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Mini'apples Newsletter the Minnesota Apple Computer User's Group, Inc 0 @ mini'apples newsletter the minnesota apple computer user's group, inc. ^^^^^^_^^^^^_ ClarisWorks SIG Meeting Change ^^_^^ February, 1995 t0 Tu?*StSbvl!iSouthdale Library 6:30PM Volume 18, Issue 2 70th & York Ave. S.,Edina FEBRUARY 1995 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 7:00 7 8 7:00 10 11 7:00 12 13 6:30 14 15 7:00 16 17 18 7:00 AM «& 19 7:00 20 21 22 7:00 23 24 25 7:00 6 26 7:00 27 7:00 28 9 al Board of Directors Filemaker Pro SIG HyperCard SIG Mini'app'les members welcome. Southdale Library No meeting this month Mathews Ctr.. 2318 29th Ave. S., Rm. C 7001 York Ave. So., Edina Peter Fleck, 370-0017 Greg Carlson, 544-8252 SteveWilmes, 458-1513 Macintosh Novice SIG Apple ll/GS Main Fourth Dimension SIG Merriam Park Libary Augsberg Park Ubrary, Metro II 1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield 1300 Mendota Heights Rd. "Open Forum" m"SoundMeister" Mendota Heights Tom Lufkin, 698-6523 TomGates, 789-1713 Bob Demeules, 559-1124 Macintosh Consultants SIG ClarisWorks SIG Apple II Novice SIG Byerly's Norwest Bank, Murray Junior High, 3777 Park Center Blvd, St. Louis Park 5320 Lyndale Ave. So., Minneapolis 2200 Buford, St. Paul "Open Forum" Mike Carlson, 377-6553 Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 TomGates, 789-1713 Mac Programmers SIG Macintosh Main AppleWorks SIG m Murray Junior High, Southdale Library Murray Junior High, 2200 Buford, St. Paul ±i 7001 York Ave. So., Edina &.2200 Buford, St. Paul, Gervaise Kimm, 379-1836 "Fractal Design: Painter & Dabler" Les Anderson, 735-3953 Mike Carlson, 377-6553 mini'apples The Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc. P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343 Board of Directors: Publications Director Introduction - This is the Newsletter of Mini'app'les, Steve Thompson the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc., a President 452-4208 Minnesota non-profit club. The whole newsletter is Gregory L. Carlson copyrighted © by Mini'app'les. Articles may be repro 8216 32nd Ave. N. Software Director duced in other non-profit User Groups' publications Crystal, MN 55427 Owen Aaland except where specifically copyrighted by the author. 544-8252 20804 County 10 Blvd (Permission to reproduce these articles must be given by Zumbrota. MN 55992 the author.) Please include the source when reprinting. Vice-President Work: (507) 732-5090 Brian Bantz Home: (507) 732-5697. Questions - Please direct questions to an appropriate 10532 Kell Circle board member. Users with technical questions should Bloomington, MN 55437 SIGs: Mac refer to the Members Helping Members section. 835-3696 Eric Jacobson 1410 Energy Park Drive #17 Dealers - Mini'app'les does not endorse specific Secretary St. Paul, MN 55108 dealers. The club promotes distribution of information Leroy Sorenson 645-6264 which may help members identify best buys and ser 2415 24th Ave. S. vice. The club itself does not participate in bulk pur Minneapolis, MN 55406 SIGs: Apple II chases of media, software, hardware and publications. 721-5638 Les Anderson Members may organize such activities on behalf of 2147 Suburban Ave. other members. Treasurer St.Paul, MN 55119-4160 Jacque Gay Advertisers - See MultiForm mailer within this issue. 5226 W. Nokomis Pkwy Past President Minneapolis, MN 55417 David E. Laden Newsletter Contributions - Please send contributions 722-1239 675 Wheelock Pkwy West directly to our Post Office, Box 796, Hopkins, MN St. Paul, MN 55117-4151 55343 or upload them to our BBS at 892-3317. Membership Director 488-6774 Bob Demeules Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the 9th 1749 W. Medicine Lake Drive of the month. An article will be printed when space Plymouth, MN 55441 permits and, if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor 559-1124 or Manager, it constitutes material suitable for publication. Operations & Resource Erik Knopp Editor/Publisher: Tom Ostertag 488-9979 1953 Midland Hills Rd. Newsletter Layout: John Hunkins Roseville, MN 55113-5314 636-3244 Mini'app'les BBS -824-4394, 24 hrs. Settings: 8-1-0. Call in with FirstClass® Client software or any text- based terminal program. Mini'app'les Voice Mail - 229-6952 Printed by Stout Typographical Society - Menomonie, WI 54751 (715)232-2895 ^ The Mini'app'les Newsletter is an independent publication not affiliated, sponsored, or sanctioned by Apple Computer, Inc. or any other computer manufacturer. The opinions, statements, positions, and views herein are those of the author(s) or editor and are not intended to represent the opinions, statements, positions, or views of Apple Computer Inc., or any other computer manufacturer. Instead of placing a trademark symbol at every occurrence of a trade-marked name, we state that we are using the names only in an editorial manner, to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1995 The Members Helping Members section of the newsletter is currently undergoing construction. Interested members who i^S Members would like to be included on the new list elping should contact Nick Ludwig at 349-0206 or through the Mini'app'les BBS' new number Members 824-4394. Newsletter Ad Rates 1/12 page .... 2.25" Width x 2.5" Height S10 VnOER 1/6 page 2.5" Width x 5" Height ....$20 1/3 page 2.5" Width x 10" Height Vert or 5.5 H ....$40 1/2 page 7.5" Width x 5" Height (save 5%) ....$60 wnsnucnon 2/3 page 5" Width x 10" Height (save 7%) ....$80 Full page ....7-1/2" Width x 10" Height (save $15%) ..$120 Outside back cover ..7-1/2" Width x 7-1/2" Height ...$100 Inside back cover 7-1/2" Width x 10" Height $120 Frequency discounts 6 months at 5%, 1 year at 15%, Mail inquiries to: PO Box 796, Hopkins, MN, 55343 Phone inquiries to: Nick Ludwig 349-0206 Table of Contents For sale by N e w M a c e D O M ' s 4 'mini'apples Logictech AppleWorks 5: What Can I Get 5 ScanMan 256 greyscale hand scanner The TurboRez Project Still Alive! 7 New in box (unopened) $250 or Best Offer Photoshop 3.0 Review 8 Contact: Les Anderson @735-3953 or Ongoing Deals for Mini'app'les Members 9 on the mini'app'les BBS Reviews of Four Photoshop Books 10 Main Apple II Meeting Minutes 11 D e c e m b e r C l a r i s Wo r k s S I G 11 Cactus Software & I I G S U t i l i t i e s 1 2 Communications, Inc. "Sharp and to the point" Apple II History Part 16 13 Documentation Services for: G O O D D E A L S # 1 7 1 7 Computer Software Technical Manuals Mechanical Systems Now Utilities 5.0 Review 19 Training Courses 612/757-6916 Fax 757-4515 W h a t ' s N e w f o r A p p l e I I 2 1 Your Money Matters Update List 22 Mini'app'les Board of Director's meeting Notice! m i n u t e s 2 3 The Club Bulletin Board has moved! Treasurer's Report November 1994 27 The new phone number is: (612) 824-4394 Annual Meeting 27 Please change your login scripts and startup screens. Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1995 Mac eDOM #915 A & B -Marathon Copyright © 1995 Mini'app'les This demo is designed to give you Files (System, Finder, cdevs, etc.)), by Bruce Thompson a fun and interesting glimpse into General System software, Processes, JAN 1995 the Marathon world. This demo has DAs, Fonts, Drivers, Open Files, eDOM #915 A&B four levels, and network play is Traps and their Patches, restricted to two players. The full Marathon Demo: Applications, Special Resources, game has forty total levels, and sup Special Files, and specific File/Folder Because of size, this eDOM is on ports network play with up to eight information. In addition, it enables two 1.44 mb disks. The file people. you to Mount Volumes, Close Files Marathon Demo is split and you will that were left open, and examine Marathon Cheater 1.1 need some form of Stuffit to and set File and Folder Attributes. reassemble it. If you have Stuffit, Q: What does this program do? The information provided varies Stuffit Lite, or Stuffit DeLuxe, simply A: It allows you to edit saved greatly among these categories and is double click on the file Marathon games from the Marathon Demo. best understood simply by going to Demo /.sit. 1. You can then rejoin You can add to your health, give the dialog window and browsing the file on your hard disk. If you are yourself incredible powers and through the above categories. using Stuffit Expander, first copy the increase your arsenal of weapons. files Marathon Demo/.sit. 1 and Q: What's new in version 1.1? TattleTech® 2.17 Updater Marathon Demo/.sit.2 to the folder A: You can now edit your health This updates TattleTech 2.14 to you want the demo in, then drop as well as giving yourself four extra 2.17. Make sure that you use a copy the file on Stuffit Expander and fol powerups: invisibility, invincibility, of your original programs to perform low the prompts. night vision and fisheye vision. the update even though the updates create a new file and leave the origi REQUIREMENTS: Q: I can't get it to work! How do I use it? nal intact. • Macintosh 68020 or higher (68040 A: Save a game in the Marathon This version of the TT Master or faster recommended) Demo and drag it onto the cheater updater, unlike previous ones, allows • 8-Bit (256) Color display program.
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