiken + Nancy Seferian + Carole O'Connor's Capitol; UltraMacros SIG; Lorin Evans "Apple II: Still the Way to Go!"; Tulin Floptical; Morph
1993-03 — V15 N03 — Bylaw Amendments; America Online: The Book review (first AOL coverage); Ethernet/LAN primer
1993-04 — V15 N04 — New TCS Update; Editor Search; "Thinking About Online Communications" (Shapiro); Adobe Super ATM
1993-05 — V15 N05 — Beginning HackerSpeak / Jargon File series begins (A's); Mac Q&A returns (Hardis); Graphic Tips (O'Connor)
1993-06 — V15 N06 — Civilization on Mac; Computer Vision Syndrome; TypeReader OCR; HackerSpeak B's
1993-07 — V15 N07 — BERNIE URBAN DIED MAY 28 — issue dedicated to him with reprint of 1979 founding letter; Lorin Evans "A Friend Remembered"; Iomega Bernoulli 150
1993-08 — V15 N08 — "Sponsored Communication" (Shapiro); Voyage to Electronic Darkroom (Dimick); Quicken 3.0
1993-09 — V15 N09 — Marty Milrod tribute (Nacht); 1993 Election Results; Gena Urban thanks; Weyhrich "Getting Started with IIGS"
1993-10 — V15 N10 — System 7.1 upgrade question; Thomas Siblo's "Rumors, Wishes & Blatant Lies" column
1993-11 — V15 N11 — The First Look at Newton — Apple Newton MessagePad (Aug 1993 launch); Canvas 3.5; Photoshop Books deluge
1993-12 — V15 N12 — Year-end; meetings move to NOVA Community College Annandale (resolves 1991 location survey); Kathleen G. Charters → Women's SIG; Movie Movie video capture

Featured era — 1994 (Volume 16) — Power Mac, Internet arrives in earnest

The first year after the gap reopens. Lorin Evans still President; bimonthly shift coming. Highlights:

1994-01 — V16 N01 — Volume 16 opens; Writers Needed (Evans); Sign Sign Everywhere (Hoyt cover); WordPerfect 3.0 for Mac coming
1994-02 — V16 N02 — Bylaw Amendments; Steven Weyhrich's serialized Apple II History begins (continuing from his 1992 Hardware/Firmware start); AOL Membership Kit book review
1994-03 — V16 N03 — Robin Williams design books (Charters); Jean Armour Polly (who coined "surfing the Internet") on Internet books
1994-04 — V16 N04 — Power Macintosh launches (March 14): 6100/7100/8100 PowerPC Macs; WordPerfect 3.0; The TCS As It Evolves (Evans); Internetting (Kayser)
1994-05 — V16 N05 — Election Issue; Bringing Schools Online (Shapiro); For Seniors Only column starts; meeting date moves to 3rd Saturday
1994-06 — V16 N06 — Newton SIG launches (Halls); OSI Networking primer; Lynn Trusal returns again
1994-07 — V16 N07 — Combined Jul-Aug issue; Networking Primer; Mac Music with MIDI; Adobe Illustrator 5.5
1994-09 — V16 N08 — MacWorld Boston; "Over 28 Billion Served: TCS After 1 Year"; print numbering error (printed No 8, should be No 9)
1994-10 — V16 N09 — TCS milestone; Apple WWW Server coverage; Teenagers on Internet; Journal Guidelines
1994-11 — V16 N10 — Pi Office Moved; Newton SIG transition (Palaszynski); Internet Unleashed + Netiquette books; System 7.5 tips
1994-12 — V16 N11 — Apple eWorld launches; Conflict Catcher II; V.34 modems; Mac Lingo series

Featured era — 1995 (Volume 17) — Bimonthly era + Web migration

1995-01 — V17 N01 — BIMONTHLY SCHEDULE BEGINS (6 issues, 100-page format); Adobe Premiere 4.0; Passport Producer Pro; Nisus Writer 4.0
1995-03 — V17 N02 — Setting Up Pages on the WWW (Levenston); Mosaic Guides (Charters); FullWrite upgraded at last; Sad Macs Bombs book review
1995-05 — V17 N03 — Election Issue; TCS goes Web (cover shows Netscape over WAP TCS HyperText); Women on the WEB; Microsoft Office 4.2
1995-07 — V17 N04 — Election Results: Lorin Evans re-elected; Lawrence Charters elected VP-Mac; Apple DOS Compatibility Card; QT SIG
1995-09 — V17 N05 — How to Ask for Help (Charters); Photoshop 3.0 with layers; KansasFest 95; Color LaserWriter 12/600
1995-11 — V17 N06 — Macs for Teachers (Charters); Windows 95 (Aug 24 launch); Java (May 95 announce); "There Is No Life After Macintosh" (Lorenzo); Apple III on Internet

Featured era — 1996 (Volume 18) — Mac clones + eWorld death

1996-01 — V18 N01 — MAC CLONE ERA BEGINS at Pi: Power Computing 100 reviewed (Charters); Power Mac 8500; 12 AOL tips
1996-03 — V18 N02 — Setting Up Home Pages on Web (Shapiro); Guy Kawasaki at CompuServe (Ottalini ed); Alps GlidePoint; Apple III to Mac conversion
1996-05 — V18 N03 — eWorld shuts down March 31, 1996 (Blake Lange epitaph); Nursing Homes on NII (Shapiro); Conflict Catcher 3; PageMaker 6
1996-07 — V18 N04 — 1996 Election Results; "Into that Long Good Night ate-World" (Dimick eWorld epitaph); Mac Essentials 1996 (Charters); Iomega Zip Drive FAQ
1996-09 — V18 N05 — PowerCenter 120 Mac clone (Chernoff); Britannica vs Encarta CD-ROMs; KansasFest 96
1996-11 — V18 N06 — 10th anniversary of Apple IIGS; Tuesday Night Tech Assistance (Evans); A Glut of Internet Books (Charters); 50% Fall Fundraiser

Featured era — 1997 (Volume 19) — Mac OS 8 + Jobs returns

1997-01 — V19 N01 — Volume 19 opens; TCS Explorer Service PPP-bridges TCS to Internet; Phil Shapiro "Drawbacks of No Email"; Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
1997-03 — V19 N02 — TCS Room Remodel (Charters); Mac OS 7.6; "Why Not Be?" (Apple chose NeXT over Be); Ask the Webmaster
1997-05 — V19 N03 — Travel Discounts (Mudd); Tuesday Night Clinic "Magic Show" (Freilicher); Shapiro's "Training Your Golden Retriever to Retrieve Email"
1997-07 — V19 N04 — Bob Le Vitus guest; "Take No Prisoners Apple Ads" (Charters); World's Least Expensive Mac: $32
1997-09 — V19 N05 — Mac OS 8 LAUNCHES July 26, 1997 — 4 articles cover it; Newton eMate 300; MacUser ends
1997-11 — V19 N06 — Genealogy SIG launches; "Do I Really Need a Spleen?" Y2K (Charters); Tom Negrino on cookies; Steve Jobs returns as iCEO Sept 1997

Featured era — 1998 (Volume 20) — iMac launch + Pi turns 20

1998-01 — V20 N01 — WAP Mac Bench launches; Power Mac G3 first look (Nov 1997 release); Virtual PC (Zeman); Seniors Internet Training (Shapiro+Leaffer)
1998-03 — V20 N02 — Mac OS 8.1 + HFS Plus (Charters); MAL Interview Series starts (Morganstein); G3 runs NT Server
1998-05 — V20 N03 — Election Issue; Tom Warrick MAL interview; Marathon Trilogy (Bungie)
1998-07 — V20 N04 — Disinfectant Retired (Norstad's free antivirus ends); "Apple is Back Because Steve is Back" (Hull); Photoshop 4
1998-09 — V20 N05 — iMac launches August 15 — coverage begins; price up to $4.95 (from $2.95); Jeff Gates interview
1998-11 — V20 N06 — ★ 20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE ★ Ottalini history "Where were you 20 years ago?"; quotes Morganstein+Urban early Pi History

Featured era — 1999 (Volume 21) — Y2K + iBook

1999-01 — V21 N01 — iMac coverage saturates (4 articles); Y2K Deliberate (Charters); "Floppy Disks are Obsolete" (iMac killed it)
1999-03 — V21 N02 — Final Cut Pro nears (Apr 1999 NAB); High Speed Internet Access; IE 4.5 review
1999-05 — V21 N03 — Election Issue; A Hundred Apple IIs; USB Revisited
1999-07 — V21 N04 — Election Results; Delmarva Slice established; SETI@home (May 17 launch); Mac OS 8.6
1999-09 — V21 N05 — MacWorld NY (iBook clamshell launches); Zip Click of Death; HyperCard: What is it? (sunset begins)
1999-11 — V21 N06 — iBook: Vision in Blueberry; QuickTime 4 brushed metal preview; Acrobat captures the Web

Featured era — 2000 (Volume 22) — OS X Public Beta era opens

2000-01 — V22 N01 — Y2K survived; Linux SIG launches (first non-Apple Pi SIG!); Charters "Microsoft and the Battle for Civilization"; Phil Agre essay reprint
2000-03 — V22 N02 — In Memoriam Harold Greene; EXPRESSNET cable broadband; Linux on Virtual PC; EPIC Surfer Beware III privacy
2000-05 — V22 N03 — Vint Cerf + Bob Kahn "What Is the Internet" reprint (the Internet's inventors!); Adam Engst on MP3; Phil Shapiro etc.
2000-07 — V22 N04 — Garage Sale; MacUpgrades Gaithersburg (largest Mac store in East); Charters Family "Geek Handbook" paired reviews
2000-09 — V22 N05 — Power Mac G4 Cube review (Charters); Pi chartered buses to MacWorld NYC; Apple Pro Mouse; Pat Fauquet rising
2000-11 — V22 N06 — Mac OS X Public Beta (Sept 13 release); Thomason "Open Letter to Apple"; Vajda "OS X: Proceed or Wait?"; Chuck Joiner mailing-lists guide

Featured era — 2001 (Volume 23) — iPod + OS X retail era

2001-01 — V23 N01 — Gena Urban's SEAC Memory (Bernie's widow on the early federal computer); Editor Kathryn Murray + Charters Mac/Review Editor
2001-03 — V23 N02 — Mac OS X Install Party March 24, 2001 at NOVA (JD Mankovsky from Apple Reston on OS X launch day); Walls: OS X and Freedom (Charters); MacNovice relaunch with Begleiter+Ottalini
2001-05 — V23 N03 — Election issue; Penguins At Kitty Hawk (Thomason's TCS pre-history); Web-Based TCS launches (Harris); Lou Pastura's DigiCam 101
2001-07 — V23 N04 — Dave Weikert dies May 5, 2001 (In Memoriam); Apple Store opens Tyson's Corner May 19, 2001; Save HyperCard! (Collins)
2001-09 — V23 N05 — Bonnie Ashbaugh In Memoriam; The Maltese Cube (Guy Serle parody fiction debut); Judge Jackson/Microsoft (Evans); Macintermediates begins
2001-11 — V23 N06 — First iPod review at Pi ("Digital Satchel" — Oct 23, 2001 launch); Mac OS X 10.1 Puma; Holiday newsletters; Dec 8 Garage Sale

Featured era — 2002 (Volume 24) — iMac G4 + Jaguar

2002-01 — V24 N01 — Have You Tried OS X? (Fauquet); Our iPod Hands-On (Bill Fox); MacNovice trio (Fonts/Stationery/Hard Disk); Pi Fillings CD v9
2002-03 — V24 N02 — iMac G4 'Sunflower' cover story (Jan 7, 2002 launch); pre-MacVoices Chuck Joiner interview as Hershey MUG president; Cliff Diving: OS X (Charters)
⬜ 2002-05 — V24 N03 — MISSING from corpus (May–June 2002)
2002-07 — V24 N04 — MacWorld NY 2002; Cliff Diving: Moving to Mac OS X (Charters); Securing Your Mac + Strong Passwords (Charters); Mighty Mouse design analysis
2002-09 — V24 N05 — "The Electronic Journal — success or failure?" (Fauquet) — first Pi mention of an electronic Journal 7 years before official launch; Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar (Aug 24, 2002) cover; Adam Engst interview (Ottalini)
2002-11 — V24 N06 — WAP WebMail service launched (mail.wap.org); iChat 1.0 + Rendezvous/Bonjour debut; Eye TV interview with El Gato's Victor Nemechek; "From Eunuchs to UNIX" (Gorman)

Featured era — 2003 (Volume 25) — ★ Pi 25th Anniversary

2003-01 — V25 N01 — "How I Caught a Counterfeiter" (Jason Eric Smith — viral Pi piece); "Doctor Maclove" (Serle Strangelove parody); Phil Shapiro's "Federal Penitentiary Benches" satire
2003-03 — V25 N02 — ★ Pi 25th Anniversary Issue ★ (Apr 26 birthday party with Shawn King of Your Mac Life); Morganstein+Urban 1985 WAP history reprint; Ottalini's Updated Apple III History; Keynote 1.0 debut; Ken Burns Comes to iMovie (Dimick)
2003-05 — V25 N03 — Election issue; End of the iMac G3 Gumdrops (Charters eulogy); Photoshop Camera Raw (Dimick); Paul Graham "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" reprint
2003-07 — V25 N04 — Pat Fauquet becomes President; Gena Urban's 25th Anniversary Remarks; Power Mac G5 First Look + Mac OS X 10.3 Panther preview (Evans); A Mac in Iraq (Charters wartime piece); iTunes Music Store FAQ (iTMS launched Apr 28, 2003)
2003-09 — V25 N05 — Northeast Blackout 2003 (Aug 14 — Charters recovery piece); "Protect Your PC: Help Microsoft" Megahard parody cover; Safari 1.0 (released Jun 2003); WAP Journal Writer's Guidelines 2003; Hijacked via PayPal (early phishing)
2003-11 — V25 N06 — WAP Cafepress store launches; Power Mac G5 deep-dive (Pi Labs); Terascale Computing on a Pizza Budget (Mac cluster); Aaron Adams Switcher interview; WAP Bylaws published

Featured era — 2004 (Volume 26) — Barnes Presidency + Journal shrinks

2004-01 — V26 N01 — Fauquet's "Getting Older and Hopefully Better" continues Pi 25th theme; Charters website redesign; Cocoa programming series begins (Rucker); Aaron Adams Switcher Part 2; Apple III in Ten EZ Lessons DVD (Ottalini)
2004-03 — V26 N02 — iLife '04 + GarageBand 1.0 cover; Past-President Evans's Macworld notes; Charters "Microsoft Goes Postal" Megahard sequel; WAP Bylaws January 2004 published
2004-05 — V26 N03 — Election issue; 1984 Commercial 20th Anniversary retrospective; Richard Stallman BTCS visit (Rucker); Apple Confidential 2.0 review; WAP Expo 2005 teaser
2004-07 — V26 N04 — John Barnes becomes President; Montgomery Mall Apple Store opens (2nd DC); John Gruber pre-Daring-Fireball reprint; iPod Mini Hands-On; "An iMac Named Chad" (Thomason)
2004-09 — V26 N05 — "The Computer ate my Ballot" (Barnes as e-voting tech); Quicksilver discovery; Macworld Boston returns; OpenOffice.org intro; Past-Pres Evans restoring a blind iMac
2004-11 — V26 N06 — ★ "The Leaner, Greener, Meaner Journal" — Pi Journal shrinks from 99 → 23 pages, John Barnes Editor+President, Richard Sanderson Photo Editor (4½ years before official eJournal launch)

Featured era — 2005 (Volume 27) — Tiger + Intel announcement

2005-01 — V27 N01 — First full year in short format ($2.95); "Pi Online Journal" mentioned on wap.org site; WAP Budget Overview transparency; Bounty of Open Source meeting
2005-03 — V27 N02 — Macworld SF 2005; Roku SoundBridge; Bethesda Services Center experimental venue; Roll Call + MLAB local-vendor meetings
2005-05 — V27 N03 — Intro to Podcast (Pi catches the audio-publishing wave); Apple at FOSE 2005; Mac Security Part 1; Chuck Joiner on Pi Advisory Board; Tiger meeting coming; Adobe CS2 (Helmly)
2005-07 — V27 N04 — ★ WWDC Jun 6, 2005: Apple announces Intel transition; Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Apr 29 release; "Hold That Tiger!!" upgrade Q&A meeting; Pi at Montgomery County Fair Internet Cafe Aug 12-20
2005-09 — V27 N05 — ★ Bob LeVitus visits Pi Sep 24; Mac Security Trilogy concludes (Charters); Lykara Charters family-byline pieces; Geek Cruise Feb 2006 plug
2005-11 — V27 N06 — ★ Bob Jarecke's first Pi Journal bylines — TWO pieces (Dr. Mac LIVE + Photography Done Right) — debut of future President; Comcast visit; Pi Renovation Project anonymous piece (precursor to Clubhouse Grand Opening); meeting at MS Innovation Center Reston

Featured era — 2006 (Volume 28) — ★ Intel Macs arrive + Pi Clubhouse

2006-01 — V28 N01 — ★ MacBook Pro + iMac Intel launched Jan 10, 2006 (first Intel Macs); Pi General Meeting at MS Innovation Center Reston devoted to coverage; Special raffle 1GB iPod Shuffle
2006-03 — V28 N02 — Pi Online Store rollout (Jarecke); Charters phishy-email + Epson P-4000 + Google Earth for Mac; Geek Cruises MacMania 4 (Fauquet); Cell-phone-as-data-modem
2006-05 — V28 N03 — Election issue; Mac Training Day format — 12 mini-sessions; "Pi Journal Wants YOU!!" recruitment
2006-07 — V28 N04 — ★ Boot Camp era (Apple released Boot Camp beta Apr 5, 2006 — Windows on Mac); 2-article Windows-on-Mac feature; Pi Picnic at Pat + Ron Fauquet's home with Bob LeVitus; New Life for an Old PowerMac G3
2006-09 — V28 N05 — iPod Meets Washing Machine humor; Pi Member Geographic Map; VectorWorks 12 (Pacylowski/Kickpoint); TopXNotes (James Lee/Tropical Software)
2006-11 — V28 N06 — ★ "Pi Clubhouse" first explicit mention (12022 Parklawn Dr Rockville) — Holiday Open House at "our clubhouse" — 3 years before 2009-01 — V31 N01 Grand Opening (which was therefore a RENOVATION reopening); Apple Store Columbia opens (3rd DC); Music on Mac + iLife '06 (Raul de Arriz, Absolute Mac)

Featured era — 2007 (Volume 29) — ★ Jarecke Presidency + iPhone + Leopard

2007-01 — V29 N01 — ★★ Bob Jarecke is Pi President (from May 2006 election — major Pi-history correction); NEW VENUE: Luther Jackson Middle School, Falls Church VA (replaces MS Innovation Center); ★ Pi Photo Contest I officially announced; Charters on encrypting Mac laptops (post-VA-laptop-theft 2006); MacBook Pro life (Parker)
2007-03 — V29 N02 — ★ Walt Mossberg visits Pi (WSJ tech columnist evening); Travis Good debut byline (Publishing a Travel Blog); Charters "Fingerprints: Why You Care About the iPhone" — Pi's first iPhone-context piece (iPhone announced Jan 9, 2007 at Macworld); DST 2007 Crisis (Fauquet); Sandvox (Rucker); Class of 2010 BOD candidates
2007-05 — V29 N03 — ★ Apple III Archive DVD released by Ottalini; Brent Malcolm REALbasic debut; Charters quadruple-piece issue (Bwana, Rainbows End, Paparazzi!, FOSE); The International Pi (Jarecke); Apple TV (launched Mar 21, 2007) coming
2007-07 — V29 N04 — ★ The eJournal editorial team is on the masthead: Nora Korc (Design+Production), Richard Sanderson (Photo), Patsy Chick (Copy), Charters (Mac/Reviews) — full 2009-2016 team assembled in 2007; Pi Photo Contest I results; Comic Life (Charters); Check Register in REALbasic (Malcolm)
2007-09 — V29 N05 — iPhone at 4 Months and counting (iPhone shipped Jun 29, 2007); More on Web Publishing — Sandvox vs Dreamweaver; unConferences format; CHURR Stock Investment Guide (Etana Finkler)
2007-11 — V29 N06 — ★ Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard launch (Oct 26, 2007) — Time Machine + Spaces meeting Nov 17; Travis Good + Pat Fauquet online tutorial service proposed; Pi Clubhouse landlord identified — American Plant Foods; Holiday List (Roberson)

Featured era — 2008 (Volume 30) — ★ Pi 30th Anniversary + Last Print Pi Journal

2008-01 — V30 N01 — New Pi Logo unveiled (Charters); Pledge by Board of Directors; Survey IV results; iChat Extreme (Travis Good); iLife '08 (Cauthen); Pi Journal Cover Photo Contest; Letters to the Editor revived; Mossberg Feb visit scheduled (weather-canceled)
2008-02 — V30 N02 — ★ Macs in Moscow! (Jarecke, Allen Kent, Travis Good — Pi members in Russia, RUB 72.89 cover price); ★ Lesa Snider-King (Snider) Pi debut for Photoshop Elements 6 (Apr 26); Macworld 2008 Review (MacBook Air launch); Letters: New Pi Logo critique (Cecily Wood)
2008-05 — V30 N03 — ★ Charters promoted to Editor; ★ Mac Masters Seminar weekend with Bob LeVitus at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre (May 31); 30th Anniversary Gala scheduled with Walt Mossberg (June 28 — rescheduled after Feb weather cancellation); MacBook Air piece (Belotte); Pi Election May 2008
2008-07 — V30 N04 — Nora Korc's first writer byline (Adobe CS3); Macs in Moscow / Mac Masters Recap; Town Hall Meeting format begins; Time and Talent plea; Photoshop Elements 6 recap (Allen)
⬜ 2008-09 — V30 N05 — PDF MISSING (Sep-Oct 2008) — covered Mossberg June 28 30th Anniversary meeting + iPhone 3G launch (Jul 11, 2008) + App Store launch (Jul 10)
2008-11 — V30 N06 — ★ THE LAST PRINT PI JOURNAL EVER PUBLISHED (30 years after 1979-02 — V01 N01); Jarecke's "What's the Plan, Stan?" Strategic Plan origin essay (Castillo as architect); ★★ Larry Kerschberg confirmed as Pi Director (l.kerschberg@wap.org); ★★ Jay Castillo as Director + Strategic-Plan architect; Treasurer change Roth→Carlson; Pi Office moves Suite 201→701; iPhone+iPod touch September meeting recap; Combined Nov+Dec meeting Dec 6 (Home Networking + Top Ten Gifts)

Gaps remaining

★★★★ ARCHIVE COMPLETE — 308 of 308 issues ingested as of 2026-05-28. Every known Washington Apple Pi Journal issue from Feb 1979 (1979-02 — V01 N01) through Spring 2016 (2016-03 — V38 N01) is now ingested. The print era runs Feb 1979 → Nov-Dec 2008 (2008-11 — V30 N06) — 30 years of print. The eJournal era runs Jan-Feb 2009 (2009-01 — V31 N01) → Spring 2016. The final remaining stub V24 N3 (May-Jun 2002) was closed when the PDF surfaced in the 2026-05-28 fourth batch.

Featured era — 2009 (Volume 31) — eJournal launch

After the 15-year gap, the Pi Journal returns in a transformed format: PDF-only "eJournal", bimonthly, optimized for Adobe Reader. Highlights:

2009-01 — V31 N01 — eJournal launch; Bob Jarecke President; Year of the Pi! + Pi Clubhouse Grand Opening + Strategic Plan; Lawrence I. Charters Editor; Larry Kerschberg listed as Director
2009-03 — V31 N02 — "1 Infinite Loop" cover photo (Charters); slide:ology review (Kathleen G. Charters); Story of the eJournal (Korc)
2009-05 — V31 N03 — Anatomy of a Scam; What is your Web address?; Home Networking; From Passion to SIG
2009-07 — V31 N04 — Jay Castillo becomes President; Bob Jarecke becomes Editor; Hackintosh era (Mac OS X Leopard on Dell Mini); Skype
2009-07 — V31 N04 Supplement — Pi Photo Contest 2009 (Jerry Eisner Best in Show)
2009-09 — V31 N05 — Snow Leopard Upgrade: Spectacularly Boring (Charters); TCS 100K post milestone; Social Networking I+II
2009-11 — V31 N06 — Magic Mouse; Larry Kerschberg's first byline (Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard); Cloud Computing meeting

Featured era — 2010 (Volume 32) — iPad era

2010-01 — V32 N01 — "eJournal" label dropped; Kindle; HDMI Cable price reality; iFixited my iPod
2010-03 — V32 N02 — iPad anticipation (Charters "Fingerprints"); Rob Pegoraro profile; David Blatner laptop-theft lessons
2010-05 — V32 N03 — iPad launch (April 3); Pi iPad Survey; Theodolite for iPhone
2010-07 — V32 N04 — Photography-themed (Goldman + Lesa Snider); Hitachi 1TB drive
2010-09 — V32 N05 — Magic Trackpad; Tuesday Night Clinic returns
2010-09 — V32 N05 Supplement — Pi Photo Contest III (Jerry Eisner repeat winner)
2010-11 — V32 N06 — Uniformity iPhone app for Navy; Larry Kerschberg's second byline (Web Browser Extensions)

Featured era — 2011 (Volume 33) — Lion + election delays

2011-01 — V33 N01 — Jay Castillo takes Editor role too ("New Sheriff in Town"); Spam cover story
2011-03 — V33 N02 — Digitizing Family Slides (King); Going Paperless @ Home; Joe Kissell guest
2011-05 — V33 N03 — Election 2011; Preparing for Lion; iPad 2 as Supercomputer
2011-09 — V33 N04 — Jul-Aug missed (first schedule slip); Safe Browsing (Charters); Mac Malware (Pegoraro)
2011-11 — V33 N05 — Lionspeak voice synthesis; Mac Security in Cyber War era; All Is Change

Featured era — 2012 (Volume 34) — Diana King era begins

2012-01 — V34 N01 — SOPA/PIPA Blackout (Charters); Change Your Apple ID Password Now
2012-03 — V34 N02 — Flashback Malware (Adam Engst TidBITS guest); HTML5 Forms; TechTool Pro 6
2012-07 — V34 N03 — Castillo's presidential farewell; May-Jun missed; WWDC 2012; OpenDNS blocks Flashback (Fleishman)
2012-11 — V34 N04 — Diana King becomes President; Sep-Oct missed; 1Password vs LastPass; Apple Maps debacle

Featured era — 2013 (Volume 35) — Quarterly schedule

2013-03 — V35 N01 — Quarterly schedule begins (Spring/Summer/Fall — no Winter); Apple Maps follow-up (Engst); iPad/iPhone replaces scanner
2013-06 — V35 N02 — Summer; Windows on Mac in 2013; 27" iMac for $350 deal
2013-09 — V35 N03 — Fall; Charters Family Mac+Health series (Fitbit, Withings Blood Pressure); post-Snowden privacy book review

Featured era — 2014–2016 — The Final Years

2014-01 — V36 N01 — Only issue of all of 2014; paired Mavericks reviews; Fitbit Followup (King); Email hacked recovery
2015-03 — V37 N01 — King: "Nearly a year has elapsed since I last wrote one of these columns"; Yosemite Wi-Fi (Fleishman); Spotlight Privacy (Mogull)
2015-06 — V37 N02 — December 2015; Ken Goldman becomes new President (Queens/Long Island, JHU 70s, Naval Surface Warfare Center); iPad Pro coverage; 11 Stupid Backup Strategies (Kissell)
2016-03 — V38 N01 — ★ THE FINAL PI JOURNAL EVER PUBLISHED ★ Goldman President + Castillo Editor; "Responses to General Meeting Questions, May 31, 2014" (two-year backlog); 37 years after Urban's Feb 1979 founding letter

Recent ingests

2026-05-28 (fourth batch — ARCHIVE COMPLETE) — 1 final PDF closing the last stub: 2002-05 — V24 N03 (May-Jun 2002 — Pi 2002 Election issue, Lorin Evans in his final ~12 months, Pat Fauquet about to become President). ★★★★ ARCHIVE COMPLETION: with this entry every known Pi Journal issue from Feb 1979 through Spring 2016 is ingested. Highlights of V24 N3: ★ Charters "Jedi versus the Borg: Mac OS X in a Microsoft World"; ★ Microsoft Mac BU's Kevin Browne writes for Pi directly ("Microsoft looks at Macintosh") in the same issue; ★ Guy Serle's "Conclusion to the Maltese Cube" parody-fiction series ENDS (began 2001-09 — V23 N05 — ran ~14 months); ★ Photoshop 7 first look (MWJ); ★ Pat Fauquet OS X window-mgmt primer; ★ WAP Garage Sale + Computer Show announced for June 15 2002. — see ingest log
2026-05-28 (third batch) — 20 new PDFs CLOSING ALL PRE-1989 GAPS: Jan-Aug 1986 (Vol 8 Nos 1-8) + all 12 issues of 1987 (Vol 9). MAJOR FINDINGS: ★★★★ Walt Mossberg's "Apple II News and Notes" actually launched March 1987 (1987-03 — V09 N03) — 11 months earlier than the backlog said. ★★★★ Bill Atkinson visits Pi December 1987 (1987-12 — V09 N12) for a special HyperCard meeting (Q&A with Atkinson by Platt). ★★ Tom Piwowar's first Pi byline is June 1986 (1986-06 — V08 N06 dPub SIG) — not Feb 1989 as backlog assumed. ★★★ Annapolis Apple Slice formed July 1986 with Aug 1986 announcement (1986-08 — V08 N08 Micha Dannenberg) — earlier than the Oct 1986 Claire Johnson column debut. ★★★ HyperCard SIG launches October 1987 (1987-10 — V09 N10), with HyperCard News column Nov (1987-11 — V09 N11) and Bill Atkinson special meeting Dec — Pi's HyperCard institutional response is fast. ★★★ Phil Shapiro debuts July 1987. ★★ Eric Rall debuts December 1987 (later Pi President 1990-91). ★★ Mac II + Mac SE launch (March 1987); Mac Plus + LaserWriter Plus launch (January 1986); Apple Desktop Publishing era opens at Pi (dPub SIG March 1986); Microsoft Excel 1.0 for Mac arrives (February 1986). Issues Index now ★★★ 308 of 308 (ARCHIVE COMPLETE) ingested — only V24 N3 (May-Jun 2002) remains. — see ingest log
2026-05-28 (second batch) — 13 new PDFs closing 1984 + all of 1985: 1984-08 — V06 N08 (the missing Aug 1984; WAP Election Results published; Mac-onboarding cluster) — closes Vol 6 entirely; all 12 issues of 1985 Volume 7 — Morganstein closes his presidency, Tom Warrick becomes 5th President Aug 1985; ★ MacNovice (Begleiter) + Mac Q&A (Hardis) + Caveat Emptor (Hardis) + LAWSIG (Weld) + Frederick Apple Core (Trusal) + Pie Ala Mode Slice (Kroll) all launch as recurring columns; ★★ Apple's September 1985 product announcement (ImageWriter II + UniDisk 3.5 + composite //e/c color monitors + 20MB Mac HD + Apple Personal Modem); ★★ Andy Hertzfeld co-bylines "The Business Accountant" (1985-11 — V07 N11 — original Mac team member); Roger Keating (Australian designer) visits Pi; Carmen Sandiego, Balance of Power, MacProject, Professional Composer all reviewed; WordPerfect arrives at Pi (Francis); Mac→Molecular Biology, Mac→Genealogy, Mac→VAX, Mac→Smalltalk first-time pieces. Issues Index now ★★★ 308 of 308 (ARCHIVE COMPLETE) ingested. — see ingest log
2026-05-28 — 14 new PDFs closing the 1983 and 1984 gaps: 1983-07 — V05 N07 (the regular Jul 1983 journal — Urban+Morganstein "Irate Letter" rebuttal to Software Merchandising); all of 1984 except Aug (Vol 6 monthly Jan-Jul + Sep-Dec = 11 issues + Disk Library Catalog + Membership Directory). ★ THE MACINTOSH LAUNCH YEAR: Jan 28 1984 Departmental Auditorium Woz/Mac unveiling, Feb 1984 Mac launch issue (Warrick + Platt + Riley + Urban), Apr 1984 Cable recap, Apple //c launch (Jun), ★★ Walt Mossberg's first major Pi byline reviewing AppleWorks (Jun), ★ Lynn R. Trusal debut + Fire in the Valley reviewed (Nov), Officer restructure (VP→VP-Programs+VP-SIGs), Tom Warrick rising. Issues Index now ★★★ 308 of 308 (ARCHIVE COMPLETE) ingested. — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 5 new 2008 PDFs (Vol 30 — V30 N5 missing) closing the 1994-2008 inland gap: ★ Pi 30th Anniversary year + New Pi Logo + Macs in Moscow + Lesa Snider Pi debut + Mac Masters w/ Dr. Mac at Rosslyn Spectrum + 30th Anniversary Gala w/ Mossberg + MacBook Air + Town Hall Meetings. ★★ Nov-Dec 2008 confirms: Larry Kerschberg already a Pi Director; Jay Castillo as Strategic-Plan architect ("our man with the plan" — Jarecke); Jarecke's "last year as Grand Poobah" confirms May 2006 – mid 2009 tenure; Strategic Plan being drafted Nov 2008 (origin of 2009-01 — V31 N01 article). ★ V30 N6 is the LAST PRINT PI JOURNAL — eJournal era begins 2009-01 — V31 N01; 30 years of print Feb 1979 → Nov-Dec 2008 — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 24 new 2004–2007 PDFs: Volume 26 (2004, Barnes Presidency + ★ Journal shrinks 99→23 pages Nov-Dec 2004), Volume 27 (2005, Tiger + ★ WWDC Intel announcement + ★ Bob Jarecke's first byline), Volume 28 (2006, ★ Intel Macs launch + Boot Camp + ★ "Pi Clubhouse" first mention), Volume 29 (2007, ★ Jarecke is Pi President from May 2006 election — MAJOR PRESIDENCY CORRECTION + ★ iPhone launch + Leopard + ★ The full 2009 eJournal editorial team is already on the masthead in 2007 + Pi Photo Contest I + Walt Mossberg evening + Travis Good debut + Brent Malcolm debut + Apple III Archive DVD). Gap narrowed to 2008 only (Vol 30, 1 year) — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 17 new 2001–2003 PDFs: Volume 23 (2001, iPod debut + OS X retail launch + Tyson's Apple Store + Dave Weikert In Memoriam), Volume 24 (2002, iMac G4 Sunflower + Jaguar + WebMail launch + iChat — N3 May-Jun missing), Volume 25 (2003, ★ Pi's 25th anniversary year, Fauquet Presidency, Power Mac G5, iTunes Music Store, Northeast Blackout, A Mac in Iraq); Maltese Cube + Doctor Maclove (Serle parody), Caught a Counterfeiter (Smith viral piece), Adam Engst interview, Safari debut, Megahard parody cover — gap narrowed to 2004–2008 — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 24 new 1997-2000 PDFs: Volume 19 (1997, Mac OS 8 + Jobs's return + Apple-Microsoft "deal with the devil"), Volume 20 (1998, iMac launch + Pi 20th anniversary + USB era), Volume 21 (1999, Y2K + iBook Blueberry + AirPort), Volume 22 (2000, Power Mac G4 Cube + Mac OS X Public Beta + dot-com fervor); Linux SIG arrives at Pi, Cerf+Kahn IETF reprint, US v. Microsoft coverage, MacWorld NYC tradition + Pi buses; closes 22-year stretch from 1979 — gap narrowed to 2001-2008 — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 23 PDFs closing the 1994-96 portion of the gap: Volume 16 (1994 monthly), Volume 17 (1995 bimonthly), Volume 18 (1996 bimonthly); Power Macintosh launch, eWorld launch + death, Mac clones (Power Computing), bimonthly schedule begins, TCS-to-Web migration, Charters elected VP-Mac, Apple WWW Server early days, Windows 95 + Java arrive, Internet Books glut, Apple IIGS 10th anniversary — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 30 final-era PDFs: Volumes 31-38 (2009-2016, with 15-year gap before); eJournal launch, iPad/iPad Pro era, Pi presidents Jarecke → Castillo → King → Goldman; Larry Kerschberg as Director and writer; quarterly then irregular publication; Vol 38 N1 (2016) = THE FINAL ISSUE, 37 years after the founding 1979 letter
2026-05-26 — 36 more PDFs: Volumes 13, 14, 15 (1991, 1992, 1993 full years); HyperCard 2.0, System 7 launch, Eric Rall trilogy + farewell, election ballot invalidation, Lorin Evans becomes President, Internet arrival via Phil Shapiro guides, new journal cover, Newton MessagePad, Bernie Urban dies May 28 1993, Marty Milrod tribute, meetings move to NOVA — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — 36 new PDFs: Volume 8 Sep–Dec 1986, Volume 10 Jan–Aug 1988, Volume 11 (full 1989), Volume 12 (full 1990); tighter-depth entries; major events: WAP TCS launch, Apple IIGS, Annapolis Slice, HyperCard era, governance crisis (Platt removal Jun 14 1989), 10th anniversary, Eric Rall as president — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — All 12 issues of Volume 4 (1982) + Jan–Jul 1983 + 28 new People, 8 Topics, 28 References — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — All 11 issues of Volume 3 (1981) + 22 new People, 7 Topics, 13 References — see ingest log
2026-05-26 — All 12 issues of Volume 2 (1980) + 23 new entity pages
2026-05-26 — All 11 issues of Volume 1 (1979) + the catalog source PDF

Browse

Issues → see Issues Index (or folder Entries/)
People → folder People/ — 70+ pages including officers, technical contributors, family members (Eric Urban, Greg Urban, the Van Flanderns, the Philipps), and external figures (Steve Wozniak, Bill Atkinson, John Draper, Val Golding, Mike Cornblith)
Topics → folder Topics/ — 21+ pages including Founding of Washington Apple Pi, Naming of the Pi, SWEET 16, Apple III, DOS 3.3, Pi BBS, Pi Special Interest Groups, Pi NOVAPPLE Merger, Morganstein Presidency, Wozniak at Pi, Bit Copy Ethics, DOS Pascal Interop, WAP Hotline, Inside Apple Pi, Apple II RAM Expansion
References → folder References/ — 40+ pages including George Washington University, International Apple Core, The Source, MicroNET, Apple III, DOS 3.3, VisiCalc, Epson MX-80, Apple Z-80 SoftCard, Beneath Apple DOS, Mindstorms Book, Legend Industries 64KC, H&H Scientific, Clinton Computer, USUHS, Applefest 81

Topic clusters

Founding & governance: Founding of Washington Apple Pi, Naming of the Pi, Constitution and By-Laws, Pi NOVAPPLE Merger, International Apple Core, Pi Special Interest Groups
Languages & internals: Integer BASIC, APPLESOFT, SWEET 16, 6502 Machine Language, Apple FORTRAN, Apple PASCAL, DOS 3.3
Hardware & telecom: Apple III, Apple Z-80 SoftCard, Computer Bulletin Board Systems, Pi BBS, IDS 440 Printer, Epson MX-80
Services / network: The Source, MicroNET, International Apple Core, Apple Education Foundation
Community: Washington Apple Pi, NOVAPPLE, Apple Puget Sound Program Library Exchange, West Coast Computer Faire

How to use this vault

Drop Pi journal issue PDFs into Sources/.
In chat, say: "Ingest [year / specific issues]."
The agent will identify which stubs match, propose what to extract, and on your OK fill the stubs plus update/create People, Topics, References pages.
Browse in Obsidian — the graph view gets dense fast.
To query the accumulated wiki, just ask — the agent reads from the wiki pages, not the raw PDFs.