Washington Apple Pi Journal, July 1988
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$250 Wa1hi ngton Applcz Pi Journal of WaGshington Apple Pi, Ltd . Volume. 10 Julu 1988 number 7 Hiahli_aht.1 v - - •Win One for the Zipper •Apple Fest Adventures (pages 20 and 22> •Word Perfect for the Apple IIGS 9Federal Joblink: A Review ~ Reports: The Complete Report Generator for Hypercard 9 1n Search of a Little Number Crunching In This Issue. Officers & Siaff, Editorial................................... ................... 3 President's Comer ........................................... Tom Warrick 4 General Information, Apple Teas, Return LO USU HS ............ 5 Annapolls Apple Slice News .................. Katherine M. Cave 6 Classifieds, Commercial Classifiells, Job t-.fan, Event Qucuc.6 W AP Calendar, SIG News........................................... ......... 7 WAP Hotline.......................................................................... 8 Q & A ............................... Robert C. Plait & Bruce F. Field 10 RAM-STAR: A RAM Disk for CPIM ............... Art W ilson 12 Managing Your Money (Apple II): A Review .. Dob Oringel 12 Two More Desktop Publishers for Apple 11 ........ Ray Sculc 14 Springboard Publisher (Apple II): A Review .. Bob Oringel I 5 Bit Image Graphics: Update ................................ Ray Settle 14 Wi n One fo~ the Zipper ........................ : ...... Leon H. Racsly 16 JIGS Stuff: AppleFcst ........................................ Ted Meyer 20 JIGS SIG Meeting Report .................................. Ted Meyer 21 Program Interface SIG (PI-SIG News) ........ Robert Golden 21 Adventures a l ApplcFcsL ......... Kaye, Levy, Page & Racsly 22 WordPerfect for the Apple IIGS ...................... Chuck Ward 26 On the Trail of the Apple/// ........................... Dave Ollalini 29 AVS IG (Art & Video SIG) ......................... Nuncy Scfcrian 31 W AP Ill SIG Disk 1028: ASCIDIF ........... Allan M. Bloom 32 An Open LcLLer Lo Software Publishers ...... Da\'iu L. Porter 33 GamcSIG News .............................................. Steven Payne 34 Wasteland: A Review .................................... David Grnnite 34 Ringwarp: A Review .... ............................... David L. Porter 35 King's Quest Three: A Review ................... J'vlichael Sofacr 35 PT 109: A Review ....... ............................. Dave Romcrstein 36 Farni~Com C8flER Now Open ® Wap Bonus Buy for Special I CMS20 meg I Business I Hard Disk Drive I I I ... We've sharpened-up I I our image a httle. Bul I $639. I I I you can still expect the No other purchase same customer I necessary. Offer good I ..-...iiiillll' ... ..,.. .. .._ dedication and friendly I with this coupon only. I personnel as before! I I 20-500/c off I Trade-In Your A,.pple Ile 1 ° : or A_pple Ile for an : RegularlistPrice. : Apple JIGS 1 1 I I ast, On-site Service: 8~ld~~~~::rs : I Paper and get I When your Apple equipment breaks down, you need it I a third one free. I fixed, not excuses. 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