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App Les Newsletter Volume 22, Issue 6' 1 minapp les' newsletter the minnesotai apple computer users group, inc. Ju SUN 4 4 5 g 1 2 13 7:00 20 27 Board of Directors minl'apples members welcome. Macintosh Main Byerly's Washburn Library; Fourth Dimension SIC 7171 France Ave. S., Edina 5244 Lyndale Avenue S, Mpls 8200 Humbolt Ave South 4 1 1 1 1 1 Lisa Huston, 612-825-1245 Erik of Erik's Bike Shops 2nd Fir. Conference Rm. Birngtn . Denis Diekhoff, 6 1 David Ringsmuth, 612-853-3024 1 AppleWorks I ClarieWorke SIG . St Louis Park Library Apple2 - 9 2 II0/C-S2 M4a3in 7SIG 0 1 1 3240 Lirbrary Lane, St Louis Pk Augsburg Park Library ResEdit / Programming SIG . John Hunkins, Jr., 6 7100 Nicollet, Richfield Washburn Library 1 5 1 - 4 5 7 - 8 9 4 Tom Gates, 6 1 5244 Lyndale Avenue S, Mpis 1 1 1 1 1 . Lisa Huston, 612-825-1245 1 1 1 1 1 1 T9elecommunications SIG 2 - 7 8 9 - 6 9 . o m o r o Epiphany Lutheran Church) P8h1otoshop-Digital Imaging m m u n i Washburn Library; . FileMaker Pro SIG 1414 East 48th Street, Mpis m i2 4 1 Bert Persson, 612-861-9578 5244 Lyndale Avenue S, Mpls QuickTime VA g - 1410 Energy Park Drive, St Paul - Apple II Novice SIG Denis Diekhoff, 612-920-2437 Steve Wilmes, 651-458-1513 P Macintosh Consultants SIG Ramsey County Library a r 2180 Hamline Avenue, Roseville Embers Meet Your iMac / Mac SIG t n Tom Gates, 612-789-6981 7525 Wayzata Blvd 28 f t Merriam Park Library St. Louis Park e r Marshall & Fairview, St Paul s , Microsoft Word SIG Bob Demeules, 612-559-1124 ...,dommoommr B ri an Bantz, 612-956-9814 S umn 2850 Metro Drive Rm 124, Blmgtn Quicken/Investment SIG u : Macintosh Novice SIG Tom Ostertag, D 612-951-5520 E 2850 Metro Drive, Rm 124 ," 2i8 M e r r i a m Park Library 651-488-9979 Bloomington t k ae •M a r s h a l l & Fairview, St Paul Dale Strand, 612-835-5872 e t Ri c hard Becker, 6 1 5 2 - 8 7 0 - 0 6 5 9 . ., , mini app les I I I T h P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343 e M i Introduction — This is the Newsletter of mini'apples, Board of Directors: n n the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc., a President L i s a Huston Minnesota non-profit club. The whole newsletter is e 61s2-825-1245 copyrighted © by mini'apples. Articles may be repro- [email protected] o t duced in other non-profit User Groups' publications Vice President D e n1 i s Dielchoff except where specifically copyrighted by the author. a 61 2-920-2437 (Permission to reproduce these articles must be given by the author.) Please include the source when reprinting. Secretary J a c q Au e l i n e Miller p 612-890-2071 Questions — Please direct questions to an appropriate [email protected] board member. Users with technical questions should Treasurer D o p n Walz refer to the Members Helping Members section. 651-426-5602 l Dealers — mini'apples does not endorse specific Marketing Director Berian Bantz dealers. The club promotes distribution of information bdbantz@bitstreammet which may help members identify best buys and ser- C 612-956-9814 vice. The club itself does not participate in bulk pur- Publications Directoor John Prusld chases of media, software, hardware and publications. 612-938-2818 Members may organize such activities on behalf of m [email protected] other members. SIG Director B epr t Persson Advertisers — For information, see Newsletter Ad 612-861-9578 Rates box within this issue. u [email protected] Past President B rt u c e Thompson Newsletter Contributions — Please send contributions 612-546-1088 directly to our Post Office, Box 796, Hopkins, MN e [email protected] 55343 or upload them to our BBS at 612-595-9404. r Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the lst of the month. An article will be printed when space Coordinators: U permits and, if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor s or Manager, it constitutes material suitable for Membership e Erik Knopp publication. Mac Software r Bryan Lienke Editor/Publisher: Tom Ostertag 651-488-9979 Apple ll s Owen Aaland Newsletter Layout: John Hunldns ' mini'apples BBS 612-595-9404, (co-located on G Twin City Interlink BBS), 24 hrs. Settings: 8-1-0.Call in with FirstClass® Client software or any text-based r terminal program. o minrapples Voice Mail — 651-229-6952 u mini'apples WWW site: http://www.miniapples.org p , I The m i n i -manufacturer. The opninions, statements, positions, and views herein are those of the author(s) or editor and are not intended to represent the aoppinpions, statements, cpositions, or views of Apple computer Inc., yr any cithcr oomputor manutnturpr Instead of olacino a trademark symbol at -every occurrence of a trade-marked name, we state that we are using the names only in an editorial manner, to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. l e s . N e w s l e t tminl'applese r Newsletter 2 June, 1999 i s a n i n d e p e n d e n t p u b l i c a t i o n n o t a f f i l i a t e d , s p o n s o r e d , o r s a n c t i o n e d b y A p p l e C o m p u t e r , I n c . o r a n y o t h e r c o m p u t e r CHANGE OF Table of Contents ADDRESS July 1999 Preview 3 Moving? Going to be away from home and leaving a for- Members Helping Members 4 warding address with the Post Office? Please send us a Mac eDOM #991- Acrobat Reader 4.0 5 Change of Address when you are informing others. By using Results of the Annual Election 6 a moment of your time and a few cents to drop us a card, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks SIG Meeting Locations 6 you save the club some money and you get your newsletter Good Deal on Membership Renewals 6 delivered promptly to your new address. If you don't Apple II SIG Meetings in June 6 inform us, the Post Office puts your newsletter in the trash Apple Needs Microsoft 7 (they don't forward third class mail) and charges the club for Evangelist Retires Final Message 8 informing us of your new address. Change of Address Friendly Fire 10 should be sent to the club's mailing address: minl'apples, Performa/G3 For Sale 11 Attn: Membership Director, Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343. mini'apples Gaming Group (mGG) Wants You! 11 FOR RENT: BRILLIANT July 1999 Preview PRESENTATIONS Here is the tentative calendar of our Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings for Proxima On CaPo July 1999. Please pencil these events on your calendar. As always, when doubtful Rental PTOgrant For of a SIG date, time, or location, confirm with one of the following: the Multimedia • Our BBS, the Calendar Folder in the Conferences Folder Projector You Need. • Our Voice Mail Telephone number: 651-229-6952 When You Need IL • The cognizant SIG Leader • Local service and POorl Thursday • Fast delivery July 1 Telecom SIG • PC and Macintosh Tuesday July 6 oompatiblitty Board of Directors meeting • A variety Of protectors Wednesday July 7 and panels to Thursday AppleWorks nee ClarisWorks SIG choose from July 8 Macintosh Main SIG • Expert advice Monday July 12 Apple JIGS Main SIG on selecting Wednesday July 14 Microsoft Word SIG lei:fre q*Rentalu i p m e creditn t Thursday July 15 program Macintosh Consultants Thursday July 15 Far mere information regarding: Monday Quicken/Investing SIG July 19 Fourth Dimension SIG Computer Protection Systems-- Tuesday LCD, Data or Video Pmtectors July 20 Apple II Novice SIG Complete Conference and Training Rooms Wednesday July 21 Printers • Labeling • Signage Systems Thursday PhotoShop / Digital Imaging SIG All AN Equipment—Sales • SeMee • Rentals July 22 FileMaker Pro SIG PLEASE CALL Monday July 26 Meet Your iMac / Mac SIG, 6:00pm 1 0 Monday July 26 Macintosh Novice SIG, 7:00pm 4 armrrmeme NNIC Wednesday July 28 3300 University Ave, S.E. ResEdit / Programming SIG Minneapolis, MN 55414-9852 o t 612-331-5500. 1-803-933-7337 (Ask for &tension 254) 1 4 - minl'apples Newsletter C 3 June, 1999 Members Helping Members Need Help? Have a question the manual doesn't answer? Members Helping Members is a group of volunteers who have generously agreed to help. They are just a phone (or an e-mail) away. Please call only during the appropri- ate times, if you are a member, and own the software in question. 1. L e s Anderson 651-735-3953 DEW Apple II / IIGS Software & Hardware 1, 6,9 DEW 3 2. B r i a n Bantz 612-956-9814 ClarisDraw 218-387-2257 2,8, 9, 10 3. M i k e Carlson AppleWorks / ClarisWorks 4. E r i c Jacobson 651-645-6264 FileMaker Pro DEW 2 5. N i c k Ludwig 612-593-7410 FirstClass LW 12 6. T o m Ostertag 651-488-9979 HyperCard 612-823-6713 DEW MacWrite Pro 2 7.
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