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Club News The President's Comer ...... Bob Platt ...... 5 Jean Louis Gassee to Journal Business ...... Tom Piwowar ...... 7 Meeting Reports ...... various ...... 13 address Pi Board of Directors Minutes ...... 19 Open Hearing on the Second Decade ...... Bob Platt ...... 27 ...... page 5 Vendor Watch ...... 28 Moving Scene-Photos ...... Bob Platt ...... 32 Special National User Group Conference ...... Bob Platt ...... 24 Relive the office move Cornrnunity Service ...... Rick Gilmore ...... 24 Just a Note or Two ...... Ray Hobbs ...... 88 ...... page 32 Comment Open Letter to the Members ...... Lynn Trusal...... 29 Letters to the Editor ...... various ...... 25 Bits and Bytes ...... Lynn Trusal ...... 54 Save money with a Games Dungeon Master (GS): A Review ...... David Wood ...... 47 parallel printer The Play Room ...... Steven Payne ...... 46 Street Sports Football ...... Stephen Granite ...... 50 ...... page 37 T~~~~i~i~Lost in Las Vegas ...... David L. Porter ...... 51

IIGS Stuff - DOS 3.3 ...... Ted Meyer ...... 34 Apple Q & A ...... Bob Platt ...... 36 Wanton killing and Connecting Parallel Printers ...... Phil Shapiro ...... 37 The Joys of a Fast Clock and a 3.5" Drive ...... Phil Shapiro ...... 38 slaying Publish It! 2 Tricks and Hints ...... Gary Hayman ...... 39 Time Out Versions ...... David Page ...... 41 ...... page 47 Best of the TCS ...... Paul Schlosser ...... 42 Ribbon Reinking Tips ...... Gary Hayman ...... 44 On the Trail of the Apple III ...... David ottalini ...... 45 Mac Q & A ...... Jeff Alpher ...... 52 Adding Mac memory Desktop Puzzling ...... Ron Moore ...... 58 My Mac Has the nVir Virus ...... Jack Crawford ...... 66 ...... page 52 Macinations ...... Robb Wolov ...... 71 W AP Tutorials Information ...... Lynn Trusal ...... 86 Revi9ws Plotters for the Mac ...... Ludwig Benner ...... 57 Desktop Publishing Connectix -Virtual ...... Lewis Bean ...... 59 40 MB External Drives ...... Scott Anderson ...... 61 problems solved Wingz: Initial Impressions ...... Scott Anderson ...... 61 Softviews: Wingz ...... David Morganstein ...... 62 ...... pages 39 & 58 Views and ReVIews: Springboard Publisher .. R Hobbs & 13 Oringel ...... 68 Wanna Make A Certificate ...... Martin Milrod ...... 70 What's the Best Answer ...... David Morganstein ...... 72 Disk Library Mac virtual memory Ill SIG Disketeria Notes ...... David Ottalini ...... 76 Mac Disketeria ...... David Weikert ...... 76 ...... page 59 WAP Databank WAP Hotline ...... 8 Calendar ...... 10 Recent Downloaded files on the TCS ...... Paul Scholsser ...... 85 Disketeria SALE! Classifieds ...... 87 Membership Drive Readout ...... - ...... 88 ...... page 76 ~~SAMPLER MacExpo Specials!

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Art Lundquist, President Co-Owner/Founder ComputerLand Mid-Atlantic, Clinton Computer Why does the bottom of this ad have two logos -­ Macintosh IICX Clinton Computer and ComputerLand Mid-Atlantic? The answer is simple! To provide even Land, we will be offering a more compre­ better support, service and value for you - hensive and economical service plan - our valued customer - Ointon Computer with world-wide service capability. has joined the Computerl.and network and has begun to operate some Metro area What about training? Computerl.and stores. During the next We will be offering even more courses and several months, we will purchase other opening more training locations. locations and our existing Ointon Com­ puter stores will change their names to What about Government Sales? Computerl.and Mid-Atlantic. ComputerLand intends to be one of the largest suppliers ofall the major microcom­ Over the next several years, Clinton Com­ puter products to the Federal Government. puter will expand to open and operate Come see the new, versatile and extraordinary Com puterl..and stores throughoutthe Mid­ Are all ComputerLand stores in the Macintosh~ IICX. With the Motorola 68030 Atlantic area. Washington area owned and oper­ microprocessor, it's every bit as powerful and ated by Clinton Computer? fast as our top-cf-the-line Macintosh IIX _! in a Some of you have heard about our pur­ smaller size! chase of some ComputerLand locations or No. Be sure to shop at those listed in this ad have seen ComputerLand banners in our for the value, service and support that you have come to expect from Clinton Com­ OUR DISCOUNT POLICY FOR stores and have asked us what is going on. puter. WASHINGTON APPLE Pl MEMBERS COMPtrrnRLAND MJD.ATI.ANllC offers Washing· Has Clinton Computer's ownership ton Apple Pi members a 25'lfo DISCOUNT OFF THE If you have any other questions, please UST PRICE on all Apple-brand peripherals and Apple. changed? write to me: Care. For upgrades, the 25% discount applies to the No. Ointon Computer joined the Comput­ parts only, not to the laborcosl Discount Is available to Office of the President persons who have been Pi member.; for at least 3 erLand network, but is still owned and Clinton Computer operated by its founders, Chuck Perilli and months. Discount cannot be applied retroactively. Pi 7469 Old Alex. Ferry Road membcrs need to present their cards up-front. Discount myself. We will continue to provide the Clinton, MD 20735 cannot be used In combination with other promotions. best value, service and support to you. Products on allocation from Apple are excluded from this offer. COMPUTERLAND MID-AUANTIC re­ I look forward to hearing from you. serves the right to change this policy at any time. Will we carry more products? Yes. Our stores will offer Apple, IBM, COMPAQ and Hewlett-Packard, along with 87 other brands available through the ComputerLand network. Not all of our stores are authorized for all products yet, so please call.

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Officers and Board of Directors Disketeria Volunteers President -Bob Platt (703) 486-1466 DOS 3.3 Librarian -Jim Little (301 )762-3215 Vice President-Apple Mtg -Ray Hakim (301) 649-1891 Macintosh Librarian -David Weikert (301)963-0063 Vice President-Mac Mtg. -Eric Rall (301) 596-0004 -Martin Milrod (301) 464-5981 Treasurer -Edward Myerson (703) 759-5479 Pascal Librarian -Mike Hartman (301) 445-1583 Secretary -Peter Combes (301) 251 -6369 ProDOS-CP/M Libr. -John T. Bell (301) 441-9069 Directors -Harvey Kaye (301) 493-6875 llgs Librarian -Sam Knutson (301) 498-8411 -Priscilla Myerson (703) 759-5479 -Richard Sanders (703) 450-4371 -Leon Raesly (301) 439-1799 Apple II Disks -Jim & Nancy Little (301) 762-3215 -Nancy Seferian (202) 333-0126 John Bell Bob Johnson -Bob Shaffer (301) 552-9214 Bob Platt John Ruffatto Dave Harvey -Lynn R. Trusal (301) 845-2651 Bob Houts Gary Hayman -Cynthia Yockey (301) 565-3951 Mac Library Past President -Tom Warrick (301) 365-7226 Dave Benbennick Rick Capman Head Disk Librarian -Jim Little (301) 762-3215 David Condit Hampton DeJarnette Journal Managing Editor -Tom Piwowar (202) 223-6813 John DeMarco Garry Elliott Office Staff Ben Frank Andy Gallant Gary Grey Mary Hackmeyer Office Manager -Nancy Pochepko William Jones Ralph Mullendore Asst. Office Manager -Kym Knutson Fred Rodgers Tony Salerno Office Assistant -Ambrose Liao Charles Sicard Bob Soule Joe Swick Bob Vandegrift Volunteers SIG Chairs "Call only evenings 7:00-9:30, M-F Annapolis Slice -Charles Schindler (301) 437-4624 Group Purchases "Rich Wasserstrom (202) 544-8327 AppleWorks -Ken DeVito (703) 960-0787 Head Reading Lib. -Watt Francis (202) 966-57 42 Apple llgs -Ted Meyer (703) 893-6845 Apple Tea Coord. -Amy Billingsley (301) 622-2203 Apple Ill -David Ottalini (301) 681-5792 Dealer Rel. Comm. -John Alden (202) 686-1656 -Tom Bartkiewicz (703) 435-3295 -Harvey Kaye (301) 493-6875 AVSIG -Nancy Seferian (202) 333-0126 -Bob Platt (703) 486-1466 Columbia Slice *Rich Wasserstrom(202) 544-8327 Presidents -Ann MacKay (301) 740-4482 Legat Counsel -Charles Calkins -Paul Retz (301) 596-2185 -Dan Dwyer (301) 445-2895 V. Presidents, Mac -Ann Knust (301) 781-7587 Membership -Dana Schwartz (301) 654-8060 -Pat Cappetaere (301) 596-3989 Public Relations V. Presidents, Apple -Tom Cook (301) 995-0352 -Cynthia Yockey (301) 565-3951 -Tom Crowley (301) 730-2319 SIGs & Slices Coord. -Bob Shaffer (301) 552-9214 Treasurer -Neil Gordon (301) 381 -5877 Hotline Coordinator -Larry Feldman (202) 546-9556 Secretary -Steve Gaston (301) 992-0480 Telecom SYSOP -Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Apple Ambassador -Tim Childers (301) 997-9317 Journal Store Distribution-Andy Wallo (703) 430-1553 CP/M -Charles Franklin (301) 997-9138 Tutorials Coordinator -Lynn R. Trusal (301) 845-2651 Database SIG -Eric Gutsche (703) 379-1265 Community Affairs -Rick Gilmore (301) 587-6928 DisabledSIG -Jay Thal (202) 244-3649 Desktop Publishing SIG -Tom Piwowar (202) 223-6813 EDSIG -Peter Combes (301) 251-6369 Excel SIG -Larry Feldman (202) 546-9556 Federal SIG -Lyle Eesley (301) 740-8472 Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. -John Nelson (703) 425-1832 Frederick Slice -Scott Galbraith (301) 865-3035 791 OWoodmont Avenue, Suite 91 O GameSIG -Charles Don Hall (703) 356-4229 Bethesda, MD 20814 Emeritus Chair -Ron Wartow ...he'll call you Business Office (301) 654-8060 HyperCard -Bob Platt (703) 486-1466 Telecommunications System (301) 986-8085 LawSIG -open Mac Programmers -Bob Shaffer (301) 552-9214 Office hours: M-Sat. 10-2:30* -Bruce Jacobs (301) 439-7812 Tues. 7-9pm Music SIG -Bill Bittle (301) 236-9898 •The office will be closed for the 1st 2 hours of the general meeting New SIG -Chris Bastian (301) 530-1935 -Bernie Benson (301) 951-5294 ©1989, Washington Apple Pi , Ltd. NeXT SIG -Hugh O'Neill (202) 328-9510 Pascal (PIG) -Vincent Zenger (301) 593-3985 User groups may reprint without prior permission any portion of Pl-SIG -Bob Golden (301) 593-6165 the contents herein, provided proper author, title, and publica- StockSIG -Peter Kasper (703) 620-4071 tion credits are given. Please send a copy to the editor. Telecomm . SIG -Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 Works -Chris Bastian (301) 530-1935 May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 3 The WAP Journal is created using Apple Macintosh 11 and Regular Columns SE computers and printed camera-ready on a 300-dpi Best of the Apple Il TCS ...... Paul Schlosser ...... 42 Apple LaserWritet Plus. Bits & Br!es •...•...... ••.•.•.•...... •.•.. Lytll! Trusal ...... 54 Desktop Puzzling ...... Ron Moore ...... 58 Software includes word proc­ IIGS Stuff ...... Ted Meyer ...... 34 essing with: Word (Micro­ Journal Business ...... Tom Piwowar ...... 7 soft), WriteNow (T/Maker), Macinations ...... Robb Wolov ...... 71 and MacWrlte (Claris); illus­ Mac Q &A ...... Jeff AlRher ...... 52 tration with: MacPaint On the Trail of the Apple ill ...... David Ottalini ...... 45 Presidents' Comer ...... Bob Platt ...... 5 (Claris), MacDraw (Claris), Softviews ...... David Morganstein ...... 62 Canvas (Deneba), and FreeHand (Aldus); page layout with: MacDraw (Claris) and PageMaker (Aldus); communications with RedRyder (CE Software), TOPS (Sun Microsystems), and Mail (Microsoft); utility programs include: Font/DA Juggler (ALSoft), DiskTop Advertisers Authors (CE Software), LaserStatus (CE Software), McSink Alpher, Jeff ...... 52 (Preferred Software), Award Publications ...... 23 Anderson, Scott ...... ~ ...... 61 Bastian, Chris ...... 16 ArtGrabber (Hayden), and Carver Publishing Services •.••..••.•.... 31 I..ewis ...... 59, 67 SmartScrap (Solutions); Clinton Computer ...... 1 Bean, Benner, Ludwig ...... 57 Computer Age ...... 48, 49 Fonts are: Palatine, Helvetica, Computer Destktop Publ. Center ... 25 Cave, Katherine M...... 14 Helvetica Narrow, Helvetica Crawford, Jack ...... 66 Darby Graphics ...... 2 Condensed, and Helvetica Fisher, Oscar ...... 14 Desktop Publishing Center ...... 90 Gilmore, Rick ...... 24 Condensed Black (Adobe)! Disk Doctor ...... 87 50 Gestalt ...... 35 Granite, Stephen ...... GS Software ...... 51 Hall, Charles Don ...... 17 Landmark Computer Lab ...... 41 Hayman, Gary ...... 39, 44 Laser's Resource ...... 35 Hobbs, Raymond ...... 16, 68, 88 Journal MacComer ...... 0 Meyer, Ted ...... 34 MacHeaven ...... 23 Milrod, Martin ...... 70 Deadlines MaclnOffice ...... 63 Moore, Ron ...... 58 MacSlides ...... 87 Morganstein, David ...... 62, 72 MacSource ...... 37 O'Neill, Hugh ...... 15 Writers' submissions MacTemps ...... 89 Oringel, Bob ...... 68 June ••••••• May 8 MacUpgrade ...... 12 Ottalini, David ...... 45, 76 MacWorld Expo ...... 60 Page, David ...... 41 July ••••••• June 5 MidAtlantic Telesis ...... 56 Payne, Steven ...... 46 Multisoft Resources ...... 30 Piwowar, Tom ...... 7, 18 Editors' submissions Operant Systems ...... 21 Platt, Bob ...... 5,12,15,16,24,27,32,36 June •••••••• May 15 PLSlnc...... 85 Pochepko, Nancy ...... 15 July ••••••• June 12 PC Resources ...... 85 Porter, David L...... 51 Publishers Service Bureau ...... 89 Seferian, Nancy ...... 16 Ad space reservations Satellite Scientific ...... 40 Schlosser, Paul ...... 42 Summit Research Corp...... 12 Shapiro, Phil ...... 37, 38 . June ...... May 10 Tarantino, Paul ...... 17 July ••••••• June 7 Advertisers are listed as a service to our Trusal, Lynn ...... 29, 54, 86 readers; the WAP Journal is not responsible Weikert, David ...... 76 Camera-ready ad copy for any errors or omissions. Wolov, Robb ...... 71 Wood, David ...... 47 June ••••••• May 17 July ••••••• June 14 Distribution Dates June ••••••• May 27 July ..... June 24

4 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 imposes limitations and record keep­ Last month, I indicated that our l%fati~ ing requirements on social clubs re­ office would welcome donations of *fillr~ garding the extent to which thei.r fa­ plants and framed art. This request jj\dMI1 cilities and services can be provided prompted the suggestion that W AP fflf''~:"~\~j to non-members. make the increased wall space of our f , H The primary hurdle to filing our new office available as a gallery for &Mldf~ :-~:~:;:::·:.:::::::-:-: application is the need to present three the display of c. ompute~-generat~ art. filfill·'.·:·.:jffi years' worth offinancial data which is This would allow artists to display fa,.,.;:;rn not more than 60 days old. After a their works while providing W AP !~P!i!f[\ great deal of coordination, our Gen­ with an interesting environment. n1-..· ·U eral Counsel, Charles Calkins prepared Charles Rider, Nancy Seferian, and fhi:;:dt an application for filing on April 3 the AV SIG will help coordinate this ~W%ti with the requisite financial data sup­ effort. i1fil 1!i1! plied by Treasurer Ed Myerson, and Just as Walt Francis and his vol- fiithM1 our paid bookkeeper Cecila Whitehead. unteer staff got the backlog of old tl;;;,~~~'!li! However, a review of the application newsletters filed away, J.D. McCaffery ~;. . '... J~ President's Corner suggested that it would have a better donated even more materials for our @ffatfi chance if W AP reincorporated. As a library. Thanks, J.D. lill!~ result, the Board authorized me to createanewcorporationcalled "WAP, Management lll\Hl~1! by Bob Platt :i;-?. :~:: Inc." which will file a revised applica­ Improvements iliL.. ',_.J! • • • ?,~::~:~==~~~:~ tion at the end of April. Many thanks The physical unprovements m our ~%i:~#;j Gassee to Charles for his long hours on this office are ?lso accompanied by organ- li~i project. Until "WAP, Inc." qualifies Jean Louis Gassee, President of izational improvements. The helter- i;;;::::#h as a charity, "Washington Apple Pi, Apple Products, continues our series skelter of the old office is replaced by W1?~:*f~ Ltd." will continue to operate asa tax­ of 10th anniversary speakers. He will betterorganized work areas. We have }:}-..·m exempt social club. be our guest at a special WAP mem­ begun to bind our magazine collec- tliJ.WH® bership meeting on Thursday, April Community Affairs tion and promptly shelve the news- ~fri(~!!.~) 27, 1989, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Mr. letters from other clubs. The result is @%lW A fundamental purpose which Gassee will discuss ''Programming, an environment which is worthy of a ~~Wi~l brings W AP members together is Networks and Other Dangerous 6,000 member organization.. . ""~;I. ~:;·:¥.""' volunteering and service to others Drugs." The meeting will be held in Other important improvements ff~~w:fl: Hall C (the Keynote Room) on the through computers. Although WA: are less visible. All ne~ ~embershi~s f1'~;~'~{I main floor of the DC Convention has been active in a number of pro,­ are now processed within three bus1- t: ,, .% ects in serving the greater commu­ Center, 900 9th Street NW. The spon­ ness days. Nancy Pochepko and I are ~~faf@l nity, we have not had a systematic sors of MacWorld Expo will allow writinganofficeproceduremanual to !if:l ·...'l~ effort to help our members learn of persons attending the Gassee meet­ document functions of WAP's em- iiL,.,',.,.$ volunteering opportunities. To help ing to enter Hall C without paying ployees and volunteers. Also, our f.HM}t coordinate our efforts, I have MacWorldExpoadmissionfrom 11:30 financial transac~ons, .such as reim- ~1:lf* a.m. to 12:30 p.m. appointed Rick Gilmore to serve as our bursements and fmanoal statements, K::::t4'~ first Community Affairs Coordina­ My thanks to Ellen Leanse for her are now available on a more timely !iir1'~''.':JriJ tor. Rick and I have begun to meet assistance in arranging Mr. Gassee's visit to W AP. with various community service basi~hese improvements are made ~i\:;i)i;[if)li groups to find an appropriate role for possible by introducting full-time 1fl"' .,.,,,i~f~ Tax Exempt Status W AP. One possibility is to hold a professional staff in the office. We l;.. ,,, L$ "computer fair" for non-profit organi­ Although what follows is some­ thank Nancy Pochepko for bringing her @!:fif:Jif zations. Such a fair would allow these what technical Oike computer pro­ experience as a manager to bear on !WWW groups to learn of WAP's resources • • ·=~~;::::-;:x::::~~= gramming), it is good news about our office functions. w··· ...... ~ WAP's tax status. and to match volunteers with com­ At the April 8 hearing, several · J munity needs. Rick shares several of At present, W AP is exempt from people questioned the decision to mtnm his ideas for projects in this issue. Federal taxes as a "social club." In employ office managers on the condi- ifa~KM 1982, a membership referendum New Office tion that they not bemembersofWAP. Jjlfff:fil1J. voted to incorporate W AP and to The Search Committee and I believe fil§ff@ As indicated in the separate photo apply for an exemption as a "chari­ that experience has shown that this Wf\~~¥ spread on page 32, WAP has moved ~~i:;;:~:'# table or educational" organization. requirement is· important.· WAP now WfaHH into its new quarters. The move was The difference is that donations from benefits from the continuity and pro- mmmrn made possible by the hard work of the public to an IRS-approved charity ductivity which comes from a full- filf!~flfii many volunteers. Again, many are tax deductible. Also, the IRS time staff that spends its entire work- iHl!M~ thanks. day on W AP business. HHJMJ May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 5 Based on our success with the Special WAP Meeting Tenth Anniversary Raffle of a Mac SE, W AP and the Pentagon Mac Users Group (PMUG) joined to conduct a Jean Louis Gassee raffle in conjunction with the ~ '· MacWorldExpo. The grand prize is a President, Apple Products ::··· . Mac Il donated by the Apple Federal speaking on .:w : Systems Group. The second prize is a ·.. ·. · CD-ROM player also donated by "Programming, Networks and Other Dangerous Drugs" : . . . Apple. Claris Corp has donated a set .' : . . of their software as a third prize. Thursday April 27 12-1 :30 p.m. .-~.. 1Ti~kets are $1 each, and the drawing ~r~t ·~~ win. be held at the W AP Booth on Hall C - DC Convention Center JI~·;~ April 28. At leas~ 30% of the proceeds (Mac World registration not required to attend) ~Jtti ~Ill be donated m the ~ame of WAP ~=~i·;~:~::::?l and PMUG to the Air and Space ~~~ :.. ri Museum's Office of Education. ing because it is the first AppleFest to knowledgable secondary school stu­ ~::Jt~ Our 20' x 20' booth is probably the cover both Apples and Macs. dents to work on volunteerprojectsin ~1·:~~ most ambitious marketing effort in our office. Second, with sufficient i$ .· ·~ WAP's history. Many thanks to Disk Catalogs interest, W AP could conduct a set of .~:-:,: ··~ Cynthia Yockey, Ray Hobbs and We are using the occassion of day-time tutorials for young people. ·: . .·· Marty Milrod for serving on the booth MacWorld and AppleFest to print Third, W AP could sponsor a program­ ~·- . display committee. The result is a revised Disk Library Catalogs for both ming context. If you are interested in • •• · ··=:· collapsible booth which can be trans- our Mac and Apple collections. The assisting with any of these projects, : : . ··.. ported to out of town shows. new Mac catalog will sell for $1 and please call the Office. . . W AP owes thanks to our the Apple for $2.50. H you have not •• • .~ .< MacWorld Committee, which has purchased disks from our library in Elections ·~· ·: been meeting regularly since last some time, please examine these cata­ W AP willconductitsannual elec­ · ®.-~<: August to plan this big event. Marty logs. W AP has one of the best docu­ tions beginning with the May 27 Milrod has served as MacWorld Co- mented public domain and shareware meeting. Ballots will be mailed to ··1,·: ordinator. Other key volunteers were collections in the nation. You can members who have not picked them ·-. Jay Heller, Sam Pickens, Eric Rall, Bob purchaseeithercatalogatthemonthly up at the meeting. Please call ·the l-~. 1 ,~ Shaffer, Rich Wasserstrom, Dave Weik­ meeting or in our office. office if you have not received a ballot ~ erl, and Cynthia Yockey. Many thanks. by June 10. Please return your ballots Summer Plans to the post office box indicated in the ~ AppleFest The summer vacation between mailing by the designated deadline. ,~:~{1 Boston AppleFest is rapidly ap- school years present special opportu­ The back of the ballot will also include ·.l .· ~~ proaching on May 5-7, and WAP is nities for WAP to serve the needs of a survey to help us learn how to serve i · <* d. l . Th Bo ..":l'.l:* 1 :::~ sen mg a arge contingent. e s- youngcomputerusers. First, the WAP you better. 9 :o/· ~. · ton show will be particularly interest- Office welcomes the assistance of -Bob Platt

A key to WAP's achievements has been the hard work of its committees. Committees allow W AP to reach beyond .. , · the members of its Board and get a wider variety of individuals involved in its functions. Here is a list of the currently .. ··: .: mactive Committees and Commissions: ·rr~~ Apple II Public Domain Software: Ted Meyer, Chairman; Sam Knutsen, Jim Little, Bob Platt, David Todd. ·~ ·1'- 0 AppleFest Ted Meyer, Chairman; Harvey Kaye, Allen Levy, Bill North, Bob Platt, Charlie Sorrels. <~1··:·~ Audit: Harvey Kaye, ~airman; And~ew S. Lang,. Pau~ Browner, Bert Anker, David L Decker, Kathleen Gant. ~~~ Booth/Display: Cynthia Yockey, Chairman; Martin Mdrod, Raymond Hobbs. I~=~~Mt;~ Data Base In~estigation: Dana Schwartz, Bob Shaffer, D~e Smith. ~1Ui.1 Dealer Relations: John Alden, Harvey Kaye, Bob Platt, Rich Wasserstrom. 1~.:fi~! MacWorld ~xpo: Martin Milrod, ~irman; Bob Platt, Bob Shaffer, Lynn Trusal, Cynthia Yockey. I~ Membership: Raymond Hobbs, Chairman; Harvey Kaye, Ted Meyer, Bob Platt, Lee Raesly, Nancy Seferian. 1·t:I Office Software Selection: Bruce Field, Harvey Kaye, Nancy Pochepko, Lee Raesly, Nancy Seferian. I Second Decade: Ray Hakim, David Morganstein, John Nelson, Bob Platt, Bob Shaffer, Cynthia Yockey. l I Telecom. Long Range Planning: David Gursky, Chair; Harvey Kaye, Allen Levy, Eric Rall, Jessicia Weissman. 6 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May 1989 Send Your Journal Serving the Members Submissions to the: Vendor Watch Apple File Exchange. It converts AppleWorks ProDOS files to Micro­ This month we begin what I hope soft Works Mac files. It works like a WAP Journal Editorial Board willbeanewfeature, the Vendor Watch. charm. It really pays to read the Jour­ This will takea bitoflegwork because nal cover to cover! Managing Editor we are not only printing member So now another question. Does Tom Piwowar observations but also asking the ven­ any one know how to convert Apple 1500 Massachusetts Ave NW, #34 dors for a response. This month we graphicsformatstoMacformat? Also, Washington DC 20005 have a letter from David Morganstein. isthereperhapsa waylcancoercemy (202) 223-6813 Next month we will report on the IBM PC's 5.25 disk drive to read Pro­ trials of a member who took his Mac Apple Editor DOS disks? (Should I immediately · Hardware, Programming, TCS, Q&A for repair to three different dealers. turn to the back of the Journal and .· Lee Raesly Each dealer treated him very differ­ expect to see and answer there?) MHA Inc ently and the competence and cost 7411 Riggs Rd, Suite 103 differences were surprising. If you The Second Decade Adelphi MD 20783 are experiencing frustration with a I got many excellect suggestions ·" (301) 439-1799 vendor please do write the Journal. Mat: Editor for the Journal during the Second ·. Decade hearing (see page 27). Since Hardware, Programming, TCS, Q&A Graphics there was not enough time for every­ Martin Mllrod We are also running graphics to one to speak I am considering some 2616 Kingsley Lane tell you more about the world and sessions after the General Meeting. Bowie MD 20715 about the Pi. These include ·a break­ Let me know if you are interested. (301) 464-5981 down of Pi income and expenses(page Reviews Editor 30). As a monthly feature we plan to Caring about the Pi Ray Hobbs track the changing (dropping!) price (an editorial) 8405 Snowden Loop of 1 Meg SIMMs (page 67). Thanks to Laurel MD 20708 Lewis Bean, Jr. of MacUpgrades for A number of members are taking ·:. : . (301) 490-7 484 supplying the data. the time to express their concerns .. · : . Games Editor about the operation of the Pi in this . :~:. Steven Payne Copyright Policy issue. This is a very healthy thing and .. ~ . Discalced Carmelita Friars From time to time articles are I am glad to be participating in a re- ·· · 2131 Lincoln Rd NE submitted to the Journal that include birth of caring. · Washington DC 20002 a copyright notice by the author. Af­ The reason that I took on the re­ (202) 832-6622 ter some thought I have concluded sponsibility of managing the Journal .. : Graphic Arts and DTP Editor that this is inconsistent with the spirit was not just because I like working on Jane Altshuer of a user group publication. The copy­ publications. It was because I wanted 5407 Grove Ridge Way right notice on our masthead is there to do my part in helping the Pi grow · · · . Rockville MD 20852 to protect us from someone simply into an organization that truly cared .... (301) 564-1123 reprinting individual articles or even about its members and about people Columnists Editor the entire Journal for commercial in general. Kathleen Dunten purposes. Please take the time to read the Thompson Publishing We want to encourage other user Board minutes (page 19), please read 1725 K St, NW, Suite 200 groups to reprint-note the "permis­ Lynn Trusal's open letter (page 29), Washington DC 20006 sion to reprint'' notice on our mast­ take note of what other volunteers are (202) 872-1766 head. Anyone who submits articles writing in their columns (I have left Club News and Calendar Editor with a private copyright should ex­ every writer's commentson the Pi in- > Peter Cook pect to be last on the list for inclusion tact) and in the letters to the editor ~~ :§l • 8403-1 Greenwood Ave in the Journal. Do you agree? Please (page 25). If you can get on the TCS, · · Takoma Park MD 20912 share your feelings with me. go read the minutes of the last meet­ (301) 585-7651 ing and talk to other members. Proofreaders OK to AppleWorks Try to read in between the lines to ~- · get a picture of not just the substance = Darla Fera While in the front of last month's if David Harris Journal I was asking for advice about but also the atmosphere. Ask yourself I Cindi Kaiser handling AppleWorks files the an­ what kind of organiution you want . swer was lurking in the back. Last the Pi to be and then do something · month's Disketeria included on disk about it. ti .______J #15.13aWorks-Workstransporterfor - Tom Piwowar ~· May1989 Washington Apple Pl Joumal 7 Have a computer problem? The fol­ dBase 11&111,Data Perfect Ulllllles:ProSel lowing club members have volun­ Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 II teered to help other club members. Profiler 3.0 Word Processors Guidelines for Hotline Use Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 General Dvorak Keyboard Walt Francis (202) 966-57 42 • Hotlineisforclubmembersonly. Ginny Spevak (202) 362-3887 Apple Writer II • Remember these are volunteers: Hard Disk Dianne Lorenz (301) 530-7881 be courteous; ask for help, not for CMC (not CMS) Leon Rae sly (301) 431-0853 a job to be done for you. Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Letter & Simply Perfect Respectall telephone restrictions Corvus Omnlnet Leon Rae sly (301) 431-0853 where listed-no calls after 10:00 Tom Vier (BBS) (301) 986-8085 Mouse Write PM except where indicated. Corvus Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 f Calls regarding commercial soft­ Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Screenwriter II 4. ware packages should be limited Sider Peter Combes (301) 251-6269 to those you have purchased. Do Jaxon Brown (301) 350-3283 Gene Carter (202) 363-2342 not call about software for which Otis Greever (615) 638-1525 Word Handler you have no documentation. Hardware • //c Jon Vaupel (301) 593-3316 • All telephone numbers are home Michael Osborn (301) 505-1637 Word Perfect numbers unless otherwise James Edwards (301) 585-3002 specified. Languages Applesoft Henry Donahoe (202) 298-9107 When requests are made to re­ Word Star turn calls, long distance calls will Louis Biggie (301) 967-3977 Peter Combes (301) 251 -6369 Art Wilson (301) 77 4-8043 :.. !' be collect. i~ Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Michael Osborne (301) 505-1637 ,,~ :-:: John Wiegleya1tsr2:1s (703) 437-1808 John Love (703) 569-2294 Apple llgs Integer Basic Apple II John Wiegleyatter 2:1s (703) 437-1808 General John Love (703) 569-2294 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Machine General/PalntWorks+ iltrl~ GeneralDave H~rvey (703) 578-4621 Ray Hobbs (BBS) (301) 490-7484 Paul Tarantino (703) 455-7670 !_HflMM John W1egleyatter2:1s (703) 437-1808 John Love (703) 569-2294 /le Upgrade ~~f.fil1WJ Accounting Packages Pascal Morgan Jopling (301) 261-3886 f&tW.H BPI Programs Michael Hartman (301) 445-1583 APW ~,,.,,~··=''"': Jaxon Brown (301) 350-3283 c and TML Pascal Andy Gavin (703) 734-3049 ' BPI & Howardsoft(Tax) Harry Ewin (703) 391-0295 Jim Frison (703) 525-9395 Otis Greever (615) 638-1525 Operating Systems Deluxe Paint II Dollars & $ense Apple DOS Rich Sanders (703) 450-4371 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 John Wiegleya1ter 2:1s (703) 437-1808 GS BASIC Home Accountant CPJM Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 ... Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Art Wilson (301) 77 4-8043 Multlscr/be GS 1' .-:: ADDlf SSC ~:::::~·:-.· x~~:: r r &. Pro DOS Ray Settle (301) 647-9192 JJl\\\J Appl:~~~:~nson (301) 951 -5294 John Love (703) 569-2294 Telecommunications John Wiegley alter2:1s(703) 437-1808 Dale Smith (301) 762-5158 :::fw;W Ken DeV1to (703) 960-0787 ProDOS 8 and 16 Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 · ~ Bob Martz (301) 795-5689 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Timeout Serles & Ulllllles: ProSel ~i=·.·m,,.J Ray Settle (301) 647-9192 Chuck Ward before9pm(703) 830-3720 ittfiM~ Harry Erwin (703) 391-0295 RWTS, Disk structure John Wiegley (703) 437-1808 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 · Michael Osborn (301) 505-1637 VIP·Pro/Multlscrlbe . Apple Works Data Base Print Shop Thomas O'Hagan (301) 593-9683 Jim Frison (703) 525-9395 j Morgan Jopling (301) 261-3886 816 Palnt;Wrltr's Ch.El , :! Communications Packages Spreadsheets Andy Gavin (703) 734-3049 General fiIBlil)i~~ii Asg!~~~:~~~ (703) 578-4621 Walt Francis (202) 966-5742 ·=:~ ProTerm MaglcCalc*SuperCalc2.0 Become a Allan Levy (703) 578-4621 Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Talk Is Cheap/Pt.loft. Terry Prudden (301) 933-3065 WAP Hotline Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Telecommunications Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 volunteer II DaJ:::es~s Timeout Serles ::d John Staples (703) 255-6955 Morgan Jopling (301) 261-3886 call the Pi Office ... 654-8060 .~ Jr.~~ 8 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 Inside Mac General Macintosh Jon Hardis (301) 330-1422 John Love (703) 569-2294 Franklin & Laser 128 General Bob Martz (301) 795-5689 Languages Jeff Alpher to midnight (301) 630-2036 Games-Apple II Bob Wilbur (703) 379-2960 Pascal Michael Hartman (301) 445-1583 Charles Don Hall (703) 356-4229 Donald Schmitt (717) 334-3265 John Wiegleyafter2:1s (703) 437-1808 David Gursky (703) 522-8345 Machine Ray Hobbs (301) 490-7 484 IBM Art& Video Ray Hobbs Nancy Seferian (202) 333-5817 MS BASIC Leon Raesley John Love (703) 569-2294 Borland Products Math-OR Applns Doug Ferris day only (800) 826-4768 MacMoney Mark Pankin (703) 524-0937 Chuck Sicard (301) 963-2879 Data Bases Modems-General Fourth Dimension MacPro/ect Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 Bob Pulgino (202) 474-0634 Jay Lucas (703) 751-3332 Hayes Smartmodem Fiie Maker+ Spreadsheets & Graphics Bernie Benson (301) 951-5294 Tom Parrish (301) 654-8784 General David Morganstein (301) 972-4263 Practical Perlperals Helix Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 Jim Barry to midnight (703) 662-0640 Bob Pulgino (202) 797-0879 David Gursky (703) 522-8345 Excel Music Systems Harvey Levine (301) 288-9380 David Morganstein (301) 972-4263 Ray Hobbs (301) 490-7 484 MS-Fiie Mark Pankin (703) 524-0937 Printers-General John Love (703) 569-2294 Jim Graham (703) 370-5737 Walt Francis (202) 966-57 42 John Spencer (301) 730-1084 Dick & Nancy Byrd (703) 978-3440 Leon Raesley (301) 431-0853 Omnis3 &3+ Multi Plan MX-80 Paul Tabler (703) 278-8657 John Boblitz (301) 356-9384 Jeff Dillon (301) 662-2070 Jeff Alpher to midnight (301) 630-2036 John Love (703) 569-2294 Stat Packages OverVue Sidekick David Morganstein (301) 972-4263 J.T.Tom DeMay, Jr. (301) 461-1798 Ray Hobbs (301) 490-7 484 Stock Market Tom Parrish (301) 654-8784 Telecommunications Robert Wood (703) 893-9591 Desktop Pu/Jllshlng General General Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 Jay Rohr (301) 655-0875 David Gursky (703) 522-8345 PageMaker MacTermlnal Eleanor Sontag (301) 251-0695 David Gursky (703) 522-8345 You too can be ReadySetGo Versaterm Jim Graham (703) 370-5737 David Gursky (703) 522-8345 Marty Milrod (301) 464-5981 Thlnktank-More a volunteer! Graphics Jim Graham (703) 370-5737 General Tom Parrish (301) 654-8784 Bill Baldridge (301) 779-8271 Word Processors Cal/the WAP Jay Rohr (301) 655-0875 Word David Gursky (703) 522-8345 Marty Milrod (301) 464-5981 Adobe Illustrator Harris Silverstone (301) 435-3582 Volunteer Bank Ling Wong (703) 378-5102 Write Now at the Pi Office ••• 654-8060 Canvas Bill Baldridge (301) 779-8271 David Gursky (703) 522-8345 WordPerfect-Mac Bill Baldridge (301) 779-8271 Curt Harpold (202) 547-8272 Tom Parrish (301) 654-8784 MacDraft Bob Wilbur (703) 379-2960 Frederick Apple Core Help Line Plea.se limit calls to reasonable evening and weekend hours and never after 10 P.M. MacDraw Oscar Fisher (Frederick) 694-9237 Apple /1 Tom Berilla (301) 434-3256 Dick Grosbier (Frederick) 898-5461 Apple//, GS, & MAC Tom Parrish (301) 654-8784 John Spencer (301) 730-1084 Harold Polk (Frederick) 662-6399 Apple /1 HyperCard Tony Svajlenka (Frederick) 694-6209 Apple II John Love (703) 569-2294 Doug Tallman (Frederick) 663-3268 MAC Helger Sommer (301) 474-3467 Scott Galbraith (Monrovia) 865-3035 Apple II & GS Rick Chapman (301) 989-9708 Stephen Hadley (Mt. Airy) 831-5353 MAC R. Carl Myers (Smithsburg) 824-7122 Mac &GS

May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 9 ="=·>.;:::;·x~I=~~F MAY l~ ~>:.~ WAP General Meetings =· :···m 1 Monday . . ~· 7:30 PM •... Pl-SIG (Program Interface) ...... office Monthly General Meetings are generally held on the 4th Saturday of the .... ~ :· 2 Tuesday month at the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to Apple lle,c ...... office Building B, affectionately known as USUHS. It is located at 4301 Jones 3 Wednesday . Bridge Road on the campus of the National Navy Medical Center in Bethesda. Come as early as 8:30 a.m. to join, buy public domain disks, ~;~~ ~~ :::: ~~;t~fa(J~1~teU&&t1n'O'Wiiii·N·exrsi6)·:::::::::P~~~ pick up your monthly WAP Journal. Attend the Q&A sessions to get your 7:30 PM .... NeXTSIG (Joint Meeting with dPub SIG) ...... PEPCO questions answered and hear the latest rumors. Listen to the main 4 Thursday . meeting topic at 9:30. We also have a special session to welcome new 7:30 PM .... GameSIG ...... office computer users and get them started. Group purchase items can be 7:00 PM .... Columbia Slice ...... Columbia bought at the office after the meeting, beginning at noon. B Monday .. Writers Deadlin~une Issue ...... April 27 at Convention Center 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to the Macintosh ...... office 9 Tuesday Jean Louis Gassee - noon in Convention Hall C. 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: How to Use Your Apple lle,c Software •• office May 27 at USUHS 10 Wednesday Apple II: Barney Stone of Stone Edge Technology demon­ . ... ·::: e Ad Space Reservations deadlin~une Issue ...... strates his database program. Mac: Springboard Soft­ 6:30 PM .... Board of Directors Meeting ...... office .~~.~ J ware's John Paulson. AOarisdemonstrationofMacWrite m.<.~ ·~ 11 Thursday . II. Election ballots will be distributed. ~. 8:00 PM .... StockSIG ...... office :1~ 7:30 PM •... Database SIG/40 ...... Computer Factory m :·:: t~ June 24 Charles Woodward High School ru . . :::. =~: ~ 13 Saturday 12111 Old Georgetown Rd in North Bethesda. In addition i.:, :~ 9:30 AM .... Annapolis Slice ...... Anne Arundel Co. to a garage sale, a demo of Workbench for the Apple II. A Il?l... .. i~ 9:30 AM .... Fred~rlck Slice ...... call ix·.. . 2:00 PM .... Music SIG ...... call Mac program and Q&A sessions. ~:,1:···.. :1.·:: 15 Monday Meeting Notices 1~:... ~ ~ Editorial Deadli~~une !&sue ...... :... l~- :. :::·: 7.15 PM .... Tutorial. Intermediate Macintosh ...... office AppleWorks SIG the same day as the WAP general it .I 16 Tuesday . . meeting; USUHS, 8:00 AM and noon. • -t.:> 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Popular Apple lle,c Applications ...... office •. '=*• .• Annapolis Slice 2nd Saturday; Anne Arundel Commu­ ~··=· aj 11 Wednesday ':§...... =~Ji; 1· - I I nity College - Careers Bldg. lecture hall, Arnold, MD, il ·: j~~ e Ad Copy Dead m~une ssue ...... :... M. :'.~ 7:00 PM .... WorksSIG ...... office 9:30AM. ~~··»=~~),:- 7:30 PM ..•• AVSIG ...... BCCHS Apple Ilgs SIG the Monday after the regular WAP meet­ ~ ::::~ 7:30 PM .... Excel SIG ...... :office ing; alternates between Dolly Madison LibraryinMclean ·:«<->x=& 7:30 PM ..•. HyperTalk SubSIG ...... Arlington and Thomas Pyle Intermediate School in Bethesda, 7:00 i ·. = .~ 18 Thursday PM. (Meets on May 22nd due to the holiday.) ·· ... :._4 7:30 PM .... Fed SIG ...... PEJ>90 Apple m SIG 4th Wednesday; W AP office, 7:30 PM. ... · .~m 8:00 PM .... PIG (Pascal Interest Group) ...... office ~::.. ·-... 22 Monday AVSIG (arts and video)3rd Wednesday; Bethesda-Chevy : ;::: 7:00 PM .... Apple llgs SIG ...... Beth~da Chase HS 7:30 PM. m· ' · 7:15 AM .... Tutorial: Intermediate Macintosh ...... office I ·=* 24 Wednesday . . .. 7:30 PM ..•• Apple Ill SIG ...... office ~ ·: · · ~ 21 Saturday ~· ~ '$.~ 9:00 AM .... WAP General Meeting ...... USUHS May i·~.:.: ~ noon ...... HyperCard SIG ...... USUHS · ..:::; noon ...... Terecomm SIG ...... USUHS s M T w T F s kl61 · :1 29 Monday w... ·~w.i 7:30 AM .... Special Tutorial: HyperCard ...... office ~.rm~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 .f-~ : .. ~~ ·~~ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 =w.:::~ I~ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~t~ioorffe. · Have a Date? ;:~:?:~f~~ 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 r: ~~~ 6~~:r~e':: and Calendar Dates ~~·~ I (301) 585-7651 ~ ... L-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-- 10 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Meeting Notices (continued) JUNE 1 ThutStlay II··· 1. 7:00 PM .... Columbia Slice ...... Columbia <<-; • 1 Columbia Slice - 1st Thursday; at the Howard County 7:30 PM .... GameSIG ...... ~ ...... office 1·~-·.··. .- ··. Board of Education bldg., Route 108, Columbia, MD, 7:00PM. 5 Mwll'!dayo .d1· .. • ly I .. . ~ ~:.j; ... rtters ea m~u ssue ...... ·~···~ ...... :... l1j .. ~ Database SIG/4D 2nd Thursday; Computer Factory, Be­ 7:30 PM .... Pl-SIG (Program Interface) ...... office ~i ·.:m thesda, 7:30 PM. B Tuesday ·· ·· · ~ dPub SIG (desktop publishing) 1st Wednesday; PEPCO 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to Apple llgs ...... office . ~ auditorium at 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 7:30 PM. 7 Wednllsday ·~--.l~ Excel SIG 3d Wednesday; W AP office, 7:30 PM. tt Ad Space Reservations Deadlin~uly Issue ...... ~?.: . :·.-~D. Fed SIG (Federal) 3rd Wednesday; alternates between 7:30 PM .... dPub SIG ...... PEPCO •==~~~-l~ Falcon Training Center, Crystal City, and Apple Fed­ 7:30 PM .... Mac Programmers ...... office I'~, ·w eral, Reston, 7:30 PM. (Meets 3rd Thursday at PEPCO au­ 8 ThutStlay Iv>:::~·:::; ditorium in May, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W.) 7:30 PM .... Database SIG/4D ...... Computer Fact9ry B1~1 8:00 PM .... StockSIG ...... office ~~·~4~ Frederick Slice 2nd Saturday; at the library at 110 East ~dm*~$ Patrick St., Frederick, 9:30 AM. (May meeting location to 9 Ftiday ~;:111 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to the Macintosh ...... Alexandria ~:::. ~J~ be announced) ~.:; ·-::.~ 10 Satutdar :~:::· :· ::?> GameSIG 1st Thursday; W AP office, 7:30 PM. 1 9:30 AM .... Annap~lis S!ice ...... Anne Arundel Co. i= "'='· ·i~ HyperCard SIG after the W AP general meeting; Uni­ 9;30 AM .... Fred~nck Slice ...... call ~· ..·.~·-=·=jl formed Services University of the Health Sciences, Be­ 2.00 PM .... Music SIG ...... call ·····'·~:!. . ··:1 thesda, 12:00 noon. 12 Monday .·.: :: J1 . I D di' .. I I I ~ ·~=?:: HyperTalk SubSIG 3rd Wednesday; Fairlington Com­ ... Edit ona ea. 1n~u y ~sue ...... :...... :... l:· · munity Center, 3300 S. Stafford St., Arlington, 7:30 PM. 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to the Macintosh ...... office ~~~ = =·~·=·= Mac Programmers 1st Wednesday; WAP office, 7:30 PM. 13 Tuesday · · . · ''- MusicSIG ·2d Saturday; call Bill Bittle, 23fr9898 for loca- 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: How to Use Your Apple llgs Software ... office $L~~]~ tion and times. · · · 14 Wednesday · · II=ii! NeXT SIG meets monthly. Call Hugh O'Neill, (202) 328- ~ Ad Copy Deadline-:.July Issue ...... ~ ...... :··· ~~:-:.Jil 6.30 PM •••• Board of Directors Meeting ...... office ~l =· .. :t~ 9510. PIG (Pascal Interest Group) 3rd Thursday; WAP office, 15 ThutSday · ~= =· J~~ 8:00 PM .... PIG (Pascal Interest Group) ...... ~ ...... office . :>~~®~ · 8:00PM.· II:, •6f ::=:.-::&'.:~~~ PI-SIG (Program Interface) 1st Monday; W AP office, 7:30 16 rlluay mMM~~l PM.. 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Intermediate Macintosh ...... _... Alexandria 111~1 StockSIG 2d Thursday; WAP office, 8:00 PM. 19 Monday . . · ~l:·===·=·=f:§* 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Intermediate Macintosh ...... ! ...... office ·i~ Telecomm SIG after the WAP general meeting; USUHS, t-t?=·=)~~1 Bethesda, 12:00 noon. 20 Tuesday · 7:15 PM ...• Tutorial: Popular Apple llgs Applicati<>ns ...... office ~·i Tutorials are held in the WAP office and at the Fairlington 21 Wednesday . i~1==···.=·>-1l1~ United Methodist Church, Rte. 7 and 395, Alexandria. 7·00 PM W k SIG ff' =i-~ ·-~-::::: :30 PM 0000 AV0Sr)G8 ...... '...... _ ...... B•. c0 cH1cse fi~~:~J~\ Call the office for the location of any you wish to attend. 7 . .... ······························································ . ;:-~=-==== Works SIG 3rdWednesday; W AP office, 7:00 PM. 7:30 PM •••• Excel SIG ...... office mm~:::~t~ ·30 PM Fed SIG · call ·=-=·~~~·:-:·:· 7• •• •• • ill 111111 Ill• Ill•• Ill•• 111ee ••• 111111 •I I••••• I 111111111111111111111. Ill Ill 111111111111111el1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Ill I:••• i:::~\~?J:~~~ For information on SIGs not listed on the calendar, please call 7:30 PM .... HyperTalk SubSIG ...... Arlmgton ~:~J.~~~=m the appropriate SIG chair. 23 Ftiday t= M$1~ 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Advanced Macintosh ...... Alexandria m June 24 Saturday ;i 9:00 AM .... WAP General Meeting ...... Bethesda -~~ noon ...... HyperCard SIG ...... Bethesda ::: ~;~; s M T w T F s noon ...... Telecomm SIG ...... Bethesda ~==~~::::- A~1 26 Monday il1ill 1 2 3 7:00 PM ••.. Apple llgs SIG ...... Mclean f:~t~1ii~l~ 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Advanced Macintosh .~ ...... office ~~l~f~~~l 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 28 Wednesdar i~*~··~f£~1.*-~ii 7:30 PM .... Apple Ill SIG ...... office i.-=:::~j~~ll 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 . 1~~*~'1 l~, 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 i%~~~: 25 26 27 28 29 30 •,•u•to•r•ia•l•d•e•ta-il•s•a•re-·o•n•pa-g•e•B•&·.---- ~ ~<\."«w.·:$ May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 11 • • • • • • ..• • Sigma • Designs Full Page • • Pa~eview Outrageous Memory Sale 999 For Mac Plus, SE, II, llx, llcx Be SE/30 High Quality Be Speed (120ns) • Razor Sharp! Price Includes Installation • • American Made Micron Memory • • ,.. • Call for configuration Information, or about High Speed Disk Drives, • • IMPRIMIS • High Resolution Video, Accelerators, Fastest Drives Available for Moc or any Mac products. 209 Meg Wren V ...... $2212 • • 160 Meg Wren 111...... $1995 • • Call for Info on SilverView, 106 Meg Wren 11 ...... $1425 • LaserView or ~ 00000000 RasterOps • · Quantum • Next Best Thing too Wren • 40 Meg Pro Series ...... $550 80 Meg Pro Series ...... $975 l 05 Meg Pro Series ..... Call

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WAP's March 18 general meeting had In HyperCard, all buttons cover a strated Digital Darkroom, an editor something to offer users of every interest. rectangular area. In SuperCard, any forhandlinghalftoneorscannedblack WAP met at Georgetown University for object can be a button. As a result, a and white images. Jackson demon­ this meeting because USUHS was un­ designer could draw a complex map strated some incredible feats of recon­ available. and have each oddly shaped regiori structing photographs by just a few be a separate button which would mouse clicks. For example, he took a Apple II respond to clicks in the expected photograph of a house with a car The Apple Il meeting featured tax manner. standing in an open garage door, and programs and computer art. Bob HyperCard stacks can be im­ converted it into an image of a house Siegel demonstrated TaxView for the ported into SuperCard, but the proc­ with the car peering out of an open Ilgs. Thisisanadaptationof thepopu­ ess cannot be reversed. In addition, living room door without a garage. I · lar Mac-in-Tax package. TaxView SuperCard supports the PICS stan­ Many thanks to Charlie Jackson produces forms which the IRS will dard for Mac animation which is being for honoring the rain check he gave permit to be filed directly. developed by Macromind, Inc., the when he couldn't attend our anniver­ Paul Koskos demonstrated his publishers of VideoWorks II. sary celebration. shareware AppleWorks template, Unlike HyperCard, which has a which is available through the W AP single application to support authors Mac Telecom Disk Library. Its principal advantage editing stacks as well as users reading Allen Levy demonstrated Mac is its price and ease of use. But it does stacks, SuperCard has a separate edi­ telecommunications software and not support the more esoteric forms tor and interpreter. Asa result, Super­ held a drawing to give away telecom and the results must be transcribed Card can produce stand-alone appli­ software. He encouraged interested onto an IRS form. cations. Instead of stack files, Super!. users to join the W AP Telecommuni­ Dick Bacher of the Arts and Video Card supports "projects." The inter­ cations SIG. tt SIG demonstrated how an artist can preter, which occupies 300K, is made use computer graphics. His use of a part of any application file. Su­ This month's WAP News software packages that support shad­ perEdit, the creation invironment, ing was particularly impressive. He includes the equivalent of acolorpaint Annapolis Slice ...... 14 was able to make interesting abstract and draw program. SuperEdit and Apple Meeting •••••••.••••••••••• 13 and representational images by using SuperCard may not run together in just a few colors. He concluded that MultiFinder. Apple I/GS ...... 17 every media, including computer Through the use of scrolling win­ AVSIG •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 16 graphics, has limitations, but within dows, the screen size, window size Board Minutes ••••••.••••••••••• 19 those limitations, computer graphics and card size are now unrelated Desktop Publishing SIG ••• 18 on the Ilgs can be powerful. (unlike HyperCard which standard­ Frederick Slice ...... 14 ized on the size of a Mac Plus screen). GameSIG ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 Charlie Jackson - In response to questions, Charlie HypetCard SIG ...... 16 SuperCard Jackson noted that there is no script Mac IJleetlng ...... 13 Charlie Jackson, President of Sili­ compiler available at this time. Super­ con Beach Software, was our Tenth Card will never be as fast as Hyper­ Music SIG ...... 16 Anniversary speaker at the meeting. Card because of HyperCard's fixed NeU SIG ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 Charlie gave a preview of SuperCard, screen size and absence of color sup­ Office News ••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 an extension of Apple's HyperCard port. SuperCard supports the same Wol1cs SIG ...... 16 program. To quote Jean LouisGassee, XCMD interface as HyperCard. Su­ SuperCard has a ''high drool factor." perCard offers built-in support for Special Items SuperCard differs from Hyper­ serial ports and AppleTalk communi­ Card by offering object-oriented cations allowing SuperCard to drive NAUCG Repon...... 24 VideoDisks and other peripherals. graphics, window support, color Community Service ...... 24 SuperCard will bereleasedinmid- graphics and extensions to the Hy­ Letters to the Editor ...... 25 perTalk programming language. 89 with a $199 retail price. Second Decade Hearing •• 27 SuperCard was created by Bill Appleton, theauthorofWorld Builder Digital Darkroom Open Letter ••••••••••.••••••••••.• 29 and Course Builder. Charlie Jackson also demon- Vendor Watch ...... 28 Mar1989 Wasblngton Apple Pl Journal 13 each of the board's categories. He also Anne Arundel County 'Library in Annapolis showed us how to get from one sec­ Annapolis, from 7-9 p.m. The April tion to another and how to look in Mac SIG program will be devoted to more than one section at the same Q&A; bring your own Mac. Slice time; as a result, he didn't get to At the Executive Board Meeting demonstrate how to upload and on March 17, we said a fond fare"Vell download. ''That will have to be a to Casey Kester, a co-founder of the program in itself," he said. No one Annapolis Apple Slice. Casey has been minded, though, since he gave every­ transferred to California, and we will by Katherine M. Cave one something to think about and try miss his smiling face and helpful for the next time he or she gets on the manner. President Charles Schindler Wewerepleased to have Bob Platt, board. presented him with a pin and good the president of W AP, as a guest at The new Laptop SIG met imme­ wishes from us all. He promises to our March meeting. He helped field diately after the general meeting. keep in touch. the Q&A session, and passed out T­ Contact Seth Mize for information The W AP reorganization ideas shirts to lucky drawing winners. He about future meetings. were discussed at the executive board also announced upcoming WAP gen­ The Apple SIG had an Apple­ meeting and the general feeling was eral meetings and urged our atten­ Works demonstration by Ray Settle; that we like the way things are being dance. in March, they had a PRODOS Q&A run, and not to change them. Seth After the business meeting in the period. Call Chuck Schindler for dates Mize, our W AP liaison, attended the lecture hall, the communications of future meetings. April 8 meeting and expressed our program was held in a smaller class­ The Financial Planning program, views. room where phone hookups were originally scheduled for April, has That's all the news from available. Itwas presented by ourown been rescheduled to May 13. Crabtown. ti SYSOP, Barry Conner, of CRABBS The March 16 Mac SIG meeting (Chesapeake Region Apple Bulletin had an excellent HyperCard presen­ The Annapolis Slice general meet­ Board Service, 974-0221) to a stand­ tation byBob Peterson toa good group ings are held on the second Satur­ ing-room-only capacity crowd. of more than 20 people. The Mac SIG day of each month from 9:30 to Barry demonstrated how to get meets on the second Thursday ofeach noon at the Anne Arundel Commu­ on the bulletin board, and explained month at the West St. branch of the nity College, Arnold, MD.

meeting.) However, A+ did finally ual supplement is included. Frederick get their act together and featured a Scott indicated that CheckMate very objective and well written re­ Technologies has undergone some view by Steve High. Although there is internal personnelchangesandhewas Apple inadequate space in this report to contacted by a company representa­ mention his findings, I will print his tive. The company was concerned as conclusion: to why Scott had stopped selling their Core "Personally, I wouldn't use Apple­ software. Upon hearing about the by Oscar Fisher Works GS at its present speed. For me, problems that Scott had encountered trying to enjoy its new features is like in the past they quickly apologized We will be holding our May and trying to enjoy a double date with Freddie and provided him with ProTERM November meetings at a different location Krueger in the back seat. After typing a upgrades in a very timely manner. due to the library being unavailable. The fewparagraphsof thisreviewwithAWGS, This means that club members may Wfilk~~ alternate meeting site has yet to be deter- I couldn't wait to get back to Apple Works ~cquire this program for a price barely ,;;;>,,.. .,.""".. 0 ned nd 'll b d la Wfit:.d mi a wi e announce ter. to get the job done. When I mailed the over wholesale. I must point out that t-ftf'~ For those of you who read A+, review to A+, I addressed the envelope on having used ASCII Express Pro, Nibble or Incider magazines, you may a typewriter." MouseTalk and Talk is Cheap, have become aware that they all highly It is only fair to note that Claris ProTERM is the best, offering more praised Claris' latest integrated soft­ claims they will release a free up­ features at a comparable cost. ware for the Ilgs, AppleWorks GS. Of grade in mid-March (although mid­ As a reminder to new members, course, this brought much criticism April is the latest rumor). please call or contact a club officer regarding the magazines' objectivity Claris has also written a new when you wish to schedule your free when evaluating paying advertisers' ImageWriter printer driver claimed tutorial time. Also, don't fear: the products. (Dick Grosbier stated many to offer a 25-45% speed increase. The tutorial will not be timed and there of his problems with the software new driver is more effective than the will be no charges if the tutorial ex­ \"i';ii:'4~ package and demonstrated such to old one in avoiding system errors due ceeds the 3 hour limit. We're here to Mt.@:¥~ the membership during the March to insufficient RAM.A 40-page man- be of assistance. :xx~~=::.~~:::. 14 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 The NeXT SIG News developers. Steve Jobs hopes that 100 companies will be certified by Robert C. Platt and Hugh O'Neill developers by year end. On March 30, a NeXT computer also be allowed to establish a line finally visited the W AP Office. of business workstations. March SIG Meeting Joel McOuug and Cal Thixton of • The NeXT system sales will no NeXT System Engineers demon­ NeXT, Inc. gave NeXT SIG members longer be confined to universities strated the simple technique for tak­ theirfirstlivedemoand allowed those and colleges. Now anyone (even ing the "cube" apart, discussed the present to "mouse around" on what W AP members) can purchase the internal components and logic, reas­ proved to be a historic day for the machines through BusinessLand. sembled the cube with ease and de­ computer. • BusinessLand will sell the NeXT scribed the NeXT automatic factory computer for approximately procedureforproducingthemachine. N eXT Reaches Beyond $10,000. However, universities Education Market can still purchase that system for April 22 Meeting $6,500 under an educational dis­ TheNeXTSIG will sponsor Bruce The following information re­ count from NeXT's direct sales Webster, author of the NeXT Book, as garding NeXT's big March 30 an­ our speaker at the April 22 W AP nouncement came from the presenta­ force. Discounts are also avail­ meeting.Agrouppurchaseofhisbook tion at the SIG meeting as well as from able to certified software devel­ will be available at the meeting. the trade press: opers. • NeXT also announced that Nov­ • NeXT will sell its machines ell, Inc. would write programs for May 3 Meeting through BusinessLand, Inc., the the computer. On May 3, the NeXT SIG will largest non-franchise chain of • Novell's software would allow have a joint meeting with the Desktop computer stores. NeXT to connect toMacsandMS­ Publishing SIG at the PEPCO Audito­ • Businessl..and said it would buy DOS machines. rium. A representative from Adobe at least $100 million worth of • Some software is now available will present Display Postscript, the NeXT equipment at wholesale and publishers such as Lotus, language used for screen graphics on prices in the first year. Under the Aldus, Frame Technologies and the NeXT computer which assures agreement, BusinessLand would Aston Tate have signed as NeXT that what you see is what you get. et

The Disk of the Month for the Apple II series computer will contain IIgs fonts which are compatible with Office News Beagle Brothers Superfonts and Pub­ lish-It by changing the filetypes. The by Nancy Pochepko 1988 tax spreadsheet is also available in its entirety (for those that have We want to invite all WAP members to stop by and see our new office. increased memory capacity) and in Along with our better organized space, we are attempting to make our library the smaller modules (for those with and files better organized. Hyou have a couple of spare hours, please consider the basic 128K). For AppleWorks, a volunteering to assist with the shelving of our extensive magazine collection program is provided which will print or with the reorganization of our files. Call me if you can help. out 3 x 5 inch predefined quick-refer­ About two months ago, the list of TCS passwords was checked to remove ence help files. signons for members who did not pay their TCS renewals. Several points of For the MAC, the DOM will con­ confusion arose. First, your TCS membership year coincides with your W AP tain various passive anti-virus pro­ membership year. If you join theTCSafteryouhavepaid your W AP dues, your grams, as well as an active anti-virus TCS fee will be prorated at 50 cents per month. Second, please remember that program which monitors write op­ if your TCS signon was removed by mistake, you can leave word with the erations and prevents the altering of office staff. However, the office staff is not able to add your signon and must · certain filetypes. Also included will rely upon the TCS crew to enter the data. We apologize for any inconvenience be a universal program for parking this may cause. heads on your hard drive, D-Utilities At present, the signonsare select~ for removal manually by the TCScrew. and a Label Manager program. With our new membership data base system, we will be able to reduce the This is the second month that we number of people removed by mistake. raffled off another game donated by We need donations of house plants and framed artwork to enhance our MicroProse. Frank Bourne walked office. Please call us if you can donate. away with F15 Strike Eagle for the Thank you for your continued cooperation. et Apple II. Congratulations, Frank. et May1989 Wasblngton Apple Pl Journal 15 ments. Spreadsheet cells can be linked WorksSIG to non-printing 'notes.' And the data­ base report utility contains a new ~. ··=-= ·:~_ by Nancy Seferian by Chris Bastian range of customizing commands. I.:.~::. WorksSIG meetings continue to ' The subject of the May 17 AVSig Amidst packing crates, and emphasize SIG members' own pro­ meeting will be "Graphics issues for bound-up stacks of old magazines, gram applications. Our next presen­ artists." Alice Neukirk of Clinton the Microsoft WorksSIG held its final tation will be on using Works to track Computer will be on hand to demon­ meeting at the old Pi headquarters. financial investments. All interested strate Adobe Illustrator and other Taking advantage of the impending members, whether Works users or graphics software. So bring your change of venue, the group's first not, are welcome. ti graphics problems and questions for action was a decision to change the her to help with. 9 meeting schedule, as had been re­ quested by several members. Future SIG meetings will be held the third Wednesday of each month; the next get-togethers are scheduled for April HyperCard Mii~ 19, and May 17. An early discussion session fo­ cused on problems Works users were News Music SIG encountering with the Communica­ by Bob Platt by Raymond Hobbs tions module, especially as it related to use of the TCS. One problem raised SIG News . Music SIG is a group of music/computer was a difficulty in transmitting text The HyperCard SIG meets after aficionados that wanders about town, files into one of the message boards. the main meeting at USUHS. Last meeting on the second Saturday of every One suggestion was to insert a line month, the SIG sponsored a special month to discuss computers and music, to and character delay on the "~ttings" demonstrationofSuperCard byChar­ listen to and play compositions, to share screen, to bring the transmission speed lie Jackson. (See the separate story in ideas and tips, and wear funny clothing. down to the TCS' level. Another prob­ this issue.) Our next meeting will be The April meeting was held on lem, for which no immediate solution held in conjunction with W AP's May the Ides of April at the public library was found, was the inability of Works 27 general meeting. in McLean (after this column was to import a text file in anything other ~·.·~=" ·~:::."~ submitted to the Journal) .. As to how than 12-point font size. Disk Library I·.. · many people showed up, 1t beats t~e The focus of the meeting was a Our collection of Stackware con­ I'"~ heck out of me, but the program m­ presentation on the new features and tinues to grow. You can purchase them {J~:· ·: eluded an honest-to-goodness histori­ enhancements of Works version 2.0. at our monthly meetings or at the . ·. · cal study - a bona fide Moog synthe­ (RegisteredWorksusersarereminded W AP Offfice, or by mail order using : . ; · .. sizer from the good old days (glad that the Microsoft upgrade offer ex­ the form in the back of the Journal. ~~··; :-. they're gone!). Also, there was (at pires at the end of May). Building on Dave Condit, our head Stackware t~·1··:. least on the schedule) a dry run of the their original product, the authors at Librarian, needs volunteers to sort R~~ April concert. If you think that there Productivity Software have added through about 40 megabytes of mate­ f.j-=. are a lot of foul ups in the concert, you several new items, including: rial waiting to be processed. Ifyou can m~.. '::: should see the live rehearsal! -an object-oriented 'draw' utility, review and document some stacks, r ~- ~· To check out our next meeting (or with an ability to manipulate the please call him at (703) 349-8752. f ~ to take part in next year's April con- program's text files and spreadsheet ~· · cert), contact Bill (301-236-9898) who graphics, giving Works an elemen­ HyperTalk SubSig · · will locate our next meeting on the tary Desktop Publishing capability. John Chin is now the chairman of second Saturday in May for you. ti - a 50,000 word dictionary and our HyperTalk SubSIG. It meets on spell-checker. the third Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at WAP Financial - a macro-creation and playback the Fairlington Community Center, Box Score feature (unfortunately not editable). 3300 S. Stafford St, Arlington VA. To In addition, the existing program reach the meeting, take I-395 to the Cash on hand ...... $95,914 modules have been upgraded in sev­ Shirlington/Quaker Lane exit. Go Other Assets ...... $34,080 eral ways. The format menu in each south, one block past the first traffic Total Assets ...... $129,994 module is now arranged hierarchi­ light and tum right onto 33rd Street. Current Liabilities ...... $2,255 cally,and allows color printingof text, StaffordStisoneblockwestofQuaker Fund Balances ...... $127,902 and font sizing beyond 24 pt. Fonts Lane, and theCenterisatthe comer of Total Liabilities & F.B ..... $130,157 can now also be selected and stylized 33rd and Stafford. from Treasurers Report 2/28/89 in the spreadsheet anddatabasedocu-

16 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May1989 New Products airport-possibly for the use of the air­ seconds under ProSel. Publish It! 2 is ~:· : · W AP members had the benefit of planes in "F1ight Simulator." The mouse-driven, with available alter- ~ · seeing SuperCard, a full color exten­ player must also deal with such ran­ nate keyboard commands for most sion ofHyperCard,atour March meet­ dom disasters such as floods, fires, (all?) functions, and has a screen lay- .. ,. ing. There are also other HyperCard airplane crashes, Godzilla, and nu­ out familiar to us Ilgs mavens, with · ~ extensions which support color. Tu­ clear meltdowns. pull-down menus across the top and .. · ,, lip Software had released version 1.1 ''Magic Candle" is the sequel to tool icons down the left side. The ) ''. : ~-=­ of its HyperWindows XCMD set. "Rings of Zilfin." It uses a similar play program will import word-process­ These XCMDs will display images system but most of the cute graphic ing files from AppleWorks or Bank stored as PICT resourses in the stack effects have been taken out to make Street Writer, or ASCII text files from or in PICT files. (Of course, you will room for a more complicated plot, anywhere, and can accept double­ need a separate Paint or Draw pro­ and complex interaction with towns­ high-res graphics from other pro­ gram to generate the images.) These people in the ''Ultima" style. grams (like Print Shop... Gary uses a XCMDs can then display the images The meeting concluded with a collection of over 2000 PS graphics!). in four types of windows, including a demo of "Sim Qty," in which Game­ Publish It! 2 lists for $129.95, but can ''borderless window'' which allows SIG members raised taxes to 20%, cut be had for the usual discount from your friendly mail-order retailer. . you to click on buttons behind the all funding for the police and fire Owners of the older version of the ~: · image. Up to 16 windows can be open departments, and put the residential program can upgrade for $30. ' at any time under HyperWindows. and commercial districts on opposite sides of a river, which could only be If Gary isn't a paid demonstrator I have previously reviewed Re­ crossed on a single drawbridge. This of Publish It! 2, then Timeworks is ports from TENpointO Software. caused public opinion polls to pro­ missing a bet. He obviously knows Reports has now been upgraded to duce an "82% Unfavorable" result. the program, as lots of articles in the run under HyperCard 1.2.2. The new Members expressed disappointment W APJournalattest,and putonacom­ version also includes a Report Pop Up that there was no way to loot the prehensive and informative show for Menu which can be included in any treasury and flee to South America. us, complete with innumerable ex­ stack, to provide single-button access The next meeting will be on May amples of hard copy from his incredi­ to editing Reports files. 4, at 7:30 PM (at the new office). ti bly quiet "invisible printer." The soft- ... Tutorials ware's power and versatility made ~.-.' ·~... me wonder why I would ever need a . · Our introductory HyperCard 16-bit based DTP program, which . tutorial is back by popular demand. It would,admittedly, beabletouseSHR :· · will be offered on Monday night, May APPLE llGS graphics, but would probably be ' 29 at the WAP Office. A written ac­ orders of magnitude slower than this · . count of the tutorial has been running SIG one was. Here follow a few highlights : · ·) >· • as a series in the Journal. ti By Paul Tarantino of the demo, plucked in no particular , . · : order from my notes: ~ · ·: It was a dark and stormy Pl2 hasitsown text editor, but it is · Games SIG night... which forced some late arri.:. easier to do your "power'' word proc- ~·. . ·.. vals with Beltway traffic horror sto­ essing with AppleWorks or the WP :. .-.·.~ ries, but those of us who were on time program of your choice, and import : : '"' News for our March gathering were greeted into PI2 for formatting. Gary demon- :.. '. by Charles Don Hall with the astonishing sight of an open strated this by going through the I'-.· door to our bi-monthly meeting room process which built his article in the After an untold amount of hu­ at Thomas Pyle School in Bethesda, March Journal, reformating an Ap- . man suffering, the GameSIG finally and Gary Hayman's Sider-based Ilgs pleWorks WP file into three columns, . located the site (in the NEW building) system up and percolating a way with adding a Journal-like header across ·. of its April 6 meeting. Chairman a slide show. two columns, and modifying and . Charles discussed the previous This was only a preamble to inserting various OHR graphics. month's releases. New programs in­ Gary's in-depth demonstration of Pl2 graphics are objects rather . cluded ''Magic Candle" for the Apple Timeworks' desktop publishing soft­ than bit-oriented, enabling the user to · · . ...~ and "Sim City'' for the Mac. ware Publish It! 2. This program runs stack graphics, or make them show '·: · · · "Sim City'' is a simulator pro­ on any 128K II-series machine, and through text. Text can be wrapped gram in which the player is in charge will recognize and use the additional around rectangular, circular, or · · · of a city. The player must zone land, memory in your Ilgs. It is PRODOS 8- "rounded box" graphics on the page. ;: ·: and budget tax money in such a way based, and works in black-and-white Text moves out of the way when a :. ~ · ... ·that the quality of life improves and only, on screen or in hard copy. The graphic is inserted. : ·:.: :· ;". the city expands. When the city gets program is not copy-protected, and Pl2 supports fonts in sizes from 9- . ·. ::· big enough, the player can build an booted from Gary's Sider in eleven point to 72-point. Additional PI2 fonts A'* May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 17 are available on disk, and GSfontscan the telecommunications world are enhancements useful but it is only a be converted for use in PI2 (Gary had running out of excuses. Good deals modest upgrade and follows too an article on this subject a few Jour­ can be had out there; join us on the closely upon the introduction of the nals ago). TCS! product. IhopethatOarisisnotgoing PI2 has drivers for Imagewriter The IIgs SIG meets monthly at to get into the game of charging us and Apple Laserwriter printers. 7:00 pm on the Monday night follow­ several times a year to stay current Text blocks can be set up on a ing the big W AP general meeting. On with MacDraw. If you did not get an page either by eye, with the mouse, or 24 April we will meet at Dolly Madi­ upgradefonnatthemeetingcall Oaris by specifying dimensions in inches, son Library on Ingleside Drive in at t-800-628-2100. centimeters, or picas (down to three McLean, in the downstairs meeting Quark is updating XPress from decimal places, which appears to be room. On 29 May we will be in the version 2.0 to 2.1 for a mere $300. This overkill). cafeteria at Thomas Pyle Middle is utterly amazing. With few XPress PI2 has extensive on-screen pre­ School on Wilson Lane in Bethesda. users being particularly loyal to the view features, which will quickly Hope to see you there! ti programand the recent enhancements display full pages or detail. to Letraset's ReadySetGo! this an­ Other programs demonstrated at nouncement ought to bear the head­ thismeetingincludedMECC'sCalen­ line "Quark Amputates User Base!" dar Crafter, a 16-bitGS-OS equivalent The new version adds baseline shifts, of Print Shop Companion's calendar Desktop the ability to align text baselines across generator with more bells and columns on a page, greater flexibility whistles, like multiple languages in changing a document's page size (a (want the days of the week in Dan­ Publishing previously annoying deficiency), ish?), a wide range of formats, and by Tom Piwowar improved import/export filters (still use of SHR graphics throughout.We inferior to PageMaker), and character also saw a preliminary demo of Art & The DTP SIG kicked off its third anti-aliasing. The latter eliminates the FilmDirector,ananimationandsound series of seminars. Interest in the jaggies on screen when your type size program coming from Epyx, and a seminars has been steadily growing must be scaled from a different size beta version of Crystal Quest for the and the evaluations from both the screen font. Alas the method does not IIgs. attendees and presenters has been work with Adobe typefaces (which Other topics of discussion in­ outstanding. Three of the topics cov­ are the ones everyone uses almost ex­ cluded the forthcoming Applefest in ered in the last series filled up so clusively). The deadline is May 15th. Boston early in May (check with Ted quickly that we just had to do them Ron Moore's Production Corner Meyer if you plan to go) and a review again: '1ntro. to the Printing Process," was devoted to production coronar­ of the many graphic formats available "Font Management," and "System ies. He passed around sample nega­ to IIgs users. Regarding this last, Roger Management." We've also got three tives produced on a Linotron300(2540 Wagner's Graphics Exchange pro­ new topics: "Going to Lino!," "Cost dpi) that a printer rejected due to fine gram purports to be able to convert Saving Tips for Press Production," lines within the borders of knockouts. graphics from virtually any Apple and "Slide Design Tips and Tricks." It seems that PageMaker draws boxes . format to any other (including Mac Thanks to Jody Joy for developing and their fillings as separate objects

= files on Mac discs, or even SHR to lo­ and scheduling the seminars, to and at this high resolution a tiny gap .· res, which may be a solution in search Kathryn Murray at Tom Piwowar's opens up between them. Thus what of an application... ) office for managing our operations, should have been a completely clear Ted announced that Gary Hay­ and, of course, to our presenters. Read box, had an extra rule just withi1' its man had volunteered to take over as about the seminar details and use the border. One hundred pages of film SIG president in May, so Gary was registration coupon on the announce­ had to be rerun at considerable cost. elected by acclamation on the spot. ment at the back of this issue. Ron stressed that with any new proj­ Gary re-emphasized the continuing Claris has sent upgrade notices ect it is foolish not to run a few typical need for more VOLUNTEERS to keep for MacDraw II version 1.1. The up­ pages at the beginning to iron out any the SIG running smoothly. grade price is $30 from MacDraw II surprises before you start to spend Registered owners of Apple­ version 1 and $200 from any version big bucks. Be sure to catch Ron's new Works GS have received notice of an of MacDraw I. Enhancements include column beginning in this issue. upgrade due out in April which is a "slide manager'' for maintaining Some members speculated that claimed to improve printout speed by multiple drawings in one file, a spell the printer was a turkey. The lines on · 30+%, and fix some of AWGS's many checker which shares a common dic­ Ron's negatives were so fine that they memory problems. tionary with other Oaris products, would probably not hold on the press. Do you own a modem yet? Prices picas and points on the rulers (yea!) They advised that if a printer is giving for 2400baud modems have dropped and improved keyboard shortcuts. We you grief: get a second opinion. a lot in the last several months, and are both pleased and annoyed by the The featured presentation was by those of us who have been left out of upgrade. The cost is modest and the Blair McQuillen, the new DC repre- 18 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 sentative for Letraset. He gave us a demonstration of LetraStudio, a pro­ Board of Directors: March 8, 1989 gram for bending and distorting type The following are excerpts from the draft minutes of the March 1989 meeting of the WAP Board of Directors. for display work. He showed us how These minutes have not yet been approved bythe Board and therefore have no legal status. These minutes LetraStudio allows us to easily adjust were supplied by Chris Bastian (substituting for the WAP Secretary) and have been heavily edited in the letterspacing, bend the text baseline, Interests of conserving space and maintaining Interest by the Journal Managing Editor, Tom Piwowar. and vary the envelope of a block of These excerpts are provided as a service to WAP members only. The full text of the minutes and the text. LetraStudio only works with Le­ previous Board minutes are available on the TCS bulletin board system. traset brand typefaces. Twofacescome In Attendance: * = Board member Suspend the Agenda with the package, two are sent you Robert Platt* Ray Hakim* WARRICK moved to suspend the agenda ) when you register, and additional Eric Rall* Tom Warrick* and to take up items covered in the letter faces may be purchased for $75 each. he had distributed. Seconded by Rall. Ed Myerson* Priscilla Myerson* TRUSAL said he was tired of conflicts Faces are sold individually, not pack­ Ray Hobbs Harvey Kaye* between members being brought up at aged in families as is done by other Lee Raesly* Sam Knutson Board meetings and said the issues manufacturers. This makes sense Kym Knutson Chris Bastian should be settled between the parties. because these are primarily display Bob Shaffer* Cynthia Yockey* RAESLY said he and Ed MYERSON had faces. LetraSet has just removed the discussed one of the issues in the letter Jim Nelson Art Spitzer and that he had apologized to Ed and copy protection from its typefaces. if Dale Smith Dana Schwartz that the issue had been straightened out. you have a copy protected version Lynn Trusal* Nancy Seferian* THAL said that the meeting was scheduled they will replace it for free. Nancy Pochepko Gary Hayman to run until 10 PM, that the allocated Blair also gave us a quick tour Bill Wydro Andrew Lang times were unrealistic, and that the through the new version of upcoming election was an important Jim Little* issue that shouldn't be deferred. ReadySetGo! 4.5. The program's abil­ PLATI said that many of the agenda items ity to size and position type has been Opening PLATI opened the meeting at 6:40 PM. He were old business, had already been . greatly enhanced. Both type size and announced deferred and had to be dealt with. leading can be specified in 1/100th 1) with respect to the letter mailed to Board Motion defeated (7-7). point units. Kerning, tracking and members by Tom Warrick, that if people RALL called directors only vote. Motion defeated (6-6). letterspacing may be controlled to 1I wanted material sent out with theagenda 1000th of an em. Many enhancements packets, they should be sent to him first, Membership Report at least a week before the meeting. have been made throughout. POCHEPKO reported membership stood at 2) the move to the new office was 6,070. One of our members offered to scheduled for the first week of April, and switch immediately to RSG from the volunteers were needed to help. SHAFFER said that there had been dreaded QuarkXPress if only RSG 3) the Audit Committee had met, and discussion on the TCS about a person would condense type. Alas, Blair had wanted to speak to the Board. whose membership had expired but had to tell this tormented soul that RSG Audit Committee Report continued to use the TCS. He reported did not. KAYE reported that the Audit Committee that when the person's renewal check had held an organizational meeting, but was received in the office, it was Our next meeting will be a NeXT discovered that the database record had meeting-a joint one with the newly felt that the minutes of the January Board meeting did not sufficiently clarify the already been changed to indicate renewal. formed NeXT SIG. The topic will be Committee's focus, and asked for PLATI said that the incident would be Display PostScript with a presenta­ guidance from the Board. The investigated and areport would be made tion by Was Lem from Adobe Sys­ Committee's charge was very broad, and to the Board. said that a full audit, if desired, would SHAFFER moved that a formal investigation tems' New York office. Our local be made and that the Board determine representative from NeXT will also cost $3000-$4000. PLATI suggested the Committee review the membership of the investigating be present to give us a first hand look the Club's financial practices, and committee. at the NeXT computer. summarize them in a management letter. The motion was approved. (9-2). The following months' meeting KA YE said he would not be willing to officially sign such a letter. WARRICK moved to nominate Shaffer, (June) will be joint with the Desktop Smith, and Schwartz Publishing SIG of the Capital PC Users RAESLY introduced a motion: To have the auditcommitteestudythePitothedegree E. MYERSON moved to amend to add a Group. Aldus's Vice President for they deem appropriate, and to the extent member of the office. New Technology will make a presen­ the Pi has resources. WARRICK said he believed the office staff tation about new directions for desk­ KA YE said he was concerned that the had nothing to do with the incident. Motion passed (6-1). top publishing, especially the prom­ Committee might be held legally liable ise of quality color production on for its report. Telecommunications E. MYERSON introduced an amendment: desktop systems. ti The Board finds the volunteer members Committee Report of the audit committee are authorized RAESL Y said that it had occurred to the DTP SIG meetings are held, the agents of the corporation, and are TCS that they should report on their therefore subject to the provision ofarticle activities to the Board. first Wed11eSdayof eoerymonth, at WARRICK said the Board would welcome PEPCO Penn­ 14 of the by-laws. Auditorium, 1900 Motion approved unanimously. regular reports, and thought the best sylvania Ave. NW, at 7:30 p.m. location would be on the TCS itself. May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 19 ~~==~:=~p~ BASTIAN suggested the report include the payment to RAESLY was not dissimilar Bi count of users, a financial summary, and and should not have taken as long as it E. MYERSON said he had heard that Platt ~~.m:~I a summary of the TCS' problems and did. had said that the Treasurer's working ~=t:~it.• their resolution. YOCKEY said the procedure should have relationship with the Office Manager was fi . ~~ RAESL Y reported the donation of been applied to the Treasurer's purchase 'worse than strained'. ~=, :=·.-:- =~ Constellation 3 networking software. of software and payments for preparing SHAFFER said that in a conversation with ~. \~ .:::: RA ESLY said that Alan Levy had provided tax returns, and should be discussed. him, Platt had said Pochepko was having ~~ :· : a 45 meg Corvus Drive and $150 in MYERSON said he had looked up the trouble working with Ed Myerson. I .~: .:.J*- e:cchang~ for a 60 meg drive obtained by payments, and that they had been PLATT ruled that the discussion was out of ~t~~ :~~ him, which covered the dealer's cost of authorized by the BOD in 1985 and Peter order. ':.'.~ · ~ the drive. ·He said that the drive was Combes was researching dates. He said Ruling of chair upheld (9-5). ~ ..:m~ going to be donated to a school, and that it was not unusual for a corporate Treasurer to signchecksinhisownname. Tax Returns Questioned i1.~~·:• there was no time to notify the board. YCOKEY distributed a summary of the ~r f ~ MYERSON m~ved to ratify the purchase HOBBS asked for recognition. :· Club's tax returns. U ~- Passed unanimously. PLATT denied recognition. HOBBS announced he was resigning from PMYERSON said the summary contained IJJ >A RAESLY asked for a procedure to cover his Committee assignments. · some errors. future reimbursements, if the items were WARRICK said that the American College i.~11:.m Vote to Censure of Physicians notation covered a Supreme ~--·,.«}~ under budget. p \·. ·: TRUSAL said that Board needed to clarify RALL moved to censure the President. Court ruling regarding whether Seconded by Tom Warrick. advertising revenues were exempt from ~:··:· ~ what constituted acceptable receipts and ~ ... :::: records, to avoid possible improprieties. YOCKEY said a tradition of management taxation, and said the Club's decision by temper tantrum had developed, and had been to take advantage of the Lower ~=: :· -=- SMITH said the Club should take that the Board could not deal with it. Court's ruling in favor of the exemption. . = · advantages of available deals, while taking into account fiscal accountability. P. MYERSON said the Board hadn't always When the Supreme Court ruled against HOBBS said the goal should be to separate gotten along well, but hadn't previously the exemption, the Pi paid the additional the purchasing decision from the had a dictatorial leader. tax and interest. disbursement decision, and that no such BASTIAN noted that until October 1988, E. MYERSON said the Interest notations provisions were in flace. meetings had averaged 2hours, and were referred to interest due to the state of MYERSON said that i RAESLY could get now averaging 4, and said that there was Maryland that had not been paid. the item at a lower price than he could plenty of blame to go around for the YOCKEY said she was concerned about the having it billed to the Pi, he should be increased length. incomplete Board of Directors list reimbursed if the bill was signed by any THAL said he had suggested a half hour attached to the returns. She said Bernie authorized member of the Board. ago the meeting would go past 10 PM, Urban was not listed, and that his salary PLATT said he did not want to take the role and that it was already behind schedule. had to be listed in the returns. ofreviewing purchases unless asked, and He suggested suspending the rules and E.MYERSON said Bernie Urban was paid as said that it was the role of the Treasurer. re-prioritizing the agenda. an Office Manager, not as a Director. WARRICK said directions for submitting Motion to censure passed (7-4). HOBBS moved that the tax forms be bills should be issued in writing. Financial Report submitted to the Pi's legal counsel and to HOBBS said the problem was that the Board the audit committee. P. MYERSON reported the Pi's books were Motion passed unanimously. (9-0) was trying to develop all-encomf8:ssing closed through December 1988. procedures, but that they didn t cover E. MYERSON reported the Club was $6000 special expenditures. He felt Lee's ahead of budget. MacWorld Planning signature and notation on the bill should E. MYERSON said that variances in the PLATT reported that plans were being made be sufficient, and that persons without financial report, all on the expenditure by the Pi and the Pentagon Mac Users an established budget or authority to side, were due to bugs in the accounting Group to host a reception for other user submit bills should be required to come software. He reported that the cash on groups, to be partially funded by Apple; to the Board or an authority other than hand was up to $90,851 and that it was and that a reservation had been made for the Treasurer. earning about 5.25-5.8%. a room at the Grand Hyatt. At the same P. MYERSON saidRaesley should not have E. MYERSON moved to invest up to $50,000 time, the NASA group was planning a had to spend timesinceNovembertrying into insured CD's from which withdrawal reception at the Air and Space Museum. to get paid, but that Ed had been could be made without penalty. Consideration was being given to instructed not to reimburse expenses Motion approved unanimously. merging the two receptions, in which without the President's 'chop'. case the banquet room would be made PLATT said that if an expenditure was E. MYERSON said he had increased the available to Apple-Columbia for its own withinbudgetand properlydocumented, Club's bonding to $100,000, and that it reception. He asked for authority to post the Treasurer should have authority to covered the Officers, Directors, and all a refundable deposit with the hotel until disburse the funds. employees.HesaidthattheoldMaryland a decision was made. SHAFFER said the Board needed to have a bank account had been set up as an Motion passed unanimously. statement made about expenses covered impressed fund when the other accounts within the guidelines of the By Laws. were moved, and were now closed. PLATT said that the MacWorld organizer POCHEPKO reported that the original bills had asked for rental of the Pi mailing list were in the outgoing mail but not sent. E. MYERSON moved that the president be in exchange for three seats to the put on signatureauthorityonallaccounts. MacMasters tutorials, or for a cash WARRICK said that there had been several The motion was passed (5-4). payment. TCS messages about the Treasurer E. MYERSON asked for a motion to E. MYERSON moved that the membership writing checks to the firm of MYERSON authorize Pochepko to have access to all list be rented to the Mac World organizers, & MYERSON, and that under the DC National lJank accounts with subject to negotiation by the president, President's guidelines, the payments signature authority up to $1000. price to be determined by the president. would be allowable. He noted that the The motion was passed unanimously. Motion passed unanimously.

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PLATT announced that a tentative evaluation form to be used. RALL said that he had introduced the agreement had been reached with the E. MYERSON moved absent a motion to hold the Future of the Pi new management of the USUHS recommendation by the president to the meeting, and that the proposed agenda Cafeteria to open it for lunch at the April contrary, the board commends the went counter to the original concept of 22 meeting, provided a guaranteed performance of the office staff as they the meeting. He said the Board should minimumnumberofsales was promised. move into permanent status. not attempt to 'lead' the discussion.· HOBBS said the morning music concert THAL said it was the role of the Presidentto P.MYERSON moved that members wishing make a decision on permanent status of to propose topics for the Future of the Pi ~~"$I•• ,:dl::: would run 2 1 /2 hours, and that Bruce Webster, author of "The NeXT Book" the Office staff. meeting meet with the Committee would speak. BASTIAN said the reasons for an evaluation following the board meeting and that RALL said the afternoon session, with were either to determine qualification those unable to meet present proposals attendees from the MACWORLD show, for continuing, and for education, that to the Committee at its next meeting. would run 4-5 hours. there was unanimous agreement that the Motion approved (7-2). PLATI asked for a motion authorizing him staff should become permanent, and that to enter into an agreement with the the education component could be dealt BASTIAN said the proposed agenda was cafeteria management to open the with later. well meaning, but was too ambitious for cafeteria under the terms discussed. PLAIT said he agreed, but wanted the the time allocated and suggested a more P. MYERSON moved to authorize the review to be in conjunction with Board. skeletonized agenda. president to enter into anagreement with TRUSAL said the form should not be WARRICK said the meeting should have the USUHS cafeteria. reviewed at the Board meeting skeleton agenda and said the Motion passed unanimously. E. MYERSON asked if the staff had received Committee's proposals could be handed written clarification of the terms of out to attendees as discussion points. Office Relocation Plans becoming permanent. YOCKEY moved to adjourn. POCHEPKO and KNUTSON presented PLA TI said it was covered in their Defeated (5-8). information on telephone systems. They aJ>pointment letters. Committee Selection preferred Trillium or Spirit. The purchase YOCl

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~>.:'(~?~· ·'::::;i:·ml In general, the consensus contin­ Y<~ National User Group Conference ues to be that the most viable and .. (::." active users groups are combined i .:t by Bob Platt -:i:-:. ·f~ groups which support both machines. User groups will have a larger role to If·.· :=t TheThirdAnnualNationalApple output which can be broadcast for play if Apple ever does diminish its .-· · ·~ User Group Conference (NAUGC) NTSC television. support of "Apple II Forever." -__ · ·.. · was held in Indianapolis on March 31 The Apple II Video Overlay Card :·· , : ~ · through April 2. W AP members Bob provides a variety of input and out­ Other Speakers ··: ·/-=:·. Platt and George Venable attended. put options. It accepts video input Guy Kawasaki also gave a hu­ from a VCR, videodisc, video camera ·~=~~·;t Apple II Video Overlay morousdinner speech on the ''Macin­ or television, and sends both a red, tosh Way." Ellen Leanse chaired an :· ·. :~ Card green, blue (RGB) and composite Apple Feedback Session. Scott Kanas­ The big news at NAUGC was the videooutputsignal. Thismeansvideo ter gave a seminar on Macintosh pro­ debut of the Apple II Video Overlay and overlay can be viewed on either gramming, and Tom Weishaar gave a :io Card. This is the first new product for an RGB or composite monitor, and/ seminar on Apple II programming. ~ · · · .. : :, the Apple Ile and Apple Ilgs, which or recorded ona VCR or broadcast for Other workshops focused on user ~. =~~::-: Apple has released in some time. The NTSC television. group organizations. Bob Platt made ~; . ~~ card enables u~rs to superimpose The Apple II Video Overlay Card presentations as a part of panel dis­ .: · ~ computergraphics(text, pictures and comes with VideoMix software that cussions addressing fundraising, le­ . .".=,, animation) over video images from provideseasycontrolformixingvideo gal and accounting concerns and the · · : an external source (VCR, videodisc, and computer graphics. It also en­ problems of multiple-CPU user ~ ~::.I ~deo camera or tele'?sion signal) and ables the user to adjust the tint and groups. ~·<.it~ View the result on a single screen. The color of the video image which ap­ k:~~~~~ finalresult,ablendofcomputergraph­ pears on an RGB monitor, much as Politics ~ · · :· ics and video, is richer in content and one would adjust the color on a televi- There was some sentiment at the ..: communication value - and more sion. Apple User Group Advisory Council · : ·.· compelling-than either alone. Fate of the Apple II to have this be the last NAUGC. .. :.:~:.:I Computer video signals and video However, there was such overwhelm­ ~~f. : ~filll signals from television, a VCR, video A big topic of discussion was the ing support for the idea of a national ~t.fi~ camera or videodisc are commonly fate of the Apple II. Tom Weishaar conference, that a resolution was timed differently. The Apple II Video was the main dinner speaker who passed scheduling NAUGC 1990 in I argued that so long as the Apple II ~l ··: .· Overlay Card employs genlock cir­ Chicago and forming a nation-wide l:· {-.~< cuitry to synchronize Apple II timing continues to provide Apple with a Board of Directors to select future sites ilm··.?:S fil.~ tll~~ t o external VI"d eo tiirung• • so both•1m- billion dollars per year in sales, it is beyond the midwest. ~~~~-~~ ages can appear simultaneously on a unlikely that Apple would terminate At prior NAUGCs, there was ~~i~l~~~1 ~ingle screen. The card produces high the product. However, hedid note the active discussion of forming a "super ~~mi~~ quality video output and improves rumors that Apple had discontinued user group." This idea appears to now ::::¥:,~·~::: ~~·~mi the display on both the ApJ.?le II~ and system software development on the be dead, as on-line services and the b.:~~M the IIgs. When the card receives mput Apple II. Barney Stone, who will also Apple User Group Connection are ·~~Ji that meets National Television Sys­ be speaking at the May W AP meet­ viewed as supplying all of the func­ h1~~ terns Committee (NTSC) RS-170A ing, addressed the use of the Apple II tions which had been proposed for in business. o;·:..0:-:·.·:·:-.-.»:0Mr:~Ml~ snPrifications,r-- it produces RS-170A that organization. ti 24 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 1111 COMPUTER DESKTOP PUBLISHING CENTER I ~ (301) 770-9470 'Ill

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Jobs Still Faithful On WAP Reconstitution local Apple group would have been Dear Tom, Dear Mr. Piwowar: much better served if it had become I thought you would enjoy the I read both the proposal to recon­ another slice of W AP. The weight of enclosed photo which I saw in Visa Vis stitute W AP into machine-specific the parent group actually weakened magazine on United Airlines recently. groups as well as your dissenting the Apple group. As you can see, the article is touting editorial in the March 1989 issue of W AP is a mutual support organi­ the NeXT computer and the accompa­ the Journal. I am an out-of-area zation to helpitsmemberssolveprob­ nying photo of Steve Jobs has a big member who cannot attend meet­ lems via its large brain trust. Apple II NeXT poster on the desk. But what ings, but I believe this issue is critical and Macintosh owners have little computer is Stevarino using? It looks enough to register my opinion. common interest other than the com­ suspiciously like a Mac 512 to me! I I agree with you that the Milrod mon logo that adorns the fronts of guess all the bugs aren't out of the plan would Balkanize W AP by creat­ their computers. Somehow, this brand NeXT system yet, or maybe the soft­ ing unnecessary operating layers. alliance seems to work in WAP. ware base is too small! Or maybe Steve Before joining W AP, I had belonged However, most Apple owners have is sentimental about his last "baby". to a local club which was such an no interest in the problems of other Or he knows what we know - that alliance of machine-specific groups systems. How can W AP members Macintosh is the "computer for the bound by the local club. The mem­ benefit from an association that brings rest of us". bers of the Apple group had little to in additional systems' owners? The Keep up the good work. do with the parent organization and only benefit would seem to go to a few Ellen Crockett nothing to do with members of other organization types who derive pleas­ Springfield VA machine-specific groups. The officers ure from empire building. of the parent group added nothing to Bigger is not better. Keep WAP Sorry we can't run this picture, but there the operation of the Apple group. I the way it is. Please register my vote is Steve ]obs surrounded withNeXTpara­ used to wonder what these people against the Milrod plan. Yours truly · · >.(~ phernalia but clearly using a Mac to get his got out of running a parent organiza­ work done. tion which seemed to draw little inter­ MarkBias.s(WAP#7430) I est from its constituent groups. Our Allentown PA · ·= ':I May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 25 already over the widening gap be­ Pi Magazine. I believe that there is Letters to the Editor tween the Mac users and the Apple II some sensible thinking going on at users, (I had hoped to graduate from the Board level, and that the "decade an Apple Il to a Mac one of these days committee" mayverywell be address­ · ·= Dividing to Be Conquered - but not get rid of my Apple Ilgs), I ing this thing in a very sensible fash­ I have been hearing and reading understand that the Pi is giving some ion. However, I am quite disturbed , · · some commentary and information thought to breaking itself up into again at the possibility that a special about a possible impending "reorgani­ several small ''sub-clubs", each with meetingofonly51 people can becalled zation" of the Apple Pi , its own ''President'' with lots of new anda whole new organizational struc­ I'm going to make my remarks authorities and independent think­ ture can be imposed on the balance of very specific. None of these remarks ing, and of course lots more positions 6,000 people. From a personal stand­ are personal; I don't know any of the of "prestige". point, and I know that from the per­ people involved; I don't even know As far as I'm concerned what we sonal standpoint from most of the · who they are. But I also wish to offer would be doing is dividing to be other 6,000 members, all I want to do some pertinent remarks based on my conquered. is to join the Pi, contribute what I can, : understanding of the situation and Having reached membership in derive what I can, get the most out of .. :... ~ based on my considerable past expe­ excess of 6,000 the Pi is an organiza­ my Apple computer, and not have to . · -~ rience with certain types of people tion to be respected. Further more, for fight these stupid political battles. · who try to get into politics in a large the most part (and I think with the 4. The first thing I'm going to ask, . " organization of this type. exception of only a few which I will then, is that the Board immediately ~ I joined the Pi last year. I have describe further below), it is a group promulgate a new set of rules which · ·. been quite pleased with the results of of people who are mutually suppor­ willabsolutelypreventthepossibility the limited amount of time that I have tive and mutually communicative. of 51 "flakes" from changing the whole been able to spend with the Pi and its However, now, something comes organizational structure of the club. . publications, and attending its meet­ along here and somebody is propos­ (Again, I have no personal feelings .. ings. It appeared at first to be a fairly ing a whole new structuring of this about any of this toward anyone; I just · close-knitgroup,andofcourselknow organization. happen to know, and you do too, that · ·. thatPidatesbackalongtimeand that I now offer what I consider to be in any organization there are always 4 Apple computer users represent a my pertinent comments about the or 5% of the people who want to special breed of people - beginning organization itself, having prefaced it change everything that is going on, with the fact that they have "tradi­ through perhaps too much prelimi­ whether it's good or bad.) Five per­ tions" and ''heritage," as compared to nary detail. cent of 6,000, as I remember is about a few other groups who simply grew 1. I note with great concern that 300 people, which is about6 times the outof thefactthata verylargeorgani­ this organization can be rearranged number that is required in this case. zation decided to enter a new field. by having a "quorum" of only 51 What in the world caused such a On the other hand, I have looked members present out of a total mem­ provision to be included in the by­ · ~ upon the Apple people as a close-knit bership of 6,000! This is certainly not laws?? ~ · group of friendly computer owners what I would classify as "representa­ I'd be glad to engage in any kind · :;. . and operators, hackers, tinkerers, etc., tion." Read on: of a mature discussion of this ~tu­ etc.; people who are not only inter­ 2. In any organization of 6,000 ation, if required, but there isn't much . . ested in efficient use of their comput­ members, it is possible to find 51 or more that I can add besides what I ... -~ ers, but also in sharing their experi- more dissatisfied, unhappy, contrary, have said above, and I am not in the ·~ ences with others. flaky, perverse, incompetent, etc., etc. business of managing clubs: I am in In fact, that's the way Apple re­ members who can be called together this case in the business of belonging ally achieved its success. by one or two "super flakes" in order to the Pi and looking forward to en­ I had recently began to notice that to rearrange the whole structure of joying that membership. .:~. a rift of some sort may have started to the organization for their own per­ Thanksforanytimeyoumayhave open in thePi between the Mac people sonal convenience and gratification. spent in reading this letter, and I am . ~ · and the Apple II people. I regretted I've seen this happen before and I've looking forward to keeping the Apple that very much; I even regret the seen it attempted or carried off by Pi as the most powerful computer ~ obvious hostility (not just rivalry) that people like this who really are looking organization in this area and a place ·. exists between many users of Apple for authority and status, and can't where people like myself can go for · products and users of IBM-PC type find it any place else. (I'm only con­ mutual support and try and figure products - we're all in the same cerned here with the fact that the out how to make these things work ·: business, we all do the same things, possibility exists, I don't really know and to the best kind of job that they ... :: and we are much better off cooperat­ if the condition exists! can - and occasionally letting Apple . . .: ~~ ing with each other than we are fight­ 3. I have mixed emotions about Computer know that we are out here. ing with each other. some of the material I read in the O.D. Page, P.E. Now, having become disturbed recent issue of the Washington Apple Bethesda MD 26 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Open Hearing on the Second Decade:April a by Robert C. Platt Forty1our members gathered on Satur­ regularly to sponsor and plan the group leads to better representation day April 8 for a public hearing sponsored CMUF (now FedMicro) shows. to Apple Computer and other vendor by the Second Decade Committee. Seth Mize expressed concerns on supporters. The Committee prepared a hand­ how Milrod's plan would adversely Ted Meyer also smells a lot of out with 14 proposed discussion top­ affect the Slices. Milrod claims that politics in the debate. H there are ics, some of the Committee's tentative the new organization would be irrele­ tensions between machine groups, ideas and financial data on W AP. The vant to the Slices. Mize reported that reorganization won't solve that. We group then ranked the discussion the Annapolis Slice voted to oppose must remember that we are an Apple topics in order of priority. Unfortu­ the Milrod Plan. group. nately, only the four most popular Jim Torrence reported that an Nancy Byrd questions the desira­ topics were reached during the two umbrella group was tried in Philadel­ bility to divide our members accord­ and a half hour session. phia, but there were problems with ing to machines. With APW now meeting space allocation. looking more like MPW, there will be Selection of WAP Board Milrod explained that any ma­ a continuity of software across ma­ Aboutahourwasdevoted to how chinewith50userscouldfonnagroup chines. W AP's Board of Directors should be and that separate groups could exist Ernie Lane worries about loosing selected, including a proposal from for the Mac, Mac Il, Mac Ilcx, etc. Each clout with Apple. Martin Milrod to divide up the club group could print its own journal and Sam Knutson believes that each into machine-specific groups (MSGs) run its own bulletin board. machine has its unique character and whose Presidents would serve as the Fred Edwards saw the plan as therefore want to promote opportu­ Board of DirectorsofWAP asa whole. "bureaucracy on top of bureaucracy." nities to meet people who share his Milrod felt that this would result in Theron Fuller posed three hypo­ interest in the same machine. decentralizing decision making and thetical situations: (1) Can one or two would assure each machine would Exty Sorcerer users start a MSG and Conflict of Interest receive its share of WAP's capital get on the Board of Presidents with There was general agreement that budget. the same voting power as the 3,000 W AP should have a conflict of inter­ Dick Byrd questioned whether Macusers?(2)SupposetheNeXTMSG est policy. The chair explained the Milrod's proposed organization is taken over by a Quayle for Presi­ current policy and that the Bylaws would prevent W AP from working as dent clique. Can the central board Commission was recommending a a unified club. Walt Francis suggested stop them from acting in a manner new policy for a vote at the April 12 allocating funds to each existing SIG which would jeopardize W AP's tax­ Board meeting. on a formula which would reflect the exempt status? (3) Does a President of Since 1983, W AP has used a paid SIG's size. a3 member MSG have as much repre­ contractor to serve as Editor of the Frank Potter asked about tension sentation as a 3,000 club? W AP Journal. Martin Milrod believe which would be created between dif­ Milton Goldsap noted his experi­ that there is an inherent conflict of ferent classes of members, and Chris ences with the American Psychologi­ interest in the same person editing the Bastian predicted that the Milrod plan cal Association, whichhas39separate Journal and being paid to lay it out. would lead to a divisive atmosphere. divisions. A big group will submerge . Larry Feldmanasked whether any Bob Shaffer feels that our attendance the smaller divisions. Dick Byrd specific problems are being ad­ by Apple II users at the general suggested that MSGscould be formed dressed? Cynthia: Yockey said that it monthlymeetingsispoorand wemust and still retain a Board of Directors is important that W AP be run by vol­ revitalize our Apple Il programs. elected at large from all the member5. unteers and that the paid staff not Dave Harvey, who is also Presi­ Chris Bastian observed that many make the policy for the organization. dent of NovApple, noted thatin 1986 SIGs cross machine lines, and that the Milton Goldsap said that an Edi­ the developers of TechWorld offered Milrod proposal would make it diffi­ tor must have the appearance of neu­ users groups free meeting space and cult from them to function. He was trality as well as being neutral in fact. office space if we would form an area­ also concerned about inefficiencies in An Editor should attend Board meet­ wide umbrella group. W AP could be obtaining meeting space under the ing but not be a Director. a part of such an umbrella group. plan. Tony Goncalves "smells too Fred Edwards is concerned that Milrod's proposal could be expanded much politics" in the Milrod plan and certain Board members were charg­ so that W AP would be just one part of believes that service to members is ing $1,000 fees to the Pi without dis­ a DC-wide umbrella group. Bob Platt what's important. closure to the membership. reported that the Presidents of the Curtis Laret believes that the Jim Torrence asked why office major DC users groups already meet simplest structure is best. A large staff could not be members of the Pi.

May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 27 .~w.;,~~ . ·! (As a clarification, the new office the financing of the Journal. If it be­ i:: managersagreedtogiveupanymem- comes too dependent on ad revenues, Vendor bership in WAP as a condition of em­ W AP could be blackmailed by our -:.: ':A ployment. Non-managerial employ­ advertisers. He is worried about the Watch !~~- ·-:~: ees can be and are members.) SoftTalk Syndrome where favorable fff". · Bob Shaffer apologized to Bernie reviews accompany ads from a ven­ I ' Urban and clarified that the Treasurer dor. Tom Piwowar explained the role ~.- was being paid only $500 per year to of the Review Editor, Ray Hobbs and prepare the tax returns. how militant he was about keeping Dear Mr. Mcconathy, Milton Goldsap noted that al­ the Journal independent. Several months ago, I spoke with though software vendors give lively Chris Bastian noted that editing a you abut your hard disks for the presentations at monthly meetings, Journal can be a pain and that there is Macintosh. You stressed the exten­ they should know when they are a need for a clearer definition of where sive testing MicroNet used to insure invited that they will participate on a to submit material. the quality of your product. You cer­ panel discussion along with W AP Dave Harvey suggested that if tainly wanted to leave the impression members who have used their prod­ there is not sufficient Apple II mate­ that MicroNet is concerned about uct (in order to keep the program rial, it should be reprinted from the quality and the service received by balanced.) newsletters of other clubs. your customers. Based in large meas­ Theron Fuller wants to encour­ David Ottalini urge people to ure upon your comments, we pur­ ageoutside financial supportfor W AP. contribute articles if they are unhappy chased several of your MS-62, 60 meg Dave Harvey explained the con­ with the coverage. drives. flict of interest provisions which he Ted Meyer feels the real problem When I called recently to describe proposed to the Bylaw Commission is that Apple II owners aren't writing a problem we encountered when us­ and how it was based on a proposal enough. ing a Radius Accelerator equipped from the AzApple club. Seth Mize explained the prizes Mac SE with an MS-62 drive, you Nancy Byrd urged a compromise. which the Annapolis Slice gives for rather abruptly passed me over to She would allow W AP staff to be writing articles. Peter Cook reports someone in Technical Support. I left members but not serve on the Board. that the Journal Editorial Committee the subsequent conversation with Harry Kaiser, Cynthia Yockey and is working to make it easy to submit '1eff' feeling as though MicroNet Walt Francis all debated the restric­ articles. assumes no responsibility for and has tions on who could be eligible to serve Frank Potter commented on the no interest in the fact that I can not use on W AP's Board. economies of scale in printing a single your drive with an accelerated SE. I Chris Bastian related the experi­ Journal. was told "we don' tguarantee the drive ences of the NY Mac Group where the Sam Knutson opposes reprinting will work with accelerator equipped President and three other directors articles from other groups. SE's," period. No expression of con­ were also vendors. They did not vote Bob Shaffer defended the prac­ cern, no offer of help, no expressed on matters in which they had a finan­ tice of allowing a software reviewer to interest in finding a way around the cial interest, and they all sold goods to keep the review copy of the software problem. Just a simple ''That's Ra­ the club below their own cost. rather than allowing the club to use it dius' problem." Betty Masse believes the Office or give it away. Mr. McConathy, in this day and Manager isgoing to cope with politics Marty Milrod believed that the age, with the competition among whether he or she is a member. Office is short on software and that suppliers being hot and heavy, I must Peter Cook asked for clarification the Apple II and Mac hot lines should express surprise at MicroNet's han­ of the scope of the prohibition on appear on separate pages. Marty also dling of this situation. Let me assure membership. Itapplies to only Mana­ stated that he thought it a conflict of you that it is your problem as well, gerial employees. interest for the Journal editor to own one way or another. Either MicroNet the company that holds the produc­ helps customers like us resolve this WAPJoumal tion contract for the Journal. Tom problem, or inevitably the market Martin Milrod wants contents Piwowar invited Marty to do the place will work its wonders and Mi­ segregated by machine. Journal himself. croNet will find a decline in sales Jim Torrence asked why the ar­ based upon the dissatisfaction of its rangement was changed? Tom Tutorials customers and word of mouth com­ Piwowar said he places Apple articles Cynthia Yockey explained "con­ munications. in the front, Mac in the back. Games in ceptual tutorials" for assisting new I will bei nforming my local user's the middle (to keep the peace). users to understand the different types group of almost 6,000 members of my Milrod suggests that the cover of applications. W AP needs more experience. As past president of the could be better used and that icons volunteers to teach tutorials. Peg group, I write a monthly review of should identify specific articles. Matson feels W AP needs mbre ad­ Mac products and regular columns of Theron Fuller is worried about vanced tutorials. ti Questions and Answers. I will also be 28 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 writing to MacWeekand to Mac User. They will be urged to notify their Open Letter to the Members subscribers that if they want to use and accelerated SE or Plus, they should by Lynn Trusal, WAP Board Member stay away from your drives since your Technical staff "doesn't guarantee I have been a member of WAP for five years and have served on the Board of them when used with anything other Directors (BOD) for the past two. I am seriously considering not running for the than a standard SE or Plus". BOD this year and wish to state my reasons in ageneral context and to challenge I would say the ball is in Mi­ the membership. croNet's court. David Morganstein This past year has been a period We can no longer afford active volun­ Vice President, WESTAT of growth, improvement and turmoil teers who are also paid staff. The two all wrapped into one for Washington don't mix! We can also not cling to Mr. Mcconathy replies: Apple Pi. I believe decisions made by practices of the past and expect what Fitting disk drives to computers is your elected representatives should was good in 1980 to still be good to­ notassimpleasonemightfirstthink. This be based on what is in the best interest day. . is why MicroNet Technology, Inc. sells of the club. This is a dichotomy since We must also accept the fact that its disk drives through through computer the "best interest" is not always black some members may disagree with dealerswhohavethelawwledgeand equip­ and white and therefore subject to decisions made by the President or ment to properly fit the drive to the com­ legitimate debate. I have been disap­ the BOD,and be thick-skinned enough puter. There is often a need to make ad­ pointed that some WAP members to accept and learn from responsible justments to cable lengths, the order in havenotalwaysmadededsionsbased criticism and debate. Constructive which devices are connected, the position­ on this ·principle. Some people have criticismisnotto beseenasafailureto ·· · ing of terminators, etc. Some configura­ allowed themselves to let "sacred cover up, but a challenge to improve. tions may not work at all. In this case the cows," "political agendas" and "un­ Since a relatively small portion of dealer may try a different brand of drive. holy alliances" cloud their judgment the total membership regularly at­ Mr. Morganstein did not purchase and take positions clearly not in the tendsmeetingsor W AP functions, the his disk drives from a dealer. He told us he best interest of the club. WAP has mainsourceofinformationis the WAP was a deoeloper and we sold him his disk suffered for the past several years Journal and theTCSsystem. Both have drives directly at a substantial discount. I because of this attitude. important roles to inform members of strongly believe in the deoeloper commu­ We are no longer a small group of club activities and serve as legitimate nity helping each other out. In such cases Apple hackers who can function out platforms for discussion and criticism. our policy is to provide telephone support, of someone's home with volunteers. They do not have roles to "air dirty to swap the disk drive for another when We needed more professional man­ laundry" or serve as "public pillo­ necessary, and to provide a full refund if agement, sound business practices, ries" for cowardly people who prefer the deoeloper is unable to get the disk sound leadership, and a bigge1:" office not to face their adversaries. I believe drive running. to better serve the membership. I be­ the WAP TCS system~ other local The computer configuration that Mr. lieve that we have made positive ones have been misu~ in this re­ Morganstein is attempting to use is one strides in that direction during the gard, and if this continues to occur that I would expect to be particularly past year, but we must continue to they will lack true purpose. difficult. A Mac with an accelerator card grow by "working together'' under In a similar manner, the Journal is a substantially modified computer and the umbrella oflegitimatedifferences. must be willing to accept reasonable is pushi.ng on the edge of technology. On If common sense, sound reasoning, and responsible '1etters to the editor'' the other hand, our MS-62 hard disk is a and the best interest of the Pi are our discussing differing viewpoin~ on relatively slow, entry leoel, drive. This is guiding principles, how can we go club business, but it is not a place for a technological and logical mismatch. Why wrong and how can we fail? personal attacks any more than the accelerate your Mac and then attach it to Unfortunately, such principles do TCS is. The current editor is receptive a slow disk drive? I would expect that not govern the decisions of all. As we to such responsible commentary, and there would be timing problems in this set approach new elections, perhaps for the membership should take advan­ up and this is apparently the case. the first time we will have a true con­ tage of that. The best we can do in this circum­ testrepresentingdHferentviewpoints The events of the November 1988 stance is to give Mr. Morganstein his on both how the past was handled general membership business meet­ money back. The reasons why a particular and how the future should be shaped. ing were unfortunate, and I question disk drive will not work with a particular W AP belongs to the total mem­ the true motives of the individuals computer are diverse and interesting. I bership and not just to "charter behind that effort H they disagree hope some day to write an article about all members" who have made signifi­ with the current WAP leadership, they of the factors that you have to watch out cant contributions over the years but can use the democratic method of · for. - Charles Mcconathy who are also not the sole repository of voting officers or BOD members out (via telephone to Tom Piwowar) what is in the best interest of the club. of office, but spare me the theatrics. May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal . 29 ATTENTION FEDERAL EMPLOYEES! ...... t-.. What can FEDERAL JOBLINK do for you? ...... 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As you mark your ballot, you must cut through the "B.S." and attempt to Group Purchase 16.9% choose leadership that will always put the "best interest" of W AP first. Anyone choosing to run for office should be prepared to devote the time Journal 13.7% <~ necessary for such responsibility and be prepared to serve the entire period for which elected. The W AP elections WAP expenditures by source June '88 through January '89 are no time for political "tomfoolery." I will continue to write my Other 7.9% monthly column and be an active Shows & Promo 1 .4% W AP volunteer, but I long for a rest Disk Library 4% from the politics and those that no ~=~ Journal 34.8% longer put the interests of the Club first. I challenge you to get involved and become an active volunteer even if you do not wish to run for elected Group Sales18.7% office and even if you can serve only one year. Give back to the club some of what it has given you; we will all benefit, and W AP will be a better New Member Kits 3.8% · . organization because of it. Respectively yours, Lynn R. Trusal Office Expense & Rent 9.8% Director 30 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 Are you serious about service? If you rely on a "service bureau" for your desktop publishing output, you may miss Professional Typesetters the kind of personal attention and extra Carver is a professional typesetting care you used to get from your typesetter. service-not a service bureau. 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Carver Publishing Services (703) 528-0772 1025 North Fillmore Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201 #1 DuPont Circle, N.W., Suite 30, Floor 1 B, Washington, D.C. 20036 Open 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday in Arlington. Moving Scene by Bob Platt WAP's move to a new office was the product of intensive planning and extensive volunteer participation. Thanks to Nancy Sefarian, Nancy Pochepko and Cynthia Yockey who joined me on the search for the new space. Jay Heller Thanks to Nancy Pochepko for preplanning ensnared in the office layout and selecting our new phone technological system. tentacles. Two weeks before the move, a group led by Walt Francis sorted through mountains of journals and club newsletters to get our collection in order. The weekend before the move, old magazines and back issues of the Journal were moved to our storage shed in Kensington. We packed boxes through the week, and moving day arrived on April 1, with Peter Combes recording the event with the adjoining pictures. Unpacking continued the next day. Many thanks to: Scott Anderson, Chris Nancy Bastian, David Collins, Tony Gonclaves, Sam Pochepko and Kym Knuston, Paul Kornman, David checking out the Kriesberg, Barry Landgon-Lassege, Bill Logan, new phones. David Lumovich, Jim McCann and his two sons, Jeanette Micity, Lou Pastura, Nancy and Greg Pochepko, Lee Raesly, Charles Rider, Chas Ridgely, Nancy Seferian, Phil Shapiro, Paul Schlosser, John Sherman, Dale Smith, Mary Ternes, John Thomason, Fred Tillman, Michael Wolz, and Don Voz.

32 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 Nancy Seferian makes sure we leaue the dirt behind.

Unpacking our magazine collection

The old TCS room stripped down to the bare wires.

Greg Pochepko assesses the situation.

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May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 33 IIgs Stuff automatically load into RAM memory DOS 33 reference. The System Master and run whatever it finds in ''Block O'' disk included a variety of sample pro­ of the disk. Usually this isa program to grams that could be used in conjunc­ DOS 3.3 find and start loading whatever DOS tion with the manuals to learn abput (DOS 3.3, GS/OS, etc.) the disk was programming and DOS 3.3. by Ted Meyer created with. The DOS, in turn, starts Generally your interface with DOS some other program running (Print­ 33 was more ''hands-on" thanitisnow. DOS 3.3 was the standard disk shop, AppleWorks, etc.). This process BootingtheSystemManager, you were operating system (DOS) for the Apple is called booting. presented with a title and then, if you II line of computers for a long time. I've Without the DOS software in RAM had 64K of RAM, the message ''LOAD­ used it for more than half of my com­ memory, the Monitor can't do a variety ING INTEGER BASIC INTO RAM" puting career, and still useitonmyllgs of things. Dividing the disk up into appeared. After a few moments you to run utilities that I haven't replaced files, directories, and free space is the were presented with the "Applesoft with ProDOS versions. responsibilityof the DOS. The software prompt'' which is a right bracket "]". I'm not going to try to explain all in ROM can only see the disk in terms At this point you typed in the appropri­ the minute technical differences be­ of ''Blocks." The DOS allows the disk to ate commands, hit return, and DOS 33 tween DOS3.3, ProDOS,and GS/OS in be organiz.ed and defined in ways to would load or run your file. this article. I only want to present DOS make access to data and programs easier If you have a copy of the System 3.3 at a very high level to give those to deal with. Saving and loading files, Master, you can boot it on your Ilgs who started computing on Apples af­ listing files, creating directories,. and without any problems. The II+ didn't ter the advent of ProDOS a starting running application programs from come with lowercase. Remember that point for using this software. disk are all functions of the DOS. DOS 3.3 was designed with the Apple Operating Systems II+ in mind, so keep your caps lock key DOS's down. Most of us are familiar with First, what is an operating system? Now, a little history. IIgs buyers Applesoft BASIC. When you boot the Remember that computers are really are currently receiving GS/OS and System Master disk on your GS, a sec­ very stupid. They ·can't do anything ProDOS 8 version 1.7 with their new ond version of BASIC, Integer BASIC, without being given complete (abso­ purchases. GS/OS is more than a DOS. is automatically loaded. Integer BASIC lutely complete) instructions. These It takes over various functions from the is similar to Applesoft, but doesn't instructions are called programs or Monitor and is responsible for interfac­ include floating point numbers. This software. Everything that your GS does ing with a variety of devices and types lack of decimal point number capabili­ requires software. We take a lot of things of devices. Before GS/OS was an­ ties means it wasn't great at mathe­ thatthecomputerdoesforgrantedsince nounced, ProDOS 16 and ProDOS 8 matical-type programs. However, that they seem very simple. When you type were used on the Ilgs. ProOOS 16 is a same lack made it simpler and faster on the keyboard, letters appear on the version of ProDOSS upgraded to inter­ for games. From the Applesoft prompt screen. When you hit control and reset, face with Ilgs 16-bit software. Before just type INT and return and you can the computer restarts. Holding the shift thellgs was released back in 1987,Apple start loading, entering, and running key down while hitting another key Ilscouldonlyoperate in the8-bitmode. Integer BASIC programs. results in an uppercase or alternate The DOS of choice in those days was DOS 3.3 is not a hierarchical file character. Turning your Ilgs on with a plain old ProDOS. When the Ilgs came system, that is, there are no "directo­ disk in the drive starts the software on on the scene. ProDOS, was renamed to ries" or "folders." All the files on the the disk. But all of these things are ProDOS 8 to differentiate it from Pro­ disk are at the same level. The CATA­ actually the result of the "system" soft­ DOS 16. ProDOS (the 8-bit plain ver­ LOG. command will produce a list of ware called the ''Monitor" running sion) was released shortly after the all files on the disk, not just those within smoothly. The Monitor is always avail­ Apple Ile computer was released. The the current "prefix." able in ROM memory and is automati­ Apple Ile made use of expanded Utilities in DOS 3.3 consist mainly cally started when you turn on your memory (128K) and an 80 column card of two programs: FID and COPYA. machine. The Monitor is a form of an and ProOOS made better use of these These were available on the System operating system (OS). and other features. Before ProOOScame Master. COPY A is a disk copying pro­ The Monitor, by itself, doesn't re­ out the Apple II line used a variety of gram which can be used to copy DOS ally have a way for you, the user, to DOSs including: UCSD Pascal, CP/M, 33 disks. FID is a file management easily read and write to disk files. One and, finally, DOS 33. program for copying, duplicating, de­ of the first things that the Monitor does leting, and otherwise manipulating when you turn your Ilgs on is check to DOS3.3 DOS 3.3 files. see if there are any disks in the drives. When I got my Apple II+ in 1982it ProDOS and DOS 3.3 are incom­ The Control Panel classic desk acces­ came with a 5.25" floppy labeled "Sys­ patible. ProDOS can't read DOS 33 sory allows you to determine which tem Master" and several manuals. The disks and DOS 3.3 can't read ProOOS drive the Monitor checks first. If the manuals included an Applesoft BASIC disks. Programs that were written for Monitor finds a disk in the drive it will Tutorial, an Applesoft reference, and a one, if they use the disk drives or ma- 34 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May 1989 chine languageprograms,can't be used This allows those users uninterested in able. W AP's twice yearly garage sale is with the other. It is possible to transfer getting into the "guts" of things to use another cheap source of software. Low­ files from one system to another using there software without having to learn costprofessionally-produced packages one of several utilities. Apple has pro­ a new language. The Applesoftprompt are often sold there. vided a utility to transfer files with the is still available for those who want to Also DOS 3.3 can be a valuable ProDOS8systemsoftwarewhichcomes get into ProDOS 8, but it is no longer source of information, source code for with I /e's and I /cs. Also, Copy II+ necessary for basic functions. doing programming tricks, and utili­ from Laser will allow transfering files ties for testing your system. Transfer­ between the two environments. Why bother? ring a program from DOS 3.3 to Pro­ DOS3.3 only works with5.25" disk What is the point in learning about DOS can be quite an education all by drives. In its original form, DOS 3.3 DOS3.3?0r UCSD Pascal,orCP/Mfor itself. Leaming a bit about DOS 3.3 does not recognize 3.5" or hard disks. that matter? Well, for one thing, there might provide some insights into the DOS 3.3 needs to be patched in order to are a lot of sources of very cheap but use of more up-to-date systems. Nibble make use of this hardware. Two pack­ very useful software for these operat­ magazine still sells DOS 3.3 based soft­ ages that allow DOS3.3 to use3.5" disks ing systems. WAP's Public Domain ware at reasonable prices, and back are Glen Bredon's DOS.Master, which Disk Library, for example, contains a issues contain hundreds of program­ is a $20 shareware package, and lot of DOS 3.3 software. The DOS 3.3 ming tips and examples which can be UniDOS Plus from Microsparc. System Master is available through the altered for your own use. Today, Apple seems to be aiming Disk Library, as is the ProDOS System If you sometimes use an Apple II+ it's computers at application program Software for Transferring programs. computer, there is probably more soft­ users rather than hobbyists and pro­ Everything from word processor utili­ ware available in the DOS 3.3 arena grammers. Whatever DOS you are ties to games and graphics and pro­ than in ProDOS. ProDOS uses more using is supposed to be hidden behind gramming languages is in the DOS 3.3 memory and most ProDOS software Finders, program launchers, save, save Disk Library. EAMON is a series of won't run on the II+. as... , open... windows, graphic repre­ text-based games which are extremely That's it for this month. Hopefully, sentations, and icons. Apple provides a popular and very cheap as public next month I'll discuss what I saw at brief manual called"A Taste of Apple­ domain software. Dozens of arcade­ AppleFestand takealookatwhatRoger soft BASIC" which gives you a bare typegames, educational software pack­ Wagner Publishing is coming out with bones start at the BASIC environment. ages, databases, and more are avail- in the not-to-distant future. 9

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May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 35 such as read or write, and performs the What is "CPIM"? specific steps to implement them. By Those initials stand for "control Apple Q&A storing these device-specific programs program for microcomputers." It is the by Bob Platt separately in a device driver, most name of the most popular operating programs can avoid being device-spe­ system usedon8 bit micros. CP/Mand Please send your questions for this column cific. Hence, to change printers or disks the programs which run under it are to me care of the WAP office. drives, all one needs to do is to install a written in the machine language of the new device driver rather than rewrite Intel 8080. As a result, a special card What is the "aux type" of a file? the entire program. For GS/OS a new with a second microprocessor is re­ ProDOS reserves only one byte for device driver can be installed by mov­ quired to run CP/M on an Apple II. saving information concerning the type ing it to the DRIVERS subdirectory of Because CP/M was more widely used of file. This "file type" field is used to the SYSTEM directory and rebooting. than Apple's DOS 33 and ProOOS generate the "SYS," "BIN," ''TXT," For the p-System, a special ATIACH operating system, there is more public ''BAS" or other designations on the program must be run to bind the new domain software available for it. Also, catalog display. With one byte, there device driver to the operating system. many people installed CP/M in their are only 256 possible types. (This was Apples to take advantage ofsuch popu­ reasonable when compared with the lar commercial packages as WordStar, limited number supported by 00533.) What standards has Apple estab.. Multiplan and Turbo Pascal. However, ProOOS was designed to be lished to preserve GS/OS directory Two reference books on CP/Mare compatible with the AppleIIl'sSophis­ information when files are read by Steven Frankel, The Compleat Apple CP/ ticated Operating System (SOS) and a other systems, such as the Mac? M (Reston Publishing, 1984) and Thom number of possible type values had Apple has released a Tech Note Hogan, Osborne CP/M User Guide already been assigned. Fortunately, a announcing the /1Apple Single" and (Osborne McGraw Hill, 1982). second integer was included in the disk 11Apple Double" standards. Similarly, directory for SUBTYPE information. if you download a Mac file on yo~ Ilgs How can I transfer a CPIM text file Apple now calls this the Auxiliary Type for later use on a Mac, you need a to a ProDOS disk? Field. This field is particularly useful in format to preserve the Mac-specific Most Apple II owners have Micro­ telling apart the different kinds of directory information which is not soft's implementation of CP/M which graphics files which are now available carried on a ProDOS directory. was sold with the Microsoft "SoftCard." on the Ilgs. The format includes special header The system disk for that product has a information which records the home number of valuable utilities including The ProDOS CATALOG command file system that created the file. This a program called APDOS. APDOS will displays a SUBTYPE only for TXT could be ''ProDOS" or even ''MS DOS." convert text or binary files from CP/M and BIN files. How can I get it to A file can include more than justdatFor to DOS 3.3 or visa versa. Once the file is display this information for all files? example, the file's name, icon and ona DOS33 disk, it can be converted to Add the following patch to a copy "resource fork" (if it is a Mac file) can be ProOOSusingtheCopy Files command of your startup disk: stored along with the datApple Single iri the System Utilities program on the BLOAD BASIC.SYSTEM,TSYS,A$2000 files have file type $EO and auxiliary ProDOS system master disk. CALL -151 type$0001. 2EF6:13 Eventually, GS/OS will have its 3F13: 11 An "Apple Double" file format is own FST to permit direct access to CPI 3DOG similar, but allows the resource and M or other operating systems. : BSAVE BASIC.SYSTEM,TSYS,A$2000 data forks of a single Mac file to be transmitted and stored as two separate When will an FST become available How can I convert between the files. Apple Double files have file type to read MS-DOS files under GS/OS? various formats for graphics on the $EO and auxiliary types $0002 and 3. Probably never. It is physically Applen? impossible for an Apple 5.25" disk to ''The Graphic Exchange" (Roger read MS-DOS files because the infor­ Wagner Publishing) will handle the Do GS/OS files have resource forks? mation is coded on the disk in an in­ standard "screen dump" formats as Maybe. On the Mac, the resource compatible manner. Apple had been well as Printshop graphics. It will even fork of a file is an area reserved for use developing an FST for the Mac FDHD convert MacPaint documents directly by a system program called the "Re­ disk drive (which is on the Mac Ilx, IIcx from a Mac formatted disk! source Manager," which allows icons and SE/30) which could read 3.5" disks and text strings (among other items) to used on IBM OS/2 machines. What is a ''device driver"? be easily added or modified after the However, there are no present A device driver is a special subrou­ program has been compiled. Apple has plans to make these drives (1.44M high tine program which contains the spe­ announced its intention to distribute a density disks) available for the Apple II cific instructions for operating particu­ Ilgs Resource Manager, "at a future family, and the trade press reports that lar types of input/output devices. The date." In the meantime, it is best to Apple has cancelled the MS-DOS FST device driver takes general operations, leave this part of a GS/OS file alone. project. t& 36 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Apple lie+ Hardware phone number and address are: Orange Micro 1400 North Lakeview Ave. Connecting Parallel Printers Anaheim, CA 92807 (717) 779-2772 by Phil Shapiro When my friend received the So you just brought home your remarkably well on my present set-up. adapter cable, we tried it out on her new Apple Ile+ and you want to con­ Together with my Panasonic I

May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal :rt Apple Ile+ Hardware The Joys of a Fast Clock and a 3.5" Drive by Phil Shapiro Having helped a friend connect an Apple lie+ to a parallel printer, I decided to get one myself. Following are some remarks about the Apple llc+'s clock speed and the use of Its built-in 3.5" disk drive. key during booting to revert to the old . To my mind, this procedure is far Life at 4 Megahertz standard clock speed.) more than counter-intuitive: it borders One of the neat things about the One interesting note: the fast clock on being downright un-American. Apple Ile+ is its fast clock speed. The speed doesn't have a significant effect There are few taboos in the world clock speed of a computer is one of the on music output. Music is played at a of microcomputers. Placing a floppy major factors in how fast a computer slightly faster speed, but the fast clock disk into a turning disk drive is one of runs. The Ile+ gallops along at a brisk4 speed doesn't raise the pitch of the the big taboos, if not the biggest taboo, Megahertz. In comparison, the clock music significantly. (Accelerator in microcomputerland. speed of the Apple IlGS is 2.8 MHz; all boards, on the other hand, really de­ And the surprising thing is that the earlier Apple Il's operate at a standard stroy the musical output by dramati­ system disk manual has nothing to say speed of 1 MHz. cally raising the pitch.) about this subject. For the average home computer Well, I called the local Apple dealer user, the clock speed usually is not an A Different Drive over in Bethesda, and one of their important consideration in buying a Now, about the 3.5" disk drive. My techie's told me, "Oh, that's normal." microcomputer. However, all other first order of business was to transfer Okay -if you say so. things being equal, a fast clock speed is AppleWorks onto the 3.5" disk. The Still, I felt moved enough to actu­ not such a bad thing to have. And in Ile+ comes with a system disk that ally fill out the 1'Tell Apple" card in the some cases, a fast clock speed can add includes a Systems Utilities very much back of my user's manual to let Apple pep and excitement to software that like the Apple Ilc's System Utilities. know about this not-so-little glitch. A might have lost its original luster. Although you cannot directly copy a friend of mine later told me that it's So the first thing I did when I got 5.25"diskontoa3.S"disk,nevertheless, po~ible the red disk drive light is on, my Apple Ile+ was to try out all my there's an easy way to accomplish this but the drive is not actually turning. software at the new high speed. task. Instead of using the "Duplicate But since the built-in 3.5" drive is so I figured that a lot of educational Disks" option, use the "Copy Files" quiet, it's difficult to hear whether it's software might be enhanced by the fast option, and then select "All" files in­ turning or not. And I make it a habit in clock speed, since a lot of educational stead of "Some" files. life never to proceed whenever a red software is "time-based." If you speed After that minor hurdle, copying light is staring me in the face. up the program, all the time limits are AppleWorks onto a 3.5" disk is really a If the Bethesda Computer techie is accordinglyspeeded up. Consequently, snap. Both the AppleWorks "startup right, Apple oughtto send a polite notice I expected that the fast clock speed disk" and the AppleWorks "program to all registered Apple Ile+ users to let should have the effect of adding a new disk" fit onto one 3.5" disk. You don't them know that they need not unduly level of difficulty. need to do anything else to get Apple­ fret about red lights when copying 3.5" My preliminary experiments with Works to realize that its on a 3.5" disk. disks. the fast clock speed show that some It automatically loads the AppleWorks One final note: Clinton Computer, programs can be played enjoyably at startup, and then, after a refreshing the largest Apple dealer in the area, is the fast speed, while other programs space-bar prompt, loads the Apple­ no longer stocking the Apple Ile+. They are effected detrimentally by the fast Works program. can get it for you, but they don't have operating speed. However, it's diffi­ For the most part, using the built-in any in their stores. Qinton is the ven­ cult to make any generalizations as to 3 1/2 inch disk drive is intuitive, espe­ dor who demonstrated the Ile+ at the which games are enhanced or not. You cially for those users who are familiar September 1988 general meeting, so just have to try and see. with other Apple II system disks. But this new policy is quite puzzling. If this Whether the game is enhanced or there's one little procedure that's most is just another ploy to foist the Ilgs on not depends as much on the skills and counter-intuitive. unsuspecting customers, it's most cer­ experience of the player as on the par­ When copying 3.5" disks from a tainly misguided. ticular piece of software. built-in drive to a built-in drive, the red In any event, it's not a policy that Whatever the effect of the fast clock disk drive light never goes off. The Will serve to increase sales. ti speed, its nice that Apple provides the system utilities actually prompts you option of going back to the old 1 MHz to insert a destination disk into a drive The author is a software developer and speed. (Simply hold down the Escape whose red light is still on! an elementary school teacher. 38 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May1989 Apple II Desktop Publishing Templates AppleWorks, and other programs, allows you to create templates so you Publish.It! 2 Tricks and Hints d9n't have to re-invent the wheel each by Gary Hayman time you want to create a spreadsheet or something similar. You can develop Perhaps you have been following Hint3: This is not documented, but templates for P.I!, too. my series of articles regarding is true. I have verified it with Time­ Hint 5: Using the technique dis­ Publish.It! (P.I!) and the new (and fan­ works, the publisher. You are not al­ cussed above, develop a page with two tastic) Publish.It! 2 (P.1!2). Well now lowed to install more than six families (or three) blank text columns. Then that I have told you something about of fonts in P.I! A "family'' is a font with establish a second, third, and forth page them, maybe you have purchased ei­ the stem name being the same, although with more text columns in the same ther one and are working with them. I the size number may be different. Ex­ manner. Link the text columns so that would now like to share with you some ample: when you import text files, they flow information, hicks and hints: as well as Geneva.10 and Geneva.18 belong from column to column. Save your one warning. to the same family. The two default document as Template.2COL or font families remain and cannot be Template.3COL. Later, when you want Selecting Graphics removed. This leaves you only four to start a new document just open the When you are about to select a more families that you can install. This template document, change its name, graphic, the procedure is to draw a is no big problem since, aesthetically, and import your prepared text. graphic block and then import your there shouldn't be too many font Hint 6: Want to speed things up? HR, DHRgraphicorPrint Shop graphic, changes on a page anyway. Besides, After you create the first text column boxing the chosen portion with your you also have the ability to print the and choose its specifications, "Copy'' graphic block. fonts in bold, italic, underline, outline, it, then "Paste" it. Adjust its top and left Hint 1: Draw your graphic block and shadow - that's quite a variation. marginsforyoursecondcolumn. Move very small and place its lower right on to page 2 and do some pasting and comer (using your mouse) at the lower Using "Show Specifica­ specification adjustments. Continue till right area of the graphic you are going tions" you have developed the necessary to box. Then use the OA-(up arrow) When you select an object and amount of pages and columns for your and OA-Oeft arrow) to expand the box choose "Show Specifications" from the template. Don't forget to link the col­ to the necessary size. You will discover menu, you can install numbers that umns. You will find this saves time. that this is a much quicker technique will force the object to assume a certain rather than trying to adjust a large size and location on the page. graphic box. Hint4: I encourage your liberal use Warning! Hint 2: Take care that you make of this feature especially for text blocks. I found a bug in P.1!2 that you sure that the box is even spaced (right/ You will find that text block placements should be aware of. There is a feature left; top/bottom) around the chosen are more accurate and you can be sure called "Align" that will align objects graphic. If later you decide to frame of "twin" columns when you desire according to sides or centers. It is a very your graphic, as you can do inP.I!.2, the them. This becomes even more impor­ useful option. There isa major problem framewillappearevenlyspacedaround tant when you plan to "frame" your when you attempt to right align a the graphic. If you haven't taken the text columns. For example, you might graphic and a text filled column - you precaution when you import the draw two textcolumnsona page. Don't may loose your text permanently. graphic, the framed graphic will ap­ concern yourself too much with where Timeworks was unaware of this when pear skewed in the frame and can only you place them. Select the first, select I called them, and while I was on the be corrected by doing the graphic cap­ "Show Specifications," and enter the phone they were unable to duplicate ture again. Do it right the first time. following numbers for /Left /Top I the bug. Width /Height I -> I .5 I .5 I 3.25 I Hint 7: Don't use the "Align" fea­ Fonts Again 7.0 I. After pressing Return, select the ture when a text column and a graphic In my article ''More Fonts for second text column, select "Show Speci­ appear together. Instead, "Capture and Publish.It!" which appeared in the fications," and enter the following Drag'' into place. January 1989 WAP Journal, I showed numbers in a similar fashion-> I 4.25 Hint7A: I have discovered that the you how to convert GS Fonts ($C8) to I .5 I 3.25 I 7.0 /.When you exit the problem involves the order of selection the Publish.It! font type ($F7). Now menu you will find two twin text col­ of the objects. If you select the ~xt you are ready to de-install and install umns perfectly placed on your display. column first and then "Click Selecr' the new fonts. I told you that P .I! comes There will be a rounding off of the graphic for the aligning, everything is with 21 fonts and you can install a total numbers to a thousandth of an inch. Of O.I<. But if you select the graphic first, a 24. I also mentioned that you could course, you can change the specifica­ you got problems. Wantto be safe? Use de-install all but the DesPlaines and tions and even use three columns. hint7. Deerfield default fonts. May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 39 Back to Fonts Hint9: The way to determine what not create a subdirectory called Docu­ Perhaps in working with P.I! you font is being used, is to highlight the ments and store them there. have gone back to an earlier document text and type an OA-W (Open Apple­ Preview and when you loaded it a message W) (this is not in the manual but does appeared on the screen alerting you appear in the ''Font'' menu screen). The P .1!2 will allow you to see on screen that "Font substitution may be required name of the font will appear. Of course, a portion of the finished document as it in this file." The manual doesn't ex­ if the correct fonts are not installed, would appear on paper. This is known plain this, but what has happened is only the default font name will appear. as ''Preview Mode." You can then use that you changed some fonts between P .1!2, in its ''File Selection" menu the arrow keys to move to various documents and the just-loaded docu­ will only permit a maximum of 85 files portions of the page. This is slow, ment doesn't match the currently se­ to be reflected, (This is not in the man­ however. lected fonts. ual). Hint 13: You can speed things up Hint 10: Don't overload your di­ by going to the "Special" menu and If you don't rememberwhat fonts rectorywith fonts, as you may find that selecting ''Full Size." Then, using the you used in the document, there is no some are eliminated in the menu be­ slide bars at the bottom and right side, way the program will inform you - cause of the above. move the screen to the position you other than through the size of the font. Hint 11: You may want to keep want to examine. then select ''Preview" Hint 8: Whenever you create a your $F7 fonts in another directory, from the ''File" menu. You will find this document that uses other than the perhapscalledFONTS,and then, using technique preferable to the one sug­ normal fonts that come with P .I!, create a copy program such as Copy II+, copy gested in the manual. an extra page with a text column and or move (Siderfile can do this) your ff you have some hints of your own type in the fonts that you are using for needed fonts to the necessary direc­ relative to either Publish.It! or that document. Thus you are maintain­ tory. Publish.It! 2, and do not care to write an ing a permanent record to view at a Hint 12: Don't store your docu­ article for the Journal, give me a call or later time. ments in the same directory where you send them to me and I will be glad to Of course, when you print your have your fonts, DTP.SYSTEM, and include them in a future article. Call document, don't print the last page. other necessary files, as you will be Gary Hayman (301) 345-3230 or write You can de-select the last page in the shrinking your opportunity to reflect to me at 8255 Canning Terrace, Green­ ''Print'' menu. all your fonts in the menu. Instead, why belt, Maryland 20770. 9

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40 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May1989 ? Apple Software PC • Timeout Versions Computer by David Page These are the current Timeout applications as of 3/4/89. Modification dates shown are those on 11origina1· disks-modification dates will to you shopped for an IBM-compatible computer lately? Then you change on working copies when configured the user's system. J y have noticed how difficult it has become to select a PC these days. Disk File Version Mod Date ••ca•a•••••••ma am•aa••a••••••••••••• ••aa••D• Buying decisions used to be a breeze: color or monochrome, hard disk or All TIMEOUT 2.1 ---=---Jul ...22 ·----- 88 floppy, AT or XT. Now you must choose from among four different All TO.UTILITIES 2.0 Jun 1 88 microprocessors. There are two operating systems with several OT/GR/SS/ST/UM TO.CLIPBOARD 1. 4 Dec 19 88 branches and "environments." Three system busses with a fourth just May DT/QS TO.WORD.COUNT 1.1 11 88 announced. Four kinds of floppy disk drives. 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I ran the program and I haven't had any by Paul Schlosser more problems. believe, and he runs it on the side while Self Healing AppleWorks working for Beagle Bros and writing Well Whaddya Know! many of the TimeOut programs. Path­ FROM HARRY BACAS ON 03104 finder is $20 direct from him. The FROM HARVEY KAYE ON 02128 I have a question about how Apple­ address is: APPLE IiA$ FINALLYOONEm!! Yes, Works recovers from a Control Reset. in this month's A2-Central (formerly Jem Software Open-Apple) it is reported that the After reading a revised procedure in P.O.Box 20920 A2-Central, I loaded AppleWorks and El Cajon, CA 92021 Apple Il Technical Notes have been experimented. What I found was that There is a free demo in the Appleworks completely updated and converted my AppleWorks recovered just fine Download Area here. That's where I from MacWrite files to ProDOS text from a Control-Reset. It didn't go into got it before I sent away for the fully files. So finally the Apple Il Tech Notes the monitor and show me a • on the functional version. are readable on an Apple II. What a screen. So I didn't type in the proce­ progressive step. dure. My question is, how did my FROM GARY HAYMAN ON 03107 AppleWorks get so sturdy? I can't see Bill, there is an easy way to do it if you FROM SAM KNUTSON ON 03101 anything in the Applied Engineering own UltraMacros. Write a set of mac­ Not only are they available from Apple ~xpansion about a reset, or in Super­ ros and key them to a key so that when on Prodos disks they are also available patch3.1. Can somebody suggest what you access them they will automati­ here in the transfer area and through is going on here? cally change the pathname. For ex­ the disketeria. ample macro SA-1 could escape to the FROM LOU PASTURA ON 03105 main menu, choose other activities, BadBlocks­ Are you running any Beagle Bros Macro select the different pathname choice, Never Park There program? Ifso, thepatchisinstalledby selecttheProDos pathnameoption,and them. automatically type in a specific vol­ FROM DAVE RANDALL ON 03106 ume/subdirectory selection. Thus, by I recently ran the ProSel Mr. Fixitin bad hitting two keys you can change the FROM HARRY BACAS ON 03105 blocks scan mode. Mr. Fixit did find prefix. Yes, Lou, I spotted the reference in one some bad blocks and put them into a of the TimeOut manuals. It says that file called BAD.BLOCKS, or something when you install TimeOut a reset patch No Time Like the Present like that. My question is: what do I do is made to AppleWorks so that Con­ with this file? Do I keep it, delete it, trol-Reset sends you back to Apple­ FROM JIM ENGUSH ON 03119 etc.? The documentation for Mr. Fixitis Works rather than into the monitor. I've noticed in the last day or so that for not very clear about this. some reason or other, the date being Walking the Straight and shown inside AppleWorks is 1990. I FROM DALE SMITH ON 03106 went through some minor date stamp­ 00 Nor delete it - that will return Narrow Path ing problems about a year ago. All that your bad blocks to usage. Mr. Fixit ceased when I updated ProDos to a FROM BILL WYDRO ON 03106 creates the BAD.BLOCKS file to take later version. Anyway, I'd like to have bad blocks out of service. I have recently put together a 3.5" disk my AE Timemaster do it's thing prop­ of AppleWorksfiles,organizedinabout erly, but when I try to "reset," the ap­ 10 subdirectories. Is there some way I propriate date and time are being FROM DAVE RANDALL ON 03107 can switch between subdirectories shown. Any ideas? Thanks, Dale! I guess this means that without retyping the pathname each I'll have this BAD.BLOCKS file for­ time? FROM DAVE HARVEY ON 03122 ever? Or, maybe there is a low-level formatter program into which I could The solution is to get another time set­ enter bad track data, etc. FROM HARRY BACAS ON 03106 ting program. I also noticed the prob­ The only way I know to switch subdi­ lem when the BBS I'm sysop of, all of a rectories while in AppleWorks without sudden was displaying the wrong time. FROM TOM VIER ON 03108 retyping the pathname is with Path­ I sent a message to Applied Engineer­ Ifyou format the volume, you will need Finder, published by Jem Software. ing right away and got the explanation to do the bad block scan again. Also, if That is Randy Brandt's company, I that the original time setting program you do a low-level platter format. 42 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Any Help Out There? ProSel = BestSel ware will recognize the number-of­ sidesminus-oneinfo in the sector head­ FROM SAM KNUTSON ON 03123 FROM JOHN SENIURA ON 03116 ers on3.S disks, this was over-looked in the Ile+ firmware. The Pi Office has· had a Space Coast I don't have ProSel. Can someone tell Technologies internal hard disk for the me what it does and how I can get a Seems that CopyII+ is distributed on Apple Ile donated. The hard disk has copy? Is it in the Apple II Utilities single-sided disks and this is what problems booting, indicating an 1/0 section of the download library? brought the issue to light. errorreadingitsMUX.USERSfilewhich holds profile infonnation about how FROM DALE SMITH ON 03116 FROM PAUL SCHLOSSER ON 03125 the disk is partitioned and what user ProSel is a program selector plus an I found this reply from Rob Moore (an name has access to what partition. The excellent set of utilities (CAT DOC­ employee of Apple) on GEnie. drivecamecarefullypackedin the origi­ TOR, FileFinder, InfoDesk, Beach­ nal carton witha manual but NO UTIL­ comber (10,20, & 32 Meg versions), etc. Category 5, Topic 3 ITY DISK and of course the company is Message 59 Sat Mar 25, 1989 It is copyrighted and sold only by the out of business (originally based in ROB.MOORE at 01:31 EST author, Glen Bredon. There isa ProSel- Titusville, FL). I have tried tracking The issue of a Ile+ reading 400K disks 8, for the Ile, Ile, Ile+, and Ilgs, and a down the company and even several came to light to me this week after ProSel-16, for the Ilgs. Prosel-16 in­ employees whose names were jotted someone on Compuserve complained cludes Prosel-8. Order ProSel from: down as having been called for Tech that his lie+ wouldn't read his Copy II+ Support but no luck. Can anyone help Glen E. Bredon disks while his GS would. I checked find this software or the remains of 521 State Rd. with the software people who wrote Princeton, NJ 08540 Space Coast Technologies? If you can, (609) 924-5976 the disk firmware in the Ile+ and found please call the Pi Office. A couple of months ago there was a out that it will not read or write 400K formatted disks. They indicated that FYI: For anyone wondering, the assem­ review of ProSel-8 it\ A+. I think his they didn't include 400K support be­ bly replaces the power supply and prices are ProSel-8: $40; ProSel-16: $60 cause there was no apparent price includes a fan. Looks like a nice unit if (including Prosel-8). Once you have advantage at this point to buying 400K we can get the software. his program, you can download en­ coded updates from the TCS ProSel disks and, in fact, they were getting Be Counted! Area (#12). The decoding info is sup­ hard to find at all. As far as I know, plied with the program docs from Glen Central Point is the only manufacturer Bredon. shipping any product on a 400K disk FROM DAN WHITE ON 03115 and this is only because they sell equip­ In the April '89 issue of InCider, on ment to work with 400K formats. I page 82, subLOGIC, makers of Flight FROM JOHN SENIURA ON 03117 can't think ofany particular reason why Simulator 2, have finally decided that Pardon my ignorance, but is a program someone would want to format rlew maybe they should do a Ilgs version, selector a menu program that allows disks in 400K instead of SOOK at this especially since the current Apple II you to select the programs on it with point in time. Anyhow, they have version does not work on the Ilgs. But only one or two keystrokes? pa~ this information on to our Apple they need to hear it from folks like us. II DTS people and we will be issuing a The solution (a simple one) -CALL FROM DALE SMITH ON 03117 Tech note about it at some point in the THEM at (800) 637-4983 and tell them You have it right. That's the ProSel part near future. Note that this is only true that you want Flight Simulator IIgs. -but the utilities are easily worth the for the Ile+ internal drive. The Unidisk cost by themselves, even if you don't and Apple Ilgs will support 400K for­ First Class Award need a program selector. Program se­ mats. lectors become important as the stor­ FROM GARY HAYMAN ON 03111 age space available for programs (and First Class Labels the number of programs you have) Congratulations to Lee Raesly! First FROM PAUL SCHLOSSER ON 03101 increases. Class Peripherals Inc., the makers of Hound thefollowingmessageonGEnie, theSiderseriesofharddrives that many haven'ttriedityettoverifythatitworks. of us use for our Apples, has just se­ Ile+ and 400K Disks (Editor's Note: I tried it and it works lected Lee Raesly,ofWashingtonApple like a charm!) The message tells how to Pi and TCS fame, as their Dealer of the FROM TOM VIER ON 03122 use SuperFonts to print mailing labels. Year. Give him a pat on the back the Apparently the Ile+ 3.5 firmware au­ next time you see him for this great thors overlooked 400K (single-sided) Category 15, Topic 29 accomplishment. You can't miss him, 3.5 disk support. The Ile+ will crash Message 38 Tue Feb 28, 1989 he's the one with the leather vest and trying to read them! D.KELLY9 at 20:28 PSI' the feather in his hat. Now he has the After much aggravation trying to get right to add another feather! Even though the Uni 3.5 and GS firm- SuperFonts to print labels, and very May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 43 out the time per revolution doing some Ribbon Reinking Hints mathematics and figure out the time necessary for one or two passes of the by Gary Hayman ribbon completely through the car­ tridge. (I use two but I ink sparingly.) I am a long time ribbon re-inker auto screwdriver. I find that one of the Post the time on the ribbon cartridge so and presently re-ink three different bits fits easily in the proper place on the that you will know for next time. types of ribbons. Here are some com­ underside of the cartridge. I tum on ments that may be of help. the screwdriver (important: make sure Remember, each ribbon has a dif­ Don't overink. Each ribbon is of you have it turning in the proper direc­ ferent length. With my ImageWriter different length and you have to know tion) and I count the turns until the ribbons I am in the area of 18 to 23 how long it is or how much time it will white dot appears again (the ribbon minutes. WithmyPanasonicitisabout take to make one or two passes. The will have passed through twice). Now 3.5 minutes. My Brother (printer) is at white dot with liquid paper is a good that doesn't take very long-much the office and I've forgotten the length. technique that I followed for several faster than the slow moving motor of Ziplock bags are very good for years with a stop watch in one hand, the inker. It is easy to count, for the storage. I would also suggest that you but you could go blind staring. (Also, screwdriver makes a unique noise place in the bag a piece of paper towel­ remember that your ribbon might be a during each revolution. All you have ing that has been soaked with rubbing Mobius loop and the dot will be on the to do is count by sound. alcohol and then squeezed. With the opposite side the first time around.) Now go to your inker. Count the "Zipper" (not Morton Downey, Jr.) Hereiswhatlamdoingnow. Iuse number of revolutions per minute­ locked, the environment inside the bag the white dot but I also use a hand held doing a 1 minute time study. Figure will keep the ribbon from drying out. ti

Apple TCS Best nebulouscluesfound hereand in Apple In and Out with Timeout FROM DANIEL SLAVEN ON 03103 publications, I finally reached my goal Lee-irs true. TransWarp does not to have SuperFonts print labels for me. FROM STAN PALEN ON 03109 speed up printing. That is a job for the Here are 5 easy steps that will print I just got 5 of the TimeOut disks and printer drivers. TransWarp speeds up labels (at least on my Imagewriter II) in installed them, but now I need a way to almost everything else, though. I under­ any font size up to 14. (Larger fonts selectively remove some of the mod­ stand that the promised revision of need longer labels for obvious reasons.) ules. I looked for the list with Block AWGS (vl.1) which is due here "any 1) Create a word processor document, Warden but didn't find it. Was I look­ day now'' includes a much better driver placing in the first line the font infor­ ing in the wrong place? It doesn't for the Imagewriter II. All reports I mation: etc. appear to bean option anywhere. Some have seen indicate a speedup of any­ of the stuff like the puzzle I don't need. where from 25-45%, depending on the 2)Enter the following printer options particularjob. Icanhardlywait. I think using oa-0: TM=O, BM=O; RM=your we have all waited enough by now, just choice; LM=your choice, PL=l(or the FROM LOU PASTURA ON 03109 waiting (and waiting and waiting) for length of your label) PL MUST BE LAST Stan, all you have to do to "de-install" ANY document to print. (that oughta drive the English mavens 3) PRINT your database information to around here nuts!) the TimeOut mod­ the clipboard for MM(mailmerge) info ules is to delete the relevant file(s) from FROM RICHARD ZEMAN ON 03103 must be PRINTED the directory (or subdirectory) where Does a 40% improvement mean that it 4) Create your word processor file us­ you've indicated TimeOut should look only takes forever to print instead of ing appropriate mm information for for its files. The file will always be forever and a day?!? your labels TO.SOMETHING, with "SOME­ THING" clearly identifying (usually) FROM DAVE RANDALL ON 03104 5) In the 4th (or 5th with 4 line labels) the purpose of the file in question and/ Forever divided by 2 is still forever. line insert a print option (oa-0) of or which module or function it relates. NP=new page. I don't know if it is important, but I do not have any re­ Out of the Mouths of... turns below the mm info and when You Just Can't Rush about to print, I have my cursor at the These Things! FROM PAUL SCHLOSSER ON 3125 beginning of the label. A user on GEnie mistyped the name of FROM LEE CABANA ON 02126 Check your printer specs. Mine have AppleWorks GS the other day. The "Accepts top of page commands'' set to Has anyone had a chance to see Apple­ name seems to have taken hold; many, yes, "Stop at end of each page" set at no, works GS work with the new Trans­ many people are using it. It is ---- "Needs line feed after each return" set Warp? I've heard that the TransWarp 'AppleWorks BS.' ti at ''No." I hope that this will help you. will not speed up printing speed. 44 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 faded ... it's time to move on. ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE III I don' tseeAUGlgoinginto 1990 let alone the '90s unless there is a real turnaround .... California and Closer to Home Current membership stats for AUGI show only 37 dues-paying by David Ottalini, Apple Ill SIG Co-Chairman members right now. One other factor adding to his probable decision: Dob­ rowolski will be leaving for Japan to join his wife (who is teaching there) A Visit to On Three Both disks are being held up a bit and children. I had a chance to talk with On due to final work on an upgrade to the Three's Bob Consorti during my recent GS version of Desktop Manager. Con­ New BBS sorti is hoping that he can sell it to trip to California.~ Three is ~a~ in There's a new Apple mBBS on line two different locations at this pomt. another software house that has the now! It's called ''The Pumpkin Patch" Orders are dealt with out of Kirkland, funds to promote it the way it should and its SYSOP (SYStem OPerator) is Washington by Consorti's parents. His be. Despite some early, unw~anted long-time filer Harry Baya, who may end is technical support and develop­ negative reviews, DTM remains an also become a WAP member. Harry ment in Northridge, California, which excellent background utility program lives in Hastings-On-Hudson New is a suburb of Los Angeles (near Cal for both the III and the GS. York and is using the newly updated State Northridge). . As for the future of On Three Maga­ InfoNet BBS, which we hope to have in Bob has converted a large room m zine, Bob again confirmed thats~bscrib­ our PD one of these days (SIG Co­ his home into an office that holds not ers are not renewing, making It more Chairman Tom Bartkiewitcz is work­ difficult to continue publication. He only an Apple ill, but a Mac and a II~. ing on it right now). He's also the one who does the repairs gave no time line on when the publica­ Harry has only a few files on there if you send your machine to him with a tion may close down, but it could ~ so far but needs the encouragement of sick RAM chip or resistor. Consorti within a year or so. The III community some'additional users. The number is says he has basically stopped doing needs this magazine, so if you have not 1-914-428-7359.ltcanhandle1200Baud any development work for the III on renewed, or subscribed, please do so and the settings you use for the W AP the Ill, instead preferring to do it on the now! TCS, CompuServe or Ills Company Ilgs. It's just faster to do it that way (he Bob's wife, Cathy, by the way, is should work fine. has a special assembler on the GS form finishing up a Masters degree in Bio­ programs written in machine code). Chemistry and has been applying to Menu.Maker Consorti's commitment to the III medical schools all over the country. m SIG member John Lomartire remains strong, however, and he prom­ She'salreadybeenacceptedatacouple, recently left me a message on CompuS­ ised me that there are two new pro­ andonceeveryonehas been heard from, erve about some things he's done to there's a good chance the Consorti' s grams in the works for an early s~m­ make use of our Menu.Maker program. mer release. First is the long-awaited will be moving east within a year or so Here's what he said: GoBack backup program for Apple ill (though the DC area does not appear to David, here's something that I did be in the running). hard disks. I was not able to seea work­ that you might be interes~ed ~· .. ing demonstration, although Bob says Apple Users Group Int1 I really enjoyed WAP s Disk Ut1h­ it is operational (it still needs to be ties, and was taken by the cleaned up a bit). The program has Joe Dobrowolski of AUGI has con­ MENU.MAKER program. I set up a been written so that it can easily be firmed his group will probably cease to BASIC disk with SOS.KERNEL, ported over to the II, which has no real exist within a year or so. Writing in his SOS.INTERP and my SOS.DRIVER backup program either (except Backup April 1989 newsletter, Dobrowolski (that is, configured for my system with II, which he says is even worse than the says (in edited comments): .Profile, A-143, RAM disk, and Pow­ m version). GoBack promises to be very Theuniquenicheorneed thatwe erkeys. To this I added the easy to use and be flexible enough to do addressed as an AllI group is rapidly MENU.MAKER programand renamed ·the sort of backups (including the use disappearing. It's been five years since it HELLO. of a streaming tape if available) III users Apple stopped producing Aiiis and Next, I added this line: have wanted for many years. The sec­ Aill+s. Many of the original Alll ond disk will include a new set of owners havemoved on to other CPUs, 102 HOME:VPOS=lO:INPUT "Enter Desktop Manager accessories. Given passing their Aiiis on to their Drive holding the disk to be children ... thekidsdon't "need" News used (e.g •• Dl, .02, etc.): the state of the Apple III community, I ";OSK$ would venture to say that these will and Views or our services. I had great visions of being a probably be the last "commercial" disks Then, all the lines that contain offered to us. super repository for Aill info, soft­ ware, hardware, etc. The vision has PREFIX$-". Dl"

May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 45 Games to the wild days of the California Gold Rush. Star Saga Two: The Clathran D Menace (Masterplay) should appear The Play Room I. sometime this summer, and a Mac versionofDungeonMaster(Fl'L)isalso by Steven Payne in the works. Avalon Hill is offering Police Blotter, a new text and graphics Written in haste, ona plane headed out for advice and clues, a host of detective adventure for the Apple II east ... I missed (sigh) the belated April monsters, and numerous animated series with 64K. Fool's Day GameSIG meeting on April specials. Give it a try! The April issue of Computer Gam­ 6th, but was still able to glean some By the time you read this, Infocom' s ing World contains a good survey of gaming news from my regular sources. Shogun may already be out for the current electronic sportsgames. Among This month's best new role-playing Macintosh, along with J oumey for the otherprograms, theyrecommendJohn game for the Apple Il series seems to be Ilgs. This month, Mindscape hopes to Madden Football (Electronic Arts, The Magic Candle (Mindcraft/Elec­ release (for all systems) a new action/ Apple II series with 64K, $49.95 list), tronic Arts, Apple Il series with 64K, adventure entitled Hostage, along with Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of $49.95list),favorablyreviewedbyShay a IIgsconversionof ICOM Simulations' Major Championship Golf (Accolade, Addams in the most recent issue of Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas. Origin's Apple Ilgs, $49.95 list), Serve and QuestBusters. In this six-character quest, Tangled Tales (Apple II series), a nov­ Volley (Accolade, Apple Ilgs, $39.95 you must prevent the demon Dreax ice-level fantasy, is now in the stores, list) and (with reservations) Sporting from escaping from a magic candle in with Space Rogue due in the fall. Also, News Baseball (Epyx, Apple II, $39.95 which he has been imprisoned for cen­ for those of you who missed out on a list) and Basketball Challenge (XOR, turies. Using a flexibleinterfacewith44 major piece of gaming history, Lord Mac, $39.95 list). As described on our main commands, you can select your British's first three Ultimas have been own WAP TCS, John Madden Foot· party from25 volunteers and then begin bundled together as the Ultima Tril­ ball lets you program 81 offensive and to explore six towns and villages, ten ogy (Origin, Apple Il series, $59.95 list). defensive plays (each!), designing and dungeons (with a total of 54 levels) and From Sierra, you can soon expect Gold editing plays via the "chalkboard." The all kinds of outdoor terrain. The game Rush!, a new 3-D animated graphic rosters from actual NFL teams are includes automapping, spell books, adventure for the Apple II, Ilgs and available on a separate data disk. magic words, other characters to seek Mac which sends you back(whereelse?) •50

Apple Ill Tran were changed to our first Contrib disk, containing a litical football." I have decided to run PREFIX$ ... DSK$ number of different programs and in­ again for the WAP board and would and any other variable that referred to formation from many sources. Most, urge that if you are unhappy with the ".Dl" was changed to OSK$. Finally, however,comesfromyourownIDSIG. way things are going, to run also. Ifnot, the phrase '.DI/MENU.MAKER' inline Future disks include our own very at least plan to vote and make your feel­ 1390 was changed to '.Dl /HELLO'. special Pascal version of Menu.Maker ings and desires known (otherwise, you With these alterations, I could boot from our own Tom Bartkiewicz, a Best have no right to complain). WAP is a up the Basic disk and it goes directly of A TUNC (Apple Three Users of 6,000+ member organization and you into MENU.MAKER, but it then asks Northern California) disk; another Best deserve the best. Quite frankly, the petty for the location of the disk to be ac­ of Ills Company disk, Programmers bickering, back stabbing and BS needs cessed. Power Tools (Basic Utilities), The Fig to end and we need to get things back This could be (on my system) .Dl, Factory Graphics programs and maybe on track. We don't need these kinds of .D2, .03 (an A-143), or .Profile (or a even another Ottalini articles disk! I'm growing pains!! Profile subdirectory). In other words, also working on some graphics disks, I'll also go on record right now as the MENU.MAKERdisk in Drive 1 can so if you have any contributions there, opposing the Milrod proposal. After run any program in any drive. all are welcome. listening to Marty during the "Future John didn't indicate which version We received the source to Pow­ of the W AP'' meeting and reading about of Menu.Maker he was using, but you erkeys DM+.I'm not going to place the itin theJournal,lbelieveitwilldogreat could adapt this for just about any one. two disks in the PD unless there's inter­ harm to this club and especially to the est. If you're interested, let me know. III SIG. Bottom line here: it will de­ Disketeria crease WAP' s power as an Apple club We are adding three new disks to WAP and splinter the group. We all o:wn our library offerings this month: Daryl I have become increasingly dis­ Apple machines, whether they are Andeoon's Basic GTO Business Basic turbed by all the problems W AP has Apple Ills, Macs or Ils. I'm not saying compiler and partial assembler; a disk been going through lately. This organi­ the system can't be improved (it has to full of device driver files (used for zation exists to serve its users and must be, in fact) but the Milrod proposal is putting together SOS.Driver files); and not tum itself into the proverbial "po- not the way to do it. ti 46 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 Bytouchingthemirror,youcanlookat along with it. While you're passing GS Games each one's equipment, stats, and levels. through, you have to worry about There are four different classes: Fighter, peoples' recovery, how much power Dungeon Ninja (read: thief), Priest, and Wizard. the magic-users have recovered, how Anyone can be any class, and many are well fed and drunk the people are, and several. When you choose each one, soon. That'sright. Youhavetopickup Master (GS): you may ''Resurrect'' (take the charac- food and water for the group too; oth- ter verbatim), or ''Reincarnate" (ex- erwise they starve and make a mess on change all your experience for im- the floor. A Review proved stats). There's also this little matter of Movementiscontrolledbyagroup sounds. Doors open and close, there A Haven for Hack and Slashl of six boxes which provide options to ate footsteps everywhere, and from the by David Wood move ahead/back, left/right, or turn volume on each speaker (that is, like left/right. Mapping is fairly easy be- real stereo sound), you can tell the Everyone braces for bloody combat. cause of the gridlike structure of the approximate distance and direction. The warrior in front readies his sword. The place. When you're confronted by an This is important, because these will whard in back readies a fireball. Someone opponent (you'll see it in unpleasantly sometimes provide valuable clues to hits the button by the door, and it ca-clacks living color), you attack by selecting getting through doors, readying for open. Beyond it, you can hear something from a group of readied weapons (a opponents, and so on. moving around, but at this distance, it's weapon is ready if it's in someone's You'll pardon me for saying this hard to tell what. You increase the volume righthand)andchoosingtheparti~lar (as I seem to do it in every review I on your stereo in the hopes of telling the action available with that weapon write),butthegraphicinterfaceusedin direction and dist- (slash, chop,shoot, jab,etc.). Pickirigup this game seems somehow more natu- Okay, let's pull back a bit. I wasn't and dropping or throwing things is as ral and quicker. With the mouse, the reading from a new generic fantasy easy as pointing your hand and click- ease of many actions in the game is novel. I was discussing a potential ing the mouse. comparable to that of many real-life sample of play fromFrL's classic game The magic system is also fairly actions, like picking up, throwing, for the Ilgs, Dungeon Master. Of course, innovative. Rather than having a list of examining, etc. Some things, like cast- you may only now think, '1t can't be a predefined spellsinvoked byusing little ing spells and whatnot, are considera- classic. I just heard of it!" Well, that's combinations of letters like ''YACC" bly easier than in real life. true. It's been out for the Amiga and and "GREP," this system has four Andyes,thereareoneortwothings Atari ST for several years now, and FrL groups of symbols. Selecting from the about DungeonMaster that bug me. It only recently released the GS version. It first group sets the power of the spell, takes a while to load (And why not? requires 1 meg of memory, and it's really helped along by a stereo card '' Wanton killing and slaying isn't quite and, if you have it, a good amplifier. my cup of tea. Still, anyone fooking for a Because not only are the game's many sounds(gulps,clacks, and so on) amus­ good fight will find this game ing, but they also serve an important purpose. entertaining for a long, long time. '' Anyway, on with the story. An old the second selects the general realm, Look at how much memory it takes!), wizard, your master, tried to recover a the third selects effect, and the fourth and some things are just not as fast as very powerful gem from the Inevitable selects class and/or alignment. Some they should be. Case in point: flying Great Whacking Huge Underground combinations of symbols are meaning­ snake approaching fast. Priest (in back Fortified Complex (read: dungeon) and less, others you may discover are cur­ of the fighter) launches an arrow. It failed. Miserably! His soul got split, rently beyond you, and some which plainly move~ out in front of the party. and you, who were far away, were aren't documented anywhere may The party moves forward, and the reduced to a noncorporeal entity. Now surprise you by working. fighter is nailed in the back with the you have to go into the I.G.W.H.U.F.C. Oh, and another thing about this arrow. Some spells, like poison cloud (Go easy on me; I'm paraphrasing gaming environment. It's real time. or fireball, could devastate a party in wildly) and try to recover the Firestaff, Sure, you can pause the game and all, this way if you're not careful. Move­ which he lost in there, so he can reenter. but you may occasionally wonder ment is also fairly slow, as the program When you start the game and go in, whether to prepare the wizard's fire­ has to place walls and change views you'll have your choice of pre-gener­ ball or have the thief-er, I mean ninja and such. Also, while pre-generated ated characters. In the story, they were -fire his bow. Or you may want to get characters may do something for game twenty-four of the hundreds that were out of there; the keyboard will let you balance, it would have been nice forthe sent into the l.G.W.H.U.F.C. and died. back up and get out of there ifyou don't program to allow you to draw pictures, Now, there are twenty-four mirrors, back into a wall or anything like that on select specialized equipment, and just each one holding a different character. the way. You'll have to act in real time •SO May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal · 47 LOWEST PRICES - GUARANTEED HIGH SPEED Laserwriter II 40 Meg SE CAI/SONY NT in Stock! I! $ 2 796* SOOK 1 A::~ Keybo!rd extra External Mac SE with 1 SOOK DiskDrive 40 Meg Quantum Drive, Drive (12 ms 2 yr. Warranty) , with HD Software, Hypercard, and Free Stackware. $CALL $ 199.00

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20Meg 30Meg $ 399 $ 549 40Meg 46Meg $ 649 $599 80Meg $899 Apple II Games -... 47 Dungeon Master create your own characters. After all, part of role-playing is choosing a role Street Sports Football you like. Overall, the game is well worth As much fun for adults as for the children going out and getting. Ifyou don't have a stereo card, you'll want one. Despite by Stephen Granite its shortcomings, the graphics are great, This game is made by Eypx (P. 0. After setting up your teams, the the sounds are impressive, and some of Box 8020, 600 Galveston Drive, Red­ game allows you to set the skill level the puzzles will either bloat your ego or wood City, CA 94063). ltis made for the (novice or advanced), pick the amount make you feel like an idiot. And that's Apple II and Compatibles with 128Kof of points to win the game, set the part of the fun of every game. memory. The game seems to be aimed number of first downs a team can have at children, but I think that adults would before losing the ball, set the number of have just as much fun as the children. completed passes to a first down, set Ratings The game comes in a box containing how high the mississippi count of the Look:l0/10 the game, the game manual, an instruc­ defense must be, and finally if the of­ (A good way to tell the quality of tion card for the Apple player, and a fense gets a first down at the midfield graphics is to note the size of the small­ card with the preset plays on the front mark. Then you have to pick the play­ est important details.) and back. book you want to use. You can use the Feel: 10/10 This arcade game is about six kids computer's plays (four books each (The inventory screen, for instance, (three on each team including one having seven plays in them) by hitting is a wonderful idea. lnfocom would be quarterback and two receivers) getting Return. Or if you have made your own proud to have an easy-to-use setup like together to play a game of football in playbook, type in its name and press this. Problem is, they don't.) the middle of the road (and are playing Return. After doing all of this you can Play: 9/10 at a time when all of the cars, buses, start your game. (It's good hack & slash, but is hack bikes, skateboards, and pedestrians of While in the game (if you are on & slash really good? The general rule is: the world have vanished) or at a con­ offense) you can useyourplaysorpunt. "Anything and everything is hostile." struction site. The game starts out with If you use a play your men will 'start That's one thing that I wish I had to the computer asking if you want to only after you press the button. To pass, think about in a game like this.) play with two players (one on the joys­ you use the joystick (move it up or Overall: 9/10 tick and one on the keyboard) or one down) to select your receiver and push (Wanton killing and slaying isn't player (on the keyboard or the joystick) the button to throw the ball, then if you quite my cup of tea. Still, anyone look­ against the computer. After this the want to, the receiver can lateral the ball ing for a good fight will find this game computer asks if you want to enter the to the other player. If you score a touch­ and [what I hear] its ten levels enter­ game of the playmaker (where you can down the ball goes to the other player taining for a long, long time.) ti set up your own plays and save them to and you become the defense. the disk). If you pick the game, the You have to wait the number of • 46 The Playroom computer then asks if you want to play mississippis that you set until you can Other tidbits from the bulletin at field 1 (the middle of the road) or blitz. It is easy to tackle: you just run board: complaints about the bugs in field 2 (the construction site). Then it into the opposing player with the ball. The Hunt for Red October (Mac ver­ asks you what teams you want to play If you want to make your own sion); suggestions for saving and quit­ with. You can play with an old preset playbook, you should have a blank disk ting in Monopoly (hit control-Q or pair of teams (five preset games). Or ready. You select the playmaker, press control-S while the dice are rolling); you can play with a random set of the button, then select a random or new David Wood's hints for dealing with teams with the player picked randomly team, and press the button. After doing peskymonstersinFfL's DungeonMas­ by the computer. Or you can pick your this, tum over the disk and press the ter (viz., catch them in closing doors own new teams. The random and new button. You can either edit the preset and pits); and David Romerstein's note sets of teams can be saved in the spot of games by hitting Return or make your ona useful glitch in CinemaWare's De­ one of the preset teams. own plays from scratch. fender of the Crown (i.e., visiting Robin When picking the new teams, you Overall, I found this game to be fun Hood before an attack may sometimes get a choice of nine players (Radar, and easy to play, but found many provide you with upwards of 20,000 Julie, Melissa, Ralph, Vic, Brad, Bojo, downturns to it. It takes a while to load troops!). Finally, GameSIG member Butch, and Dana) which all have good and doesn't always detect your push­ Richard Clark has recently setup "Flight points and bad points to them. ing the button. The players move very Deck," a new local gaming BBS, at 255- When playing with any of these slowly and the screen picture wasn't 6043. For now, that's all the news that (old, random, or new) teams, the com­ too great (this may have been because I fits. Let us know if there is some topic puters will ask if you want to change have an old Apple monitor which isn't you'd like to see covered in a future the placement of the players. too great itself). ti column!tl 50 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Mac Games What happens Deja Vu II - Lost in Las Vegas to your by David L. Porter Mac when you're I open my eyes and look around 400K drives could ruive been used) and the dirty bathroom. Deja Vu already does not come with a system folder. It not there? and I haven't even stood up yet. Why may work on a 5121<-E Mac but I did DiskLockw protects your Macintosh am I always in the john? Is this how not have one to test it on. It is copy by locking your disk: your disk stays private detectives got their nickname? protected by requiring use of the origi­ locked until you unlock it! Just like (And Idon'tmean "gumshoe'' sweetie.) nal disk as the key disk. Actually, this write protect tabs for your hard disk, I look in the mirror (always a thrill) and doesn't matter as you have to play off with passwords. Great for protecting see that I'm a little flushed. Scanning the original anyway. It can not find its read-only files! You can share data the rest of the bathroom, not only is my files otherwise regardless of what the and keep it safe too. coat hanging there, but this time I took documentation says. Do not be fooled off my pants too! As I move my gams by the box cover. On the Mac you only DiskLockw out the door, I'm met by Big and Ugly get black and white, even if you have a • provides positive protection against who hits me with the story line. If I color system. viruses • uses an encrypted password don't find what the mob seems to have I always enjoy the graphics in these access control • lets you lock your lost, I'm dead. It goes with theterritory, games. Each scene is kind of like a whole disk, or individual partitions • I suppose. Now, where did I put my puzzletoseewhatall is just background is M ulti.Finde..,.. friendly • runs on smokes and my rod? and what could be used. The designers Mac+, Mac SE, and Mac II In play, Deja Vu II is just like Deja have put a lot of work into the graphics Vu I and its siblings games Uninvited interface enhancement. The gclD\e is DiskLockw is $45 plus Va tax from: and Shadowgate. It's an adventure also full of sound. It has a very creative GS Software game for about 10yearsand older. You ABOUT box which is almost as big as 2060 Lake Audubon Ct. are again a private detective trying to the game software itself-51K vs. 86K. Reston, Va. 22091 solve the puzzle without getting ar­ The box includes a fancy death mask (703) 860-5722 rested or killed. You have great graph­ (of you) and only minor documenta­ ics that you can move around, like into tion. The documentation is more than mally be expected to be able to do, such yourpockets. Thedesignershaveadded sufficient as the game is very obvious as opening locked doors with a stiff a lot of animation as well. You have a to play. (The global use of the "operate" drivers licence or palming a free news­ limited vocabulary for doing things: verb takes some getting used to.) paper. I would have liked to trade more go, open, close, examine, hit, consume, My main problem with the game is breadth of story for just a little less speak, and operate. Operate is the one the line of play. For this reason I have cuteness in the ABOUT box. The only that you use almost exclusively. Click­ added a new category to my ratings. other problem I had was in trying to ing on things with the mouse will open The game operates wonderfully but I use the game off a hard disk as the them. Speaking is almost useless in this wish they had made the script more documentation said I could. game. No one pays any real attention to robust. The story is very linear. You In conclusion, this is a very pretty, you unless you can show something to start off in your room. Once you leave bug free game. Ifyou get this game as a them (excuse me, you really have to the door locks behind you. If you don't present, you will love it and spend "operate something on them"). Thus have the right stuff, you die. Next, you many hours with it. If you plan to go you find yourself picking up every­ must go down stairs to get something. out and buy it yourself, I suggest that thing, including the trash, just in case There is not much else to do in town. you try another of this type instead. you have to showitto someone or leave With what you got you can board the it as incriminating evidence. The object train to another town. Go to the wrong Ratings is to find the missing money that the one and you die. In the next town you Play: Bad mob thinks you may have had some­ get a deaf taxi driver so you must show Mac Interface: Good thing to do with. Meanwhile you have him an address. Did you pick up all the Documentation Content: Neutral to keep from dying, clean up anything pieces of paper you passed? Even ifyou Product Physical Quality: Good that might incriminate you, and play did you do not have many choices. On-Line Help: Good all the factions off against each other so Have you gotten the point? You are Performance: Good that they would rather shoot each other forced down a very narrow path. It is Presentation: Good than you. Easy, right? Especially when, not that this is the most efficient path Price Value: Neutral no matter what you do, everybody through the game, it is the only path. Overall: Neutral keeps the change. The game requires You can also waste a lot of time trying Deja Vull-Lostin Las Vegas (ICOM an SOOK disk drive (even though two to do things your character might nor- Simulations, Inc.-Mac Plus, SE, II, Hx).9 May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 51 MacQ&A What memory combinations work? In the chart that appears at the end Adding Memory to Your Mac of this article, each possible working by Jeff Alpher combination of SIMMs is listed for each type of Mac. But first ... lMMacs. Likewise, many high end Plus and SE Upgrades specialty programs, like Mathe­ The Plus and SE have only4 SIMM Thank you for your comments and matica or Pixel Paint, require2M or slots, referred to in the chart as "Bank questionsaboutmy other articles in the more of RAM to run at all. A." The chart illustrates that the mini­ Journal. I appreciate the feedback. Last 2) Frequent use of more than one mum addition of RAM to a stock lM is month, I described a method that cre­ application requires that you spend two lM SIMMs. To make room for the ates a PostScript file from Microsoft a significant portion of your time two lM SIMMs, two 256K SIMMsmust Word. The technique described, press­ navigating around in the Finder, be removed, this results in 2.SM. A ing command-f after clicking OK in the quit one application and start common misconception is that install­ print dialog box, will generate a Post­ HyperCard just to look for one ing a single 1M SIMM will give you a Script file from most programs. name in your rolodex, or look for 2M Mac. From the chart, you can see As RAM (Random Access Mem­ files in the Finder that were just that this will not work. ory) prices return to earth, the number open a second ago. By installing The 2M upgrade would only be of calls I have ~n receiving about additional RAM and using Multi­ used in special circumstances, for ex­ RAM on the W AP Hotline have been Finder to keep several applications ample, if you needed the four 256K increasing. Therefore, this month's open at once, you can work much SIMMs for something else. Generally, column is devoted to covering stan­ moreefficiently.AfterusingMulti­ the first step would be to take the Mac dard ways of adding RAM to your Finder, you will wonder how you from 1M to 2.SM. existing Mac, and one not so standard were able to work without it. D, Dx, Dex, SE/30 Upgrades way. These models have 8 SIMM slots When do I need more What is a SIMM? available. Again referring to the chart, RAM? The Mac Plus was the first of the the first 4 slots are known as "Bank A," Mac line to use a plug-in board for the other 4 slots are known as "Bank B." You can see how much RAM your memory, known as a SIMM (Single In­ Notice that the 2M upgrade leaves you Mac currently has installed by pulling line Memory Module). The 512Ke and with eight 256K SIMMs on hand if you down "About the Finder... " under the earlier models do not use SIMMs, but then upgrade to BM. Therefore, think apple menu while in the Finder (see several manufacturers still offer a vari­ carefully before going to 2M instead of below). Most stock Macs come with ety of upgrade kits for these machines. SM. Of course, the eight 256K SIMMs 1024K of RAM, commonly known as 1 (See W AP 2/89, Mac Q&A.) can be used in two other Macs to bring MegorlM.SomeSE'scomewith2048K, SIMMs are currently available in them to 2M each, so all is not lost. or2M, while some Mac II, Ilx, and Ilcx' s two sizes: The 4M upgrade would only be come with 4096K, or 4M. There are two used in special circumstances, for ex­ major reasons for adding additional 256 kilobyte (256K) SIMM is com­ ample, if the four 256KSIMMscould be RAM: posed of eight 256 kilobit chips used in a second Mac. 1) An application needs more RAM 1 megabyte (lM) SIMM is com­ than you have available. For ex­ posed of eight 1 megabit chips What is the difference ample, FullWrite Professional or Soon, 4M SIMMs will be available, between "surface mount" Illustrator 88 are of limited use on but we won't cover that here. and "DIP" SIMMs? About the Macintosh™ Finder Surface mount (low profile) and DIP (high profile) SIMMsoperateiden­ Finder: 6.1 Larry~ John~ Steve~ and Bruce tically. However, DIP SIMMs are less System: 6.0.2 OApple Computer~ Inc. 1983-88 expensive than surface mount SIMMs. Therefore, DIP SIMMs should be used in the majority of upgrades. Why not Total Hemory : 4 ,096K Largest Unused Block : 874K all upgrades? It turns out that surface mount chips are smaller than DIP chips, Adobe lllustr... 2 ,048K 1111111 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::1 r-1' therefore, a shorter SIMM can be de­ ~MS \'lord 3.02 450K ~ signed using surface mount technol­ ogy. This only matters in a small num­ ~Finder 300K E ber of cases, detailed below. ~System 424K 1111 1 ) For the Plus and SE, add on cards may need the extra clear- 52 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May 1989 RAM Chips take 20 minutes at most. Remember that static is a memory chip's worst enemy. Payattention to wamingsabOut static in the instructions. Theusualcautionsaboutmail order still apply. How long have they been around?Whatis theirreputation?What is their warranty? Do they honor it? Can they give you any references? Do they charge your credit card only when they ship the product? A "Generic" SIMM Edge Connector Alternatives to RAM A software product called Virtual, ance allowed by the low profile Do I have to buy SIMMs sold by Connectix Corporation (415- SIMMs. This has to be evaluated on from Apple? 324-0727, Menlo Park, CA) gives Mac a case-by-case basis. Most manu­ II, Ilx, Ilcx, and SE/30 users SM of facturers will know what style No. Apple charges a premium for virtual RAM. Virtual RAM means that SIMM to use with their add-on card memory and has the same dismal 90 the CPU is fooled into thinking part of (video, accelerator, etc.). day warranty as the rest of their prod­ the hard disk is internal RAM. Just like 2) On the SE/30, I don't have any ucts. Since Apple does not manufac­ the Mac had a SIMM upgrade, except information on theamountofroom ture memory chips, you can buy the for the price. The software lists for$295. available for SIMMs. same product elsewhere for less. I've The Mac II is required to have the 68851 3) On the II and IIx, full height inter­ bought trouble-free SIMMs from more Paged Memory Management Unit nal hard disks that use a different than half a dozen manufacturers. Some (PMMU). This is an option on the Mac mounting bracket may need the are local, some are mail order. All have II and you probably don't have it un­ extra clearance afforded by the low at least a one year warranty. In defense less you are running A/UX. With the profile SIMMs. Full height drives of Apple's warranty, if the SIMMs last PMMU and the software, the list price are usually greater than 140M, so 90 days, they'll probably last until the is $695. But considering SM of RAM this won't apply to most II and Ilx next ice age. costs around $2,000, this isn't too bad. users. Reputable mail order houses will The Mac Ilx, Ilcx and SE/30 have the 4) On the Ilcx I understand there is include instructions on installation. If PMMU built in, so the software is all plenty of clearance, but not having you have not been inside the compact that is needed to give SM of virtual tried the installation myself, pro­ series (Plus, SE, SE/30), you probably RAM. Apple promises virtual memory ceed with caution. don't want to start now. Find out ahead capabilities in future versions of the I heard that the II uses of time how much a dealer will charge Mac OS, but don't hold your breath. to install the chips you bought else­ The drawback of virtual memory is faster chips than the Plus. where. It may be cheaper to buy the that hard disk access is much slower What does this mean? SIMMs right from the dealer and let than RAM access. Having a fast hard The speed of memory chips are them do the installation. Or find a Mac disk (like a Quantum) helps. When measured in nanoseconds (ns). The hardware hacker to do it for you. SIMM Apple releases the famed 32 bit ROMs, lower the number, the faster the chip is. installation in the expandable series (II, up to 1 gigabyte of virtual RAM will be To allow the II or faster Macs to run at Tlx, Hex) is much simp1cr than on the avai1ab1e. Anybody droo1ing? (For full speed, you need 120ns or faster compact line. Ifyou read all the instruc­ more information on Virtual, see the SIMMs. The Plus ships with 150ns tions and move slowly, installation will front page of Mac Week, 1/10/89.) 9 SIMMs, the SE ships with either 120ns l SLOT# or 150ns. The 120ns are nice to have in I BANK A l BANKB the SE, because you can use those in the Model Total RAM [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 faster model Macs if you upgrade your Plus, SE 1M 256 256 256 256 2M 1000 1000 SE. I haven't figured out what to do 2.5M 1000 1000 256 256 with the leftover 150ns chips from the 4M 1000 1000 1000 1000 Plus. I've used them in my II success­ II, llx, llcx, 30 1M 256 256 256 256 fully, but I heard this can hann the 2M 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 4M 1000 1000 1000 1000 circuit board over time. Sounds like a SM 1000 1000 1000 1000 256 256 256 256 way to sell more expensive chips, but 8M 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 hey, I'm a software guy. [Ed. Note: The 32M 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 new Macllcx requires the use of 80ns Notes: The Plus and SE don't have a •Bank a· speed chips. You will not be able to Each cell represents 1 SIMM card swap slower SIMMs in the Madlcx.] Each number r~resents Iha number of kilobvtas on !hat SIMM card May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 53 Combining Persuasion, In a recent issue of Publish maga­ zine (November 1988), a debate was Pagel\1akerandthe carried on about the Mac vs. the PC. By Lynn R. Trusal Clipboard The PC advocate said, ''While Mac "What is he talking about?'' you programs suffer from a dreary same­ say! I scanned some gray-scale graph­ ness, PC innovators have contrived ics, saved themas TIFF files and wanted many different approaches to the same to put them into Aldus Persuasion. tasks." In other words, he would have Unfortunately, Persuasion accepts PICT us believe the very trait that made the and PICT 2 files but not TIFF, so here is Mac easyand the PC a nightmare to use how I got around that problem. I opened is now a disadvantage for the Mac. Do Combining Power Point the gray-scale files in PageMaker, I sense a desperate man here? Don't and Aldus Persuasion changed their size, copied them to the believe him for a minute! One of the missing features in Per­ clipboard, closed PageMaker, opened Yes, most Macintosh programs do suasion is the ability to change the color Persuasion, and pasted them into my have a sameness-because Apple was of imported graphics (which Power presentation. Voila! Gray-scale images smart enough (well, maybe they lucked Point permits you to do). It does not in Persuasion. out!) to force developers to use the same permit multiple colors for the same I have mentioned in the past that interface by putting many of the pro­ graphic, but is very useful nonetheless. the clipboard and scrapbook are often gramming routines in the Mac ROM. I have needed to scan line art and good ways of getting graphics trans­ The combination of the graphical inter­ then paste it into Power Point. When I ferred between applications that will face and sameness of various software used a dark background field, I wanted not take the images directly. This packages has made learning new the line art to stand out against this method often works because an image Macintosh applications much easier background by changing the color of transferred to the clipboard is changed than the "no standards" PC approach the graphic to white prior to printing to a PICT file, a fairly universal format that still makes interfacing hardware on a Tektronic color thermal printer. for most Macintosh applications. With and learning software a nightmare. This is easy to do in Power Point the Macintosh very few things are How is Control-5 doing three different but not possible in Persuasion. Also, impossible! functions in three different PC pro­ when some graphics are pasted or gramssomehow better for the consumer imported into Power Point or Persua­ Printing Gray-Scale than Command-5 always "saving" in sion, there is a white box around the Images with the any Macintosh program? (Don't call graphic that is distracting. Changing Tektronic Color Thermal me and let me know that Command-5 the color of the graphic in Power Point Printer may do something other than save in gets rid of this box, and only the graphic some program. Remember, with Re­ I have had from good to fair results itself is visible after the color change. sedit, all is possible.) putting gray-scale images into Power You are not able to do that in Persua­ Yes, Macintosh software is not as Point or Persuasion and printing them sion, but there is a solution. easy to learn and is much more sophis­ on the Tektronic Color Thermal Printer First, use Power Point to open the ticated than it used to be, but I think it (see above paragraph). Photos ranged graphic and change its color to the is still easy to learn without using the from people to aerial photos. Best re­ desired one. Remember that if you manual in most cases. I approach learn­ sults are obtained by using high con­ change it to white, it will be invisible ing Mac software by putting the disk in trast photos scanned about the same against a white background. Next, copy the drive, opening the application and size you want to use them. Too much it to the clipboard, and then paste it into clicking away. I pull down menus, click stretching or enlarging of gray-scale the scrapbook. Now, open Persuasion on icons, and hold the shift and option images seems to decrease the overall and reverse the cut and paste process. keys down as I click to see what hap­ quality of the final result and wash out The white box will be gone and the pens. When I have a problem, then and the gray-scale information. graphic will have the color you assigned only then do I read the manual. Most to it using Power Point. Is l\1acintosh Software packages offer on-disk help and tu tori­ Although this solution requires als for someone who wants a more having both software packages, it is Still Easy to Learn? structured approach. another example of what I have been Readers of computer publications I still feel the above approach is preaching for some time. If you can't often see the comment that the Macin­ useful even with more difficult and get the job done in one application, use tosh is not the easy computer to learn it sophisticated programs suc.h as Free­ two, three, or four. On the down side, I used to be. Yes, there are now consult­ Hand 2.0, Aldus Persuasion, Page­ have found this multiple application ing companies that teach Mac owners Maker, etc. After all, most Macintosh approach to intimidate the hell out of how to use particular software, and the users expect that "dreary sameness," MS-DOS users who have so much open architecture of the Mac II makes or they won' tbuy; applicationsarerated trouble with one program that they hardware options more complicated­ on how closely they follow the Macin­ won't consider two or more. but are the "easy days" over? tosh interface. 54 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 I have always felt the Macintosh applications like FullWrite, Persuasion, Excel, SMB and approach to software development al­ and now WingZ have given Microsoft MultiFinder Don't Mix lowed me to know 25% of any software a kick in the butt. The user will ulti­ application before I took it out of the mately benefit by the free-enterprise I just installed 5 MBs of RAM box. Any PC user who can make the market place approach. SIMMs in my Mac II and just knew that same statement has a Macintosh in the WingZ clearly has raised the capa­ I could now safely install MultiFinder closet! bilities of spreadsheets to new levels. It as the startup application and begin to You can't hurt the computer by fills in many of the missing capabilities tap the advantages of using MultiFin­ "clicking and pulling," so give it a try that Excel lacked, including the 1 MB der. You can imagine my surprise when and don't be afraid of letting that limit and theneed to loaditinto the first I learned that my large system took up "dreary sameness" keep you from MB of RAM. Use of color, variable row 750K, Finder 160K and PowerStation learning multiple Macintosh applica­ heights, hyperscript programing lan­ 160K when running under MultiFin­ tions. guage, formatting for individual cells, der. Therefore the first megabyte out of ability to do custom menus, and tre­ the total of SMB was occupied by the Multiple Undo Is Here! mendous graphic capabilities are some very memory that Excel needs to func­ How many times we have wanted of the special features of WingZ. tion. Excel refused to even load and multiple layers of undo rather than just The database portion does include repeatedly returned me to the desktop. the last action before the last mouse picture fields, but it has pretty much The current version of Excel 15 click. Well, this feature is starting to thesamefeaturesasExcel without much needs to load into the first MB of RAM show up in Macintosh software. The innovation. Spreadsheet manufactur­ and cannot address more than one MB first application that I am aware which ers apparently feel this is the least of total memory. This last point also offersthisfeatureisFreeHand2.0.Free­ wanted feature of a spreadsheet, and if proved to be a problem when I wanted hand offers up to 99 levels of undo. If my experience is an example, they are to open 15 federal tax forms at the same you can remember back more than 3 correct. time. levels, you're doing better than I! Now for what don't I like. I would Therefore, since I use a spreadsheet like WingZ to open native Excel files, all the time, I am forced to not use Real Bits about rather than have to save them in SYLK MultiFinder as the startup until Excel Adobe Systems format. Informix knows that they are version 2.0 comes out that will correct trying to capture the spreadsheet mar­ the problem, or I can switch to Wingz, 1. In 1986, 73% of Adobe's revenue which does not have these problems came from Apple Computer. In ket currently owned by Excel. The abil­ ity to open native Excel files directly but which will not open native Excel 1988, it was only 33% and declin­ files (SYLK files are ok). C ing. should have been included to make it Lynn R. Trusal, Ph.D. may be reached 2. The name "Adobe" comes from a easier for Excel owners to justifyswitch­ ing to WingZ. at301-845-2651 toanswerquestionsabout creek near the homes of John War­ material that appears in the Bits and Byte nock and Charles Geschke, who Although the graphics capabilities exceed many stand-alone graphics Column. The opinions expressed in this are the co-founders of Adobe Sys­ column are solely his. tems, Inc. packages, I would like to seem some changes. I would like to see more print­ WingZ Is Finally Here! ing options available for customizing Yes, I was one of those individuals the printing of graphics. This would Macintosh knocking down his mother in the aisles include a "print graphics only" com­ to get a demo version of WingZ at the mand and the ability to print multiple Tutorials in February W AP meeting. Two years of graphics on a page arranged the way anticipation was just more than I could you want them, such as is found in Northern Virginia stand. Cricket Graph. This is not a review of this product; Finally, I use the "resume Excel" command extensively to open a collec­ Macintosh tutorials, taught by Russ Bradley, I will leave that to others. I have had atthe Fairlington United Methodist Church, tionoflinked spreadsheets. WingZdoes sometimetoplaywith the demo, which Rt. 7 and 1-395 (King Street Exit), in is a full-featured application exceptyou not have this feature, but it apparently Alexandria, VA from 7:15 to 10:15 PM. cannot save your work. Unlike other can be done via the hyperscript pro­ graming language. This programing The fee for each session is $15 for WAP demos, it does allow you to print. members and $20 for nonmembers. The Macintosh press has been giv­ capability appears easier than it might ing WingZ pretty good reviews, with look and can be used to design macros June 9, Sept 8, Nov 10 comments like it leaves Microsoft Excel that are not a part of WingZ. Introduction to Macintosh in the dust! Indeed, Bill Gates has been If you are tired of Excel or need a June 16, Sept 15, Nov 17 remiss in not updating Microsoft prod­ spreadsheet, give WingZ a serious test Intermediate Mac Skills ucts on a more regular basis, which he drive. The test flight demo version can June 23, Sept 22, Nov 24 has now promised to do. Undoubtedly, be obtained from lnformix by calling 1- Personalizing your Mac 800-331-1763 or from your dealer. for Productivity May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 55 5

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Excitedly, I sent my from Louisiana in a few days. to my inquiries in stores in Northern work disk to him, and put the money The instructions for the program Virginia and Maryland suggests there's aside to pay for my new electronic were good, enabling me to get the pro­ not much interest in plotters for Macs helpmate. Alas, that was the last I heard gram set up smoothly. But, as anyone in this area. W AP doesn't have a volun­ from him. Dear John. Pity, because I was who has ever tried to hook up a "for­ teer in that area yet either, I noticed. Af­ really ready to plunk down my money eign" printer of any kind to any com­ ter getting a plotter, I can't understand even at full retail price + any reason­ puter knows, Murphy has to poke his that. Maybe I just don't shop or look in able installation fee he may have wanted head into the act somewhere. In my the right places, but I tried a bunch. to charge me to get me "on line." So case, it was the plug on the cable where Let me say first that if you can use much for sales follow-up principles. it goes into the Mac II modem port-an a plotter, it's relatively easy (but not Stilldeterminedbutwaveringnow, excessively long shoulder on the plug painless) to put one in service. We pre­ I spotted a small ad by a small firm that kept it from going into the holes far pare a lot of oversize outputs for which makes and sells plotters - Zericon - enough to make a connection. Ofcourse, a plotter seemed ideal A couple of ar­ in MacUser. Zericon is a relatively new you can't see that problem! A call to ticles in MacUser in July 1988 about company in California (where else?) Zericon resulted in a telephone diagno­ desktop engineering, and the roundup whose product seemed to fill our needs sis that was quick and on the mark. of 54 plotters by Gary Henry and Diane with a very reasonable performance/ Within a couple of minutes, I trimmed Wilde in that issue were very helpful in value combination. (415-490-8380) I back the shoulder with a knife, plugged getting a feel for what may be available. contacted their sales person who knew it into the modem port, the software did her product and kept her word. She The Chase its thing, and the plotter printed its first sent me good printed product informa­ computer-driven outputs with the pens Buoyed by my new smarts, I started tion, and put me in touch with a techni­ and paper Zericon sent me in the plotter contacting our regular suppliers (all cal support person who was also very box. You know how that made me feel. good advertisers in the Pi Journal) in helpful, informative, patient, and - as the area by phone. My usual helpful it tumedout-quitegoodathis work. Ah, Sweet Victory local sources for computer stuff didn't Zericon was introducing a plotter that The plotter has been working for handle plotters at all-not much de­ would handle paper sizes A through D our small business for several weeks. mand, they said. Having had good (D size paper= 24" x 36" paper, in case We are producing what we set out to experiences satisfying occasional needs you aren't a draftsman,) had a reason­ produce. Withsomecolorpenslbought from other advertisers in the Pi, I started able pen speed, good alignment char­ locally, I have produced outputs in 5 calling them. They were nice, but no acteristic, and other good features. The colors so far, using Canvas, MacDraw plotters. Concurrently, over a two-day folks sounded trustworthy, and so I and MacProject. period I took the time to visit stores sent them my money, and they sent me More colors are possible, because who claim to sell to business computer the plotter. you can set up the plotting process to users in the Tysons Comer area. Again, Meanwhile, I had ordered the soft­ pause while you change pens to pro­ no luck. Don't have none, don't need ware to drive the plotter through a lo­ duce different effects. Fancier and pri­ one, don't know who might have one, cal computer store - Zericon doesn't cierplotterschangepensautomatically, good-bye. Really discouraging; was I sell software. The plotter and software but our needs aren't that sophisticated wrong to engage in this chase? arrived the same day (although both - yet. The plotter draws really crisp At last, after playing telephone tag took about three weeks to get here) so I circles, shapes, boxes, text, and even with one customer service rep at an wassureitwasmyluckyday! It wasn't. adjustable fills. authorizedApplestoreinNorthem Vir­ After assembling and setting up It has been a fun tool, and I can now ginia, he told me he knew about plot­ the plotter with absolutely no prob­ tell you that plotters are worth the trip ters for the Mac, had indeed installed a lems, I checked the program package once you get into them. If you are tired plotter for a customer, it worked great, eagerly, only to discover that it comes of pasting the "tiled" outputs from your and he would be happy to help me. in two versions. You know what's next printer to produce oversize graphics, After discussing my specific objectives - I needed the other version. Unfortu­ consider getting a plotter. for the hardware and software, he of­ nately the store salesman who was Now, if only my Mac had a little more fered to run a sample of my outputs to happy to sell me the program even memory! ... ti May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 57 Mac Desktop Publishing uses anti-viral software. Because many companies restrict what software will be on a system Desktop Puzzling (including anti-viral software),employ­ ees may download free software from Solutions to some common desktop problems local bulletin boards. If all systems are not adequately protected from viruses, by Ron Moore with the latest versions available, con­ tamination is likely to occur. All My Little Fonts solve these problems altogether. It's so New strains of viruses are continu­ I was asked once if a single solution simple that you'd think there was a ally being spread, so keep current with would fix the current font problems catch. The catch is that you can't get the new virus software as it becomes that many people experience and I had screen fonts from just any source. available. to say no. Even with the latest technol­ Disketeria or any reputable source are ogy available, the unwary user can still good places to get your Adobe screen The Least of My Problems have font problems-font ID conflicts, fonts. The best designer I know once had font scaling errors, and type disappear­ a list of rules he followed when con­ ing from pages. Viral Contamination templating using new software. First, Font ID conflicts cause type substi­ Do you see that person reading the define what you want to do, then test tution to occur on documents. This is Journal next to you? Ask them if they some software that will do what you the most common and serious font have anti-viral protection on their Mac. want. Learn that software so that it is problem known. It can be solved by . H they don't, tell them to read this easy,and then tell peopleyoucandoit! using Nfonts, available from the column next, it's required reading for He says that many designers think Disketeria,amongothersources.Nfonts them too. The statistics show that there they can use new products without allow enough numbered slots to hold are various virus risk catagories, each testing. By following the above proce­ all the typefaces, thus eliminating ID having their own probability of infec­ dures he has but a fraction of their conflict. tion. Even in the '1east likely to con­ problems. He asked me how many Font scaling problems cause type tract'' category no one is 100% immune. times a client needs a job rerun because to reflow when using multiple Macs Where do you fit in-high risk, low of some problem that occured from with different font configurations. This risk or somewhere in between? The improper testing, regardless of the cost. holds true even when printing to the catagories were divided by users' abil­ I told him that it happens too often, in same output device from different ity to pay for software (which also many cases from a bug in the software Macs. Because fonts are scaled mathe­ determines its source), their level of they used. matically, it's important to have the knowledge about virus control, their I told him how I would worry about same point size masters (preferably all) attitudes about viral infection (think somebody using software that was less loaded onto your system when com­ like a doctor and consider when not if>, than a week old. The designer asked, posing a document. and what they are willing to do about ''Was he testing or producing?" Pro­ Three problems exist that make viruses. ducing-with great difficulty. Please, type disappear from files output to The lowest risk category includes test new software first! PostScript devices: users who pay for every copy of soft­ 1) Apple redrew their screen fonts to ware they own and do not share disks. Scanning for Final Art look good on the screen, but those Some of this group has been infected by Recently a customer was having fonts are no longer equal to the software vendors who unknowingly trouble with the quality of photos in width values of the printer fonts; spread a virus through original manu­ her publication. She had been scanning 2) the new Laserwriterdriver(S.Oand facture of their software. halftones on a 300 dpi scanner and above) no longer tells the printer to The highest risk category includes importing TIFFs to print from. The squeeze or stretch characters to fit users who work on questionable sys­ results were less than acceptable. within text blocks; and tems, and users who download soft­ I suggested tnat she might go back 3) some software creates a window wareapplications from bulletin boards. to using MacPaint images. These im­ for the type to fit in and if the type For example, some Mac rental loca­ ages, placed within thedocument,show doesn't get squeezed to fit inside of tions know nothing about the virus a lowresolutionimageforpositiononly it, the window cuts it off. problem and don't protect themselves (FPO). ByusingMacPaint, the customer You may have the latest Mac soft­ from possible infection. Even though can still import an image for the posi­ ware, use only Mac fonts, and still have computer viruses will only attach them­ tioning of irregular wraps in her maga­ trouble with type that disappears. Fix selves to applications, they can be zine. An added benefit to the FPOs are any one of the above problems and all spread by using a system with an in­ the visual representation of the photos the type comes back. In fact, using fected application. Use caution when that helps the printer identify where to screen fonts from Adobe instead of working on a new system. Be sure to position the original halftone art. The Apple, the easiest of the solutions, will first check that the system manager customer is now getting superior re- 58 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 suits almost all of the time. Mac Review Instead of doing these FPO scans on a 300 dpi scanner, try a less expen­ sive 72 dpi scanner. This will give you Connectix - Virtual the same results for FPOs at a reduced cost and save you disk space too. by Lewis Bean The only remaining problem oc­ curs when the printer still misplaces The Connectix Corporation of Performance is quite good in a 4 or the art on the mechanicals. A solution Menlo Park, California has released 5 MB Mac II but, on a 2 MB machine, to this is to require a blueline proof Virtual, the first virtual memory sys­ you do notice perceptible delays, espe­ from your printer before allowing the tem to run under the Mac OS, on the cially when repainting windows with8 job to go to press. This will allow final Macintosh II. The small program runs bits of color turned on. One notable checking of art before costly mistakes as an operating system initializer (INITI limitation to the system is that you are made. andisloadedwhenthesystemisbooted. need to turn off RAM Cache when us­ It allows standard applications to run ing Virtual. (RAM Cache works by stor­ 45 Is More Than 13 on the Mac II using virtual memory. ing commonly used sectors of disk in When they said all PostScriptprint­ Virtual memory works by storing parts memory, and Virtual could possibly ers were created universally did that of information that normally would be then swap those sectors back to disk in mean equally or were they referring to in RAM in magnetic storage (disk), and the virtual memory files.) The ability to just the language inside? The case in transparently retrieving it whenever it run HyperCard, Pixel Paint, Multi­ point isa five page PageMaker job with is required. After Virtual is loaded the Finder, Versaterm, and PageMaker a rainbow of eight colors on the first Mac is fooled into thinking it has a full simultaneously makes it worth it! page only. To print out the spot color 8 megabytes of memory available. The Reliability and compatibility of Vir­ layers would require 13 sheets, 9 for the Virtual system requires a Mac II with tual has been almost perfect. I have first page and 4 for theremaining black­ the Motorola 68851 Paged Memory been using Virtual since I returned from only pages. Thirteen pages is what Management Unit (PMMU) installed, the MacWorld show and have found it you'll get if you print the 81/2" x 11" and a SCSI hard disk with 8 megabytes to be very stable. The Connectix man­ pages on your laser printer. I'll give the of contiguous space available. The ual claims that a few desk accessories software credit for being smart enough version for the Mac Ilx and the SE/30 seem to get confused when they are not to print a blank page on the laser have not been shipped yet, but should loaded way up in high memory, but I printer, but does that apply to all kinds both be by the time this review hits the have had only one crash since I got of printers? streets. There is no way to implement back, and I think that that was Print Given the chance to print the li­ virtual memory on the older Macs like Monitor's fault. The program is very brary of colors (all nine) it would have the Plus and the SE, because the 68000 easy to tum off if you feel that a pro­ done so for the entire document. The does not support the addition of a gram is not working with virtual decision to print or not to print a page PMMU. memory installed. Additionally the is made if the software sees something, Installation is simple if there is al­ manual also states that some hardware anything, on the page to be printed. ready a PMMU in your Mac; you copy boards, and non-standard disk drives When going to a service bureau (a the Virtual file into 'your system file, might also have problems, but as I stated Linotronic printer) for final output, and reboot the system. If Virtual finds it works great on my system. registration marks, crop marks, and 8 megabytes of unfragmented contigu­ The costs are reasonable, especially separation names are added to the file ous space on your disk, your system compared to memory prices. Virtual to help the printer. When these ele­ will "stutter-start" and then come up for a Mac II without the PMMU is ments are added, the software recog­ with loads of memory. If the program is $695.00 and for the IIx and the SE/30 nizes a mark on each spot color layer unable to locate a full 8 megabytes of the price is only $295. The price for a 4 and outputs each layer, 45 pages in all. space you will need to unfragmentyour megabyte memory upgrade ranges To output 13 pages only, two solu­ hard disk. DiskExpress for Alsoft is the from $1360 to $1999. Apple's list price tions are possible. You can tell your only program I know of that will un­ for the PMMU is $499. bureau which pages have spot colors fragment and compress a Mac hard So I guess that I like it, but would on them and they will separate only disk. Other programs like PowerUp only recommend it for a system with 4 those pages. Or, you can create sepa­ and Symantec Utilities for Mac only or 5 MB of RAM already, and to some­ rate documents for color pages and unfragment individual files, and only one whose application requirements black-only pages. Either method will if there is a contiguous block of disk make occasional use of more than 5 mb save you money and headaches at your space large enough hold to the contents of memory. In this situation the system service bureau. tt of the file beingunfragmented.For those will only swap to disk occasionally, Mac II users without a PMMU (those and almost no performance penalty is Ron Moore is the System Manager at who don't run A/UX) you will need to noticeable, and only then when you are Unicorn Graphics. You can call him with purchase Virtual from a dealer who can rapidly switching between applica- questions at 832-9800. install the chip for you. • 61 May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 59 Attendance 1985 - 1988 Expo Booths 1985 - 1988

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Last November I undertook to with Microtech's unequaled 5 year I used the promotional copy of research the various hard disk drives warranty, I felt pretty confident that I Wingz that I won at my first WAP available for my Mac+ system. Look­ was making a good buy. I made the meeting in February (a great intro to ing through MacUser and MacWorld purchase in early December. The drive W AP!) to rework the Excel chart I made and making a bunch of phone calls, I arrived in about 10 days in the follow­ back in November. Reformatting the assembled basic data on numerous ing state: the voltage was set for 220 worksheet was pretty easy and enjoy­ options, put these data together in an and the LED indicator didn't work. I able. It's great to be able to have differ­ Excel worksheet, and made several easily adjusted the voltage setting and ent row heights and fonts. simple calculations that allow some plugged her in. I had waited far too Importing my previous work from comparison to be made between vari­ long for a hard drive to box the drive Excel via a SYLK save went very ous drives. Along the lines suggested back up and return it to Microtech for a smoothly-my new Wingzspreadsheet in The Madntosh Bible, I computed MB/ measly LED malfunction. The drive has retained all the previous bordering and $ for each drive (they use $/MB but I worked flawlessly since. The lack of an formatting. However, there is some­ prefer the idea that bigger is better). To LED means little to me since I keep it thing of a tradeoff in the use of Wingz's try to take into account the matter of out of earshot-I hate to break the si­ gi;-aphics tools to make up borders: access speed, I further divided MB/$ lence of the Mac+ with even "the quiet­ Excel's border tools are effective and by access speed in ms (then multiplied est drive in the industry" (which I find easy to use compared to Wingz. by 1000 to give a better placed deci­ hard to believe). I tried making a 3-D chart of an mal). I call this the "figure of merit" (I For what it's worth, it does seem abstract of my HD data. On my M~c+ may be misusing that term) for each noticeably faster thana few other drives Wingz's 3-D graphics are impossibly drive in question (in units of MB/$/ s). I have used on occasion in the past (PL slow and I cannot recommend it to Several caveats: and CMS). I gather the Quantum drive anyone. Furthermore, to my surprise, 1. Note that with the exception of the that is the guts of the Nova 40 (and, I making and modifying simple bar Ehman and the Major Mac listings suppose, the other drives on my list graphs is a lot easier in Excel despite (from April Mac User) all the above with the 12-19 ms advertised access Wingz's greater flexibility. data is some months out of date. times) is a new generation technology. It is nice to be able to add text fields The information here should be I heard one rumor about some people to your spreadsheets, but don't try to takenasillustrativeandnotdefini­ having incompatibility problems with do anything more than a short para­ tive. the Quantum drive. I have experienced graph. Onmy Mac+ at least, Wingz text 2. "Megabyte" is a term open to two none.S field entry is extremely slow. Is this interpretations: the"small meg'' of because the Wingz application is writ­ 1 million bytes, and the "real meg'' teninHyperscriptand then interpreted? of 1025 KB. I did not check which • 59 Connectlx-Vlnual To do this long section, I ended up interpretation was used for the HD tions.Anotherreasonitmakessenseto writing in WriteNow and not even capacities advertised above. purchase Virtual is that Apple has al­ trying to do it in Wingz text field. 3. I gather that "access speed" is also ready indicated that future versions of Submenus take some getting used open to some hype since there are the Mac OS will take advantage of the to. I keep slipping off them as I shift the many factors that can effect the protected memory and virtual mem­ cursor over to the submenu and have to "speed" of HD access in day-to­ ory features of the PMMU, so pay now go back up to the main menu item. In day use. and be ready for the new features when some ways they are a lot faster than 4. There are many other potential they come. Ifyou are doing a lot of color dialog boxes and I often wished for factors that enter into a purchase work with large screen displays you format commands in Excel without decision-warranty, support, will probably need a full 8 mb of real going through a dialog box. bundled software. These are less memory, and Virtual is probably not In summary, Wingz is clearly very easily quantified. foryou.S powerful and allows great control over In any case, based on my analysis the appearance of your work. I have a in November, the Nova 40 HD from Lewis Bean is president of MacUpgrades, feeling it will continue to grow on me Microtech emerged in first place. Inc. in Silver Spring, Maryland. He can be overtime.S Combining such a "scientific'' analysis reached there at 301-589-8888. May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 61 Softviews..

1"1"':~ . : . . ~ .: A Close Look at WINGZ Saue File Rs ••• . .. . . l1"'' ·:. ~·~-·, ..... Excel users: jump ship and take WINGZ .:~.·::- ~ Isheet . . by David Morganstein File Type: vlllingZ ,.... : .... ·.:.· DIF ·-·-·-·-:r---·- 123-1 8 --·-·--·­ "Let your Mac take flight with the Tool display is permanent... occu­ -·--·-·-r·-·-·- 123-2.0 ··-·-··.. ··-· WINGZ!" - ad hype or the real thing? pying a fair amount of a nine inch ...... ,.... _.. f...... Te Ht --·-·--·- I'm not shy; I'll give you my opinion in screen.) With just a little use, the im­ .... - ...... !...... T .. ,.. ,_, .. ,,_ .... , this review of lnformix' "released at provements over all currently avail­ Figure 2. File Import/Export last" spreadsheet. Last month you heard able spreadsheets become obvious. Fonnats Supported me say that Full Impact (FD was a strong WINGZ offers clickable entry of the spreadsheet, but not strong enough to basic four functions and a navigation As with Excel, you can create sev­ unseat Excel. If you had never used a box for traveling to the four comers of eral windows which view different ar­ spreadsheet before, you might consider your sheet, no matter how remote. You eas of a single spreadsheet. Disap­ FI over Excel. If you were an Excel see tools for creating blocks of text, pointingly, WINGZ does not offer hori­ owner, you'd stick with Microsoft and buttons, and charts. There are also zontal or vertical pane splitting, a sig­ wait for the next version. (My best guess drawing tools which permit attractive nificant shortcoming. This feature al­ is that Excel 2.2 is perhaps six months graphics. After entering data, you can lows Excel users to have two or four away.) The same may not be true for quickly format it using the standard synchronized views into the spread­ WINGZ. I can see a number of Excel font, size and, style options. In addi­ sheet, a particularly handy ability espe­ owners jumping ship. WINGZ is that tion, you can easily add color, resize cially when working with a database. good. columns, and impose numeric or date WINGZ simplifies formula entry Why do I say that? Like Fl, WINGZ formats. through a Dialog box (see Figure 3). has strong page-layout features, and Figure 1. WINGZ Manipulation Tools Clicking on a function category radio an easy-to-use higher level scripting button provides a list of functions of language with accompanying recorder. that type. Selecting a function pastes Navigation box ~ Al _0 It goes beyond Fl, however, in provid­ ~ ..I• I- I•J t I UxJ into the selected cell. WINGZ is fully ing "buttons" as well as dialog boxes Worksheet tool A equipped with an extremely complete ~ 1 J for the developer who wants to create Objedtool 2 set of functions, even more extensive ± 3 i stand-alone applications. Its long list of Button tool 0 4 than Excel 1.5. Amongothers,itincludes functions and expanded chart gallery I= 5 l hyperbolic functions and bond compu­ Text tool llill. 6 I tations not found in Excel . will be welcomed by all spreadsheet ~ 7 ! buffs, from the novice to the power­ Chart tool II.I 8 I Informix placesFormatoptionsinto 9 user. It offers mixed fonts and font 10 an easy-to-access menu rather than in a styles; if you have many megabytes of 11 Dialog Box, ala Microsoft (see Figure 4). Drawing { 12 memory, you can use them all! Unlike Tools 13 With this menu, you can set the attrib­ Excel's one meg limitation, WINGZ Q" 14 utes of cells (hide zero values, use pa­ " 15 expands to fill all available memory. Q 16 rentheses for negatives, make cells in­ WINGZ has virtually no aspects visible or use commas to denote thou­ 11 ~18 - that are weaker than the Microsoft sands),set the number of decimal places product. It offers an awesome area in that will be displayed or choose a color which to work: 32,000 by 32,000! I have If you are a current spreadsheet for displaying negative values. Where filled an area of 10,000 rows and 13 user, you will need to import files from Excel's technique for adding color to columns with data, and performed other sheets. WINGZ allows easy ac­ text is a bit obscure, WINGZ takes' an calculations in 10-15 seconds on all cells. cess to SYLK, DIP, WI

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Authorized Dealer ences. As with most spreadsheets that 0 Business prepare charts, the graphs change to RCOS H 0 Date/Time match the current entries in the spread­ RCOSH(H) sheet. What is more, you can revise the RSIN(H) 0 Logical text in the title or legend, as well as its RSINH(H) 0 Statistical RTRN(H) font family or size, by changing the RTRN2(H,y) O Database corresponding cells in the spreadsheet, RTRNH(H) 0 Teut a feature not offered in Excel. To create a chart, you select data COS(H) 0 Spreadsheet COSH(H) from your spreadsheet cells, click, on DEGREES(radlans) @Numeric the chart tool, and then draw a rec­ EO 0 Operators tangle on the spreadsheet by clicking EHP(H) and dragging. The default chart drawn Names EHPONENTI RL(H) 0 by WINGZ is a bar chart. You pick the FACTOR I RL(H) style of chart you want from the Gal­ GORL(inltlal,result,formula) ([ DIC J) (cancel) lery list. That's all it takes. If the spread­ GUESS() sheet area you selected contained a ti tie or text for a legend, it too will appear. Figure 3. Dialog box providing function names You canmodifythechartto your heart's content by adding footnotes or rear­ ranging the elements of the chart, plac­ widths can be changed, so can row ing them wherever you want. You can heights, permitting a flexible and inter­ modify the basic design by resizing esting display. elements of the chart, changing the If you need to attach a note to your Negatiues perspective of 3-D displays, selectively Percent composition, or place multi-line head­ Precision ••• stacking certain series, or exploding Scientific ingsat the top of columns, you can paste pie chart wedges, to name just a few of General a text paragraph-a rectangle with text the options. Font ~ D-Mon-YY in it. This feature allows you to easily WINGZ refers to the columns of Size ~ D-Mon construct a block of text by wrapping your data as divisions, while the rows Style the text onto subsequent lines as you ~ Mon-YY are called series. The column headings enter it. In most spreadsheets, where Color ~ MM-00-YY become the division labels, while any Align ~ every cell is the same size, text can only text to the left of a series becomes the MM-DD be entered into one cell of the sheet. HR:MN:SC HM series label that appears in the legend. Fill ••• Unfortunately, these text blocks remain HR:MN HM Line ••• stationary as the column widths and Window [ii) HH:MN:SC heights beneath themarechanged. While II onhff .. ,, Bar HH:MN this may necessitate some re-position­ Line ·-·-·-·-·-·····-··--··---·-·-·-·'------·-·-·r·-·-·-----.... Footnote ing, it is only a minor annoyance. Layer Sheet Info ••• ·-·---~---·-·--· Legend ! WINGZ has taken the page layout Step ff He~ Figure 4. Format menu feature a step forward. It offers a num­ ..rCombination ber of valuable formatting options for S~rff.\S "iD Info your final copy. Each sheet can have 30 Bar same approach provided by FI, graphs General are elements of the spreadsheet, not headings, notes for particular cells, and 30 Line 30 Layer separate files which must be opened footnotes on graphs. Unlike FI, but like Bring to Fron 30 Step independently. You can mix any num­ Excel, WINGZ offers a handy page pre­ Send to Back 30 Combination ber of graphs alongside the data. view which provides an accurate WINGZ provides the same graphic WYSIWYG view of output appearance. Cirm.tJI Horizontal Bar tools found indrawingprograms: lines, Ungroup Pie rectangles, circles, arcs, and text para­ Graphics graphs. These can be shaped, filled or If you like to tum numbers into :-: +==- ~~L:ie colored to embellish your spreadsheets. more interpretable graphs, you will rel­ ---+------·-- It is easy to compose a visually stimu­ ish WINGZ' list of charting options. In --· HY latingpage containing tables and charts addition to standard displays offered by Scatter highlighted by graphics and text. Excel and FI, Informix has included: 3- Polar While Excel is still hung up on a D, full color charts for surface plots, Contour one font, one font size restriction, contour plots, wireframes,and barcharts ---+----t, Surface Wire frame WINGZ allows multiple fonts and font (see Figure 5). All of these are easy to create and custom shape to your prefer- sizes in the same sheet. Just as column Figure 5. WINGZ Charting Options 64 Washington Apple Pl Journal May 1989 A B c D E F G tures are provided. WINGZ scripts can use FOR NEXT orWHILE loops as well as IF THEN ELSE and CASE decision structures. The macro language allows you to create new functions containing local or global variables for use in your sheet computations. Applications pro­ grammers will want to know that vir­ tually every Macintosh "event'' can be monitored and used to control the macros. You can test for windows being activated (or deactivated), recalcula­ tion taking place, the mouse being moved or clicked, and a host of other events. In addition, scripts can be used to add menus to the standard WINGZ Figure 6. 'Companies' are Series; 'Years' are Divisions menu bar. You can hand tailor 'the WINGZ screen to your taste. Although you can study the ac­ (See Figure 6.) WINGZ offers "text leads us away from exploring untried companying manual to learn the com­ boxes" and graphic elements that en­ menus. Programs like Excel, Full Im­ mands, a simple way to pick up most of hance the graph, but more on that later. pact and WINGZ that incorporate a them is to activate the "Learn" script A picture is worth a thousand macro recorder make it surprisingly option and create spreadsheets and numbers, and WINGZ incorporates a easy to automate repetitive steps, an graphs as you normally would. When wide variety of picture formats. The action that can be a real time saver. you're finished, examine the code that various 3-D options add a new dimen­ The WINGZ macro language is hasbeenrecorded whileyou "worked." sion to your understanding of data (see head and shoulders above the Excel The language syntax is easy to pick up Figures 7 & 8). WINGZ can display the language in ease of understanding and and use. data as they are or fit a smooth curve. use. Where Excel's language looks like WINGZ scripts can be activated in The user has complete control over the arcane machine language, WINGZ of­ several ways. Perhaps the easiest is by colors and shading patterns as well as fers a higher level language with long placing a ''button" on your sheet and the scales and the base and sides of the variable names and standard control attaching a script to it. Click on the display. The small price for this flexi­ structures. Virtually any menu item button, and the script plays. Alterna­ bility and power is in the refresh speed can be translated into a WINGZ macro tively, the script can be associated with of a complex 3-D chart. It can be no­ command. Most common control struc- a worksheet range or a dialog box. The ticeably slow, taking WINGZ as much as several seconds to redraw. In addition to plotting data for business purposes, there are educa­ tional uses as well. You can compute the values of a one- or two-variable :300.00 function and produce a visual display iso.oO of the relationship. In this way, WINGZ 200.0D can be a mathematical learning aid. For 1so.oo example, you can create a table con­ 100.00 = taining the values of z sin(x)*sin(y) !i0.00 for an array of (x,y). WINGZ will use o.oO the values ofz to represent the height of a curve and produce a plot which clearly shows how z changes with x and y. (See Figure8.) Virtually every aspect of a WINGZ chart can be modified. Scripts Even if you are heavy-duty spread­ sheet user, you may never have written (or recorded) a macro. That's unfortu­ nate. Often a program that iseasy to use Figure 7. 3-D Bar Chart May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 65 macro is activated whenever that range . select the recalc table menu option. If of the sheet is selected or the appropri­ you have two or more tables, you have My Mac Has ate selection made in the box. to manually reselect each table area, then each entry cell, and then give the The Downside recalc command. To eliminate all the the nVIR Virus Informix needs to do a little work on manual work, I recorded a script for its saved files format, since WINGZ has doing this with four tables. While Excel by Jack Crawford such a voracious appetite for hard disk automatically recalculated the four I am writing this from a diseased space. Its files seem to require far more tables in 30 seconds, WINGZ took 3.5 Mac. Iknewsomethingwaswrongwhen space than you might expect. A file minutes toplayoutthescriptneeded to my brand new Micro Soft QuickBASIC occupying 60K when saved by Excel in do the recalc. wouldn't function. It got the bomb and text form required a whopping SOOK ID= 15. The Micro Soft technical repre­ when imported into and then saved by Summary sentative hypothesized either a corrupt WINGZ! I'mgoing to inquire iflnformix WINGZ is the first Mac spread­ disk or a virus, and suggested that I try has a hard disk subsidiary and this is sheet program to "one-up" Microsoft's my applicationdiskonanothermachine. just a devious plot to sell more drives! Excel. It is strong enough to be called But before I could do that, I noticed one None of the Mac spreadsheet pro­ the most powerful and fully featured of the applications had been updated grams, WINGZ included, uses "smart" spreadsheet for Mac ~sers. It can mix since I received it. recalculation algorithms now appear­ various fonts and sizes. Its scripting "I didn't do that, did I?" I don't even ing in MS DOS programs. With this language should meet the needs of the know how to update a stand alone added "intelligence," the entry of new most demanding power user, yet its application. But there it was. What to data causes recalculation only for cells macro recorder means it can serve even do? I called the tech rep at Software linked to those that are changed, sub­ the novice. It offers superb and un­ Discoveries, Inc. whose MergeWrite stantially shortening unnecessary de­ usual charts in both 3-D and full color, update I had received (from Claris) on lays. all of which mixes with graphic tools the same day I got QuickBASIC. He The RAM-lean Mac user was disap­ right on the spreadsheet. WINGZ showed me how to use the ResEdit pointed to discover that WINGZ' Multi­ wastes not one dollar spent for RAM, application that came with QuickBasic. finder memory requirement weighs in from one meg on up! The only nega­ ResEdit is used to look at (and alter) the at 1024K. You're going to need at least2 tives I'm aware of are: its inefficient file resources in programs. It was a simple megs to run it with anything else. format, which seems to require a lot of procedure. Theresourcesallcontainfour Tables, my favorite operation with disk space for saved sheets; the lack of characters, are alphabetically ordered, databases, is implemented badly in a vertical or horizontal window split­ and n VIR was, unfortunately, just where WINGZ since they are not dynamic. ting option; and the poor implementa­ it should be, between them'sand the p's Changing the database or the top row I tion of the Tables command. in my MacWrite program. I still don't left column of the table does not result in WINGZ, lnformix Software Inc., know if this is what makes the Quick­ an automatic recalc. If you have only 16011 College Boulevard, Lenexa, KA. BASIC refuse to function, but I strongly one table in your sheet, you have to 66219. (913) 492-3800. $399.00 • suspect that is the reason. In the days to come I'm sure I will learn much more about viruses. But for now even a sick program can help me fight a scourge on Mackind. Jack Crawford has been an IBM pro­ grammer since 1978 and a Mac owner since 1984 .•

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Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Mar Data thanks to Lewis Bean, Jr., of MacUpgrades May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 67 for each month's newsletter takes only a matter of minutes. Piews For small jobs, or for the weekend a.nd. ~,, ~~ DTP novice, Springboard Publisher will hl-'iews .... probably do the job, and will cost a bunch less than the high-end packages. Included with Springboard Publisher Springboard Publisher is a coupon worth a free clip art disk a have all of them, and they're really not The Bob and Ray show get tangled up in wrap-around text ... bad at all). Springboard also makes disks of Laser Art and Laser Fonts both by Raymond Hobbs and Bob Oringel of which work well with Springboard Publisher. ["I know that my ~ditor is reading this OK). Column layout and frame sizing RAY (Apple Ilgs): Springboard and groaning" 1 and positioning are controlled through Publisher for the Apple Ilgs works With all the attention given to Desk­ the page view-where you set margins pretty much thesameway,onlyslower, top Publishing (now, Professional and gutters and all those other things and in color. The program comes up in Publishing) on the Mac, it seems that that you want to see done properly but about a minute on the GS, and will everybody wants to get into the act. reallydon'twanttomemorizetheterms configure itself to a RAM disk for file Professional packages abound, and the for. Text will wrap around graphic operations if you tell it (and the GScon­ pros and cons of each are debated ad images either outlining the image itself trol panel) to do so. It also makes use of nauseum by proponents and detrac­ or an image frame. Kerning? Well, if Bill Basham's Diversi-Cache, included tors. Ventura is better than Adobe is you stretch a point, global character on the Springboard Publisher disk. better than Aldus is better than Le­ spacingisavailable-butthat'sstretch­ What this means is, if you've got RAM traset is better than Quark is better than ing the point too far. Leading Oine in your GS, use it !! Ventura, blah, blah, blah. Well friends, spacing) is adjustable in single pixels, Text and graphics operations are Springboard Publisher (Springboard roughly analogous to points. I know similar to those in the Mac version, Software, Inc.), for Apple II, Ilgs or thatmyeditorisreadingthisandgroan­ with the addition of color (Apple Mac, is not as powerful nor profes­ ing, but really, for what most of us HiRes). In any event, the same options sional as any one of the above, so if it's publish, just how professional do we are available to the Apple as are to the power you need, stop right here.Spring­ need to get? If you feel a need to get Mac, with resolution being traded for board Publisher is for (dare I say it?) the right down to the nitty gritty of pub­ color. Text importing is restricted to rest of us. And who better to review the lishing, first join one of the editor's ASCII, AppleWorks and some other packages than the BobandRayshow??? dusk-to-three-ayem "Get The Journal word processors, and graphics import­ RAY (Macintosh): Springboard Out By Deadline" parties and then ing is restricted to ProDOS or Apple­ Publisher for Mac, which retails for reassess your DTP aspirations. DOS HiRes format. under $150, is a low-end DTP package My application for Springboard Printing is done in graphics mode, which allows the user to prepare casual Publisher was a newsletter for my son's and nothing much can be said for graph­ publishing jobs- notices, club news­ Cub Scout den. I set up a style sheet in ics mode printing on an Imagewriter­ letters, handouts and the like- with­ abouttwentyminutesandimportedan ittakesabouteightdays perpage. How­ out going into the agonyoflearning the EPS clip art picture of a bear for the ever, the same thing occurs whenever ins and outs of the heavy-hitter DTP header. This saved, I added text with graphics mode printing is called for by programs like PageMaker or Ready, the integrated word processor and re­ any package-it's not Springboard's Set, Go. It is page-oriented; that is, you turned to page view to see the overall problem, it's common to a bunch of design the style sheet on one screen and effect. There was enough text that the them. If speed is your thing, though, fill in the details (text or graphics) on first page was filled, so I had to create a read my review of the WARP 8 in last another screen (or screens). A word second page style sheet to hold the month's column. (No, don't! It was an processor is provided for typing in the overflow. Springboard Publisher re­ April Fool's article! It's not true!) text, and MacPaint-like tools are avail­ quires linking the text between pages, The Apple II family is really not able for manipulating or creating which I think is OK for newspapers, designed for precision work like DTP, graphic images. Included in these tools but misses the probable target audi­ so I don't think that really professional is a Trace Edges option which can ence for the package-it's just another quality work is possible on the ma­ (crudely) be used to resize images when step in the process for me- but for chine, but Springboard Publisher will done multiple times. Text and graphics those who work in newspaper style, serve the novice or the casual user fairly may also be imported (the text must linking from page one to page two or well. come from MacWrite or from Micro­ from one to four or whatever probably BOB (Apple Ile): In the July 1988 soft Word or be an ASCII file and the makes sense. In any event, the whole issue of the Journal, I reviewed version graphics must have a MacPaint, Full­ process took less than an hour to do, 1.0 of Springboard Publisher. In No­ Paint or PICT format available-EPS is and from then on, just substituting text vember 1988, Springboard announced 68 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 publication of version 2.0, and because I had a number of relatively negative DTP Seminars Ill things to say about version 1.0, I deter­ mined to give it a second look. May7 System Management: Conquer the mysteries of the System Folder - Version 2.0 is not copy protected, Sunday probably the least understood and most important piece of every Mac's software. Learn how to use and properly configure printer drivers, prep 1:OOp - 4:00p and is indeed faster in operation than files, INITs, CDEVs, etc. See how they can help your work or thwart it. For its predecessor, but wait (and that is knowledgeable Apple Macintosh users. what you must do), it is still an agoniz­ Presenter: Ronald Moore. Location: Unicorn ,1500 Eckington Place, N.E. ingly slow program. A "save" ofa two­ page document has been reduced from May 11 Cost Saving Tips for Press Production: Learn how you can save money Thursday during the production process by setting your job up with printing particulars 90 seconds to 80; installation and load­ 7:00p-10·00p in mind. See how jobs can be handled differently and discover the cost ing the program is reduced from over · · consequences. Bring samples of complete jobs or those in progress and get four minutes (yes, minutes) to more your questions answered. than two minutes. These speedups Not specific to any brand of computer. presume an Apple II with 128K mem­ Presenter: Sherri Amaiz. Location: Colortone Press, 2400 17th St., N.W. ory and a 1 MB RAM card installed. May 13 Going to Lino!: Visit a service bureau that provides high-resolution If an Apple II user needs desktop Saturday Postscript output. Discover what you need to know to have your job publishing, then version 2.0 is certainly 9:soa _ 12:sop processe~ correctly; how your printer's requirements affect your options. an improvement and warrants your Not specific to any brand of computer. attention. It still contains page layout, Presenter: Munir Murad.' Location: Publisher's Service Bureau, 4900 word processing and graphics creation Leesburg Pike, Ste.310, Alexandria, VA. in a single program, and it now has a May 20 Sllde Design Tips & Tricks: Explore the process of creating presentation built-in driver for laser printers and Saturday graphics and turning them into slides. Discuss the pros and cons of the support for printers in an AppleTalk 9:3oa _ 12.30p major graphics, spreadsheet, publishing and presentation packages. local area network. Additionally, it · For intennediate Mac users familiar with at least one graphics and one includes36 newsletter templates. There spreadsheet program. is an upgrade program for purchasers Presenter: Laslo Berty, Digital Presentations. of the earlier versions. Location: MaclnOffice, 101 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA. Springboard Publisher still comes with either 3.5" or 5.25" disks, despite THE FINE PRINT Each seminar costs $25 for members; $35 for non-members. its relatively high list price ($139.95). Use one form per attendee-make copies of the form if you must. Many other software houses provide Classes filled on a first come, first served basis. Class size limited to twelve. both size disks with lower-priced pro­ In order to be eligible for a refund you must cancel no less than 5 days before the grams. Springboard will exchange disk class meeting date. Refunds are batched and mailed quarterly. You may apply your sizes, and will send the purchaser free refund to another seminar. clip art, both for a nominal fee. 9

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May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 69 Mac Review Wanna Make A Certificate ? by Martin Milrod In the punuit of bitl. bytm ~nd There are a variety of easy-to-use tomer support RCMB fm our M.aa. specialty programs which enable be­ hotline (612) 944- ginners and various types of klutz.es to 3912. tum out some very good lookingprod­ The certificate ucts. Pleasenotethatthefollowing '1ist'' can be presented prices are as real as are sticker prices on in either portrait cars and "comparable retail values" on or landscape for­ jewelry. You can do much better by mat... alright folks, buying these from a good mail order that's either 8x11 house such as MacConnection (1-800- inch or 11 x 8 inch format, and it has printers and tum out fairly good prod­ MAC-LISA); use your W AP member­ several parts which can be tailored: ucts-particularly if you use high­ ship number to have the $3 delivery Border, Title, Body,Signature, Date and quality colored paper. This is the only charge waived. Graphics such as a seal. They are pre­ "convenience" program of which I 'am I Award Maker Plus by Baudville sented on a blank "sheet" and are acti­ aware which is designed for ease of use (5380 52nd St. SE, Grand Rapids, vated by double-clicking on each part for a PostScript language device, such MI49508,list$49.95(616)698-0888) of the certificate. (See Figure below.) as the laserwriter. I Certificate Maker by Springboard By double-clicking on the appro­ For some people this program Software, Inc. (7808 Creekridge priate portion, you can type whatever meets an immediate need and does it Circle, Minneapolis, MN 55435, list content you want limited by~ size fairly well. I remain critical ofits limita­ $39.95, (612) 944-3915) tions, however-and I Card Shop by Artsci, Inc. (PO Box that of similar programs 1848, Burbank, CA 91507, list in terms of what and $29.95, (818) 985-2922) howthingscanbedone. I The Print. Shop by Broderbund I like and use Mac­ Software (17 Paul Drive, San Ra­ its Presents to Membership Draw II and Canvas2.0 fael, CA 94903, list $59.95, (800) to do most of my spe­ 527-6263 or (415) 492-3500 tbt loirtly folks ttutttrb cial "goodies." On the Top Honors other hand, Top Hon­ ors is relatively inex­ Now, a newer laser- rf!J.!11:.. pensiveandisveryeasy writer-oriented program ~ Q'D (Cancel] to use. (Remember has been developed by Top Honors when all Mac programs Springboard Software, were under $100, in­ Inc. (7808 Creekridge Circle, Minnea­ and only by those fonts available in stead of being "inexpensive"?) polis, MN 55435, (612) 944-3915). It is your LaserWriter. If you don't have access to a laser­ Top Honors, lists for $99.95, and the Note the limited three styles indi­ writer or similar printer this program is program's authors have a good cus- cated in the lower left hand comer of not for you. d this dialog box. You can then select a series of lo Seel Folded seals, Encapsulated Postscript D Eagle ~ Files (EPS) or MacPaint graphics. D Hands The program then slowly D Laurel cranks outits final certificate seen D Shield D Sterburst here in its preview mode (Figure D Sunrise 4). (I did not use a border around the Certificate.) ~ Format c:>MOM140 Top Honors does its job well. @Seel ( Eject ) OK The other specialized programs QEPS I( listed above focus on dot matrix QMec Paint ( Orlue ) -(--ce-nc~el.....,

70 Washington Apple Pl Joumal May1989 Macinations Teaching Medicine with HyperCard by Robb Wolov

Think of computers in the scientific HyperCard to the Rescue erate a list of references and abstracts workplace and of course the picture of After interviewing and examining a on the patient's particular problem. the engineer or physicist "number patient, the student then retires to a Mac Teaching the basic medical sciences crunching" comes to mind. We don't Clinical workstation, where a Hyper­ has also not escaped the effects of usuaIIy associate the physician with a Card stack, HypeRite Up, written in­ HyperCard. Cardiac physiofogycan be computer, except for office bookkeep­ house by Dr. Lee Glickman and Bill daunting to students. The heart is a ing and billing. Computers, as in al­ Stevens, prompts for the vital points of miraculous organ, but foIIowing the most every other area of endeavor, are the exam and history and creates an rapidly changing electrical surges as it very much changing the face of how organized output for presentation. If the beats, reflected by the electrocardio­ medicine is practiced and the way that student forgets a point, he or she is right gram (EKG), as well as the internal medicine is taught. As computerists in there on the floor to return to the bed­ pressure changes as it contracts and general and Macophiles in particular side. This stack functions like a set of relaxes, can be intimidating at first. (and possible future patients), I thought training wheels. After being repetitively Static diagrams in a textbook are not you would like a peek at how the stu­ "forced" to do things the correct way, it the best medium. dent doctors here at Georgetown Uni­ becomes second nature, and you no Doctors Lawrence Lilienfield and versity are being prepared for the use longer need the stack ... which is the Zhou Yimin of Georgetown Medical's of the computer in medicine using the whole idea. Department of Physiology and Bio­ Mac and HyperCard. In addition, the workstations are all physics have written a very slick stack It is no secret that many aspects of networked to the Dahlgren Medical whichshowsananimated, beatingheart the teaching of medicine go back with Library's mini/mainframe VAXsystem, synchronized with the changing EKG little change to the early part of this where such electronic databases as Mini­ orpressurecurves(Fig. 1). The student century. However, the knowledge base Medline from the National Library of can freeze frames and backtrack at will that must be mastered by today's phy­ Medicine can be accessed. A custom to clarify a point. It is the first time I sician is easily an order of magnitude HyperCard Home Card loads the com­ have seen the heart's physiology "dis­ greater than when these techniques munications program Red Ryder and sected." I am doing my residency train­ were first introduced. Educators needed handles all the stack switching. A stu: ing in Pathology at Georgetown and something better. dent can not only write up a case for have been involved in several projects At Georgetown University a num­ presentation "on rounds" but can gen- for the organization and teaching of pa- ber of experiments are beingconducted under a project called "Mac Clinical." We have numerous Mac II worksta­ B IRC server:Cordiology:UENT UOL tions with special software at nursing stations and ward conference rooms throughout the hospital for the use of medical students and house staff. I 1NDEH I One of the most basic skills for any Left Yentrlcubr Yolum• doctor in training is taking a patient's 200 medical history and doing a physical exam. Asking the correct questions in 150 the correct sequence can bring to light a ml subtle point. It is through the history 100 that a doctor collects the pieces to the puzzle that ultimately form the diag­ nosis. It is a skill that comes with time, practice, and repetition. 100 Most patients find it distracting for their doctor's mentor to be hovering mm Hg over the interviewer'sshoulder atthese 50 times. Also, it does not inspire confi­ dence for your ''Doc" to whip out crib (ANIMATION) (NEHT SECTION) ( notes while questioning you. Quit ) Figure 1 May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 71 less haphazard, yet more lucrative way. Mac Review The linear optimization (LO) technique helps you find the least costly way of doing things. Let me begin with some What's the Best Answer? examples where LP can help and tell by David Morganstein you why you may want to know about it. Then I'll move on to comparing the How do you make decisions that which work with a spreadsheet to solve two programs. have big dollar impacts on your budget an important mathematical problem, or pocketbook? Many people, whether one which may save your family or Linear Programming acting as business managers or as home business a lot of money. Anyone who has to make the choice owners, rely heavily on "gut feel," I was thinking of titling this review of allocating resources to a set of alter­ "years of experience" or "judgment". 'What's the Question?" since many natives, should know about LP. Not Unfortunately, these approaches often people are unfamiliar with the prob­ the mathematics behind it, only what it lead to the chagrined expression 'We lem these programs solve using a pro­ is for and when you should use it. Let's are losing $5 on every one we make, we cedure called '1inear optimization." I say you are a manufacturer. You can just hope to make it up in volume.. .." can practically feel the pages chatter make a number of i terns, each of which Are you willing to let your Mac assist with your trepidation at that phrase! uses a different amount of raw mate­ you in making these important choices Before you let that phrase frighten you rial. How do you decide how many by providing it with the relevant infor­ into turning to another article, let me items of each type you should make? mation and letting it compute it's way tell you that few business people real­ The answer should depend upon the to a preferred approach? What's Best ize how much money can be saved by costs of the various materials and the and The Best Answer are two programs making important, costly decisions in a profits you can make from each item.

Mac Inations

thology at both the student and resi­ dent levels. One of my own stacks, The Pathology Registry, organizes path subject headings and allows the stu­ dent to branch out to both text fields ~ and "visuals" (Fig. 2). The HyperCard Sirgical P~th Clinic~l Path C1Jtolo91J drivers for the currently popular laser disk players are in the public domain. @ Digitized high resolution images of ~ Q photomicrographs and electron micro­ Anatomic Path GVN P ~thol og\I graphs can be stored on laser disk and called up through a separate monitor t:t. ~ from the "card" that describes that Transfusion Med Neuro Pathology tumor. • ''Pa thMac" is a similar project being developed in conjunction with Geor­ Xt·r nical Questions: (415) 943-7667 Order­ hard disk' approach I am used to in the ~hodow Price *Y ing: (800) 888-7667. Price $99. Whars Mac world. Best!, General Optimization Inc., 2251 WB offers several useful features Figure 7. Best Answer Geneva Terrace, Chicago, IL. 60614- 9990. (312) 248-7300 .• not found in BA. It can handle certain Optimization Choice May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 75 know how your system is put together, Apple Ill Disketeria Notes these SOS.Driver files may be useful and can give you some ideas on how ~~-'. Basic GTO, device drivers, and a contrtbutions disk to build your own SOS.Driver file. Disk 1053 is our first Contribu­ 111~·:·. by David Ottalini tion Disk. Thisdiskcontains programs ;:::-:--.-.;:;::e:~ ;it.'@\f.. Ill SIG Co-Chairman and information from a number of ~§p.··?-~ 1$,f.f.:" ~ sources,mostof themmembersofour ~·~ We "Spring'' into May with three routines. Versions for all the various ill SIG. Robert Howe explains how to m~t=«ifil new disks this month! BB versions are included, as is com­ use Apple Speller to spell check ill EZ ~Ill To begin with, Disk 1051 is an­ plete documentation. Self-booting Pieces files; Tim Boquet's Population f,:==·.·1:."=. other in the l~ng list o~excell~nt Daryl side one. Bomb program is a little scary; Jim i:' ·. = Anderson disks. This one 1s called Disk 1052 is our compilation of Suthard offers a number of things, 1···-. ··:·, Basic G10, and it's a p~tial compiler device drivers for various Apple ill including his programs that automati­ i:~ .. :. i and assembler for Business BaSlc. It devices. This is a double-sided disk cally load ill EZ Pieces into a RAM -·~ will transl~te any BB program into a with individual drivers for many Disk. We've also included an interest­ ~:~······~ format which executes between 50% printers, hard disks, etc. You will need ing Mandelbrot program you'll en­ ~Ll·;;~···~i.:. and 500% faster. Typical applications the System Utility program's System joy. This disk is self-booting on side l.t~-} · might expect at least 75% perform­ Configuration Program to use these one. ~~~ ··.. . ance improvements (according to the drivers and incorporate them into Next month: Our III SIG Co-Chair­ t;;~ ~+...... ·, · documentation). your own SOS.Driver files. We've man Tom Bartkiewicz introduces one t-~; . The translated programs are lis­ included information on how to do of the most exciting programs we've ~ :i1··=·~ table and can be modified. They re­ that on this disk. Also provided are a ever offered: A Pascal version of our l ~. quire only the addition of one pro- number of SOS.Driver files already Menu.Maker that will knock your 1':··~~ gram line to include the speedup set up for you. While it's impossible to socksoff! s ,~. ------¥ The New Disks t-J MAC Disketeria We have34 BOOK disks this month: ~ \;i . . three Anti-Virus Utilities, 10 Desk tkl:{~=~:.:··i by David Weikert Accessories, four ImageWriter Fonts, ~::::;-. : ~l· ... seven Sounds, six System Utilities and four StackWare. Some of these are all Mac Expo Sp.ecials machine called w: :~!'8~~nderful new, and some are being reissued as ;f~:· .. -... ~~ This is a special month for the we continue to remove obsolete and l ~~''!' Mac Disketeria staff because of Mac New Disk Catalog redundant files. This month's submis­ ~~;::::= ·~~~. Expo,and we are happy to extend our Available sions are brought to you through the ~:- ~~W.:· Expo specials to all of you, whether or efforts of all the duplicators listed :" .. : =:d notyoustopbytoseeusatExpo.First, We have a.special Mac Expo edi­ under the masthead, Marty Milrod, · ·. amajoreffortonthepartofourvolun­ tion of the Mac Disk Catalog, current who handles the downloads, and the ~~·:: .. ;~ teer staff brings you the largest num­ through the disks released this month. assemblers and annotators cited in ~:.==_.: ~~,, ~ ber of new and revised disk series Because of the quantity printing for the following paragraphs.· '."·~·. · '. ever. Second, we have a revised cata­ Expo, we are able to offer the catalogs ~ ~ logthatisevenbiggerand.betterthan for a significantly lower price. Nor­ Anti-Virus Utilities ~~:::~i: ·~= j before-current with the disksavail­ mally, the catalogs are photo-copied, Series able at Expo. Last, but not least, we not printed. During the Expo special, i1ili.i~ I extracted the anti-virus utilities W-a=JfJ~ have special pricing for both disks the catalog is $1 at the office and ~~.·ii . 1 .. from the System Utilities series disks ~~~. '.@.: and catalogs, and the speoa pnong general meetings, or $2.50 by mail and created a new series, Mac Disks EH=ttj will remain in effect from the April including postage and handling. The ->~~. 1...- gh th #1.01 through #1.03 - Anti-Virus ~~MiW~1 meeting before Expo buou e catalog includes a list of disks and -··::-J-«&"'.*= Utilities. I consolidated the files from titles, a new introductory section, w.~~~~1 n:ialonthllodis~Mksay. Du~nedg the$3ExpoMspe- Disks #16.07A through #16.09A, 1 descriptions of files on all the disks, a ~~M~-t%1 c1 ,a arepnc at . n ay, removed earlier versions of current ~ili~-:::~;~~~l=·;!$·)~·~... dis k pnces· w1'll return t o therr · previ-· list of significant files on all disks utilities, and added some new pro­ ;i~~~~1l ous levels. Enjoy our specials and help sorted in alphabetical order by file =~~;~~=-:i::t:~ f 1 10- 1 grams and files. The first disk, #1.01, Mi~ -..iM us celebrate a success u pus name, and a similar list of files sorted .. is self booting (starting) from a Sys­ =~:lb ·~":;~ th fir fi 'th h alphabetically, first by file type and ~ll~·· ~i years~ e st ve spent w1 ! e tem Folder containing abbreviated ~~%}:f~i1 amazing Apple II and the last five then file name. ::-.{::~:f'«~~~ 76 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 System Software 6.0.3 and includes new files in his usual superb manner. ... : ·-.. ~ How to Read the essential files for detecting, eradi­ This new material from Bill has been ~ cating, and preventing virus attacks. MacDisketeria Descriptions added to the end of the series as Mac · ' The second and third disks contain • The folder information, where ap­ Disks #16.0SB and #16.06B. All of the only anti-virus utilities and are not propriate, precedes the listing of material on these two disks is new to self-booting. The material in the first program contents. the series, and most is new to the and second disks is mostly from disks • Folder jnformatjon js underlined. disketeria. While Mac Expo prices are #16.07A through #16.09A, with just a in effect, the series will cost you $18, few new files. Material on disk #1.03 • Program and file names are $6 for the last two. is mostly new, but oriented to pro­ printed In bold type. grammers as source code has been • Shareware Information Is More StackWare included in addition to the compiled printed In bold Italic type. David Condit has completed the applications. The price of the series is assembly and annotation of four new $9 for the three-disk set while the Mac disks for the HyperCard StackWare Boston II and Clairvaux Ill, and take a Expo prices are in effect. series, Mac Disks · #19.26 through look at Lachine if you like typewrlter­ #19.29. He was ably supported by like fonts. Whichever you favor, any Desk Accessories Series James R. Newton and David Kreis­ of these fonts will greatly enhance the Since the Desk Accessory series berg, who each annotated two disks. quality of the print provided by the had gone a long time with only the This disk series continues to grow ImageWriter. addition of new DAs and revisions to thanks to the efforts of David and his DAs already issued, it was also ripe More New Sounds crew of dedicated volunteers. If you for purging old and prior DAs. The know your stacks and would like to Seven new sounds disks, Mac result of this effort is the release of help test and annotate disks, give Disk #12.25 through #12.31, add to Disks #2.0lB through #2.lOB as a David a call at (703) 349-8752. this popular series. This is the last (for replacement for Disks#2.01A through a while) segment in the incremental #2.12A. The price for the 10-disk set is extension of the sound series being $30 until prices return to the nonnal DISK#1.01-AV 1 compiled and annotated by Dave $35 in June. ANTI-VIRUS UTILITIES Weikert and theSynertech Associates ReadMeFlrst: By Dave Weikert. This text file de- ImageWriter Fonts Series team of Ken Leonard, Kevin Nealon scribes the results of running Interferon 1.3, Virus and Mike Robinett We have contin­ Detedive 2.0, Virus RX 1.4a1 and some other I also just assembled a four-disk ued documentating this series as if virus detection programs on disks that have the set of ImageWriter Fonts (Mac Disks the sources of the sounds are answers WAP INIT file installed. #5.01 through #5.04) from fonts that Vaccine 1.0.1: By Don Brown, CE Software Sys­ to the Trivial Pursuit game, but we were previously on 400K Mac Disks tems. Intercepts any.suspicious attempts to modify need your help. Ifyou can add a refer­ #26,44,47,48.3, 93A,93B,97, 101, 110, applications and systems files and requests ence to those sounds that we could operator conf1m1ation of each change. This is a 113 and 146. These serially numbered not identify, or if you have a correc­ cdev type file, so copy It into your system folder disks have now been removed from tion, send a note to the office, Atten­ and access It through the Control Panel (under . the disketeria. The only new fonts in the 9 menu). Setup instructions are provided I . tion: Mac Disketeria. Let us know your this collection are updated versions of when you select Vaccine from within the Control ~~· :·:: name and W AP membership num­ Panel. The space in front of the file name places ' the "superfonts" Clairvaux and Palen­ ber. We are looking for the performer It at the head of the list of cdevs so that Its cia. This reissue will benefit new nameand the event (movie, TV show, associated INIT resource is loaded before any members and members who don't other at boot time. . song title, album title, etc.) and will now have these forts. We will be add­ Intro to Viruses: By Robert I. Wright. A HyperCard · ·= revise the catalog notes with this in­ ing to this series in the future for those stack that describes the prevention, detedion and formation as the opportunity arises. eradication of viruses. The content is good but .. of you who already have our other The last set of sound disks is available some of the descriptions are somewhat dated In . fonts. Price for the four-disk set is $12 at a special price of $21 for the seven terms of what virus strains they prevent, detect or ~- ·· · . while the Mac Expo prices last. disks. eradicate. ~~· ~ · Note that this series contains the Repair 1.5: By Steve Bracher. This appfication · "superfonts" Beverly Hills, Boston II, repairsfileslnfededwiththenVIR virus. You must System Utilities Series first determine ff a file is infected using a virus · Clairvaux III and Palencia. The Beverly detedion utirrty such as Virus Rx version 1.3 or · . Hills and Palencia fonts in this series We have reorganized and reis­ later (this disk has ver 1.4a2). ~-f:i.. are so good that you'll have trouble sued the System Utilities series, Mac Virus Encyclopedia: By Henry C. Schmitt. This [lf ~ ... w. believing you're looking at output Disks #16.0lB through #16.06B. Ob­ HyperCard stack is an excellent tutorial on the ·, · · .. from a dot-matrix printer! For those solete and early versions of current different types of viruses, what they do and most ··5 who can't afford a LaserWritcr but files were removed, and the remain­ of the Anti-Virus Utilities useful to combat them. : ··... Virus encydopedia covers virus prevention, de- :-x. · ::::: need printouts with a professional ing utilities were consolidated in the tection and removal and repair of viral infected :~~" . . appearance, these fonts are a "must first four disks. In spite of travel and applications and other files. This stack covers the ~ . ·· .. : buy," in our opinion. While you're at major real estate transactions, Wil­ •Peace: "Scores: "nVIR: •oukakis; and ·1N1T it, try the the other two "superfonts," liam Jones tested and annotated the 29" viruses. It is also an excellent stack in it's own May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 77 selected drive for fdes infected with the ·scores• OujclsScoresl DA f: QulckScores! DA: By An­ ,., Yi~~;tBx 1 4a2 f: Virus Rx 1.4a2: By Apple Com­ virus and permits you to repair the infected file or thony M. Tuorto. This DA provides a fast and ~~.l~=··d~ puter, Inc. Scans selected drives or folders for any skip over it. See the brief Ferret 1.1 docs for how efficient way to check the current operating sys­ ~W ::@ damaged applications, INIT, cdev and RDEV to dolt. tem file for the SCORES virus. QuickScoresl ~..... %!!J1 fHes, invis.ible. files, altered system files. and al- GateKeeper f M .1)' GateKeeper. By Chris examines only the system file for the virus be­ 11 :· J;~ tered apphcat1ons. Creates atext file that includes Johnson. This cdev is placed in your system cause SCORES always attacks the system file 1! =.... · an analysis of what It has found. The Teach Text folder and is then accessible via the control Panel first, after invading any disk. QulckScoresl Docs ;m document Virus Rx 1.4a2 Release Notes de- after booting. It monitors the types of action that is the documentation. 1*~~ scribes what Virus Rx does and provides some viruses take and limits the system response to BWatcher f M .m: RWatcher: By John Norstad. 11·1·~.~~~ useful g~idance forreducingyour risk of exposure prevent infection. GateKeeper creates a log file This is avirus detection INITfor protection against m: ~~:: to any virus. for later analysis and diagnosis of virus attacks. A Scores and nVIR. RWatcher was written for non­ 11···z;~i YirusPeteclive™ f IV2.2l: Virus DetectlveTM: By desaiption program description and help in­ MPW programmers needing limtted virus proteo­ j}i. ~f1 Jeffrey S. Shulman. This Desk Accessory scans formation is found by dicking the question mark tion but not wilfing to use Vaccine because Vac­ l;:;l~1J·.-{~;~ a disk, folder or file to detect a virus. It includes a when the cdev is selected at the control panel. cine complains whenever an attempt is made to il .:: "=~i capabifity to search for operator entered strings GateKeeper Release Notes and Gate· create aCODE resource. User Docdescrbesthe ~}=:.. ; =·=~~~ and to write a I~. file to disk. !his ve~ion has KeeperNotes.txt describe the privileges needed program and Its operation. Notes describes re­ f;.~m extended capabtlit1es over version preV1ous ver­ by selected applications. sults of testing RWatcher against Scores and two j .. ::.. ..J~ sionsandpermltsyoutoeasHycheckoutanentire Interferon 1y31m f· Interferon: By Robert J. differentstrainsofnVIR.RUSTemplate,RWatch· Hli'..... ;~B floppy disk library. VD Doc (MacWrlte) is the Woodhead. Scans all on line or selected volumes er.a, and Showlnlta are a ResEdlt template and ~l.... '.::Ji;~ terse but comprehensive documentation on the forfiles with any of anumber of known and generic . source code provided for the programmer. l~!.~:· ;j~ theory and use of Virus Detective. Sharsware- virus characteristics. An eradicate option per­ Sniffer f M .Qbl l: Sniffer: Scans selected drives or tM M§ $20, for license, $25 for license and disk with forms a simHar scan but attempts to delete in­ folders for any !NIT files and creates a text file of w...... ~l~~ other demo programs. fected files. The Interferon (READ ME) docu­ what It has found. Sniffer Docs describes what ~J ::~;~~~ Svstem 6 o3 t · Includes Apple System Software mentation is necessary to understand the results Sniffer does and how to interpret the text file. W'"'·'"==~I; version 6.0.3wlth System, Finder and associated of the scan. Shareware - free, but contribu­ Vaxene: By Anon. This file is included more for the m1:·f:l~l system files to provide a self starting disk. The tions to the Vision Fund are so/lclted. following starting screen apology than for any real ~h=·i=;;.=~i~~ System has been stripped of most fonts and DAs KmScores f: KlllScores: By anon. Scans a se­ contribution to furthering the state-of-the-art of *?~~ ;m;l and the DA Virus Detective has been installed for lected drive for any files infected with the •Scores• ·scoRES" virus detection. t@Ll~~i your convenience in using this a your primary test virus, automatically removes "Scores• and then VlruST AK: By Joe Zobkin. This is another tutorial repairs the infected program. on the spread and control of viruses. It is very The Scores Virus: by Howard Upchurch. This good but It does not have the quality or quantity of DISK #1.02-AV 2 documentation provides an excellent description information of Virus Encydopedia. ViruSTAK ANTI-VIRUS UTILITIES of the •Scores" virus and Its operation and the covers the Scores and nVIR viruses and six of the steps necessary to eradicate it using ResEdit or anti-virus utillties. ReadMeFlrst: By Dave Weikert. This text file de­ KillScores. scribes the results of running Interferon 1.3, Virus New Virus Info: This download from MacNet DISK #1.03-AV 3 Detective 2.0, Virus RX 1.4a1 and some other descnbes a newer strain of nVIR (INIT 29) and Its ANTI-VIRUS UTILITIES ;r:~b::::::~~~ Virus detection programs on disks that have the characteristics. This is particularly useful for l .. WAP INIT file installed. modifying anti-virus utility programs that support ReadMeFlrst: By Dave Weikert. This text file de­ ®WJ~~~~~ AGA8..t ~GAR: By Bill Krim!"el. T~~s very sm.all user input search characteristics. scribes the results of running Interferon 1.3, Virus if:@}M program JUst sits on your disk waiting to be m- nYIBAssassin f· Assassin: By PeteGontier. Scans Detective 2.0, Virus RX 1.4a1 and some other ~llliM~@ fected. Check It from time to time to see if It has virus detection programs on disks that have the :::::.::·:;.~:::===~~>. • • • volumes for the nVIR virus and destroys It. nVIR lilt@~~ been modified by a Virus. AGAR Picture 1s a Assassin docs (TEXT) descnbes what Assassin WAP INIT file installed. ~U}~~M~l~ MacPaint document of the program listing. See does and nVIR description tens you about the Security flatrol t Security Patrol: By Steve ~~~~~:j~~l~i~ the AGAR Doc for Bill's offer to disassemble any technical characteristics of the nVIR virus. Be Seaquist. Anti-Virus applications and source code ij~~l~l=JlH virus and report on It's action and removal tech- forewarned, if you have Smart Alarms installed in from Washington Apple Pi's own ace program­ ~~]m~~~~ niques. . . • . your System {which has an /NIT 32 resource) it mer. Source code is provided for two different ~M.W.~ml AntlPan 1.1: By Michael Hamel. This appltcation will be eradicated also because nVIR Assassin compilers, TML Pascal I (.pas suffix) and TML ~~ij@Ul finds and removes the nVIR and Hpat viruses thinks that all /NIT 32s are nVIR resources. Other Pascal II (.psuffix). Thismaterialwasthebasis for ~~~~~~&M~I~~ fr~m infected disks. It also in.stalls an nVIR immu- programs may also install /NIT 32s in the System; the February 1989 MacTutor article and we were­ ~m~mU~m; mty feature to the System file (unless the target make backups first since nVIR Assassin does not n't permitted to distribute It earlier because of ~l~tilfi1~@ disk is locked) witho~t B:Sking ~~t. ~his would not ask before destroying what it believes to be an Steve's agreement with MacTutor. ;~;rn~w~;i ~ our preferred ant1-v1rus .utility smce we doni infecting resource. VChecls f: VCheck: By Albert Lunde. Detects Mmm;; like ~rograms that r:ness with. my System file or nVIR Vaccination: By Anon. Examines one se­ software viruses by checking for changes in the lMf@~m modify other files Without asking. lected file at a time for the nVIR virus and eradi­ contents of the active system folder, the boot l@fil@H AnUViral 1.0 t AntlVlral 1.0: By Chris Klugewicz. cates It. blocks and all appllcations on connected volumes. mili~MM~ An application to help prevent your computer readme describes the program and Its change How to Read history. VCheck.p is the source code. flllllli1 ~:~~:r!r~h~ :~:f=~i:!~r~:=~nyo~ Virus Qocs f· 5110 Dealing with Viruses, ANTI M!~~~M when applications change size between one run MacDisketeria Descriptions Report, ANTl.TXT, new Virus Info, Vfral Re­ ~4WM~~~ of AntiViral and the next. AntlViral 1.0 Doc (MW sources and Viruses by Apple: Six recent docu­ , ...... ,. .... ,<-.. 45)' th d . dS I AntlVI I • The folder information, where ap­ ~m~m;m . 1s e ocumentat1on an amp e ra mentsthat contain useful technical information on l1]ff~l%l List is an associated file. Shareware· $10. propriate, precedes the listing of viruses and their propagation and prevention. ~~m~ml Disjofectant t M m· Disinfectant: By John Nor­ program contents. ml~~m~~~ stad. Detects and repairs files infected by all of the • Folder information js underlined. DISK #5.01 - IW 1 U%@M currently known viruses including nVIR, AIDS, IMAGEWRITER FONTS Mwm@ INIT 29, ANTI and MacMag (Peace). Like Virus • Program and fife names are ~M~Ml~ Detective It operates under your control and can printed In bold type. Agua Mundo Font f: Agua Mundo.font: The au­ ~Mi~~@l scan a su~ssion of floppy disks create a log file thors describe this one as a •casual, fun font•. tt's ~M~~lmll of the results. · • Shareware Information Is available in 12 and 14 points. Agua Mundo.doc ~W~lilimll Ferret 1 1 f · Ferret 1.1: By Larry Nedry. Scans a printed In bold Italic type. contains three pages of MacWrite documentation. ::::-:.:-:·.·:·:-:-:::::- 78 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Shareware- $10. San Francisco Ajagged font that•s good for writing a two-page Word document that describes the r·-=y:-:-==:',=·~ Algebra f ·Algebra Afont which allows you to easily kidnap or blackmail notes. Now you can write BIG Bike foot. Key Test is a MacWrite document that ti .~=: write out mathematical equations. AlgBlurb are notes with fonts of 18 and 36 points. shows the Bike font symbols. Shareware - $15 ml./'J~ the MacPaint format instrudions for Algebra. Slllcon Beach A somewhat thick, sans serif font in ($50 for Postscript version). ~i= =t~ ~This set includes 24 different typefaces. 12, 24. and 48 points. Boston II f: Bostonll: Simply one of the best word ft.::.,-::::~~1 Each typeface comes in two or more sizes, rang­ Sri Lanka (Kendall) This one comes in 9, 10, 12, processing fonts available for the lmageWrlter i{ =J* ing from 9-point to 80-point. AO of the fonts are 14, 18, 20. 24. and 28 points. printer •• Font sets are available for New York, 1:-JI designed for the lmageWrfter I & II printers. A Swan Song This one has a cursive look, available MacWrite and Word. READ ME FIRST! tells how '1i:tJ couple of the fonts generate special graphic in 12. 24, and 48 points. to install the font and print the ~ual. To under- !ai~ symbols in place of letters, but most of the fonts Uncial A Celtic font, in 18 and 36 points. stand aDlhat Boslonllcando,pnntoutlhemanual are variations on the Athens, Courier, Helvetica in high quality after having installed one of these w Author: By Joseph W. Miller,.one of our own f ~ @i and Times fonts provided by Apple. A primary Washington Apple Pi members. This plain type­ fonts. ManuaJ/512K is the very comprehensive ~~~,=·l:~ benefit provided many of the fonts in the latter writer-style font for the lmageWriter was created MacW~e manu.al for ~12K and later M~ The ii l~ category is the provision of larger sizes, which because of the lack of afont for the Macintosh that RAM disk mention~ mthe document~t1on has ira·=·~~·~tl allows better high-quality printing with the looked like a familiar typeface. In Joe•s words, •1t been removed as it does not work with most ;:~§:·. ·w~; lmageWriter. Shareware - $15 "reglstraUon has the virtue of being peculiar In no particular Macs. If you want to use a RAM disk, see RAM i\ ·:=<::f.~ fee" for any or all of the Apollo fonts. way: With a very limited number of optional Disk + in the System Utilities series. tli~* Manual Double-click on this icon to read the in­ charaders, Author takes less space in your Sys­ Brallle: Abraille font available in sizes cf 12 and 24 i-=·=··~-:~~t structions and background information on the tem file than other fonts. For example. Author 12- points. ~1l=~.·.·M Apollo family of fonts. point requires 2382 bytes, compared to 2892 Chicago 9: Th~ Chicago t)'P9face that co~es ~h ~;'.l.. ,::'.··~'.~ Aboutlachlne Double-click on this icon to read the bytes for Geneva and 3864 for Boston. the Mac, available ~ere ma ~m~ler 9-pomt size. ~.::I instructions and background information on the Beehive: The title is descriptive. This one•s avail- Clrth48: A large font m48 point size. ~~~~ ~~:m Lachine iypewriter look-alike• fonts. Shareware able In 24 point. Crete: It's all Greek to me On 9and12 point). ~r.:····:~::l~~ - $5 for the Lachlne fonts or $15 for tho D~StlJI: T~e first patchwork quilt font that I've seen ~f: .~;~~~~~ Lachlne fonts together with the Apollo fonts. DISK #5.02 - IW 2 (m 24 point). :~:::='······<·:@: Apple I This font '"bag• contains 18 and 36 point IMAGEWRITER FONTS EIVlsh12: A foreign font in 12 point. 11:·=~~ sizes of an attractive typeface similar to Athens faotastel f:Fantaste!: Fantastelisasetoffantasy t=~-~~*l but with some attractive variations in detailing. ASL•Eonts f: ASL•Fonts: By Richard L. Smith. The related pidures. Info Doc.isaMacWrite American Sign Language Alphabet in font form F~taste fi@1m~ Athens This font "bag• contains 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, document describing the Fantastel font and the ~1?~.. ==m and 72 point sizes of the Athens font provided on (five sizes (14, 18,24,36 & 48 point)). cond'ttions for Its use. The Fantaste! Key MacPaint ASLDocumentation includes a discussion of il li the Mac System Tools disk. document shows the keyboard mapping for the ~[. ::. ·u fingerspelling and how fonts were made. Ban· :::-:-:-·~f~~ Boxle A sans serif font that looks like Its name Fan tas te 11 ett ers. :;:;:; .~;~===~ sounds, in 1O and 20 points. nerS is a BASIC Program (requires MS BASIC) Giants 18: A headline-type 3-D font. ~l~l =~~ for Learning to Read Ftngerspellings. Courier The same font you get on the System Tools Ham: A modem-looking font in 14 point. j.~-. ~:J1 Beneventana f: Scrlptura Beneventana: The disk. but in 20 and 28 points. Icons 24: This font is labeled Geneva-24 in the ~lJ:li Drawing A graphics font that draws lines and Beneventana font, 12 and 24 points, is based on Font/DA Mover. but It's really a set of familiar Mac *W&Th the manuscript hand used by the monks of Monte ' ch th h th • h f ·.<-,..,,~'*-··~···' boxes,availablein9, 10, 12, 14, 18,20,24,28,36, icons, su as e tras can, e pnnter, t e ont ~i1%i 40, 48, 56, 72. 80 points. Cassino In the 10th-12th centuries and is most suitcase, and the warning-box face. This font may ~$*00~~ Ellesmere A tall, thin, sans serif font. in 10. 12, 14. useful for typing Latin. Beneventana.doc is ~ be best suited for practical jokes on unsuspecting ~~~m@ 20, 24, and 28 points. MacWrlte document which describes the Mac users ~ ':·»-~· ~*~ GavarnieAthin,sansseriffont,inslzesof9.10.12, Beneventana font. Practice your Latin translation on parts of this one I 18. 20, 24, and 36 points. DISK < Bevertv Hills f: Beverly Hiils: One of the •super• #5 ..03 - IW 3 1 Geneva The font you know and love on the Mac, IMAGEWRITER FONTS ~- ' now in sizes of 28 and 36 points. Shareware - fonts•. An outstanding business font for the :-.· ~ $15 "registration tee" for any or all ol the lmageWrlterprinter.ltisavallableinsizesof9, 10, Bruce R. Gilson f· BRG Fonts Ust: A one-page ~jj -~ Apollo family of fonts. 12, 14, 18, 20, 24. 28. 36, and 48 points. Not only MacWrite document descnbing the fonts in the ft.tlift Greenbay A very thick. sans serH font, available in doesltlookgoodinthestandard12-pointslze,but Bruce R. Gilson f. ~!,i?. sizes of 18 and 36 points. It also prints very well-formed characters in the Font Fiie A: You'U find some nice specialty fonts [it,JJ.1 Greg's Czech A thin font in 12 and 24 points. larger '"headline• type sizes such as 18 points. named after cities and neighborhoods in our own W.S•i Herford Similar to Courier and Times, In sizes of 9, Like Palencia, Beverly Hills prints real fractions Washington area. Alexandria, in 18 point size ~M~f~ftl and other special characters. Also available is the only, is a slightly improved Palo Alto font. Be- W~~~im 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 24. and 28 points. • 12 • t • f t Ith • «·X~'.·>w.·.•.• Hood River A horizontally compressed, sans serif separate Beverly Hills Large typeface, in 36 and th esd a, tn pom , IS a on °!' ~weeping curves m1w~~l~~ font in 12 and 24 points. 72 points, which can be used within MacPaint or on the upstrokes. Dupont Circle, m12, 14, and 24 ~~j~Mi*~ Kendall A somewhat thicker, sans serif font in 12 MacDraw. Read This First! is the MacWrite file points, is a stylish Broadway-looking font. Geor- ~~D~W and 24 points. that contains the shareware notice and instruc­ getown, in 12 and 24 points, is a font with extra ii@~@ Lachino A '1ypewriter look-alike font for the tions for printing the rest of the documentation. llttle flourishes on the ends of the strokes. Silver ~1=]11~ lmageWrlter I & 11.· available in 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, The BH Disc Configure MacWrite document Spring, in 12 ~d 18 ~int~. is a circu!ar font. w~MW 20. 24, and 28 points. provides he~ful instructions for instalfing the Takoma Park, m 12 point, as a decorative font. ~IW:i MacSymbols Instead of letters, you get graphics, Beverly Hills fonts in your System file. Using Washington, in 9, 10, 12. and 18 points, is a tW..J.®i Beverly Hiiis MacWrite document provides de­ uare-comer font ~~::::?.:::::::: such as a close box, a pointer, a question mark, sq . :::~·:.:..:.·~~:::::: and Mac buttons. tailed information on the Beverly Hills fonts. Font Fiie B: More specialty fonts. all wfth descrip- ~~~ :m Madeira Another Courier-type font in sizes of 9, 1o, Shareware - $10. tive names. Angular comes in 12, 14. 18, and 24 ir:t::::d~~ 12, 14, 18, 20. 24. and 28 points. Bjke Foot f· Bike Font: By Daniel C. Adkins, a points. Bamboo comes in 36 point. Bold Scr1>t ~~4*~ Manteca A thick font with a slightly stenciled look, member of the Washington Apple Pi. If you're a comes in 14 point. Crescent Moon comes in 18 {:eyf~j1 . t M wh'ch ho M cod be th ~--~-:·>>=·=·=<- available in 18, 24, 36, and 48 points. dedicated bicycle hobbyist who makes bicycle pom . orse, 1. s ~ ors~ . e . ~ea IDt{{~m Norwood (Square Serif) A thick font that's thicker cue sheets or route descriptions, this is the font the letters, comes m14potnt. Opt1m1zer, s1mdarto ~Mf~~@::1:~ at the bottom of the charaders, in 24 and 48 you've been waiting for. The option keys produce the standard Optima printer-s font, comes in 12. mMt*jl points. special route symbols. Available here in 12and14 14, and 18 points. ~jNf?:~ll~~~~1 Obllqe An attractive font with more diagonal lines in points, the "full implementation• Is available as Font File C: A variety of Hebrew fonts. Jerusalem, lW~Mm the rounded parts of the characters, available in shareware. The font Is also available in a Laser­ a relatively standard font, comes in 1o, 12, 14. 18, %~m~~~11 Writer/Postscript version. Shareware ReadMe is and 24 points. HaHa, a stylized font, comes in 9, jN~~~m~ sizes of 9, 12, 18, 24, and 36 points. ~==~~:~~=~~==~~ May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 79 10, 12, 14,and 18points. TelAviv,aroundedfont, 14, and 18 point. fluids. •by the ador playing Col Jack D. Ripper in comes in 12, 14, 18, 24, 28, and 36 points. Eilat, Music Instr. is a one-page MacWrite file that the movie Dr. Strangelove. a script font, is available in 12, 14, 18, and 20 provides a key for using the Music fonts. PuL.the Candle ... Back!: •put - the candle - points. MysUc Bold 14: A stylish, modem-looking font backrby Gene Wilder in the movie Young Frank­ Font File D: Contains the Delancey Street font, In suitable for headlines (in 14 point). . enstein. 12 and 18 points. The author describes this one Neon: Make your own neon signs in 18 point! (I like Quayle V. Bentsen: •/have as much experience in as a •pseudo-Hebrew• font-ordinary letters in this one.) the congress as Jack Kennedy did when he Hebrew style. Old English: Contains Codex, Exeter, and York sought the presidency. I will be prepared to deal Clairvaux f ly, l!D: Clalrvaux: One of the four fonts. Codex, (14-point size,) is a series of boxes with the people in the Bush administration if that "superfonts•. Available in sizes of 9, 10, 12, 14, andolhergraphicaJcharacters.Exeter,(14points,) unfortunate event would ever occur. Senator 18, 20, 24, 28, 36, 40, 48 and 72 points, Clairvaux is an Old English type of font which is somewhat Bentsen. Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I is a proportionately spaced, variable-width font hard to read. York, (12 and 24 points) is a more knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend with straight serifs and dense and angled letters. traditional serff typeface. of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy. That It blends elements from Palatino and Post Medie­ was really uncalled for, senator.• from the vice val Light and is designed to be both styllsh and DISK #5.04 - IW 4 presidential debates between Senators Dan legible. Clairvaux Includes many special charac­ IMAGEWRITER FONTS Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen. ters, including mathematical symbols and fr~ Quit Job At Bakery: "You know I quit my job at that tions. Clairvaux Caps, which is available in 14, 18, International Fonts f· lnternaUonal Fonts: This bakety. Why? Oh, I got sick of the dough and 24, 28, 36, and 48 points, includes only capital font file contains four sets of fonts suitable for thought I'd go on the /oat Slap. Ohf by Curly in letters and is designed for creating large initial typing foreign languages. International Roman one of the Three Stooges movies. letters to delineate sedions of a document. allows you to type in more than 100 languages. RadSound: •... Welcome to Macintosh, the com­ Docs.McWrt is an excellent MacWrlte document International Greek enables typing in ancient and puter for the best of us . •.. •is presented without that describes the Clairvaux font in words and modem Greek. International Cyrillic enables typ­ comment. pidures. For proper spacing, install Clairvaux In ing in more than a dozen languages that use that Ready?: •Ready? Ready. •could be by ET from the your System before printing the manual. Text script. lntemational Phonetic enables typing In movie ET. Introduction is the instructions. ShareWBl8 - phonemic or phonetictransaiptions of nearly any RealMonkay: From the depths of the jungle comes $10. language. Shareware - $20 for one to three this real monkey sound. forejgn fonts t foreign fonts: This font file con­ Macintoshes; $60 for four to eight Macin­ tains three fonts suitable for typing foreign lan­ toshes. DISK #12.26 - 26 Instruction manuals f: This folder contains four s guages. Foreign (in 9 and 12 point) allows you to SoUNDS type any foreign language that uses the Roman MacWrlte documentation files for the four font Alphabet charaders. It is otherwise indistinguish­ sets listed above. Make sure you install the fonts Red Alert/11: •Red alert/ Red alert/ Red A/ertr able from Geneva. Monaco (in 9 point) is modified In your System file before you print the manuals; couldn, be identified by our crew. in the exact same fashion that Geneva was used otherwise, much of the documents will be unread­ Regrets to Inform you: •Defense Department to create Foreign. The author created it because able. regrets to inform you that your sons are dead he needed the foreign character set for Polish and Mac!nHebrew t Hebrew Font By Joseph Wein­ because they were stupid. •may be by one of the Hungarian texts. MyCyrillic (in 12 point) is also stein. This is the font containing Hebrew script. characters in the movie Top Gun?. based on Geneva and permits typing of all Cyrillic Hebrew DA aUows you to set up the keyboard so Remind Me To Kiii You Later: •Remind me to kill alphabets, Including special characters needed you can do things like type from right to left and you later.• by Mo of the Three Stooges in one of by Macedonian and Bulgarian and obsolete ones reconfigure the keyboard. Hebrew.Doc is the any of a number of their movies. used in "Old Church• Russian. (Honestly, folks, I MacWrite documentation for MaclnHebrew and B.ingQ,.t,By Eric Trueheart. HI From Ringo! "Hello, don't have an everyday need for this sort of stuff, isquttedated. Shareware-$25donatlon to MIT this is a big hi from youts truly, Ringo Starr.• and so I cani claim to have given it a test drive. I'm Hiiiei Foundation would be appreciated. I've Been Cut Off! ·rve been cut off. Have you. taking the author's word for most of this stuff.) Palencia 2.3: By Andrew Welch. One of the I've been cut off to -.·both by Ringo Star. Foreign Font Doc. is a MacWrlte document that "Superf onts•. A very high quality typeface that Gulltware Info asks for a contnbution. descnbes the Foreign Fonts. produces beautiful print on the lmageWriter. To RoboCop f: All of the following are from the movie Japanese: AJapanese character set! get started with Palencia. double-click on the RoboCop. Korean f: Hangul 3.01: This font suitcase contains Palencia V2.3 suitcase icon. You can read or print Desperate man/11. "I'm a desperate man. And two Korean fonts. Hangul comes in 12 and 14 the excellent manual in Palencia typeface without second, I want some fresh coffee. "by the actor(?) having to install the font in your System file. Note playing the berserk city official. points. Hangu~key comes in 12 points. Experi­ mentation indicates that you only get Korean that the adual Palencia fonts, which are available misc. robot sounds/11 includes various actuator charaders when you press the Option key Read insizesof9, 10, 12, 14, 18,20,24,28,36,and48 motor sounds. Me In Hangul 3.12 requires that you know Ko­ points, are not aecessble to the Font/DA Mover robot enters/11 are additional actuator motor rean. until they have been •extracted9 by means of the sounds. LED 24: Looks like your digital watch (in 24 point). Extract command under the Ale menu. Share­ Thank you for cooperatlon/11 "Thank you for Llneal12, 18: A script font in 12 and 18 points. ware-$12. your cooperation. Goodnight. •by RoboCop him­ McC!oud f: Mccloud 36: Letters that look like Stiletto.fnt Looks sinister (and well done!), in 14 self. clouds-another prize for creativity on the Mac! point. You have 20 seconds/11. "Please put down your Good for typing up your dreams. McCloud.doc is Tallesln 9,12,18,24: A graphical font wtth four · weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply. •is the a MacWrite file that descnbes McCloud and the different sets of symbols in four sizes. sound of ED 209 the robot. conditions for its use. Tokyo24: lsthiswhatthestreetlightsinTokyolook Sallor man whlsUe: This is more like the sound of Milan 24: A sharp looking headline font. like? (Only seems to work in capftal letters.) a sweet potato than a bosun's pipe but it's defi­ Munich f: Munlch36: Thisonewouldmakeagood Y·Bllnd 12: Letters hidden behind venetian blinds. nitely Pop-Eye. typeface for writing letters from your castle on the This author gets the prize for originality. You get Say Goodbye, Data: •say goodbye data/Goodbye Rhine. The capital letters are particularly fancy. the prize for figuring out what to use It for. data.• by the character Wesley Crusher from the Vienna 18: A tall, straight font in 18 points. TV show Star Trek, the next generation. l:filirn~$i:i:i:l Munich Font Sample is a MacPaint document that allows you to preview the Munich font. Zodiac: This one displays the signs of the zodiac. ~Captain, We're Losing Power: •captain, ~ll~~~!M we're losing power in the warp engines.• and ~~~f:}(illlll ~ Music. 24: Use this font to write music DISK #12.25 - 25 Don't Do It, captain: •Don! do it, Captain. "both ~~~@ notes m24 point. . . • s Music 9, 10, 14, 18: Write music notes m9, 10. SoUNDS by James Doohan, 'Scotty' in the TV series Star ~jkfilk; Trek, §l~l~tl~ Precious bodily fluids: •Afl of our precious bod11y 80 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Scream: "Owrmayposstbly be James Brown from New Generation. ~:·r·:::«·~ the song I Feel Good. How to Read Ya Durn Dude: -y-u darn •by the cartoon MacDisketeria Descriptions ~ude. ·~ Singing Prince: ·rd rather just... Stop that. Stop char~der Yosemtte Sam in any of a number of ki·t···~~1~ that. You're not going to doa song while I'm here: • The folder information, where ap­ movie cartoons. 1:1· :l~l~l may be by John Clease of Monty Python in the Yahool/scrunched: Slim Plckin~ in his las~ mo- J ,,~.. ~W,~ movie The Holy Grail. propriate, precedes the listing of ments of glory atop the bomb m the movte Dr. W.~ ' l~ ~ ..·.-=t program contents. Strang lo ve. ~f~W& DISK #12.27 - S 27 • Folder jnforrnatjon js underlined. Yes Master: ~es, master:couldbe ~arty Feldman (•*l SoUNDS from the movte Young Frankenstem. tt~·· ·,.::~·· • Program and file names are Yes{No No, Yes. yes/no these reverb sounds Sound of Music: "The hills are alive with the sound t 'I·.;~~1~ might be useful to somebody. ij :: ~=~ of music ... •by Julie Andrews from the song and printed In bold type. rar"·=~m movie Sound of Music. • Shareware Information Is DISK #12.31 - 31 ~& I~i Southern Comfort 'What do you all say the name printed In bold Italic type. s 1 of this cake was. Southern Comfort. Yes mam. It SoUNDS ?~-jf tastes like southern comforter.• oouldni be iden­ Y~ee tie one on: "Yippie, tie one on. "was the only l~l tified. senator. "by Dan Quayle from the vice presiden­ real stumper on this disk. iJi~l~ Space ShutUe Leaving: "Captain Spock, Captain tial debate with Senator Uoyd Bentsen. Youcan'talwaysget: -Youcan~alwaysgetwhat lllW Spock, Space shuttle leaving in fifteen minutes.• We can klll It: •ifit bleeds, we can kiH it. •is another you want.• by Mick Jagger from the song of the ~1-~···....:l1 may be from Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan. exercise left to the student of sounds trivia. same name. ::~ ..,.@ Stay tuned to Big Time: •Just stay tuned to big You haven't got f: You haven't got (long): ~.~l-...~ ... ~~j~ time, more later ... ~could be Max headroom? DISK #12.29 - s 29 •Maybe I can help. You haven1 got a prayer. i.Jll im Martjn f: By Eric Trueheart. Excuuuuuse Steve SoUNDS ... (music, crash, scream) ... Freddie.• and You ~if· l~~¥.j Mel •Excuuuuse mer and Criticize Things ... haven't got (short): -You haven1 got a prayer.• ll "'@ "Criticize things you don1 know about.• and Go Want this Machine Off: 'We want this machine off from one of the many Freddie movies. f:~ ... ~:~~1* and we want it off now. We demand that you get Into a Closet "Go into a closet and suck eggsr Youscrewup: "Youscrewupjustthismuch,you11 ~1:~·= X are all Steve Martin sounds but we're not sure rid of it.• by the philosophers from the PBS show be flying a cargo plane fuO of rubber dog-out of ~:: ·: ~j~ from what. Read Me Please is the Gulitware Hltchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Hong Kong." by the ador (?) playing the com- f}.~,-~1::;~ request. We are Philosophers: 'We are philosophers. But mander in the movie Top Gun. ~[1 JM we may not be. Yes we are.• the philosophers Swaggart: •1 have sinned against your by another You sllly sod! (HGrall): •You silly sodf by Monty ~r..... ·' ·W~ of our role model Tele-evangelists. from the PBS show Hltchhiker's Guide to the Python from the Holy Grail. # ·m Sybil's laugh: "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha .•• • was an Galaxy. You Ut(HG): -Youtitrismore Monty Python from i::-~ .J~ unknown. We're All Bozos: -You know, I think, ah, we're all the Holy Grail. ~~~ :.. , Take me to bed: "Take me to bed or loose me bozos on this bus. Beep/ Beep/. •by the Fireside You're no JFK!: •senator, yo~'re no J~ck Ke~ ~k~~~~11 forever. Show me the way home, honey. •by the Theatre Troupe. nedy. •by Senator Bentson dunng the vtce pres1- ~mi::::::~: charaders Goose and his wife from the movie Welcome t Welcome: 'Welcome to the future ... • dential debates. MfmM Top Gun. and Welcome to the Future: •Hello, hello. We're Your Idea of fun: •1s this your idea of fun?"by the ~~mUl1 Thank u v much: "Thank you very muchrwas a glad you made it. Welcome to the future ... •are the charader Goose in the movie Top Gun. W~l~mjjj puzzle. short and long versions from I think that we're all Your mother: "Describe In single words, only the ~M~mm The Grand Canyon ... : "The Grand Can-yon, oh, bozos on this bus by the Fireside Theatre Troupe. good things that come into your mind, about, your m@~N uh ... •maybe The Fireside Theatre Troupe Welcome to Altalr 4111: Welcome to Altair 4." by mother? My mother? Let me tell you about my MM®.@1 There's 1 small problem (HG): "There is one Robbie the robot in the movie Forbidden Planet. motf?er/ crash ... • by the replican Leon in the ~-.~~ small problemrBy Michael Palin of Monty Python WerewoH: is the sound of a werewolf in the night. movte Blade Runner. =~~~::::cl::;:~:: from the movie Holy Grail. Tjm's Beeps f: Don't be Ridiculous •Donf be DISK #12.30 - S 30 ridiculous, heh, heh. "Sense of Humor? Where's SoUNDS ~:!!~~~~ - SU 5 I your sense of humor?" Whaf s the problem, Who Is Dirty Harry?: Who is Dirty Harry'r by AddLPreo f: AddLPrep: By Software 101. Adds ~~~~ij~~* Control? What's the problem, Control?" We Amold Swartzenegger in the movie Red Heat. couldni identify either Tim or any of his beeps. the PostScr~t code from the Laser Prep file to a tlMm Why(Short) ... ? Why are there people Dice Frank?" PostSa~t file aeated by hitting Option-F. (or K). tll~l TOGA.BIN: "Toga! Togarby John Belushi from didni ring any bells for our team. the movie Animal House. The output file produced by AddLPrep 1s thus ~~::~§m;:@ Why not: 'Why not?" could be a response to the suitable for downloading to any PostScript printer MitJfil preceding but is also unidentified. DISK #12.28 - S 28 or typesetter. This version set up for System 5.0. t~m@rn Wida Wide World of Sports: What in the wide, There's a DA version, too. Shareware - $20. ~lm~im SoUNDS wide world of sports is a goin' on here?•by Slim Anonymity: By Anonymous. Removes aprogram's l~MM~@~ Tollet2: The sound of a toilet being flushed. Plckins most fikelyfromthe movie Blazing Saddles owners name from fts opening menu. Should be mtt.}~@ Transvestite: •rm just a sweet transvestite. From or possibly Dr. Strangelove. run only on copies of appUcations.. ft.WtM~ transexual Transylvania, ah ha. •from the Rocky Wiid Wiid West(11 ): The theme song from the TV Backqroundprint t· BackgroundPrlnt: By Clay ~~t«1!1 Horror Pidure Show. show of the same name. Prestia Does printing und~r MuftiF'!lde! in the 11~~~ Trek Sounds f· By Eric Trueheart. Alert Klaxon. Win one for the Glpper: 'Win just one for the background to an lmageWriter II. As it dnves the i$.rifili Alert Klaxon X3, Trek Door. Trek WhlsUe are Gipper. "by Ronald Regan from the movie Knute IW diredly as an RS-232 serial device, It uses tiM~M1 some mechanical sounds from Star Trek. Read Rockne. All-American. relatively little memory. Shareware- a blank or liM~W Me Please is the Gulitware request. WmTellOpen: The seledion of the William Tell shareware disk to the author. mmW~l Tribble t By Eric Trueheart. Tribble and Tribble, Overture that is associated with the theme to the Big Menu: By Andrew Welch. Offers two sizes of a ~m~m~m~ Upset are sounds from the Star Trek TV Program, Lone Ranger movie and TV shows. larger menu bar, for use with large monitors. ~MMM Trouble with Tnbbles. Read Me Please is the Wood chuck: •And this is the mighty voice of Shareware - $8. l~M@l~~ Gulltware request. Lumberton the town where people really know Boot Check t Book Check: By John Rotenstein. A lmmim how much wood a wood chuck chucks. •remains Trouble ... ?: 'Why is there so much trouble in this s!~ple security syste'!' designed to~ irritati~g ~~l~f~lrI~ll world?• couldn't be identified. unidentified. vtsttors off of a hard disk by performing a security M%~H* f· UhOh: ·uh-Oh•was another puzzle. Worf Sounds No Response and Yes Sir by the check when starting the system. *~*MWl Uncalled for ... : "That was really uncalled for, charader Worf in the TV series Star Trek, The Disk Image Flier: By John Raymond. Reads the ~1fl1~M~l~ :~~:::~=~~:::~: May 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 81 :-:««-1l·==~·~i image of a disk into memory for archiving or other color for the Mac II. master clock in Chesapeake, VA, and uses It to

=. = ~ purposes. MacCompress: By Lloyd Chambers. Compresses set the Mac's system clock. ·· : ·, ... : Fl!e Ejxer 0.5 f· File Fixer 0.5: By Frank Beatrous. and decompresses files in a manner compatible SndlNIT: an INIT resource that shows its icon and with the Unix program •Compress,• for transmis­ ···•=· "$ A program for reconstructing files,including re­ plays all sound resources from Its resource fork. I~ ·~. :fl covering information from disks that the Mac says sion back and forth to Unix systems. Use ResEdtt to put the INIT resource into the ~~1··jf are unreadable and deleted files. MacPassword f: MacPassworc:fTM: By Art A. ·sound" cdev file in the system folder per the il. JiJ Fiie Scan: By Ken Bates. Scans disks for errors .. Schumer. An INIT (named !MacPassword so tt documentation. [Dave- I revised the layout on the =··=*~ii~~~ A!el!st f: FlleList: A file and disk organizer that will load first) to protect folders by making them text file here too, so please use the one on this ml reads In d1rectones and saves volume and file invisible on the desktop until the proper password disk.] ··='·Il informations. ~is in!o"!1ation can be displayed, is entered. This version works for only 60 days SndUsJ§ndlNIT t Sndllst: Opens the resource fil = i. sorted by multiple attena, saved as text files (to after tt is first installed on a system. Read the fork of a file you and displays a scrolling fist of all m 1 be printed 1ater on, or to be imported into data- manual to be sure ft's properly installed. Demow· sound resources (resource type 'snd1 found. One ~-... g bases). Volumes can be added/deleted. are-$20. or more sounds (both type 1 (beep sounds) and . l® Fiie Type Lister: By Louis King. Searches a disk or MacWeJcome 1.3 t MacWelcome 1.3: By Chris type 2 (HyperCard)) from this list can be played. .: ·l~: folder for files of any type specified, outputs the Klugewicz. Displays on the screen a message (up Ssswjtcber f Cv2,4l: SSSwltcher™: By Bob An· •~~:. :m path list for those flies to a Microsoft Word to 100 lines of 255 characters). which, when used dris. An update (last on disk 16.05) of the applica­ [~.i~~ document. Shareware-$10. as the startup application, can fundion as ·a tion which upon startup selects randomly from an ~L-.::.. SI F1x File Dates: By Chuck Pliska. Searches the •startt.p note.• Anotherappficationcanbe launched assortment of startup and backdrop screens and ~J .·.{W. online volume for files with Impossible future from the MacWelcome screen. miscellaneous system sounds. ~*t .. ,·~$ creation dates, allows them to be fixed. Note: File SuperC!ockl t (y3.0l: SuperClock!: By Steve ~-=· ·:·-..~ ·:· searchisautomaticoncetheapplicationisopened. DISK #16.068 - SU 6 Christensen. Put theSuperClockl into the System ~ m; A more comprehensive utHtty would also flag SYSTEM UTILITIES Folder for a display that puts a clock into the right ~~ dates before the date the Mac was created. end of the menu bar. The clock is smart enough . MenuEdlt 1.1: By Oliver Steele. Appears to allow 1~ FKEY Collector 4.1: By Jim Moore. L.ets any se- to disappear when there isn, room to show ft; tt some modification of menu resources. fa lected file of .FKeys be sampled or installed as displays both the time or the date, and there's a I; FKeys. Contmnsanassortment of FKeyexamples. MulULaunch: By Jan Eugenides. Set at startup, timer and alarm. There's also acdevto set various this application allows the use of Multifinder by ' ::: Folder Directory f· Folder Directory: Navigates to options.including font and size. Neat! l loading applications (but not opening documents a fo}der using a box. Once the Take Off f; TakeOff: By Jim Richardson Allows the f~~1~~ ~tandard ,Oi~g from It) wtthout the need to have the Finder open. ~D..3~~ desired folder (directory) IS displayed, the user selection of either MultiFinder or Ander upon 'clicks' the LIST button. The program then enu- Shareware- $10. startup. Will launch directly to an application. If @j · : N-Eont N-Font 1.01: By Olduvai Corpora­ { ·:: ·:~:. merates the displayed folder and create a text fHe 1.01 t launched at startup time the program will return to ::· :w:: list all of the contents of that folder. tion. An application that allows users to convert the Finder after tt qutts. Shareware -$3.50 and ;.. ::· ·. -~ Font Finder (v3.0bO): By Peter S. Bryant. Lists the older FONT screen fonts to the newer NFNT a disk (returned with the latest version) or screen fonts. i~·::)~ fonts from the system file. $5.00 and no disk for a new disk.. Oasis: By Jan Eugenides. A popular alternative to @.. ·· -~~ FONT-fKEY-DA-!N!T-Picture-$ound Samo!er Pi- The Sound Mao The Sound Man: By Gregory the Finder. Primarily ahard disk user utility, offers t m; ..·$ ·.~~ rectorv f: FONT·FKEY·DA·INrr·Plcture-Sound James. A utillty program for manipulating sound an interesting alternative to the standard desktop .•. : ·'=·· ;;.i Sampler: By Dave Kalin. Allows the end-user to resources. Lets sounds be moved between files f:mi111 look at FONT, FKEY, DA; INIT, Picture (MacPaint configuration. Allows buttons to be "installed" and stored in •suitcase' files. Shareware -$10. which can be designated to an application or fts or PICT resource), or Sound (SoundCap or snd TimeKeeper 1,oa1 f: TlmaKeeper: By Larry ~~1-·::~ij documents. Shareware - $15. ~· · ·:··:· =*~ resource) ttems wtthout running the FONT/DA Rosenstein (Apple Computer). An analog screen Pad-Lock Installer: By Mark Whittington. Installs ResEdtt, SoundCap™, HyperCard or a clock designed to run under Multifinder. The ~~-i~~t m~ver, an FKey which locks an unattended Mac until a ~fW;:~~~ Paint-type program. clock can be resized and relocated on the screen, password is entered. A later version from Disk ij~f1~:-~: Game Ejnder f· Game Finder™: By Woodrose and will remember the tts location. !\th d Edftions. A smart MiniFinder that manages one 16.04. Shareware-$10. ioMuttjFloder f: ToMultiFlnder: By Richard M. @~ game appliCS!ion a!~og with up to eight saved Paper Changer: ByClementJ. Goebel Ill. Changes Siegel. Set as the startup appfication, run under ~-~ games on a single dask. As presented here, the the paper sizes offered by Page Setup for the •Finder Only,• It displays a dialog box at startup l;:l~i~ Game Finder~ is set up for The Dungeon Re­ lmageWrlter. allowing the user to chose to run under either the ~ii~*~ vealed™, an improvement of The Dungeon of Bampjsk+ 2 8 f: RamDlsk +: By Roger D. Bates. Finder or MultiFinder. Muhifinder can still be set A RamDisk program intended to run automati­ Doom ••It maybeconfiguredforothergames using to open muftiple applications when launched. l~&WI cally on startup by remembering previously set i~§::M* ResEdit. Shareware -A small contribution. ~lAi~ Iott Manager f lPemoJ: lnlt Manager: By Bob parameters. An update from disk 16.04. Share­ Waiting: By Erik Kitt. An application, which, when Hablutzel. A tool designed to help users of large ware - $20. run under MuftiFinder, puts up a small display ~~?:li~ RapldUp 1.0: By Dale Semchlshen. A fast (1 f:~~i1;:·: numbers of l~ITs organize their files. It alto~ the showing how long applications are watting for megabyte/minute is claimed) utillty to back up a memory. I-~~* usert~spe_afyth~.foldersto execu~e INITs 1n. At hard disk onto floppies. Shareware- this one Is ~t ~~:: .~ boot time, in addition to the !NITs in the system Xpressway. f: Xpressway: By Andrew Welch. An fgfrjj folder,thelNITsinthespecif19dfolderswHlberun. free, but the Restore program costs $29. FKey which allows you to quickly transfer to and $2»/<-i In addition, th.e INIT manager allows a user to skip SCSI Parker: By Bruce Tomlin. A control panel from your favorite applications in seconds, by­ ~= the INITsnotmthesystem folderonthenextboot, device which installs a command to park a SCSI passing the finder. The Xprassway Docs tells i on shut-down. (Some hard disks do it f ~~ and can log the activities of the INITs This version how to use tt. Shareware-$10; free to regis­ 1$fl will not actually execute or log the INITs in the automatically.) Shareware - $5. tered owners of any other Andrew Welch Secure t Secure: By Gary R. Voth. Displays a IJ:=:;itf:~~ selected folders. Demoware-$20 for a working shareware product modal dialog box which prompts for a password, •Password f: Password: By Alan T. Goates. A ~=i~J.~1~J~r.~-~~$=M==e:~· version.. . and will not return control until the correct one is ~M~11: lny!SJFl!e 1.1 f: lnvlslFlle 1.1: By Robert S. T. INIT/cdev which keeps anyone from booting a i~l~ll~~~~ Gibson. A simple program to clean up clutter in entered. By setting Secure as the startup applica· hard disk when the operator is not present. It is not M~]~l~ folders (fike the System folder) by making files tion, unauthorized users are prevented from meant as any real form of piracy protection. ~%l1h invisible that don1 have to be accessed. Sh1tre- booting the computer from the disk Secure is ,... ~...... ,.i-f$' installed on. A password can be up to 40 charac­ i~~&"U~ ware -$5. DISK #19.26. SW 26 ~·y:$®~ Layout 1.7: By Michael C. O'Con~er. An update ters long. Unlike some others, works under Muhi· Finder. W1Noo1os AND A Music TEST §: • : . ·.::ij (last on 16.03A) of the popular ut16ty that allows Set Clock 1.8.1: By Jim Letth. A minor upgrade of ~:? ·.• ?~4 customizing the desktop. This version deals with Guitarist 1.0: By Greg Neutra A fun stack which l•\ .. ~~d~ an old standby, the program which calls up a says ft's a 1un and information quiz" with musical 82 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 clues and other hints to help you guess the stack will create a •Front Page• of world events effects, windows, buttons and menus. Its primary ~ : · identity of fourteen, three in this demo version, of that happened when you were born. purpose is to allow you to test the procedures and ll rock and ron's greatest guitar artists. Clever graph· Flash/v1 .2: By John Sudderth. This Flash Cards functions before putting them into your stack. ~ ·, .. · ics, clever stack layout, but much more apprecl· demo is designed to help a child learn to read HyperTlmer: By Scott McGilliard. If you get lost in ;?· ·· ated if you have an external speaker for your Mac. using a sequence of flash cards with words and HyperCard stack construction and scripting and · : ·· Froo for this demo but $15 for a complete the MacinTalk speech program. Free· $10 for then donl get things done on time like putting the : : version. tho complete version. laundry in the dryer or picking up your kids from :. · Wjndojds 1 6 f · Wlndolds 1.1 thru 1.6: By Team Match Mac: By Eldon Benz. This HyperCard school or ...... then HyperTimer is for you. Set : . . Hackinslash. Complete set of the first 6 issues of version of the musical Simon game allows you to alarms and let them remind you what and when :=~ .. Wlndolds, the Apple HyperCard User's Group's play against Mac or an opponent on a 4 or 8 note you need to do things. ; : . : periodic text periodical put into stack format. While keyboard. Nicely done with variable speeds. HyparZap v1 .3: By Doug Levy. Ever forget that ~· .: :· these have been around in individual and multiple Shareware· $5 password you used on that stack you absolutely i: .· ::·· . copies for some time, this will fill any gaps for US States V.2: By Craig Kerwien. Click on a state must modify? This stack is a useful utirity for ~~: :. those missing issues. And if you don't have them, and information about the state capital, flower, removing stack passwords and allowing you back .. ·..: . you should, for they contain some dandy hints, nickname, motto, and population will appear. into your stacks. This stack uses a XCMD by Ned : · tips, and suggestions for all Hypercardists. Nicely done and educational too. Horvath and Allan Foster. .· Phone Book: By David Sternberg. Nicely done ~ DISK #19.27. SW 27 DISK# 19.29 - SW 29 replacementfortheAddressstack.Moredatacan ~ ... MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS STACKS be entered and searching is improved, this stack II °"' has added many bells and whistles. Shareware- ~ ·· Benoit doc: By S. Koren. Introduces you, via a cardMover 1.1: By Tom Robinson. On the regular $5. J~· ~ limited demo, to Benoit, a fradal generator. The screen that comes with the Mac Plus &SE, It's not Script Printer: By Patrick J. Kuras. This is a stack I file also includes Creator, an XCMD that allows a obvious that HyperCard is contained within a which will coiled scripts from any other stack and i~· -~. HyperCard stack to generate stand-alone, double­ movable window, the cardMover stack was printthem,orletyoumakeuseofthemotherwise. clickable appfications and drivers and copy re­ created to demonstrate this, and to make It easy I .... It allows collection of scripts by object type, for :::~i ..,,, .: sourcetypesotherresource.copying XCMDsdonl to use HyperCard with MultiFinder on the smaller example, you could collect just the button scripts, ~ ·: .· copy. In other words, you can transfer XCMDs screens (providing you have at least 2 megabytes or the background and card scripts, or all the .. ·~« . from one stack to another without ResEdlt. Crea· of memory). When you try the demo, you will scripts. ~· ...< ~ • tor creates a file (when given Its file type and notice that the name of the HyperCard window is SETechTourBl.O: Authorunknown.Everwonder . creator signature), then can copy any and all the pathname for this stack. This -pathname• is what the inside of a Mac SE looked liked? Ever · resource types from the resource fork of the stack used to tell your Mac where to find the stack. After wonder what was what on a SE motherboard or ~::-· , . it's located in to the target file's, preserving re­ you try the cardMover demo, click "Continue· analog board? What about the Mac toobox · . source ids. Although Creator Is treeware, $5 and you will find several buttons that are more managers? This stack does an excellent job of gets you the full developorvorslon, with docu· useful than the demo. showing the Mac SE insides, explaining them, mentatlon, examples, unlimited license, and Font Ust 1.0: By Dr. John A. Koch. This stack and helping the layman to understand how It all ..· support BBS access. contains a script which construds a list of the works together. Especially interesting for the non- ~· FIX Stack f: FIX: By Dave Frank. An automated fonts and font sizes in the currently active system. programmer is the simplified explanation of the : script modifier which adds user-selected visual The next card uses this function •fontList9 to toolbox managers that give us our wonderful Mac effects to a newly created button. After selecting simulate the text selection box used by Hyper· interface. = parameters and clicking the OK button, the script Card. You might want to use this to allow a user The Stabilizer The Stablllzer: By Scott McGil· ;. . of the most recently added button is modified to to seled the font, size, etc. for a field without t liard. This stack is a financial management sys- ~ ~::. include the selected visual effed. Button FIX having your script lose control to the dialog box. tem designed to help you stabilize your cash flow. ::: . DescrlpUon is the documentation for the stack. Messagewaro. Send the author a message If You will need to enter information about the bills ~ TurUe Graphics: By Stephen Michel. Asampler you Rnd useful or If you have a suggestion. L. It you pay. It will organize your data and calculate <· • • offering nine different figures, with explanations of GeneatoavStack t Famllylndexand NewFamily the figures that you will need for your budget and ~ ' the Turtle Graphics procedures that drew each Stack: By Uoyd B. Swift. This well-documented It will also use changes in selected expenses to ~ ·· one, using Logo to create the designs. You can pair of stacks allows the user to •create a branch· project estimat~ amounts each ~ear. Once you :.~'.. ~ experiment with each design by altering parame­ Ing structure (6neage) of linked 'famHy' stacks.• enter your basic expenses you will only need to ··: . · ·: . ters to produce different shapes and sizes. Fasci· There are 30 fields in version 1.0, and it seems update amounts to the actual amounts you pay ~ :~. nating, but one caution-they're addictive! that more features will be implemented in future when you pay yourbiUs. The Stabilizer will recal- · . versions. GENEALDOC is the documentation culate the year's budget automatically each year ~- ~ DISK # 19.28 • SW 28 for the two stacks. using your updated amounts. The documentation .. . HyperTaJk Helper V1 By Bliot Gould and Joe CHILDREN'S FUN AND EDUCATION .2: is included in the about The Stablllzer file. ~ ·· lanelli. Areal fun stack set up in an interesting and Shareware· $10. 35mm Tutorial Sample t 35mm Tutorial Sample: unique way. This stack is designed to be an By Christopher and Associates Photography Inc. introdudory development tool for creating special This well done sample stack has working tutorial sections on aperture, camera types, and depth of Don't miss out on the '""' field. There is one 35mm projed in this sample. How to Read 35mm Tutorial lnstrucUons is the documenta­ MacDisketeria Descriptions special disk prices tion for this tutorial. Free· $12 for the "Whol6 35mm Tutorial." • The folder information, where ap­ during MacExpo Andrew's Favorite Songs: By David Kreisberg. propriate, precedes the listing of Six nursery rhymes songs that can be played by program contents. clicking on large buttons. Digitized synthesized All disks sound is used for playing the songs. You can even • Folder jnformation js underlined. modify the stack to include your own favorite • Program and flle names are songs. printed In bold type. Birthday: By Ed and Barb Will. How about a•Front $3 Page• from the day, month and year you were • Shareware Information Is born I You enter your name and birthday and this printed In bold Italic type. T May1989 Washington Apple Pl Joumal 83 MacWorld Special Price: $3.00 per disk

Disk Serles, lndtvlcbd Disks Anti-Virus Utilltles Digitized Sounds Telecomm. (contd.) Adobe Scm Fnts (contd.) HC Stackware (contd.) Serially Numbered 1.01-AV 1 12.01-S 1 13.06· T6 18.03-AF3 19.25-SW25 Disk28.1 • -- 1.02·AV2 -- 12.02-S 2 -- 13.07-T7 -- 18.04-AF4 -- 19.26-SW26 -- Disk29• -- 1.03-AV3 -- 12.03-S3 -- 13.08· TB -- 18.05-AF5 -- 19.27-SW27 -- Disk30• -- -- 12.04-S 4 -- -- 18.06·AF6 -- 19.28·SW28 -- Dlsk31.1 • Desk Accessories -- 12.05-S 5 Progtammer/Hacker Utils -- 18.07 - AF 7 -- 19.29-SW29 -- Disk32• 2.018-DAs 1 -- 12.06-S 6 14.01- PH 1 -- 18.08-AF 8 -- -- Disk35• -- 2.028-0As2 -- 12.07-S 7 -- -- 18.09-AF9 Maco Serles -- Disk41 • -- 2.038-DAs3 -- 12.08-S 8 llscellaneGUs Uttlltles -- 18.10-AF10 20.01 • M II 1 -- Disk45• -- 2.048-DAs4 -- 12.09-S 9 15.01- MU 1 -- 18.11-AF 11 -- 20.02-M II 2 -- Disk46• -- 2.058-0As5 -- 12.10- s 10 -- 15.02-MU2 -- 18.12·AF12 -- 20.03-M 11 3 -- Dlsk54• -- 2.068-0As6 -- 12.11-S11 -- 15.03-MU3 -- 18.13-AF 13 -- 20.04-M 11 4 -- Disk55• ··-···)( -- 2.07B-DAs7 -- 12.12-S 12 -- 15.04· MU4 -- 18.14-AF 14 -- 20.0SA-M II 5 -- Disk56• -- 2.088-0As8 12.13-$13 -- 15.05· MUS -- -- 20.058-M II 5 -- Disk74• ------Disk75• -- 2.098·0As9 12.14-S 14 -- 15.06-MU6 HyperCard Stackware 20.06-M II 6 -- 2.108- DAs 10 -- 12.15-S 15 15.07-MU7 19.01A-SW 1 -- 20.07A-M II 7 Dlsk76• ------15.08·MU8 -- 19.02A·SW2 -- 20.08·M II 8 == 12.16- s 16 Dlskn· FKeys (Function Keys) -- 12.17-S 17 -- 15.09· MU9 -- 19.03-SW3 -- 20.09-M 11 9 -- Disk 78• 4.01-FKs 1 • -- 12.18·S18 -- 15.10-MU10 -- 19.04-SW4 -- 20.10·Mll10 -- Disk79• -- 4.02·FKs2• -- 12.19. s 19 -- 15.11-MU 11 -- 19.05-SW 5 -- 20.11- M II 11 -- Disk SO• -- -- 12.20· s 20 -- 15.12· MU 12 -- 19.06-SW6 -- 20.12· M II 12 -- Dlsk84• lmageWrlter Fonts -- 12.21- s 21 -- 15.13-MU 13 -- 19.07-SW7 -- 20.13-M II 13 -- Disk BS• 5.01·IW1 -- 12.22. s 22 -- -- 19.08-SW8 -- -- Dlsk89• -- -- 12.23. s 23 System Utilities -- 19.09-SW9 HyperCard Externals -- Dlsk91 • -- 5.02· IW2 ------5.03· IW3 12.24· s 24 -- 16.018·SU1 -- 19.10·SW10 -- 21.01·HE1 -- Disk92• 5.04· IW4 -- 12.25· s 25 16.02B·SU2 -- 19.11 ·SW11 -- 21.02- HE2 Dlsk95• :·:··1·~·: -- -- 12.26-S26 -- 16.038· SU3 19.12-SW 12 21.03· HE3 -- Disk96• LaserWrlter Fonts -- 12.27. s 27 -- 16.048·SU4 -- 19.13·SW 13 -- 21.04· HE4 -- Disk 104 • 6.01·LW1 -- 12.28. s 28 -- 16.058-SU 5 -- 19.14-SW 14 -- -- Disk 105 • -- 6.02· LW2 -- 12.29. s 29 -- 16.068-SU 6 -- 19.15-SW 15 System Software 6.0.3 -- Disk 106• -- 6.03·LW3 -- 12.30· s 30 -- -- 19.16-SW 16 SS.ST -- Disk 108• -- -- 12.31·s31 Word Processing Utlla -- 19.17-SW17 -- SS.PT -- Disk 123. -- 17.01·WP1 -- 19.18-SW 18 -- SS.U1 -- Disk 128• ------Dlsk134• Palntf ngs (MacPaint) Telecommunlcatlons 17.02·WP2 19.19·SW19 == SS.U2 11.01 • p 1 13.01·T1 -- 17.03·WP3 -- 19.20-SW20 -- Disk143• -- 11.02- p 2 -- 13.02· T2 -- -- 19.21 ·SW21 -- Disk 147 -- 11.03- p 3 -- 13.03· T3 Adobe Screen Fon1s -- 19.22·SW22 HyperCard 1.2.2 -- Disk 150• -- 11.04-P4 -- 13.04-T 4 18.01·AF1 -- 19.23-SW23 HC.01 -- Disk 151 • -- 11.05· p 5 -- 13.05-T5 -- 18.02· AF2 -- 19.24-SW24 -- HC.02 ------Disk 153 HyperCard Upgrade requires thal you show us proof of purchase of HyperCard; any of original disk, first page of manual, receipt or previous Hypercard Upgrade disk. Disks marked with a• are ln 400K single side disk format; an others are SOOK double side disk format.

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84 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 The following is a listing of new files and programs available on the Telecommunica­ tions System. The list includes all files uploaded from March 1 through April 1, 1989. COLOR PRINTING OMS ColorScripr-1 100 Rle area 1 - Apple II Garnes full-color Postscript copi~s, separations & trans­ 011 MONOPOLY.BNY Computer version of the board game parencies, plus black & white LaserCopies Rte area 2 • Apple II Misc. supported by the NEW Apple Scanner & 017 MEM.MAGIC.BNY Improve your memory. Needs Publish It! a Shiva· NetModem Apple Talk port Rte area 4 - Apple II Utils 133 WINDOWS.BNY Run, print, or view files 132 RAPID.DIAL.BNY Dialer for lie, /Jc, and //GS PC RESOURCES LTD 131 SOFTWORKS.BNY AppleWorks style screens from basic 130 NUFX.BNY Tech Note on NuFX standards 1850 Centennial Park Drive • Suite 300 129 CHINOOK.TN.BNY Interleave information Dulles Access Rd. at Wiehle Ave. Exit 128 LOANWORKS.BNY Compute car payments and more Reston, VA 22091 • (703) 860-1100 127 CHG.FILE.BNY Version 2.20 126 SHRINKIT1 .1.BNY Shrinklt v1 .1 (w/ mod. date 3/9/89) 125 BINSCll102.BNY BinSCll v1.0.2· cnvrt ProDOS>text code 124 ll.UNSHK1.1.BNY UnShrinklt II+ v1.1 123 ll.SHK1.0.BNY 11+ Shrinklt v1.0 092 RENOIR.SIT PICT2 format - Color macs only. 122 BOOZ2E.BNY Process 'ZOO' archive files File area 16 - Mac Hypercard 118 SELECTOR.BNY Selector Program· Not prose! but nice 097 INVPLOTV40.SIT INVESTMENT TRACKING & PLOTTING (V4.0) Rle area 5 - GS Desk Aa;s File area 18 - Mac Utilities 050 INFOFILE.DA.BNY NOA for examining Rle Attnbutes. 223 SETCLOCK2.0.SIT Set Clock 2.0 & Clock Adjust 049 KEYCAPS.NDA.BNY Font display with sample text ability. 222 RPN.C.DA.SIT RPN.C 1.01 Calculator DA 048 FORMA TTER.BNY NOA disk formatter. 221 PYROUPDATER.SIT Update Pyrol to v3.3 047 KEYCAPS2.1.BNY KeyCaps version 2.1 220 MCSINK.V6.5.SIT McSink Version 6.5 046 ANl.WATCH.BNY Version 1.2 219 INIT.CDEV.SIT INITS on/off fm Control Panel 045 QUADIMINO.BNY A Tetris-fike game NOA. 218 FLOPPYFIXER.SIT Floppy Repair Application 044 CALCULATOR.BNY A Simple 4-fundion calculator NOA. 217 DISINFECT.SIT Anti-Virus Application Rte area 7 - GS Garnes 216 DATA.DAS.SIT Selected information packed DAs dl'ed -045 FOLLOWER.BNY Flashing Box game for //GS 215 VA.SS.TAX.FORM Excel Va 88 Tax form 044 PYR.SOL.BNY Pyramid Solitaire 214 CALENDAR.1.7 Updated Calendar DA 213 STUFFIT.2.0.FIX Stufflt 2.0 FIX File area 8 - GS Graphics 211 WRITENOW2.SIT Almost full working demo of WrfteNow II 053 BLOND Beautiful Blond. 210 SHUTDOWN.FKY A ·shutdown· Fkey Rle area 9 - GS Misc. 209 FORMA TTER.FKY An Fkey to format disks from any prog. 056 FASTEXT.INl.BNY Penn.inlt to speed up text screen. 208 XPRESSWAY.SIT An Excellent Transfer Fkey 055 GENIE.CHA T.BNY New Genie Chatter 207 FAST.FORMATTER Fast floppy disk formatter program! 054 GENIE.GS.STUFF GS chatter on GEnie ·misc 206 RPTS12.SIT 053 EMACS.BNY Micro EMACS Editor 205 STCLK.1.8.1.SIT Set Clock 1.8.1 052 OBLADl.BNY Beatles Oldie for Music Studio v2.0 204 SUPERCLK3.1.SIT Super Clock 3.1 051 BARTENDER.BNY Bartender program for the GS 203 SCll.UPDATE.SIT Suitcase II Updater 1.2.2 050 TWGS.BNY Genie chatter 200 VIRUSDETET.SIT VirusDetective 2.1 049 OM.MAPS.BOY Dungeon Master maps 199 TAXES.88.SIT Corrected MS Works tax template. s File area 1O - GS Utilities 046 INTERLEA VE.BNY Check 3.5• interleave factor 045 PNT.SHOW.1.BNY GS Paint show lw Pies. 044 JSTART.2.1.BNY JumpStart v2.1 - Prog. launcher+utils 043 DICED.1.2.BNY Icon editor, Shareware. INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE! File area 11 - AppleWorks Apple II+, e - gs 040 TCS.MAP Simple map of TCS. 40 MEG D4A Sider $650 45 Ms Access Time 039 MACRO.BOX2.BNY MACRO TO BOX APPLEWORKS FILES 038 GRADEBOOK.BNY AppleWorks gradebook 40 MEG D4T Turbo Sider $795 24 Ms Access Time 037 TO.PATCH.BNY Patch for Filemaster & Quickspell 90 MEG 09 Super Turbo* $1399 18 Ms Access Time 036 M.MAGIC.AWP Memory Magic in AWP format (Above ALL ProDOS Operating System) Zip Chips $140 File area 12 - ProSel Updates 20 MEG 02 Sider $495 85 Ms Access Time 028 PROSL16.62.BNY ProSel-16 Version 62 " ·. (ProDOS·PascaJ.CPIM-OOS 3.3 Operating Systems) 027 MR.FIXIT4.5.BNY Mr.Fixlt version 4.5 .. (301) 431-0853 026 PROSEL8.4.0.BNY ProSel-8, version 4.0 · Ask for Lee Raesly 025 REVDOC3.12.89 ProSe~8 revision list (3112189) --OMLU&••~ HAR..1' 1'R.IV£~ • rz·ME Rle area 15 - Mac Graphs ~ 'Alao GWilllble for MacinlOShff 094 POINCARE.MAP Computer chaos 093 COLLISION.SIT Full-color PICT2 meteor collision

May1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal WAP TUTORIAL REGISTRATION NOTE - The location of office-based tutorials beginning In April ls our new office 791 oWoodmont Avenue, Suite 910, Bethesda. Apple II: The following three WAP tutorials are being offered to Apple 11 owners on the first three Tuesday evenings of the month from 7:15 to 10:15 PM, at the office. We are currently alternating months between the Apple lle,c and the the llgs. The tutorials are being extended to about three hours and will start promptly at 7:15 PM so arrive by 7:00 to set up your computer if you bring it. These tutorials are designed for" beginnert' and not experienced users and you may sign up for one or more of these tutorials. The fee for each session is $15 for WAP members. You are urged to bring an Apple, monitor and disk drive. Please note that WAP does not have equipment for you to use; if you do not bring your own, you will have to look over someone's shoulder. Tutorials without a minimum of two students will be cancelled. May 2 (Tuesday) ( 11 e, c specific) Welcome to the World of Apple •...... next offered: June 6 for II gs May 9 (Tuesday) (II e, c specific) How to Use Your Apple Software ...... next offered: June 13 for II gs May 16 (Tuesday) ( II e, c specific) Popular Applications ..•...•...•...•••...... next offered: June 20 for II gs Macintosh: Tutorials are for "beginnert' and not experienced users. They are given regularly on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Monday evening of each month at the office, from 7:15to10:15 PM. Macintosh tutorials in Northern Virginia will begin again in March and every other month thereafter. The fee for each session is $15 for WAP members. You may sign up for 1, 2 or all 3 sessions. You are strongly urged to bring you rMacintosh, external disk drive, startup disk, and several blank disks. WAP does not have equipmentforyou to use. (Note to Mac II owners: You are not expected to bring a computer, but we do not have a Mac II for you to use). These tutorials fill up quickly so call the office to verify space before mailing your registration. May 10 (Monday) Introduction to Macintosh. Prerequisite: Guided Tour ...... next offered: June 12 May 17 (Monday) Intermediate Mac Skills. Prerequisite: Familiarity with Desktop ...... •...... next offered: June 19 May 24 (Monday) Personalizing your Mac for Productivity: Prerequisite: 1st two sessions .... next offered: June 26 Macintosh Tutorials In Northern Vlrglnla:_Macintosh tutorials, taught by Russ Bradley, will begin again at the Fairlington United Methodist Church, Rt. 7 and 1-395 (King Street Exit), in Alexandria, VA. They will be at three month intervals during the months of March, June, September and November, 1989. This time they will be on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th FRIDAY NIGHT each of these months. Note they are noton Thursday night as in the past. Call the WAP office for specific directions or Russ Bradley at 703-768-2529. The tutorials will be from 7:15to10:15 PM. June 9 (Friday) Introduction to Macintosh. Prerequisite: Guided Tour June 16 (Friday) Intermediate Mac Skills. Prerequisite: Familiarity with Desktop June 23 (Friday) Personalizing your Mac for Productivity: Prerequisite: 1st two sessions. Special Tutorials for Macintosh Intro. to HyperCard - Monday, May 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $20 for WAP members and $25 for non-members. Bob Platt will cover the basics of HyperCard: browsing, typing, painting and creating your own stack. Bring your own Mac and a copy of HyperCard.

WAP Tutorials Registration COSTS: All seminars are $15/sesslon for WAP members and $20/sesslon for non-members unless otherwise Indicated Name ------Address ______Cmssnam~------­ Ctassdate: ------Cmssname:-______City/State/Zip ______Class date:------­ Phone (day) ____ (evening) ____ Mail this form with your check to: Number of classes x fee = WAP Tutorials ------Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. Total enclosed$ ______8227 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 201 Member Number ------Bethesda, MD 20814 86 Washington Apple Pl Journal May1989 Classifieds Classifieds Classifieds For Sale For Sale Mac SE 2-disk drive. Loaded wtth extras - 4 Mags Macll,2meg RAM,40HD, 1floppy,13'colormonttor, Calling All Artists AVSIG planning proposal to Strathmore Hall I@N%1i RAM, Radius 16 Mh Accelerator board wtth Math extended keyboard, securtty kit. Mint condition. $4950. 68881 Co-Processor, Video output Port for NView 11+2 Or sell only CPU or w/some peripherals. Or trade plus Art Center (Rockville) for exhibtt of computer Wli Wl projector, Kensington Polaroid anti-glare screen. or low SE. Call Charles Reilly, 832-0505. artwork. Need to assemble group of artists ff ·'' 'iW ApplecarethroughJuly. $3600orbesloffer. This is the using computers in both fine arts and graphic MW@i) Mac for an advanced user. 464-2154. For Sale arts. lfyouareandwouldliketobepartofthis~ ~J!@: Macintosh Computer, 512 KB memory w/10 MB hard or know someone (does not have to be P1 bilm§ For Sale disk, keyboard, printer, software, $1,200 or best offer. member), please call Marianne Giguere, 460- ~~Ill!~ Word Perfed 1.0 with original documentation - $100; Call Steve at 854-27451531-6718. 9758. Call also to help curate show. :/gW=~ PowerPoint 2.0 - $125. Call Lynn Trusal, 301-845- 2651, evenings before 10:30 PM. For Sale For Sale 1;1;{,I) INSIGHT EXPERT GENERAL LEDGER 2.1 by Lay­ Mac 11, BOMB HD, 2Mb RAM, Xtdkb, 256 tilfti# For Sale ered. Current revision (4/89). Unused. Thirty days free color. $5500, R. Jackson, 703-437-1674. @... NM Sider20 Meg Hard Drive for Apple II. Brand new, never technical support still good. Best mail order price $455. been used, with Easy Drive Menu software. $500 or Your price: $295. Please call (301) 840-1422 (Gaith). For Sale lf"l!t'.~:l!l! best offer. can 301-340-S719. Apple lie enhanced 128k, lmagewmerprinter, N m1M For Sale Apple mono monttor Duodisk 80 col card & Wif@M For Sale SuperMac TWO-PAGE DISPLAY: Perfect for DTP & ~ card; Grappler ~ parallel ~rd; 1200 baud ~jly"trn! Apple llgs wtth RGB Monttor, TransWarpGS, 3.5" and Large Spreadsheets I 19' Very High Resolution (1024 ml. modem; cooling fan; ong. manuals & w nm 5.25" drives, 1.5 meg GS-RAM, 20 meg Rodime hard x768) Monochrome Monitor for Mac, includes monitor, boxes; PFS: Wrtte, Muttiscnbe, Awardware, MMWH drive w/SCSI card, AST Vision Plus (Video Digttizer}, interface card for Mac II &cables. Only 9 months old lots more. Gently used, well maintained. ifl "{@ MDldeas Conserver, 2 joysticks (w/Paddle Adapple}, SuperView II - Must Sell. $950 or best offer. H. 656- $1300 firm. Call Jan Goldberg 762-7843. K. :'5@ a lot of software and technical books. GSOS and 6832 w. 961-9108 software are on the hard drive. The whole system is under a year old, and is going for $2,900. Call Daniel For Sale ~~~e~:: II Printer - excellent condition. f1 1!1 Summer, (703) 790-0174. SIMMs - Apple/Toshiba lowest Profile nanos - for $400. Call Greg (301) 652-8789. IMM@ Macll, SE &Plus. Have one 2 MB kit, will sell for $290 For Sale or best offer. H. 656-6832 W. 961-9108. Help Wanted Ill~~! Apple lie, 100 hours, 2 drives, Amdek Ill color mon. Programmer - For Radiology Image Man- MtMiM Hayes modem, daisy whl printer, software, manuals, For Sale agement System using state-of-the art Mac ~MWlM perfed condition. Rod Burton, Alex., 642-8150. Macintosh External Disk Drive (BOOK) still in box, never workstation. 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