Lawrence Charters

Pi's most prolific Mac reviewer and editor from the early 1990s through 2016+. Also one of the major digitization contributors named on the wap.org Journal Showcase page (alongside Walter Taylor and Albert Lubarsky) — confirming the long-form 1979-backlog question about whether this was the same person.

Roles by 1993

• Columbia Apple Slice — Macintosh (paired with Tom Cook on Apple side, from at least 1992-01 — V14 N01)
• New Macintosh Files on the TCS recurring column from 1992-05 — V14 N05
• Consumer News column from 1992-10 — V14 N10
• Co-led Women's SIG with Nancy Seferian in 1993-09 — V15 N09
• Numerous software/hardware/book reviews

Major pieces

• "Lingo: My Kind of Guy" book review (1992-02 — V14 N02)
• "The Pi Flies to Falcon" (1992-06 — V14 N06)
• "Apple's High-Tech Brief" (1992-04 — V14 N04)
• "CanOpener 2.0" (1992-09 — V14 N09)
• "PowerBundle: A Good Value?" (1992-11 — V14 N11)
• "Little Books, Quick Reads" (1993-02 — V15 N02)
• "Curmudgeons and Dragons" book review (1993-02 — V15 N02)
• "Washington Apple Pi and UGTV" (1993-01 — V15 N01) — User Group TV initiative
• "Thrice Upon a Little Mad" (1993-05 — V15 N05)
• "Why You @#%$&! Or, #&@$! on the BBS" (1993-09 — V15 N09) — netiquette piece
• July General Meeting Summary (1993-09 — V15 N09)

Family

Wife Kathleen G. Charters took over Women's SIG by 1993-12 — V15 N12.

Sources

• Pi Journal issues — see backlinks for full appearances.
• 2025-07 — Pi Journal Index 1979-2016 — listed as major digitization contributor.