$295 Wa1hi ngton Apple Pi ' c!5 Volume. 11 June 1989 number6
Club News President's Comer ...... Bob Platt ...... 5 IIgs system upgrade a Meeting Reports ...... various ...... 13 big hit Special ...... page28 Innocence Ends ...... Bob Platt ...... 45 CD-ROMs, Where arc You? ...... L. Jay Aceto ...... 47 MacWorld Expo - Washington ...... Marti n Milrod ...... 62 W AP' s New Booth ...... Cynthia Yockey ...... 63 The King's Quest Toro! Macintosh Art ...... Autumn Little ...... 96 Comment rich in detail Bits and Bytes ...... Lynn Trusal ...... 70 Macinations: MacWorld ...... Robb Wolov ...... 72 ...... pages 42 Games The PlayRoom ...... Steven Payne ...... 41 The Usurper ...... Charles Don Hall ...... 42 What's happening King's Quest IV ...... David Wood ...... 42 The lvlagic Candle ...... Charles Don Hall ...... 43 with CD-ROMs? Tutorials IIGS Stuff ...... Meyer & Knutsen ...... 28 ...... page 47 A Modest Patch for Large Drives ...... Michael Burton ...... 29 Best of the Apple II ...... Lou Pastura ...... 32 On the Trail of the Apple Ill ...... David Ottalini ...... 38 Apple Q &A ...... Bob Platt ...... 40 Money saving tips for Desktop Puzzling ...... Ron Moore ...... 50 Imagcwri tcr Altcm ativcs ...... Jay M. Thal ...... 52 desktop publishers Connect with MacNET ...... Jeff Alpher ...... 54 Mac Q & A ...... Milrod & Morganstein ..... 58 Excelling on Your Mac: Part 24 ...... David Morganstcin ...... 60 ...... page so · Random Walk Macro in Excel ...... Fred Seelig ...... 74 W AP Tutorials Registrati on ...... Lynn Trusal ...... 95 Reviews MacWorld The Musical Apple: Finale ...... Raymond Hobbs ...... 46 Life & Death ...... Gail West ...... 57 recapitulated Mac Number Crunching: L/S FORTRAN ...... Lou Pecora ...... 64 Mac Business: Accounting Software ...... Cindy Carter ...... 77 (photos) Disk Library Apple III Disketeria ...... David Ottalini ...... 80 ...... page 62 Mac Diskcteria ...... David Weikert ...... 80 Mac Disketeria Order Form ...... 93 WAP Databank Officers & Volunteers ...... 3 Hot Line ...... 8 Calendar /SIG Notices ...... Peter Cook ...... 10 Classifi eds ...... 92 WAP Membership Form ...... 94 Membership Drive Readout ...... 96 MacCORNER'S GREAT ANNUAL
I'•'~ BLOW OUT SALE' ~/' We are clearing out:ur ENTIRE WAREHOUSE invento;y! ALL software and peripherals will be reduced 30 -99% off! Most at or below dealer cost! Do not miss it! -~Over 1,000 new & demo products! Here are some HOT examples:
Soflware!Accesories List Super-SALE
Compuserve book s 12 $ 1 Disk Cleaning Kns 30 J MouseMats 12 4 Desk OrgantZer (+) 79 5 Desk Scene 40 5 HFS Locaior 79 7 Hard disk Utils 99 a GAMES starting at.. .. below.-> $ 9 M1ndWrne 195 10 SmartScrap & Clipper 80 10 SONY DSDD (10) 60 15 MacDraw (d) 100 29 Omnis 3 495 59 Mac3D 295 67 PixelPa1nt 399 79 Photon (Scoop upgrade) 495 119 Readlt OCR 395 99 Laser Paint Color II 595 109 Ouark Xpress 795 299
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LaserW11!er Trays 70 5 Ou1et Cool SE (quiets fan) 59 10 A+ Optical Mouse (+) 99 19 Felix (+) (mouse) 150 J9 Mac ll/llxlllcx/SE30 2 meg Upgrade 599 149 20 Meg Tape Backup (as 1s) 995 199 Kroycolor 995 298 Dayna file FT lCXl (360k) 795 299 Brother 6 TwinWrner DollDaysyWheel 1399 599 NEC 15" MS+ Color Mntr 1024x840 (as is) 1200 599 Everex EMAC 90 DLX 1795 699 CMS 80 (quantum) 1795 119 EMAC T-60 Tape backup 1399 793 Full Page Display CS (mac II) 2 195 799 HP LaserJet PostScript Upgrade (as is) 2995 979 Sigma Laserview 19" Two f'age SE 2400 998 PLI 45meg Removable CM Drive 1795 999 21 · Hnach1COLOR Monitor (as is) 3500 1299 Techtronix 4693D (w/8 megs upgrade) 11 300 11495 ONE DAV ONLV! June 3, 1989
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE! MacCorner SORRY ... • All sales are final 8653 Zetts Avenue • No rainchecks Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877 • We can't hold items • No back orders (301)948-1538 Some items are demo/missing packages or literature. Full l.D. required fa< all checks • Sale limned lo IN STOCK ITEMS only • No P.O"s • All advertised clearance prices good only on 613189 Additional Parking In Rear
ATTENTION! Special Sale Hours: Saturday 9.AM - 9PM Clinton Computer Joins ComputerLand Network ..... We're ComputerLand Mid-Atlantic!
A Message from Our President....
Art Lundquist, President Co-Owner/Founder ComputerLllnd 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 ComputerLand 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 Computerl..and stores throughout theMid 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 fast as our top--0J-the-line Macin tosh IIX - in a Some of you have heard about our pur ated by Clinton Computer? Be smaller size! chase of some Computerl..and locations or No. sure to shop at those listed in this ad for the value, service and support that you have seen Computerl..and banners in our OUR DISCOUNT POLICY FOR stores and have asked us what is going on. have come to expect from Clinton Com puter. WASHINGTON APPLE PI MEMBERS COMPUTERLAND MIO.ATLANilC offers Washing· Has Clinton Computers ownership ton Apple Pl members a 25% DISCOUNT Ol'F TI-IE 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 Office of the President parts only, not to the labor cosL Discount is available to erLand network, but is still owned and persons who have been Pi members for at least 3 Clinton Computer months. Discount cannot be applied retroactively. Pi operated by its founders, Chuck Perilli and 7469 Old Alex. Ferry Road members 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. COMPUI'ERLAND MJD.AnANflC re I look forward to hearing from you. serves the right to change this policy at :my lime. 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.
Llurcl, MD 9636FL Meade Rd. 001)953-1110 Will our prices be lower? Annapolis, MD Rt. 2 and West SL (301)261-8181 Owned and Operated by Yes. ComputerLand's large purchasing Wuhlngton, DC 1905 K Street, NW (202)223-0900 I power will give us the opportunity to be the Rockville, MD 12204 Rockville Pike (3()1>881-2810 Clintont most competitive chain in the Mid-Atlantic Alexandria, VA XTI S. Washington St. (703)838-9700 Compu C!I' Clnton, MD 6"'.43 Old Alex. Feny Rd. (301)856-2500 Authorized Deale• r region. Tyson• Comer, VA 8032 Leesburg Pike (703)442-3800 K-12 and HlgherEducaUon Sales (301)868-0002 Applt, IJu Applt logo, Macintosh, AppltShart and l.Astr· Corporate and Covemment S.iles (301)599-9555 Writa 11Tt rtgistertd trademarks of Apple Computer, In c. Will our service still be the best? Service Contract Sales 001)599-1596 Applt prodw:!s are llVllilablt only from authoriwl Applt Yes. Even better! As part of Computer- Training Servk.es (301)953-1110 dtt1las. They 11re nol availablt by tdqihont or mail order. Save up to 413 when you join with other members of your user group to buy selected MegaGraphics Display Systems. Call MegaGraphics at (800) 423-0183 for details. (Inside California, call (805) 484-3799) Ask for User Group Sales.
MegaGraphics Product Suggested User Group Savings Retail Price Price* MegaScreen SE Black & White Macintosh~ SE $1,895 $636 19" Monitor & Controller $1,259** sJ>.~ MegaScreen 2001 Black & White Macintosh II, Th<, IIcx $1,995 19'' Monitor & Controller $1,299 ~ $766 MegaScreen 2008 Greyscale Macintosh II, Th<, IIcx $3,290 19'' Monitor & Controller $1,999 Sf'.~$1,291 MegaScreen 2008 256 Color Macintosh II, Th<, IIcx $6,090 19" Trinitron• Monitor & Controller $3,999 ~$2,091 MegaGraphics 2008 Macintosh II, Ilx, IIcx $1,695 Controller card only, no monitor $999 ~ $696
M~aGraphics offers the only full line of true WYSTWYG/75 all current Macintosh models. d.p.1. disp1ays available for Macintosh. Each MegaScreen System offers the best performance in its MegaScreen 2008 Color System for the Macintosh II uses a category, with a specially-tuned high performance monitor to special Trinitron-technology monitor tuned to our uniquely work with the high refresh rate of our MegaScreen Controllers. high refresh rate and 1024 x 826 resolution. The result of all this technology is a stable, r· ..... MegaScreen 2008 Greyscale System flicker-free display that's corrlfortable to use offers 256 simultaneous grey tones for · E · G· A all day long. photographic-quality images. MegaScreen Display Systems by MegaScreen Black & White Systems all MegaGraphics. We make technology beautiful. provide rock steady, flicker-free displays for INC.
MegaGraphics, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, CA 93010 (800) 423-0183. Inside California: (805) 484-3799. Ask for User Group Sales. • Applic.ible sales tax and shipping are extra. Resbictions apply: Discounts are available to c:umnt user group membm when their group buys at least 3 systems. ..MegaSattn SE price includes a $20 coupon for installation by the Apple servicing dealer of your choice. Thtst art not disconHnutd itmis, nor do they differ from our rtgMlar rtlail products. Trinitron is a Rtgistertd Tradmiark of Sony Corpon1Hon. Madntosh is a Rtgistmd Tn1dtmark of App It Computer, Inc. Officers and Board of Directors Dlsketeria Volunteers President -Bob Platt (703) 486-1466 DOS 3.3 Librarian -Jim Little (301 )762-3215 Vice President-App le Mtg -Ray Hakim (301) 649-1891 Macintosh Librarian -David Weikert (301 )963-0063 Vice President-Mac Mtg. -Eric Rall (301) 596-0004 -Martin Mil rod (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. -Walt 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 Legal 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 Cappelaere (301) 596-3989 V. Presidents, Apple -Tom Cook Public Relations -Cynthia Yockey (301) 565-3951 (301) 995-0352 -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 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 910 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 Office hours: M-Sat. 10-2:30* Mac Programmers -Bob Shaffer (301) 552-9214 Tues. 7-9pm -Bruce Jacobs (301) 439-7812 ·rhe office will be closed for the 1st 2 hours of the general meeting Music SIG -Bill Bittle (301) 236-9898 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 June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 3 The WAP Journal is created using Apple Macintosh II and I Re ular Columns SE computers and printed camera-ready on a 300-dpi Best of the Apple II TCS ...... Lou Pastura ...... 32 Apple LaserWriter Plus. Bits & Bytes ...... Lynn Trusal ...... 70 Desktop Puzzling ...... Ron Moore ...... 50 Software includes word proc IIGS Stuff ...... Ted Meyer & Sam Knutson.28 essing with: Word (Micro Macinations ...... Robb Wolov ...... 72 soft), WriteNow (T/Maker), Mac Q &A ...... Milrod & Morganstein ...... 58 and MacWrite (Claris): illus On the Trail of the Apple III ...... David Ottalini ...... 38 tration with: MacPaint Presidents' Corner ...... Bob Platt ...... 5 Excelling ...... David Morganstein ...... 60 (Claris), MacDraw (Claris), Canvas (Deneba), and FreeHand (Aldus); page layout with: MacDraw (Claris) and PageMaker (Aldus): communications with RedRyder (CE Software), TOPS (Sun Microsystems), Advertisers and Mail (Microsoft); utility Authors programs include: Font/DA Ameritel ...... 12 Aceto, L. Jay ...... 47 Juggler (ALSoft), DiskTop Award Publications ...... 59 Alpher, Jeff ...... 54 (CE Software), LaserStatus Carver Publishing Services ...... 6 Burton, Michael ...... 29 (CE Software), McSink Clinton Computer ...... 1 Carter, Cindy ...... 77 (Preferred Software), Computer Age ...... 48, 49 Childers, Tom ...... 16 Computer Destktop Publ. Center ... 19 Feldman, Larry ...... 17 ArtGrabber (Hayden), and Darby Graphics ...... 67 Colden, Robert ...... 21 SmartScrap (Solutions); Data Conversion ...... 76 Grosbier, Dick ...... 16 Fonts are: Palatine, Helvetica, Desktop Publishing Center ...... 98 Hall, Charles Don ...... 42, 43 Helvetica Narrow, Helvetica Disk Doctor ...... 78 Hobbs, Raymond ...... 46 Condensed, and Helvetica Gestalt ...... 65 Knutson, Sam ...... 28 Condensed Black (Adobe). Laser's Resource ...... 37 Meyer, Ted ...... 28 MacCorner ...... 0 Milrod, Martin ...... 58 MacHcaven ...... 59 Moore, Ron ...... 50 MaclnOffice ...... 68, 69 Morganstein, David ...... 58, 60 MacSlides ...... 78 North, Bill ...... 18 Journal MacSource ...... 58 Ottalini, David ...... 38, 80 MacTemps ...... 97 Pastura, Lou ...... 32 MacUpgrades ...... 45 Payne, Steven ...... 22, 41 Deadlines MacWorld Expo...... 61 Pecora, Lou ...... 64 Mega Graphics ...... 2 Piwowar, Tom ...... 7, 20 Writers' submissions MidAtlantic Telesis ...... 79 Platt, Bob...... 5,13,17,40 Multisoft Resources ...... 39 Pochepko, Nancy ...... 21 July ••••••• June 5 Operant Systems ...... 35 Seelig, Fred ...... 74 August ••••• July 3 PLSlnc...... 41 Thal, Jay M ...... 52 PC Resources ...... 45 Trusal, Lynn ...... 70, 95 Editors' submissions Rent-A-Computer ...... 37 Weikert, David ...... 80 July ••••••• June 12 Satellite Scientific ...... 97 West, Gail ...... 57 August ••••• July 10 Software Vcntures ...... 55 Wolov, Robb ...... 72 Summit Research Corp...... 53 Wood, David ...... 42 Ad space reservations Sunrise ...... 52 Yockey, Cynthia ...... 63 Technical Sales and Service ...... 76 July ••••••• June 7 I VF ASsoclates ...... 53 August ••••• July 10 Advertisers are listed as a service to our readers; the WAP Journal is not responsible Camera-ready ad copy for any errors or omissions. July ...... June 14 August •••• July 12 Distribution Dates ;~;;~;;~fI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~; July ••••• June 24 I August •••• July· 22 4 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 Many thanks (and 5 points in our understanding that an upgrade would ~MM§){ membership contest) to the volun be availab~e shortly to bring the prod- \il:.J1! teers who staffed our booth: Gary uct up to its full features. A related h,Ji@ H11yman,HarveyKaye,SamandKym product was the new version of Tu- iPMM to(fech which is one of the first prod- ~jllj Knutsen, York Menzel, Carrol Nor , v ·d ;_,D J uc ts t o support A pp 1 e s 1 eo over- FM@~ rish, Bob Lammachia, Ben Miller,
1soo·Massachusetts Ave NW, #34 guidelines and rules established by the Board to Washington DC 20005 govern Journal content prior to the election, or (202) 223-6813 included material written by W AP members for other Club News and Calendar Editor purposes and included without their knowledge or Peter Cook permission. This is an extraordinarily unpleasant (and 8403-1 Greenwood Ave expensive) step to have to take, and its necessity is Takoma Park MD 20912 regretted. Under the circumstances, however, the (301) 585-7651 Board felt it had no alternative. Columnists Editor Kathleen Dunten Our objective here is not censorship. We cannot state Thompson Publishing this concern strongly enough. If any member of 1725 K St, NW, Suite 200 Washington Apple Pi wishes to obtain a copy of the Washington DC 20006 material excised from this issue, he or she should feel (202) 872-1766 free to call the Office of the Pi [(301) 654-8060] and Apple Editor request it! The material will be sent to you. Hardware, Programming, TCS, O&A Lee Raesly MHAlnc 7411 Riggs Rd, Suite 103 Adelphi MD 20783 (301) 439-1799 Apple Reprints Editor The Board of Directors has asked Nancy Seferian to Chris Bastian take charge of publishing the June and July issues of Mac Editor the Journal. She, in turn, has asked Tim McGraw and Hardware, Programming, TCS, Q&A Frank Potter to help in the editing and production Martin Mllrod process. Members of the Pi who have material that 2616 Kingsley Lane they would like to see published in the Journal Bowie MD 20715 should contact Nancy [(202) 333-0126] or the Pi (301) 464-5981 offices to arrange for its review and eventual publi Reviews Editor cation. Ray Hobbs 8405 Snowden Loop Members who wish to acquire on-the-spot training Laurel MD 20708 and techniques for desktop publishing may seize (301) 490-7484 upon this as a wonderful opportunity for self-educa Games Editor tion. All assistance will be appreciated and no one Steven Payne will be turned away at the door. Discalced Carmelite Friars 2131 Lincoln Rd NE Washington DC 20002 (202) 832-6622 Graphic Arts and DTP Editor £ C1 d c:::::.._ -: ..1 / JaneAltshuer ~ ~ 5407GroveRidgeWay _ ~J W-4/' 52 ,,or~~!:~~:~ ~J::t;k ~~ I ---~~-~-~-:-~_?_~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~~~~111 June1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 7 Have a computer problem? The fol dBase 11&111,Data Perfect Word Processors lowing club members have volun Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 General I teered to help other club members. Profiler 3.0 Walt Francis (202) 966-5742 Guidelines for Hotline Use Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Apple Writer II Dvorak Keyboard Dianne Lorenz (301) 530-7881 Hotline is for club members only. Ginny Spevak (202) 362-3887 Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 • Remember these are volunteers: Hard Disk Letter & Slmply Perfect be courteous; ask for help, not for CMC (not CMS) Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 a job to be done for you. Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Mouse Write • Respect all telephone restrictions Corvus Omnlnet Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 ~·:·:·:·:·:· where listed-no calls after 10:00 Tom Vier (BBS) (301) 986-8085 Screenwriter II PM except where indicated. Corvus Peter Combes (301) 251-6269 Calls regarding commercial soft Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 Gene Carter (202) 363-2342 ware packages should be limited Sider Word Handler to those you have purchased. Do Jaxon Brown (301) 350-3283 Jon Vaupel (301) 593-3316 not call about software for which Otis Greever (615) 638-1525 Word Perfect you have no documentation. James Edwards (301) 585-3002 • All telephone numbers are home Languages Apple soft Henry Donahoe (202) 298-9107 numbers unless otherwise Word Star specified. Louis Biggie (301) 967-3977 Peter Combes (301) 251-6369 Art Wilson (301) 77 4-8043 When requests are made to re Michael Osborne (301) 894-8903 turn calls, long distance calls will Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 John Wiegleyatter 2:1s (703) 437-1808 be collect. John Love (703) 569-2294 Apple llgs Integer Basic John Wiegleyatter2:1s (703) 437-1808 General ·~ .:;· '! L..------' John Love (703) 569-2294 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 .:, . ·~ Apple II Machine General/PalntWorks+ . ·~ Ray Hobbs (BBS) (301) 490-7484 Paul Tarantino (703) 455-7670 ~~:: 1~i~ General John Love (703) 569-2294 /le Upgrade f.$~~~1 Dave Harvey (703) 578-4621 Pascal Morgan Jopling (301) 261-3886 ~mfil~~ John Wiegleyatter2:1s (703) 437-1808 Michael Hartman (301) 445-1583 APW ~~mHili Accounting Packages c and TML Pascal Andy Gavin (703) 734-3049 *f~r=w:1~ BPI Programs Harry Ewin (703) 391-0295 Jim Frison (703) 525-9395 f=~· ~l~l Jaxon Brown (301) 350-3283 t...... Operating Systems Deluxe Paint II ~= . ~~ BPI & Howardsoft(Tax) Apple DOS Rich Sanders (703) 450-4371 :=~-. f: Otis Greever (615) 638-1525 f. • •.. •X John Wiegleyatter 2:1s (703) 437-1808 GS BASIC . : ~ Dollars & Sense CP/M Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 :·.. .. :..{ Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 .. ·.<·,*· Art Wilson (301) 77 4-8043 Mulllscrlbe GS .?J Home Accountant Pro DOS Ray Settle (301) 647-9192 '~ill~i Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 John Love (703) 569-2294 Telecommunlcal/ons .·.. '.=~;,~ APPLE SSC Dale Smith (301) 762-5158 >.,·ff:~ B . John Wiegley after2:15(703) 437-1808 ~ .. =**~ errne Benson (301) 951-5294 ProDOS and 16 Allan Levy (301) 340-7839 ~~~= A I IM ,,,, a ~ ;~:~i pp,e OrttS Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 Timeout Serles & Utllllles: Prose/ I. .,i Ken DeVito (703) 960-0787 RWTS, Disk structure Chuck Ward before9pm(703) 830-3720 ~~l~~tl Bob Martz (301) 795-5689 John Wiegley (703) 437-1808 Barry Fox (717) 652-2899 ~-&t.r¥1 Ray Settle (301) 647-9192 ·'~ . VIP-Pro/Mull/scribe t::-.-iAlr: Harry Erwin (703) 391-0295 Print Shop Thomas O'Hagan (301) 593-9683 Jim Frison (703) 525-9395 ~ttfjj~ Michael Osborn (301) 894-8903 816 Palnl/Wrllr's Ch.El ~ .:*.t~§ AppleWorks Data Base Spreadsheets Andy Gavin (703) 734-3049 ;-~~ Morgan Jopling (301) 261-3886 General ·:.-_ ~j Communications Packages Walt Francis (202) 966-57 42 . ... mi ASCII Express MaglcCalc*SuperCalc2.0 ~;;:.:.· ..~tl Dave Harvey (703) 578-4621 Leon Raesly (301) 431-0853 f:~l<:~J~1~ ProTerm Terry Prudden (301) 933-3065 Become a ~l~l1~~~ll Allan Levy (703) 578-4621 Telecommunlcal/ons imm~it: Talk Is Cheap/Pt.toPt. 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June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 9 ~{t~%~? " .$_l June m. ;· _i_ WAP General Meetings ~;~ I t . Thursday . w.~: · 7.30 PM .... GameSIG ...... office Monthly General Meetings are generally held on the 4th Saturday of the _., 5 Monday month at the Unttormed Services University for the Health Sciences .. Writers Deadline-July Issue ...... Building B, affectionately known as USU HS. It is located at 4301 Jones 7:30 PM .... Pl-SIG (Program Interlace) ...... office Bridge Road on the campus of the National Navy Medical Center in 6 Tuesday Bethesda. Come as early as 8:30 a.m. to join, buy public domain disks, 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to Apple llgs ...... office pick up your monthly WAP Journal.Attend the Q&A sessions to get your 7 Wednesday questions answered and hear the latest rumors. Listen to the main ,, Ad Space Reservations Deadline-July Issue meeting topic at 9:30. We also have a special session to welcome new 7:30 PM .... dPub SIG ...... PEPCO computer users and get them started. Group purchase items can be 7:30 PM .... Mac Programmers ...... office bought at the office after the meeting, beginning at noon. 8 Thursday 7:00 PM .... Columbia Slice ...... Columbia May 27 at USUHS Apple II: Barney Stone of Stone 7:30 PM .... Database SIG/4D ...... Computer Factory Edge Techn. demonstrates his dbase program. Mac: 8:00 PM .... StockSIG ...... office Springboard Software's John Paulson. Claris demon 9 Friday stration of MaWrite II. Election ballots to be distributed. 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to the Macintosh ...... Alexandria 10 Saturday June 24 Wootton High School Garage sale and a demo 9:30 AM .... Annapolis Slice ...... Anne Arundel Co. of Workbench for the Apple II. A Mac program and Q&A 9:30 AM .... Frederick Slice ...... Call sessions. 2100 West Ritchie Parkway, Rockville, MD. 2:00 PM .... Music SIG ...... Call Directions from office: Take 270N to Rte 28 Exit (West) 12 Monday sign should say Damestowne (do not take Business Dis .. Editorial Deadline-July Issue ...... trict) go to traffic light and tum left onto Hurley Ave. Go 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Introduction to the Macintosh ...... office all the way to the 1st stop sign and tum left onto West 13 Tuesday Ritchie Pkwy. Go past small shopping center on left, then 7:15 PM ....Tutorial : How to Use Your Apple llgs Software ... office school will be on the right. 14 Wednesday Meeting Notices 1B1 Ad Copy Deadline-July Issue ...... 6:30 PM .... Board of Directors Meeting ...... office 15 Thursday Annapolis Slice 2nd Saturday; Anne Arundel Commu 8:00 PM .... PIG (Pascal Interest Group) ...... office nity College - Careers Bldg. lecture hall, Arnold, MD, 16 Friday 9:30AM. 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Intermediate Macintosh ...... Alexandria Apple Ilgs SIG the Monday after the regular WAP meet ing; alternates between Dolly Madison Library in McLean 19 Monday and Thomas Pyle Intermediate School in Bethesda, 7:00 .,; ...,, 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Intermediate Macintosh ...... office $:~: •,.;.'-;.~:~ PM. t,,,.,,,,_.,,~:; 20 Tuesday Apple III SIG 4th Wednesday; WAP office, 7:30 PM. ~: · i 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Popular Apple llgs Applications ...... office A VSIG (arts and video) 3rd Wednesday; Bethesda-Chevy '~ -'-- ;?¥ 21 Wednesday Chase HS 7:30 PM. 7:00 PM .... WorksSIG ...... office 7:30 PM .... AVSIG ...... BCCHS Columbia Slice - 1st Thursday; at the Howard County 7:30 PM .... Excel SIG ...... office Board of Education bldg., Route 108, Columbia, MD, 7:30 PM .... Fed SIG ...... Call 7:00 PM. (Meets second Thursday in June.) 7:30 PM .... HyperTalk SubSIG ...... Arlington 23 Friday 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Advanced Macintosh ...... Alexandria 24 Saturday June 9:00 AM .... WAP General Meeting ...... Rockville noon ...... HyperCard SIG ...... Bethesda noon ...... Telecomm SIG ...... Bethesda s M T w T F s 26 Monday 7:00 PM .... Apple llgs SIG ...... Mclean 1 2 3 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Advanced Macintosh ...... office 28 Wednesday 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7:30 PM .... Apple Ill SIG ...... office 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Have a Date? 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Call Peter Cook (301 ) 585-7651 with Club News and Calendar Dates
10 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 *lilt~ Meeting Notices (continued) JULY ~·=-··I~-.;=·~··~).:: 1 28 Wednesday "1;:.·\ 7:30 PM .... Apple ll1 SIG ...... office 7:00 PM. (Meets second Thursday in June.) I ~ Database SIG/4D 2nd Thursday; Computer Factory, Be 3 . Monday . ~.--~. 7.30 P~ .... Pl-SI~ (Program Interface) ...... office ~: thesda, 7:30 PM. m...... Writers Deadline-August Issue ...... ~ll.'. dPub SIG (desktop publishing} 1st Wednesday; PEPCO 4 Tuesday ~~~ .... auditorium at 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 7:30 PM. :ff#...... Holiday: office closed Excel SIG 3d Wednesday; W AP office, 7:30 PM. ·1··. 5 Wednesday . . i..,·==·. = Fed SIG (Federal} 3rd Wednesday; alternates between ~ Ad Space Reservations deadline-June Issue...... ~~· =~ • Falcon Training Center, 1745 Jefferson Davis Hwy Suite 7:30 PM .... dPub SIG ...... PEP90 m~=···=·:.~ 502, Crystal City, and Apple Fed. Sys. Office, 1892 7.30 PM .... Mac Programmers ...... office ~*-'I;:=t Preston White Dr., Reston, 7:30 PM. 6 Thursday . . . f:~~···==: ...,·=i Frederick Slice 2nd Saturday; at the library at 110 East 7:00 PM .... Columbia Slice ...... Columbia :::···=·= ·· Patrick St., Frederick, 9:30 AM. 7:30 PM .... GameSIG ...... office ~~· :i ·. GameSIG 1st Thursday; W AP office, 7:30 PM. B Saturday it~l=~~.;~ 9:30 AM .... Annapolis Slice ...... Anne Arundel Co. L. HyperCard SIG after the W AP general meeting; Uni 9:30 AM .... Fred~rick Slice ...... Frederick ~§= ··=\. .~ formed Services University of the Health Sciences, Be 2:00 PM .... Music SIG ...... Call ~l . ·=. thesda, 12:00 noon. 10 Monday 1=·= .. ~ =. HyperTalk SubSIG 3rd Wednesday; Fairlington Com .. Editorial Deadline-June Issue ...... -·: munity Center, 3300 S. Stafford St., Arlington, 7:30 PM. 11 Tuesday f:· ,:· · Mac Programmers 1st Wednesday; WAP office, 7:30 PM. 7:15 PM .... Tutorial: Welcome to World of Apple (lie & lie) .. office ~· '= MusicSIG 2d Saturday; call Bill Bittle, 236-9898 for loca 12 Wednesday f tion and times. B Ad Copy Deadline-June Issue ?. . NeXT SIG meets monthly. Call Hugh O'Neill, (202) 328- 13 Thursdaiy m1·~>....· : 9510. 7:30 PM .... NEXT SIG ...... NIH ~: :. ·: PIG (Pascal Interest Group) 3rd Thursday; WAP office, 7:30 PM .... Database SIG/4D ...... Computer Factory ,::)I 8:00 PM .... StockSIG ...... office $ i 8:00PM. PI-SIG (Programmer's Interface) 1st Monday; W AP of 18 Tuesday . 7:15 PM ..•• Tut: How to Use Your Apple Software (lie & lie) office r~ :· .ii I??: fice, 7:30 PM. StockSIG 2d Thursday; W AP office, 8:00 PM. 19 Wednesday ~l ·.. · 1;00 PM .... WorksSIG ...... office ;1.. ~~···~·· Telecomm SIG after the W AP general meeting; Uni 7.30 PM .... AVSIG ...... BCCHS ~::I formed Services University of the Health Sciences, Be 7:30 PM .... Excel SIG ...... office ~l :. ~· thesda, 12:00 noon. 7:30 PM .... Fed SIG ...... Call §~r··:1 ·~ 7:30 PM .... HyperTalk SubSIG ...... Arlington il~ .:.:·). Tutorials are held in the W AP office and at the Fairlington United Methodist Church, Rte. 7 and 395, Alexandria. 20 Thursday f:: = •• Call the office for the location of any you wish to attend. 8:00 PM .... PIG (Pascal Interest Group) ...... office i! ..: 22 Saturdaiy ~1·· ·~. WorksSIG 3rd Wednesday; WAP office, 7:00 PM. )~:- . 8:00 AM .... AppleWorks SIG (~lso at noon) ...... USUHS m· . .. 9:00 AM .... WAP General Meeting ...... USU HS I:° · For information on SIGs not listed on the calendar, please call noon ...... HyperCard SIG ...... USU HS W the appropriate SIG chair. noon ...... Telecomm SIG ...... USUHS · 24 Monday 7:00 PM •.•. Apple llgs SIG ...... Bethesda 25 Tuesday July 7:15 PM .... Popular Applications lie &lie SIG ...... office 26 Wednesday s M T w T F s 7:30 PM .... Apple lll SIG ...... office i:. ·· 27 Thursday ~? 1 7:30 PM .... Business SIG ...... office f:i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ~~; 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 .17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tutorial details are on page 95.
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12 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 General Meeting Report: April 22, 1989 Music, Computers and Glitz ~111 by Bob Platt • WAP's April 22 meeting set an Bruce brought hisNeXT computer separate room to conduct a joint ~- endurance record for its marathon and gave an impressive demonstra meeting of the HyperCard and NeXT ~~J~{-~ length. The meeting started at 9 a.m. tion of the power of the system by SIG s. (See separat e s to nes. b y Gary iMWit:t:c:·:·:-:·x:::.:-~ and continued untilabout6p.m., with runninganimationson thescreenand Letourneau.) *t!~i~~j the sudden wealth of overtime pay playing synthesized music at the same for the USUHS guard staff being the time. only beneficiaries of its incredible Bruce noted that NeXT did not !11:*... ··=»·'? length. have a choice but to use a UNIX de Before the main meeting, W AP' s rivative for its operating system. It new booth display was set up in the chose Mock, which was developed at USUHS lobby as a dry run for the Carnegie-Mellon University. Web forthcoming MacWorld. ster is not unhappy with the choice. Webster is concerned that using a Music Concert Floptical disk instead of a floppy disk The MusicSIG again offered an will hurt small developers. However, excellent concert of computer-gener he notes that a $17,000 price for a ated music. Chris Adler, Benjamin system with a laser printer prevents Bchardt, Carl Coon, Todd Dampier, the NeXT from becoming a mass Ray Hobbs, Herl Lemmers, John market machine. (Yet, neither the Robets and Lee Specter performed Lisa nor the Mac were mass market
both well known works as well as machines when first introduced.) ::.(·:·*~:;,, their own original compositions. In Regarding Display PostScript, addition to music composed on both Bruce noted that using this descriptor Apple and Mac driven synthesizers, language to control the screen costs Henri Lemmerssang and John Roberts execution time, but it saves 1) the This month's WAP News played the guitar. developer the burden of generating The MusicSIG also sponsored both Display PostScript and Quick Apple llGS ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 f.f}: .. ~ I~w~t4l demonstrations of Finale for the Draw output and 2) guarantees "what Board Minutes •••••••••••••••••• 25 :::~:;:·.;.:}~ti Macintosh by Coda and of the new you see is what you get." Webster Op Code synthesizer. does not observe any graphic slug Business SIG •••.•••••.•••••..••• 22 Although there were a few me gishness. He predicts that the NeXT Columbia Slice •••••••••••••••••• 16 chanical glitches which resulted in will serve a niche market for high-end Desktop Publishing SIG ... 20 short intermissions (which were filled desktop publishing, graphic arts and Excel SIG ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 by enthusiastic sales pitches for raffle VARs. Fed SIG •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 tickets), the program held our atten The choice quotes from his talk Frederick Slice ...... 16 tion until 12:30 p.m. were, "The Mac II quickly became the power user's system of choice. A lot GameSIG ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 Bruce Webster on NeXT of people have gone to NeXT devel General Meeting ••••••••••••••• 13 Bruce Webster is a freelance writer oper camp because they wanted a HyperCard SIG •••••••••••...•••• 17 who formerly wrote the Mac-related NeXT machine." and "I would be NeXT SIG ...... 20 "According to Webster" column for happy and content just focusing on Pl SIG ..••.....•...... •••.....••..... 21 Byte Magazine. Bruce had been work NeXT development and writing." OffIce News •••••••••••.•..•....••• 21 ing with the NeXT project for about (Sounds like a budding NeXT evan nine months prior to its release. The glist.) Works SIG ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 result is The NeXT Book, to be pub Bruce also demonstrated NcXT lished by Addison Wesley. (WAP is Step which is an application genera offering a group purchase of the book tor which produces source code for an for $17.) Webster discussed the dif object-oriented Cc compiler. Webster ferences between the Mac and the noted that NeXT has signed an agree NeXT and whether NeXT would suc ment with IBM to market NeXT Step cessfully expand beyond the academic under OS/2 Presentation Manager. market. At 2 p.m., Bruce adjourned to a
June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 13 highways of the future. Gassee also as being well positioned to serve the emphasized the important role which word processing and graphics needs user groups play in formulating of the engineering market, and that Apple's product development strat engineers at Apple who have access April 27- egy. to other workstations still prefer Macs Jean Louis Gassee Gassce devoted over a half-hour for those tasks. WAP held a special meeting at for questions. He indicated that a Although Apple supports stan noon Thursday, April 27 with Jean HDFD 1.44 Meg drive would proba dards for telecommunications and the Louis Gassce in conjunction with his bly not be available for the Apple II exchange of information across ma family. He indicated that Apple chines, he opposes standardization of w=n~W~ topic was "Programming, Networks Computer used a number of engi the user interface between machines neering work stations manufactured as needlessly hindering innovation. ~~ = = j~! and Other Dangerous Drugs." User interfaces and "front ends" ~l~@~m1 Gassee emphasized the need for by other companies and that Apple Mtlw'.:::~~~~ standards in telecommunication net- was not going after that market. should be readily customizable to al ···-=· ·"'·"··~· However, he views the Mac II family low each user to tailor them to fit indi UjL·=:~:~:~:~~ works. Such networks are the super- vidual needs and preferences. s
14 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 the computer industry. This usually GS is due in late April. Since I am II Frederick follows with an "April Fool" in the writing this on the 29th of April I May issue, so don't pay too much guess it will be very late in April (like '1~~11~1,1 App le ~ heed to the more controversial ar maybe May). Please be advised that 1:,::;~) ticles. Apple corporation has tight the update is only being sent to those ~-:-:~- ened up their waist bands and have customers who took the time to prop l:i:0..1.=~=:::~~ Co re gotten hardnosed with those that leak erly register their program. If you did any type of unauthorized informa not return the registration card that 1' By Dick Grosbier tion to the public. Anyone found leak came with your package you will not 4~J 1:::~==*.. ing information faces immediate ter get the upgrade; supposedly this is W1i~ . Unfortu~ate.ly, due to a little mination, and developers face law the case even if your AppleWorks GS I,..r···~f-·~:i nuscommumcatJon we only had one suits. On the up side for Apple II users came from Claris and not from a retail ~l :.. j~l computer available at this month's is that Apple hired some "cream of dealer. The upgrade is supposed to tl~Wl®~ meeting and a Disk of the Month the crop" programers for their Apple greatly improve printing speed and ~~·1=<-~~'.:ij (DOM) for the Apple II series com Illineofcomputerswhich would tend accuracy, and hopefully correct prob ~l.::JJ puter. Scott came through with his to have one believe that they are NOT lems with draft mode. It will also r1f:1:~1~~ ~pple Ilgs, but the Mac and its resp~ abandoning the II. But on the down hopefully correct some other deficien ~~= . · :1~ bve DOM was vaporware for April side it seems that some of the major cies. ~1 ::~d~ meeting. We wish to express our software publishers will not be going Also just this week I received ::::: :~~J~ apologies for the mixup. The DOM to the Boston Applefest. These include, notice from Microsoft that Word 4.0 ::: ··. :1:~ for the Apple II series computer con but are not limited to, Activision, (Macintosh) is due to ship soon (of m· ..~1-1 sisted of an AppleWorks template Electronic Arts, and Borderbund. This course they said it would ship soon •tJ which prints out commands on 3" x 5" tends to support Al Freund's com six months ago also, but this time I - cards f~r the Beagle Brothei;i Time ment as to the disparity between Apple actually got update forms instead of . ·:~:·=: ~ Out senes. For the Ilgs there 1s a pro and software developers about what just a reservation sheet). I have been . ,.>· ,.,.:;$2~ gram named JUMPST ART, which is a is important in computer design. using Word 3.02 for about a year and ~~: .. ' ·~:, new launching utility to replace the At the March meeting of the FAC, a half now, and although I have read r,:: -~ ,.~ Finder. This particular program is a member had a somewhat frighten many things about it being a very ~ ~fi~~ shareware, and the author is request ing experience when the message, poor program, I really find it very :·_;;.. ~, ing a $25 fee if you should decide to "Ernie Pan was here," appeared on satisfactory. :· '¥~~ use it. Also included is a graphics her AppleWorks GS clipboard. Of I anxiously await both of these ~~. :·~ demo of GS/OS capabilities, and a course the first thing that comes to products. tt :w. ··.··-~::-~ sound program which allows you to mind is "virus infected," but she : :. ~ . ; play and cdi t sound files (some sound purchased this product new. Upon ~~ . ~ ~ files ar Jane 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 17 J===~~=:::p=:i~ WINGZcontestsExcel'sfouryear, nications and wasn't to show. The to maximum of nine work spaces; lll·~ heretofore substantially unchallenged usual meeting report writer wasn't in ability to· save, super hi-.res. screens, MttUl~ claim to represent the "standard" of evidence. And there was close to a full ability to save text screens as text files !ii1·~r====~~Jj excellence for combined spreadsheet/ moon. in addition to double hi-res images; fL.i.J~~ database/graphing software on the But as those present gossiped, and the option to go directly to SS m~Mll~~ Mac. By many competent (albeit pre- more people straggled .in· from the rather than the control panel. Possible nice weather until a peak of just over uses are: review a program in one 11 ~:!:~~~:~:i~n':GZ presents 20 was achieved. Some interesting work space and write the review in l:~:m~=~#:i:~~ The demo will be given by Bob gossip: Hyperstudio and Graphic another; saving games in progress or J1llllllllll!llll!lllll! Shaffer who, in addition to being a Pi Writer III will be out "Real soon now." reverting to just before you did that mjm~H111~1 .~talwart a~d current Board member, Graphic Writer has been bought by despicable act; have utilities such as m1= 1~~~ IS a long time Excel user and was a Seven Hills Software (Tallahassee, FL), disk formatters always available; or H.. ;... .M WINGZ beta tester. This, combined and rumors have it that this is not an capture screens for fun and profit. upgrade but a major from-scratch While a substantial upgrade, it I ;~h1~~~a~~~i~h:~~a~t~~~i=: rewrite. Opinions were expressed that remains to be seen if there really are m~itmi:iiili~ WINGZ user, leaves him particularly memory prices were truly on the way enough 8-bit programs out there will r==r===r:::11 well equipped to show the rest of us down, 1 MegSIMMSfasterthan256K, ing and able to be switched to support 11~·~ what it is that WINGZ brings to the and might even be affordable soon. this concept. An informal poll of the \llll1~1~~~1~1~1 party that's so special. Given what it Apple's video card should be avail audience revealed feelings that it was 1j~~.L·. :;~~~~~ took for me to "master" Excel, I'm not able by Applefest. a nice idea, but no one. has seriously ~====· .:~;-: sure I want to know. Free handouts were available used it much or is sure if they will. from Seven Hills (comparing desktop During the intermission between publishing packages), and several demonstrations, Bob Platt gave a pitch from Roger Wagner Publishing for the MacWorld Expo and raffle ~:1~~~ ~:~~;~:i;f:~o~=h (RWP). Coincidentally, and without tickets for Mac stuff. The raffle is a IMHi@ll thousands of us saw 1t demonstrated the connivance of RWP, two of their joint effort of WAP and the Pentagon :;~:::::~==~=::::~:;:~: • • @~W~H=l at D.C. Mac World Expo). Planned (1.e. packages were demonstrated. They Mac Users Group (is that PMUG?) to tM~jl@llll promised) release dates range from were the new version of Soft Switch, benefittheSmithsonian Airand Space ~!~111!~1!1!1il11~i May 1 t.o end of the 2nd quarter. and The Graphi~s Exchange. Museum's Office of Education. Ad llt~mim Whatever. Or rather whenever. hoc gossip and Q&A flew wildly, and Soft Switch now a true it gave me a good feeling to see that II ~:~5;>!~~:~c~:~::C~~f!~: CDA the club president seemed up-to-date ~w==~==~{~~~ of the pipeline (in honor of which it Soft Switch (SS) is a program on 11/IIGS/Mac information, resist ~f:mM=~::::l hasbecndcsignatcdnot2.0but2.2.)lt switcher in Classic Desk Accessory ingthetemptation to becomemachine ~~~Jmf:j1~ does all sorts of stuff for which Excel (CDA) clothing that allows multiple polarized. ltl@@~ users have long yearned. More about programs to be in memory at once. li~ll~illil!i all that in the months to come. The original version created some The Graphics Exchange =====~======: For the moment SIG member ~::::::~:::::::~:::::: , controversy by using battery RAM converts graphics rHl~lmll Tom Cavanaugh (Excel developer and :-.<»:·:···=-=·:·:·:·: for copy protection. This has been The second demonstration was of ~1#fM trainer-long standing Microsoft removed, and the program is no longer The Graphics Exchange (TGE), also ~mmm@ confidant or at least beta tester) will copy protected. SS is also now a true by RWP. TGE allows conversion be l~l~~1~~f.~ll~~~ explicate v 2.2 on July 19th. (An expli- CDA and can be installed as a normal tween any official graphic format to 1miri.11~ cation ranges somewhere between a CDA. SS creates multiple Ile machines another,fromlow-res(anyoneremem mff~=~~~~~ demonstration and a tutorial.• up to available memory or nine, ber that?) to super hi-res, with vari whichever is less. SS can handle any 8- ations in many formats. TGE will also bit program, copy protected or not, of handle Printshop, Printshop GS, any version or modification of DOS Newsroom, and MacPaint formats. In I Apple llGS 3.3orProDOS8(exceptProDOS1.1.1), all, 21 format options are available, as long as the control panel is acces and 15 different graphic formats can I by Bill North . . sible. Oh, yes, and as long as the pro be in memory at once. ::~:w::~=~~==~ The April IIGS SIG meeting gram doesn't trample on memory not When converting between these ~::::::-=:::::-=:~~===~ mwm~ started out looking like a non-event. normally available to a Ile. Apple formats you can translate pi~el-to mtt~~ The six people on hand at 7:00 PM Worksdoes trample memory, so there pixel (possibly affecting aspect ratio), ~~~~~~111 began to speculate that everyone else can be only one copy in SS at a time full screen (possibly affecting resolu 11111~mmm was at the Bethesda meeting site as and must be the last program loaded. tion), or scaled (almost certain to af :::~::::::::::::~=:~:: • • • :::::1::::::::::::::::::: hsted m the P1 Journal rather than the The enhancements over previous fect something). You can also transfer tW.JfilDi actual site in McLean. The hoped-for versions of SS are: no longer uses parts of pi~, and merge several MB~il~ Apple representative missed commu battery RAM; expansion 'from 'three into· one. Several ·other useful func- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~; 18 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 Fl/LL SERVICE Examples of our LOW prices: Computer w/ software $ 8.00 /hour "GET HELP" SERVICE laser printing $ .50 /page Scanning $20.00 /hour OR Binding $ 1.50 /copy DO-IT-YOURSELF Resumes $25.00 /page Our assistance for an additional charge Here's what we can do for you: WE HAVE IT ALL! Resumes • Charts Newsletters • Reports •PC & MAC Workstations Invitations • Books • Lots of DTP/Graphic Software Sales Literature • Proposals • Laser printing Advertisements • Letterheads • File conversion Menus • Business cards • Photocopying Dissertations • Flyers •Binding Manuals • Term papers • Laminating Brochures • Custom forms • Tele-comrrunicating Bring this ad with you and •Training receive $5.00 off a membership 5541 Nicholson Lane• Rockville• MD 20852•1/2 Block From White Flint Metro tions are undo, set background color, ics are 720 vertical lines and only 200 seemed to define them. restore standard palette, clear graphic, are usable, it has to be a very small Fonts continue to be an item of and exchange black and white. There MacPaint drawing to be worth the confusion. Remember that font files is also a full set of disk commands, effort. TGE does provide a scroll bar are only data files containing bit pat including the ability to make Print for MacPaint format so you can choose terns which define the font. They , shop, Newsroom, and slideshow which 200 lines to deal with, but this is cannot be used by themselves. Only disks. oflimited advantage. A nicer solution software which recognizes them, such With the proliferation of graphic would be to convert as many lines as as native IIGS ''Mac like" and Beagle formats and the refusal of program A desired, with an option to discard Bros Superfont, will use them. And, to read graphics created by program every other line, thus preserving yes, they take forever to print. Fur B, this is a very useful program. The screen aspect ratios. In spite of these thermore, print buffers don't help graphics were faithfully transferred wish items, anyone who deals with because graphic fonts fill the buffer retaining a reasonable color match. multiple graphic formats will find life quickly on the rare occasions the There are some items that would even a little easier with TGE. computer gets ahead of the printer. be nicer. While both mouse and key Graphic fonts are pretty. If you want . board work, you cannot always get New members disk speed, set the printer on draft and between options in an obvious man demonstrated choose draft mode from the print box. ner. When working with long disk As the clock ticked toward clos Ted invited anyone intere~ted in catalogs, you can't go horizontally ing, Ted Meyer conducted Q&A. By programming on the IIGS to come to across columns, you must go verti popular demand the IIGS new mem the PI SIG meetings in the club office. cally through the list. By mouse it's bers disk was demonstrated, and it Finally, Applefest travel plans were annoying, by arrows painful. was pointed out that at least three discussed, this topic continuing in the ~ The only real shortfalls can be ways of printing out the "About this parking lot after the long-suffering addressed by a future upgrade. TGE disk" file were included on the disk. librarians gently ejected us. See you at ·. cannot handle graphics larger than Icons, their use, abuse, creation, and the next meeting, Monday, 22 May, ~~ .. one screen (200 lines). TGE will read editing were discussed, with the hope 7:00 PM at the Thomas Pyle Interme- ~~:, . them in, but will not allow you to go that more software would follow icon diate School in Bethesda (in spite of . . · beyond line 200. As MacPaint graph- guidelines now that Apple has finally what the April Journal says). ti ~· · June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 19 this book, arrangements have been ity - the commands seemed much made for a WAP group purchase. Call easier than the occasionally cumber II;::.:;:-.·.·:-:;:;::·===· Desktop the W AP office manager, Ms. Nancy some QuickDraw. Pochepko, at 654-8060 to place your The NeXT presentation immedi Publishing order. While the projected list price is ately followed Adobe. Joel Mclung over $24.00, our discounted price is (formally of Sun Microsystems) be only $17.00. gan by demonstrating the machine SIG Our second big event occurred on running under version 0.9 of the May 3 when the NeXT SIG conducted MACH operating system. Very little by Tom Piwowar a joint meeting with the Desktop Pub was new, especially for those who lishing SIG atthe PEPCO Auditorium. have read reviews of the machine 1~1~WViji The big event of the evening was We were also joined by members of previously. Of course, the two most presentations of Display Post ~~~·j~~~ the~ual the Capital PC desktop publishing impressive features were: MMW~~~~ Sen pt and the NeXTcomputer. These iw=~=~=~=rn are described in detail in the follow- SIG. After numerous announcements • Integration of reference materi ~ll~jlm ing report by the NeXT SIG. from members of each group, a for als with other documents mal presentation was given by Wes •Sixteen bit digital sound. R~tMfa~ The next meeting will also be a :-: ..... ::: ...... An equally impressive demon ~;.·. · :··] joint one, this time with the DTP SIG Lem of Adobe Systems on the history of Adobe and its newest product, stration of the speed of Display Post ~t.~~-·:·J of the Capital PC User Group. The Mtf:fi topic will be New Desktop Publishing Display PostScript. Afterwards, the Script was also a part of the NeXT ma~~ Frontiers, presented by Peggy NeXT computer was demonstrated presentation. TIFF and PostScript along with the latest revision of sys images literally flashed across the ~~~b:;d~~ Thompson, Aldus' manager for New tem software. screen. Joel also showed a heretofore m~m~~rn Product Opportunities. Especially of Some of the highlights of the unknown use for theNeXT cube, when Ul~NM~1 interest will be Aldus' color exten- MMMMl::.~=~:::~::::::::::=-:: sions to PageMaker. I plan to allow Adobe presentation were: he stored some press releases on top m~wm~ considerable time for the discussion •Display Postscript rounds out of the cube. Unfortunately, the meet ·>··»·········-·~- the product line. In addition to laser ing was already running into over ~%W.*ill~~ of what is important to us mono- printers and typesetting devices, time, so the NeXT demonstration had ~~t:tJJM chrome types too . .::::x..~:;:;·;::::::· PostScript output can also drive to be wrapped up before all the new t~*fili. We set a record at this month's programs could be demonstrated. rmmw~:~-~=m~:::: meeting-no• 1ess t h an t h ree d es k top graphic displays, color printers, and mmn~~ publishing firms came to offer several photographic slides. Because of its ~=-:::::::::;;::~:~:: • • • • versatility, Adobe claims to be able to June 21 Meeting ~di~mH post tions. Wes from Adobe chimed m drive new output devices as they are The next NeXT meeting will be at M1M~lilU that he was accepting resumes too. ti invented. Color Postscript, for in the Washington DC BusinessLand on stance, consists of PostScript with Wednesday, 7:30 P.M. at 19th and M Color Extensions. Display Postscript Streets, NW. As you know, Business is simply PostScript with a few inter Land has exclusive distribution rights INeXT SIG active extensions and speed enhance to the NeXTmachine for all corporate W~MM by Gary Letourneau and Steve ments. They even are working on 30 customers. (Being a student has its ::--:·>~-:;~.·>~ W~l!J~ Johnson-Leva extensions to PostScript (imagine advantages). 1~11im~ Display PostScript holograms). ¥~~MM This month should prove to be an •Wes indicated that Postscript July 15th Meeting ~~m~llrnfil eventful one for NeXT enthusiasts. was not the culprit in slow Laser The NeXT SIG will meet jointly l~l~~~~~~~llll The new system 0.9 has been released, Writcr output. He laid the blame on with the Seminar on Education and f~~fJU.~i and Businessland should begin sell- slow transmission via AppleTalk and ;.,%.:mf~=~= • • Training of the Capital PC Users l~fGM mg NeXT machines. Closer to home, the use of inefficient PostScript com Group at NIH on Saturday at 9 A.M. -~{.~~ WAP members have had two oppor mands within certain word proces at NIH in Bethesda. ~1l.'.l=i tunities to see a NeXT cube, as it is sors. ::w.~~-~~=~1: f . . m~imm a fecbonately called by its users. •Encapsulated PostScript was ~1~(4.'.·m First, at the April W AP Saturday mentioned as an interim solution to August Meeting f.~~.:f~=::!:~~== • • • r:mil:M meetingwehad thedehghtofhearmg displaying PostScri pt drawings within The NeXT SIG will meet regu ...:;; ... ·.·····~····~· f mW:l§~l rom Bruce Webster, author of an up- a program which does not support larly at NIH at 7:30 P.M. on the second 1l~~l~lli~~ coming book detailing the NeXT cube, Display PostScript (such as Page Thursday of each month until further t~J~jm appropriately entitled "The NeXT Maker) on hardware which does not notice as of August. Further details as ti~t11~~~~ Book". This was a most enjoyable and use Display PostScript (such as a to the exact location will be forthcom MJ.:@1@ informative discussion. For more in- Macintosh). ing. ~-t~I~ formation about this presentation see •Finally, Wes showed slides con If you have questions about our ~~~tW@1 the accompanying article elsewhere taining "C" code for utilizing Display activities, contact Gary Letourneau at ~~~~~1u1m in this issue. Also, for WAP members PostScript on the NeXT machine. The 946-1791 or ·the NeXT SIG chairman ~~~~1i~t~~ interested in purchasing a copy of the slides were impressive in their brev- Hugh O'Neill at 328-9510. ti ·:·:·:!:·:·:-:-:·:·:·:·:. 20 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 PISIG News Office News By Robert Golden by Nancy Pochepko Our first meeting in the new class room coincided with the start of spring, and several new members We have reorganized the library in the WAP office and incorporated our ~~ braved the threat of thunderstorms to recently acquired books. All newsletters and magazines are now being shelved i;~ .. . start an ambitious new program. We promp tl y and the co 11 ectlo. n is . m. d exe d m. a H yperC ar d stack. "''"'1?;·:·,.,.,M®ll elected Ted Meyer as chairman, Wal We would like to hire an additional staff member to work part-time in the ···*·:·>';·~ ter Urban as meetingcoordina tor, and Office answering phone calls and performing clerical tasks. Hours are flexible, Bob Golden as recording secretary. please call me at 654-8060 if you are interested. Walter also volunteered to be the A number of new items are available for sale, including: group contact for the PI SIG TCS board • Mmouse pads with the W AP logo for $7 (conf. 2, #19). • Mac disk catalogs for $3 With new leadership, we re-ex • Apple II disk catalogs for $2.50 amined the purpose and consti tuency • Bruce Webster's The NeXT Book for $17 of PISIG, including where we expect to go, and what we wamt to accom If there are other items you would like to see offered, please call us and we will plish. Ted Meyer proposed that we get in touch with the Group Purchase Coordinator. change the SIG's name from "Pro We are looking for demo programs to run on our Lisa, Apple II, and Apple graminterfaceSIG" to "Programmer's III computers. We also welcome donations of plan ts and framed art to decorate , Interface SIG," and the change was the office. Thanks.9 M~lJM: ~~:~'?~*~f:1 immediately adopted. This more ac curately describes the purpose of the SIG for the majority of its members. Bob Golden gave a brief history of The June meeting will be on the tion is over however, we will hope the SIG, tracing the interest and direc subject of fonts. Members are asked to fully be able to get back to ordinary tion of our efforts with the Apple IIgs . bring information on fonts, font pro business. At first, the programming language grams, and font displays, and a font At our last meeting, on April 19, was limited to TML Pascal. Now, we editor. We are hoping that June's the topic was Investment tracking. find a diversity of languages, includ program will help us make better use Two SIG members presented spread ing C, Orea Pascal, assembly, and of the Apple Ilgs font toolbox. sheets they had designed to monitor others. Members are encouraged to join their mutual funds, money market Specific interests among PISIG Apple Programmer's Development accounts, and stocks. Each templat~ members include interfacing to the Association (APDA). stored information on transaction · TCS,acceptinganalogdata asa means Meetings are held on the first dates, disposition of capital gains and . of becoming better acquainted with Monday of each month, at 7 PM in the dividends, and average net-asset : the II gs toolbox, bringing in code frag WAP office. value. Such files can prove immensely ' ments as problems for the group to valuable in determining the strength help solve, and in getting help from of a particular investment over the others with a variety of specific prob WorkSIG years, and in summarizing necessary lems. by Chris Bastian information for the IRS at tax time. Ted Meyer expressed his goals The discussion section of the for the SIG, including bringing the You wouldn't think that moving meeting focused to a great degree on group together to solve problems, and a meeting up one week in the calender the new DRAW capabilities in Works to benefit the W AP as well as our would cause reverberations, but v2.0, which many users are just be selves. We can also plan for guest WORKSIG's change from the fourth coming familiar with.DRAW lets the speakers and presentations, and dis Tuesday to the third Wednesday user create object-oriented graphics cuss new software and development certainly had its impact. Half the SIG which can be combined with the text systems. didn't get the message, and showed and data in Works files. A drawback Ted suggested that we plan proj up at the old meeting time (for which that was identified, is that the ORAW ects for the next three months which I offer humble apologies), and the utility can only be used in documents would be serious and informative but shift meant that meetings now occur where space has already been defined, fun. Bill North proposed a list of eleven the week before publication of the i.e. where text or numbers have al projects for the SIG, ranging from Journal, requiring that future topics ready been entered. One cannot, for game projects to efforts which would be announced two months in advance example, draw something on page benefit WAP as a whole. to get publicity. Now that the transi- two of a one page document. No way June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 21 ..~~ around this difficulty has been found alongwithrandomlyplacedmonsters, ·= . · .: so far. friendly non-player characters, and ~. The next SIG meeting (May 17) so on. David Porter showed us the Business SIG * will feature use of Works' new fea Universal Military Simulator . tures to do desktop publishing. The (Rainbird, Mac) and Fire Brigade: The I~\· followingmonth,WO~IGwill~ick Battle of Kiev (Panther, Mac). As you Formed ::::<:il off summer on June 21, WI th a review can guess from the ti ties, the former .-..;:~. of add-on utility programs such as allows you to re-enact a wide variety A SIG for everyone : .. ::: WORKS+SPELL. Down the road? of historical conflicts ("from Water earning a living by I1~~% Perhaps a joint meeting with Excel loo to Gettysburg''), while the latter using computers, liji:~· SIG to look at the range of commercial focuses on only one crucial battle of 1:1·m templates displayed at MacWorld by the Second World War. Still, Dave especially freelancers . \;.:::. ~~::; Heizer Software. Watc~ this space. Porter said that so far he favors the and consultants. • • -:::< • • Note: A SIG meetmg announce- second game (not being a war-gamer .. ~ ~-·-~ ment is mailed to interested members myself, I feel unqualified to comment). Regular meetings will ·'· J.f :· a week in advance. If you'd like to be The meeting also included three be held on the 4th . · : : added to the list, please call me at Robot Tanks tournaments. Dave (301) 530-1935 .. Porter won the first match, against Thursday of every Davy Hakim and Jamie Kowalsi. Jeff month in the WAP Stetekluh defeated Dave Romerstein office. The next and Richard Oark in the second meeting is June 22. GameSIG match. Finally, the two victors slugged By Steven Payne itoutwitheachother,andJeffemerged Contact Jess Porter the supreme victor (we think it's be ::(.:::: On May 4, 1989, Ollie North was cause he wrote the program and had 240-2017 (voice mail) ... \ ~ : convicted on three felony counts, the the chance to look at everyone else's :.::-1~; ~pace shuttle Atlantis lifted off carry program code). ~ ·' :~ ::. ~ mg the Magellan probe to Venus, and The only software received for ~ (most important of all) the GameSIG review was Global Trespass, a spyI met in the new WAP offices for our strategy game from Mysterium Tre regular monthly meeting. After qui- mendum (remember the woman in ., ~ eting the rowdy troops, Chairman black and the fellow in the trenchcoat . Charles Don Hall provided the usual at the MacWorld Expo?). We should ·h.· ~·: update on new gaming software. have more games by the next meet .:i:>~~::~ Infocom's Journey and Shogun are ing, which will be held at 7:30 P .M. at ~) ·'-'=~ now out, as is Electronic Arts's The the WAP offices on June 1st. See you =: · m Httnt for Red October (which unfor then! ti : . · · ~ tunately still bombs as you approach =~· -:1. the American coastline). Sierra now .. ·· has Gold Rush available for the IIGS, "-~~-··· but not yet Leisure Suit Larry II. Fed SIG ~ --~:::: . Origin's Tangled Tales should be out At the May 19 meeting, Craig .i~· :~· ~ "any day now," and Strategic Hirai was elected Chairman of the ... ·=. :.;,-. Conquestll (PBI) is coming soon; PBI FedSIG. Hirai and W AP president · has also acquired the rights to Net Bob Platt outlined various initiatives Trek, a network "Star Trek" game which W AP could take to work more :.. which has been getting a lot of public- closely with federal users. . -= ity lately and was quickly pulled off The members in attendance . the larger bulletin boards once it was shared their problems in bringing ~ ~= :~ commercially acquired. Chris Bastian Macs into the Federal government. ~- ·" .~ mentioned that the folks staffing the The Peace Corps is the first agency to t~~I Discovery Software booth at the standardize on the Mac and prohibit ~·~- MacWorld Expo were promising an the acquisition of any additional MS ti ·:~d Arkanoid Construction Set shortly. DOS microcomputers. ~t,~p In the demo department, Richard FedSIGparticipationatFOSEand f.ft=m~¥~'*$. ~ Cl ark showed a new role-p1 aymg . FedMicro '89 were discussed as well ~f.~1ii~ f: game he has developed for his own as Future FedSIG programs. An alter ~~?.~~:~~ BBS (255-6043); it has 350 rooms so native meeting site at the US Dept. of ItlJ far, with some 700 more in the works, Agriculture is being explored. ti 22 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 Praise/or RS G 4.5 Praise for RSG 4.5 stretch, condense, distort, etc.-that you can do with a graphic. Dear Tom, I also have PageMaker and have I was suprised to see in your DTP worked with Xpress, but I use RSG! column in the May W AP Journal that every day. When anyone says they Blair McQuillen, new DC rep for Le can do something with other page traset, told some tormented soul that layout programs, I can always find a Ready, Set, Go! would not condense waytodoiteithereasier,faster,orjust type. I have been doing it for some as easy on RSG! 4.5. One day I hope time on RSG! This is how: to read the manual, too. Select the text block with the Hope you'll let all the tormented pointer (arrow) and copy it to the souls know, and keep up the good Clipboard. It's now in PICT format. work. Asaneditorofover10newslet- : ·. Create a picture block, activate with ters, I know it's a tough job, especially ~·. · the cropping tool, and then Paste. for a volunteer organization. · =· Nowyoucandoanythingyou want- - Ernie Gibson, Falls Church VA • 5 President's Corner have questions on this resource. lieves that area architects and engi neers could benefit from a local group Book Library Grows as a part of Washington Apple Pi. The results of Walt Francis' latest Please call him if you are interested. shopping spree have been added to our shelves. The new books include AI SIG coverage of everything from Hyper With Apple' sacquisitionof Coral Card to Computer-coached running. LISP and the introduction of several · · Many thanks to Meg Gabriel for other commercial artificial intelligence donating a set of Time-Life Books' (Al) systems for the Macintosh, AI Computer Series. has become a reality on the Mac. If By the way, there are still a num anyone is interested in joining an AI · ber of overdue books which have SIG please call Steve Broughall at 202- been borrowed from our library. 546-6044. Please return them so that other members can also benefit from them. Membership Contest I want to acknowledge the cur Business SIG rent leaders in our membership con I am pleased to announce that test. On just the difficult process of the W AP Board has recognized yet signing up new members here are the MacWorld Raffle another new Special InterestGroup point totals of the leaders: DaveOttal the Business SIG. The Business SIG, ini (7), Ronnie Day (5 +5 for Dear Robert: chaired by Jess Porter will address MacWorld), Cynthia Yockey (5), Claris Corporation would like to working for temporary services, Lavonne Pherson (3), Ed Billheimmer thank the Washington Apple Pi and being an independent contractor/ (2), Dave Morganstein (2), Nancy The Pentagon Mac Users Group for consultant, being a computer entre Nickel (2) and Bob Platt (2+ 15 for allowing us to participate in the preneur as well as business software. shows (too bad I can't get a prize.)) MacWorld raffle. Drew Stcis of Language Systems, Corp. was the Architecture and Video Card Contest winner of the Claris software. Engineering SIG Apple Computer and BCS are co Please let us know how Oaris sponsoring a contest to distribute can help the Washington Apple Pi in David Bernhard, 301-234-8800 Apple Video Overlay cards to worth the future. Caris believes and sup has submitted a petition to start a while individual and user group proj ports Apple user groups. special interest group for architects ects. Entries consist of short descrip Sincerely and engineers. Although there is a tions of a proposed project .useing the Woody Hume, Gov't Account Mgr national user group for A/E users, card. Call the Office for details. 9 Bob Fidrych , Account Manager the A/E Mac Users Group, David be- June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 27 JIGS Stuff very interested in the new system soft formation in a Super-Hi-Res mode in ware. No more yawns. another window. Imagine a video After a special session and dem disk with photographs of major art Apple Fest onstration I was convinced. This up pieces. This video data could be win grade will make a major difference in dowed on the screen with information your IIGS's speed and responsiveness. about the artist, the historic period, or Boston '89 Due to a new system loader called the art's subject in an adjoining win "ExpressLoad," loading of software is dow. This card brings hypermedia to by Ted Meyer and Sam Knutsen accomplished in a small fraction of the the IIGS in a very big way. The limits Sam and I are co-writing this article to give you a broader perspective of the activities at AppleFest without having to ••The System Software 5.0 upgrade will make read several articles. A lot happened, and a major difference in your IIGS's speed and hopefully the two of us can hit most of the highlights. responsiveness '' IIGS System Software System Software Version 4 time. The are only your (or a developer's) imagi Version 5.0 Quickdraw II and windowing tool nation. With the expansiveness of CD boxes have been totally rewritten and ROM and GS/OS's capability to deal The most important announce optimized, improving graphics speeds with multiple types of file systems, ment for IIGS owners was, by far, the by as much as 5 times. Moving from you can suddenly start seeing the GS introduction of new system software ProDOS 8 to GS/OS is accomplished as a relatively inexpensive hyperme for the IIGS. When I first got to Ap in 6 seconds rather than 25. Floppy dia educational and entertainment pleFest and heard that System Soft and hard disk access was improved by system. Maybe Apple is starting to ware 5.0 and the Video Overlay Card two. make sense. were Apple's big announcements, I Apple has invested an enormous Several software packages were responded with a yawn. "Great, amount of resources in improving the introduced at AppleFest which might they've cut another two seconds off Apple IIGS' s system software, and af interface well with the new video the boot time for GS/OS and come out ter extensive discussions with a vari card. HyperStudio was being distrib with a card that I might use to spiff up ety of members of the Apple II sys uted by Roger Wagner, and by all ac home movies if it weren't so expen tems and utility software develop counts it was an impressive package. I sive," I thought. ment teams, I believe that we can ex will be interested in seeing a video I was busy helping set up the pect to see a variety of interesting proj disk being controlled relationally by booth and didn't have time to investi ects coming down the line before too HyperStudio. And on the Ile and Ile gate closely. Walking by Apple's long. The young men and women who line by TutorTech. Apple announced a booth, my eye was caught by the have been working on this system are contest for user group members to screen of a IIGS. The Apple represen very happy and proud of it, and they win the Video Overlay Cards. Just tative was demoing the new Control have every right to be. They are also come up with an original and exciting Panel NOA. rt looked kind of neat and brimming with excitement about proj project for the Video Card, describe seemed to respond quickly. That was ects that are still in the hush-hush the project in fewer than 500 words, when I found out that it used stage. I think that Apple is committed and submit it through your user "CDEVs." This word means some to the Apple IIGS. I don't expect to see group. The best 50 ideas win the thing to Mac people and will mean a lot of advancement in ProOOS 8, but Video Card to do your project. something to you before to long. I think that the Apple II software engi Wow, I thought, CDEVs will make neers see a lot potential in the GS. Laser configuring the system a lot easier. Expect an article on System Soft Laser's booth was impressive. I asked the Apple guy about the ware Version 5.0 sometime in the near Large and placed near the Apple speed of the windowing in the Finder. future. booth itself, it suggested that they He said that windowing for ALL ap wanted to tackle Apple head to head. plications was improved and pro Video Overlay Card Would you believe two stories with a ceeded to start up ApplcWorks GS. I Apple's Video Overlay Card may spiral staircase leading to the upper almost tried to stop him since I didn't seem like an expensive toy at first, but level? Laser had many Apple-compat have all afternoon to watch his demo, once you sec it working with GS/OS ible computers they were using for and we all know how long it takes to you can start to imagine some interest hands-on demonstrations to the pub load AppleWorks GS. I did a double ing uses for it. When it is linked to a lic, but Laser's booth had some sur take when it was running 25 seconds video disk with the right kind of soft prises inside that were even more later. "Did you load that from a RAM ware, you can display on your com impressive. disk?" I asked. No. "Do you have a putcr' s screen a video within a win We got to peek at a hand-tooled TransWarp GS?" No. Suddenly I was dow, with other textual or graphic in- •30 28 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 ,...... ~ APPLE WRITER LIVES! ::··.. • ~ 1...•• ~ :'1-P ~ ~ ·- l c [§ Edited by Ed Smith I ·=·=••·••··•••••••·••••• •••• ··=·=· 1 program. The APPLEWORKS word processor can read and A Modest Patch to Improve Support write nonnal text files but it requires some fairly convoluted for Large Capacity Disk Drives commands to do so. by Michael Burton WPL (Word Processing Language) may be Apple Writer's most In light of the phenomenal success of Apple Works, old reliable valuable feature. WPL is an actual programming language APPLE WRITER seems to be getting the cold shoulder from which allows the user to automate complex tasks. Apple most users these days-so cold that Apple has dropped the Writer's "Help" screens are all created by a series of WPL program from its product line. Claris, the new software com programs. I use WPL programs to help me archive messages pany created by Apple has shunned APPLE WRITER. Despite from many of the computer Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) I a coterie of avid users, APPLE WRITER seems destined to call. Apple Guru Don Lancaster, another Apple Writer devotee, become an orphan program. Im used WPL to help create some spectacular results using Apple Writer with the Apple LaserWriter. APPLE WRITER is an old program and it lacks some of the flashy features of more recent word processors. But I think it Despite the general rush to Apple Works, I believe Apple Writer deserves a better fate. In my opinion, the ProDOS version of is too good a program to be abandoned and forgotten. Like the APPLE WRITER remains one of the best word processors Apple Il itself, this old war-horse is likely to outlast a battalion available for the Apple n family of compute.rs. of flashier newcomers. The program is very easy to use. Anyone who knows how to DISK FORMAITER PATCH type, knows how to write with APPLE WRITER. It only takes about 10 minutes to learn the program's major commands. It The disk formatter program shipped with ProOOS Apple Writer takes longer to learn the program's more advanced featmes, of allows users to fonnat 5.25" disks from within Apple Writer. course. Unfortunately, it won't fonnat 3.5" disks. The following patch to the FORMATfER program will correct this oversighL The Text entry is fast. I'm a relatively fast typist and I've lost patched fonnatter will also be able to format many hard drives characters during word wrap using other word processors such use it with caution! as WORD PERFECT. I've never had this problem with the ProOOS version of Apple Writer. To modify your copy of the Apple Writer disk fonnatter, entez Apple Writer and type the commands listed below. Change the If you use more that 80 characters wide, ProDOS Apple Writer references to "FORMATTER" to reflect the full pathname ofthe will scroll your text horizontally. copy of the fonnatter program which you wish to modify. Save the file with the filename PATCH, then exit to The built-in "glossary" feature allows you to define keyboard BASIC.SYSTEM. At the BASIC prompt 01. type "EXEC macros without the need foradd-0n programs. Glossary files can PATCH". Transcribed from The Apple Peal, May 1988 and be used to automate command sequences, insert printer control edited by A-D member ED S:MITH. codes, or type frequently used words or phases. This is espe cially useful in technical papers with lots of terms with arcane It is always wise, when maldng modifications to any program, to spellings. make a back-up copy first and modify ONLY the back-up. Apple Writer documents are nonnal text files. This means you CALL-151 can easily use the word processor to create text to be used by UNLOCK FORMATIER other programs--or examine text fJ.les created by other pro BLOAD FORMAITER, A$1800 grams. No control codes are hidden in your texL I've written 18AC: 20 00 OB 20 09 20 BASIC programs and typed in hex dumps from magazines using lBOO: AE 31 BF BD 32 BF 29 FO Apple Writez. I save the file, exit to BASIC, and simply EXEC 1B08: CD 9D 09 FO 07 CA 10 F3 the file to convert the text to a BASIC or machine language (ML) lB 10: A9 28 38 60 BD 32 BF 29 June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 29 lB lS: OF C9 00 DO 06 AD 9D 09 BLOAD ASD.SYS, A$2000, TSYS 1B20: 4C 00 13 AD 9D 09 4A 4A 1B28: 4A 20 6E OD SD 7B OD SC Verify that 4000 is AO, then 4000:60 1B30: 7C OD A9 03 SS 42 AD 9D Verify that 4F67 is 01, then 4f67: 10 1B38: 09 S5 43 SD FF CF 20 6A Verify that4F6E is 31, then 4F6E:13 1B40: 0060 BSA VE FORMATIER, A$1800, L$1000 BSAVE, AWO.SYS, A$2000, TSYS LOCK FORMATI'ER 3J'>OG Anyone have any other useful patches for Apple Writer or any other program? Just send them to ED SMITH on the SOUTII (#68) or NORTH (Ed Smith) BBS and we'll publish them in APPLEWRITER V2.0ON1HE nos future issues of the A-D Ioumal. by Ed Smith I recently became interested in Apple Writer when a friend asked ..•by Ed Smith••• me about using it on a hard disk. We published an article on using Apple Writer on 3.5" and hard drives last issue. This time my friend upgraded his /le to a llgs. Now he wanted to know if he could use Apple Writer on his llgs. I found the following patch in the Applepickers User Group newsletter. As usual, use a BACKUP copy of your program to attempt this patch. Reprinted fron the Apple Dayton Journal, Volume 10, Number 3, March 1989 • 28 llgs Stuff Software Development boon. With this system you can use generic portable computer while the Systems the mouse and desktop to design win Laser representative discussed our in dows and displays and then automati terest in a potential product. He in A lot was going on in the pro cally generate source code for these quired, "What would we think of an gramming arena. Aside from Hyper objects for inclusion in your pro Apple-compatible portable?". We all Studio and TutorTech, mentioned grams. It works with Micol, APW, agreed we wanted one yesterday, but above, a variety of companies made Orea, Merlin, TML and anything else how about you folks and how much interesting and exciting announce you can think of. would you pay? Would you place any ments. Roger Wagner, the ByteWorks, Addison Wesley was selling the value on a second 3.5" disk drive or a Micol Systems, and DataPak all had IIGS Toolbox reference Desk Acces SCSI port? We preferred the idea of a interesting software for sale. Roger sory, which allows you to look up the stripped down model similar to the Ile Wagner had Merlin 16+, an extensive specifics of any toolbox call via a Plus, but with battery power and a improvement to his already powerful handyCDA. nice flat screen. Would any of you be Merlin 8/16 package. The ByteWorks interested in a laptop or portable Pro was distributing their new Orca/C at SoftDisk DOS computer for around $700 to a show price of $75. (If you're inter The SoftDisk folks had a booth $900? Call Ted Meyer or Sam Knu t ested in this price give them a call. It and continue to produce an excellent son, and we will try to pass back a should still be available for. Pi mem magazine on disk every month. consensus to Laser. Whoever markets bers! Also, Orea/Pascal for $75, Orea/ SoftDisk is a potential market for be the first Apple II laptop will fill a big M for $35, and Orea/Desktop for $30.) ginning commercial programmers, as void for those of us who have stead Micol Systems had BASIC compil they do purchase original works. fastly refused to purchase an IBM lap ers for both the Apple Ile and IIGS They have even published programs top. Remember this is just an idea and gave the Pi a copy of the Ile com by local WAP member Gary Hayman. right now, but with a little enthusiasm piler for review. If you are a local programmer inter maybe we can get Laser to make it a Regardless of what language or ested in selling your work, remember reality· for us. Are you listening system you're using, DataPak's Ge to stop by Pi SIG and exchange ideas Apple? nysys software will probably be a with your peers. 30 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Beagle Brothers Sam's comment, not Ted's!) help you provided and hope that you Since the demise of Pin Point Pub Other User Groups had as much fun as I did. The volun lishing, all works that they held re teers included: York Menzel, Sam and verted to the authors, and Gary We did a public domain software Kym Knutsen, Carrol Norrish, Gary Little's Point to Point telecommunica exchange with N.E.A.T. ( New Eng Hayman, Harvey Kaye, Charlie and tions program is available from Beagle· land Apple Tree), so look for new Jay Sorrels, Bob Platt, Bob Lamma in an upgraded version. Timeout Tele titles in the Apple II Disk Library chia, Ray Settle, and Ben Miller. We soon, including a CAD program for couldn't have done it without you. com and Tim~ut Report Writer were also announced. Look for detailed re the Apple Il. We would like to again Hope to see you all there again next ports on these from our own Beagle thank the Boston Computer Society, year. Buddies. Program Writer originally who was the host club for this event. The 22nd of May is my last meet sold by Software Touch is now being We were right across from the Big Red ing as the Chairman of the TICS SIG. I sold by Beagle Brothers and you can Computer Club, and John Wrenholt want to thank all of you who have upgrade to the Beagle version for $10. and company have some new color maae the SIG a fun place to show up Program Writer is a word processor printshop graphics in their catalog, as on a Monday evening. Gary Hayman for BASIC programs giving you a full well as hints of a new IlGS font prod will be taking over starting in June, screen editor that stays in memory. uct soon. and I'm sure he'll add a lot to the SIG and its direction. I'm not giving up This l~ts you make changes to a BA Parties SIC program, exit the editor and run this column though. I'll still be here as your program, and go back into the While AppleFest is open daily long as the editor is willing to publish editor very quickly. Program Writer from about 10 am to 6 p.m, the fun is my usually late articles. I've also just supports DOS 3.3 and ProDOS and only getting started when the show been elected as the chairman of PI SIG includes all the standard word proces closes. Cambridge Marketing hosted (Programmer's Interface SIG), so if sor features such as cut arid paste, wine and cheese gatherings several you're interested in programming on search and replace, find, insert, delete, evenings for exhibitors. Tom Weish the IlGS, stop by at one of our meet etc. Program Writer runs on any aar of Genie and A2-Central hosted an ings on the first Monday of each Apple II, and I highly recommend it if informal reception, where many ex month in the Pi's offices. Till next you ever write or modify BASIC pro changed greetings with on-line month... ti grams.. friends. We really want to thank the Boston Computer Society, who year Games after year proves they know how to Apple Tutorials Discovery Soft~are had Sword of party! Offered Sodan, which will be an arcade sword BCS and Quantum have for the fighting game with full-screen action last two years rented a bar on Canal Three tutorials are offered by WAP to Apple and supefb sound. You can stop by Street and played host to a motley II owners on the first three Tuesday evenings the Pi Office to sec a demo version if crew of exhibitors and Applelink Per of the month. These tutorials are designed you like. The action is big as life and sonal Edition notables. The party fea for •beginnerS' and not experienced users. very violent. I was impressed, but as tured the usual: loud music, $drinks, Tutorials run from 7:15to10:15 PM and are usual the product is not quite ready good food and the unusual: several heldat the office. (Please arrive by 7:00 to· and will be shipping Real Soon Now. IIGS's signed onto AppleLink PE to allow time to set up your computer.) Brittanica software had: a good participate in a live forum discussing the new announcements from Ap historical "guns and butter" game We are currenUyaltemattng months between called Revolution '76, an arcade game pleFest. Most of the WAP members who traveled to Boston got together the Apple lle,c and the the llgs. April ses called Laserforce that reminded me a sions will be for the Jigs; May for lie & lie. lot of Crystal Castles, and a product in Saturday night after the show at the development tentatively called No Name restaurant. We all enjoyed The fee for each session is $20 for WAP Wackoputt that will thrill anyone al some of the best seafood chowder that members. ready enjoying Zany Golf. Zany Golf can be had and some good times. is from Electronic Arts and, like We would like to thank MBSA Bring your Apple, monitor and disk drive. Wackoputt, has to be seen to be un Execufold, who was demonstrating a WAP does not have equipment for you to derstood. really nice desktop folding machine. use. If you do not bring your own, you will Accolade was demoing Test Drive They helped us trifold several have to look over someone's shoulder. 11: The Duel at both their own booth hundred membership brochures and Apple's. It is almost ready and when our fingers just couldn't go on. Welcome to the World of Apple should be shipping in a couple weeks. I want to thank all of the hard How to Use Your Apple Software working volunteers who helped out at I loved it because as many know, ''I Popular Appllcatlons just can't drive 55!" (Montgomery WAP's booth: setting up, t~king County Police be aware that this is down, and presenting a good face to the public. I really appreciate all the See page 95 for full details. June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 31 from the TCS Apple Pascal - Compiled, some .. group called Washington Apple Pi published a good book about it call Best of the Apple II "Perfect Pascal", uses Pascal disk for mat, Apple Computer Inc. uses it to By: Lou Pastura write training disks like the ones with Appleworks and the classic "Apple Presents". We have a Pascal SIG that is still around if in smaller numbers. tor to read the files I print a banner for you. But I don't being used by a file; Mr. Fixit will A 911 Emergency! think it will use a phrase to do it with. identify the block in dispute; and Fore! (er,) Four! Block Warden will let you read the FROM BILLY THOMAS ON 04120 block in question, possibly letting you I hope someone out there has seen FROM SAM KNUTSON ON 04109 determine which file it really belongs or heard of this problem.. .! dread tak Does anyone have a program that to and therefore which file to consider ing my GS to Apple. First I started will print 4 across address labels on a ''on top". This last step is much easier getting Fatal Error 0911 every once in wide carriage lmagewriter I? I have if the file in question is a text/ word awhile. Now it's happening about been told that PFS File and Report will processor file that you can read or the every 3rd reboot I ran the built in test do this but I don't have access to them. text part of a program file; binary code and when it fails I get System Bad I could do it in Applesloth but hope is much worse to confidently identify. 09010001. I ran an external test and fully someone out there can keep me So, I would use Mr. Fixit to locate everything passed except system from reinventing the wheel. the block in question. It, too, will only speed. The program gives me the er find it with the second file appearing, ror as System Speed/Interrupts Test FROM LOU PASTURA ON 04110 but at least you get one file name and Failed. I opened up the computer, Sam, how about a macro in Ap the block number. Write those down. removed all the cards and checked pleWorks? Seemstomeyou'dneed to Now, run InfoDesk and use the everything visually, but I couldn't print the DB fields to disk as a DIF file Block Usage by Files or the reverse spot any obvious problems. BTW, the and then import the DIF to the SS and File Usage by Blocks to locate the files external tests fails in the same test ev use the SS to format your columns. that are claiming the block in ques ery time. Anyone have any sugges Sounds complicated, I guess, but it tion. This is somewhat of a ''brute tions? would be a snap witll' a macro, I think. force" step; you have to go through everything to be sure you've got the Two's a Crowd! FROM JAY CARROLL ON 04125 filenames in question. This month's A2-Central (for Now, copy the offending files off merly Open-Apple) discusses the Fa FROM WALLACE RIDLEY ON 04116 the HD, and you can use Block War~ tal System Error 0911 problem. It ap Last night I backed-up my hard den to read the block in question to pears to be related to overheating the disk and started the Prosel program see if you can recognize its contents. If power supply. One person reported Beachcomber running on the hard you can and can associate it with one curing the problem by using an IBM disk to clean up the volume. I was of the files, then you have identified power supply (sounds clumsy). An very surprised when it stopped and the known good file. The other file is other reported fix is adding a cooling gave me an error - ''TWO OWNERS then BAD because one block actually fan. You might try using the GS with ERROR".,Anyone have any idea just belongs to the GOOD file; the BAD file the case open and see if that brings what this means and how to fix it? I will have to be replaced. However, if any relief. If you have more than two have run this program every couple of you could not identify the block with cards, you may need a fan. months for the last two years without a file, then it's better to assume both a hitch. Anybody got an answer? file to be BAD and replace both. FROM FRED TILLMAN ON 04/26 FROM DALE SMITH ON 04116 FROM DAN HUGHES ON 04117 I was getting 0911 rather fre quently until I got a Kensington sys The ''TWO OWNERS ERROR" Sometimes there's an easier way tem saver. I have not had one since. means that two different files arc around the two-owners. Try this: claiming the SAME block as theirs. Run Mr. Fixit and find the name one TransWarp TransActions Beachcomber doesn't recognize the of the bad files. OK, simply delete error until the SECOND file comes up (back it up first) and then run Beach FROM SCOIT WALLACK in the cleanup process. The solution is comber again. I had the two-owners Well, I just got my TransWarp GS to determine which files are claiming error on my last attempt to run Beach tonight (already installed). Those the same block, copy both of them off, comber and the problem turned out to who get theirs from this current batch and delete both of them, then copy be nothing more than a pathname that will be surprised to see that is being if each back and, finally, possible, de was too long for 8-bit Prodos, but OK shipped with a 6.25MHz microproces If termine which file was "on top", i.e., for Prodos 15 (GS/OS). you are sor instead of the 7MHz one. There is really had its data in the block in dis running the 8-bit Beachcomber, you'll a letter in the box that says there is a If pute. you can do the last step, you get an error for a perfectly legal P16 shortage of the 7MHz chip right now then only have to replace one file; if filename, and it won't optimize. A so they used the other so they could not, then you'll have to replace both to safer way to delete bad files is to use ship. They offer to upgrade for free be sure they're right. the delete function in Cat Doctor, when more 7MHz chips are available Now, that's the "program of ac making sure the file you are deleting (said they would notify registered tion". I have done this a number of is sorted so that is the last file on the owners) or send you a $40 certificate times and find that InfoDesk does a list. toward your next AE purchase. Quite nice job of telling me what blocks are June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 33 an unusual situation! Oh well, it is and start the apple over). This hap Mission, Kansas - Nite Owl Pro really a nice change from the standard pened under GS/OS and ProOOS 8, in ductions is now shipping TADIRAN - GS speed. You also gain the ability to any software whatsoever. Luckily, Lithium replacement batteries for the configure the card to display at I'm unafraid of the insides of my ma Ilgs computer. These batteries are startup a graphics sequence complete chine. I figured one of the sound identical to the original equipment with warp type noises if you want. chips, probably the Ensoniq chip, had battery except that they contain spe Unfortunately, I had my speaker gone bad. Also luckily, the Ensoniq cial "slide-on" terminal connectors turned up and my Bose speakers was socketed, at UL14 right next to the which do not require soldering. plugged in when I booted the system memory expansion card. So, what the Battery replacement is simple. the first time after installing the card, heck, I yanked the chip out com The original battery is removed by quite loud! Needless to say, I disabled pletely. The machine worked fine cutting its wire leads leaving a length the startup sound for the card, but let without that chip in, though the con of wire (about 1/2 inch) sticking out it display the startup graphic se trol panel couldn't be accessed (Un and still soldered to the computer quence. claimed Sound Interrupt flickered on board. The new battery can be slid the screen several times per second), onto the old battery leads. Onward and Upward and GS/OS would not run, but all my These new batteries are available PB software worked fine, so I was able for immediate shipment at the follow LEE CABANA ON 04124 to limp along. ing prices which include shipping and Apple has announced System I called my dealer. I calleCI several handling. Overseas orders should in Software Version 5.0 for the Apple dealers. Every one of them said that clude an additional $2 for shipping. ITgs. It has the following performance Apple would NOT supply a replace Quantity Price increases over System 4.0 ment chip. The ONLY way they could 1-9 $9.35 +Drawing: 2 to 3 times faster fix the problem was a new mother 10-100 $7.85 + Window Manipulation: 3 to 8 board! $250 for parts and labor! 100+ $7.15 times faster So I got the number for Shreve The original equipment batteries + Switching from GS/OS to Pro Systems in Louisiana and ordered a supplied in the Ilgs tend to run out of OOS 8 Applications: 7 to 15 times new Ensoniq chip. For about $55.00 juice after a Iittle more than 2 years. faster total they Federal Expressed me the This new product should help reduce +SCSI throughput: 4 times faster. chip. I put it in this morning, and the horror stories of computer dealers The new version of the software also machine works just fine now. charging customers for a complete has support for AppleShare directly This goes beyond just DUMB. It's new motherboard for their computer from the Finder. Also included is a highway robbery on Apple's part. I when all it needs is an inexpensive control panel NOA. still can't believe it. battery. The new system software requires a minimum of 512K (768K for Ap FROM PAUL SCHLOSSER ON 04111 FROM TOM VIER ON 04104 pleShare). The software will be avail FromGEnie: FromGEnie: able after AppleFest. Saw an interesting note from For Immediate Release: APPLE II Andy Nicholas (author of Shrinklt) on CARD ADDS VIDEO OVERLAY FROM RICHARD ZEMAN ON 04124 GEnie. Seems his Ugs battery died. A CAPABILI1Y Pinch me. I must be hallucinating. replacement battery was DOA too, so CUPERTINO, California-April I was only expecting a bug fix, not a he went to Radio Shack and pur 3, 1989-Apple Computer, Inc. an major upgrade. I guess I'll take back, chased a battery holder for two AA nounced today a product that allows oh, 50% of all the nasty things that I've batteries, unsoldered the Apple bat teachers, students and home video said about Apple that past half hour! tery, soldered in the wires from the enthusiasts to bring personal com Radio Shack battery holder, inserted puter and video technologies together From GEnie's Bottle the batteries, and was back in business easily and inexpensively. The Apple II again. [Obviously not for the faint of Video Overlay Card for the Apple Ile FROM PAUL SCHLOSSER ON 04105 heart!] and Apple Ilgs enables users to super FromGEnie: He noted he was keeping the old impose computer graphics (text, pic I recently had a problem with my battery. It's apparently considered tures and animation) over video im Ugs. It would periodically crash into toxic waste. And if there is ever a ages from an external source (VCR, the bouncing apple with an ''Un CPU upgrade you would have to re videodisc, video camera or television claimed Sound Interrupt 08FF" error. move the AA batteries and reinstall signal) and view the result on a single This happened more and more fre the original battery. screen. The final result, a blend of quently, until it eventually happened computer graphics and video, is richer so often the machine was completely FROM PAUL SCHLOSSER ON 04130 in content and communication unusable - about every 10 seconds. From GEnie: value-and more compelling-than It would even do this WHILE the Ilgs Replacement Batteries either component alone. bouncing apple was going (beep again "Slide-on" for easy installation. 1'The personal computer industry 34 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 )(-series Hardware Mac Hardware DOT-MATRIX a LASER PRINTERS LASER a INKJET PRINTERS Panasonic 1180 (192 cpa, 9-pin. 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AppleSoft En hancer programs provided. Speeds up "',/ ,SQR,LOG,EXP,SIN,COS and A1N functions. Speeds up all LET, implied LET, and IF statements that use these functions. Corrects a bug in multiplication and provides more accurate SQR, LOG, EXP, SIN, COS, A1N functions. FastMath also in cludes an improved RND (more num bers before repeat, no "holes," and a r;,. Mk:rocompur. , new mode supplies effective lndusrrr .tssoci• Uott INT(RND(l)*X}}. ti Guaranteed 6 Hour Delivery Equipment on Hand Provided with the card are many ti 4 Hour Service ti Mac Plus • Mac SE • Mac II • Mac II CX assembly language routines to access ti Free Software ti Jmagewriter II Printers the math chip, transfer data between ti Network Service and Installation tl Apple Laser II N'IS NT's NTS ti Competitive Rates tl 19" Color/Mono Mac II Monitors memory and the chip's registers, and higher functions (square root, log, For Prompt Bethesda, Md. Baltimore, Md. Arlington, Va. 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Simply follow PASCAL MENU.MAKER the instructions included with your It's been a long time coming, III well as a number of options available particular selector utility to install a SIGers, but I'm pleased to announce to the user. It describes the various Pascal-based program. Because of the that III SIG Co-Chairman Tom actions taken by highlighting a Code, power of this program, we now plan Bartkiewitz's Pascal Menu.Maker pro Font, Catalog, ASCII, Text or 3 EZP to offer future Pascal-based PD disks gram is now in our PD library! The word processing file. In addition, by as non-booting disks. Pascal Menu. program (PD disk 1054) is truly su pressing Open Apple and "S", Maker makes the waste of space for perb and is a definite "must" for your Menu.Maker will display the system self-booting unnecessary now. (A full Apple III software library. Literally memory map. Here, you'll find out side one and part of side two must be years in the making, Tom spent un how much RAM is available in your used to make a Pascal-based applica told hours on this project (and his wife Apple III; how much is in use; how tion self-booting). is still talking to him!). much memory SOS is taking up; how Since the Apple m version of Pas Since this is a Pascal-based pro much memory the Interpreter is tak cal is very similar (though more pow gram, you must first boot side one and ing up; and finally, how much is avail erful) to the Apple II version, it should then flip over the disk to side two and able to the user. not be difficult for you Apple II folks hit 40 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 by slot and drive number while the lie Games clinic entitled "Games on your Mac!" refers to the drives as "internal" and After lamenting the nervousness of "external." Note that the Ile System the Mac industry at the mention of Utilities has certain extra functions The Play Macintosh games (lest the machine not found on the Ile version, including not be taken seriously), he noted the ability to configure your built-in proudly that this was the first time a Ile serial port. Room MacWorld Expo had ever included a By Steven Payne session on gaming (failing to point out Apple to Mac that we were relegated to the last place on the program!). In any case, I have been trying to convert Apple This faithful reporter skulked Works files to Macintosh disks. I can around the recent MacWorld Expo after extolling the virtues of comput get ASCII text files to convert using looking for some great gaming ers in general, and the Macintosh in Apple File Exchange, but AppleWorks scoops, but came up virtually empty particular, for playing games (and word processing documents break handed! The Addison-Wesley folks noting that most computer interface down. What is wrong? were present with their familiar line of advances occurred in games first), You need an additional translator educational games, and a fellow at the Crawford presented his vision of the to use in conjunction with Apple File Accolade booth said that a Macintosh future. Basically, he says, there will be Exchange called "Works-Works version of The Duel: Test Drive II is more and more true character devel Transporter" which is designed to coming. There were demos of Crystal opment in programs. Games will look convert AppleWorks files into MS Quest (Casady & Greene) and Ar and feel increasingly like movies, Works. The program is available from kanoid (Discovery Software), along where the characters have real person many user groups and on-line serv with the promise of an Arkanoid alities you care about, with desires ices. To use it, just place it in the same Construction Set. But the only new and motivations of their own (as I folder as the Apple File Exchange ap game I actually saw was Global Tres said, these are his predictions). His plication on your Macintosh. pass, from a previously unknown (at own current project is a new macro least to me) outfit called "Mysterium economics simulation to be called ProDOS 8 Trcmendum" (3804 N. Washington Guns and Butter, though he admitted Street, Oak Brook, IL 60521). The pro that his all-time favorite game was not What is the minimum I need to create Balance of Power but Strategic Con a ProDOS 8 startup disk? gram lists for $19.95 and works on a quest (and he is looking forward ea Assuming that you will be run 512K Mac or better. It seems to be a gerly to Strategic Conquest II). ning Applesoft programs and you are spyI strategy game along the lines of In other news, Capstone has a not using a Ilgs, you should format a Where in the World is Carmen San new "oceanographic adventure simu disk and copy the following two files diego? and The Spy's Adventures lation" for the Ile and Ilgs called from the USER.DISK or SYSTEM. series. The game's author, who may be Search for the Titanic ($34.95 list), DISK: PRODOS and BASIC.SYSTEM "Mysterium Tremendum" and and Data East has an arcade-style You can also copy any file which prowled the booth in a trenchcoat, motorcycle racing program for the you would like RUN automatically told me that the game was a great suc Mac entitled Super Hang-On. Discov onto the disk with the name cess at the last San Francisco ery Software of Annapolis has a new STARTUP. If the file is a text file (con MacWorld Expo. Look for a review in action-adventure, Sword of Sodan taining other ProDOS commands) it a future issue of the WAP Journal. (Ilgs, $49.95), which was favorably re will be EXECutcd. If it is a program, it Game developer Chris Crawford viewed in the last issue of Computer will RUN as a part of the startup (of Balance of Power and Patton vs. Gaming World. Also, LucasFilms is sequence. ti Rommel fame) also led a Mac micro- timing the release of their Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade game to INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE! coincide with the film's premiere in June, so the program may be on the Apple II+, e - gs market by the time you read this. (But 40 MEG 04A Sider $650 45 Ms Access Time will there be any snakes? And how 40 MEG 04T Turbo Sider $795 24 Ms Access Time will they fit both Sean Connery and 90 MEG 09 Super Turbo* $1399 18 Ms Access Time Harrison Ford onto the same disk?) (Above ALL ProDOS Operating System) If you have any hot tips or hot Zip Chips $140 topics you'd like discussed in this col 20 MEG 02 Sider $495 85 Ms Access Time . (ProDOS-PascaJ.CPIM-DOS 3.3 Operating Systems) umn, let me know. In the meantime, ... (301) 431-0853 you might want to begin preparing · Ask for Lee Raesly yourselves for the upcoming Gaming _.._Lm•.-,• HAR.f) l>R./VE8 • /'Z.. ME - Extravaganza at the mainWAP meet ~ •AJIO availablo lor Mac:inlDahea ing this August. We're hoping for the usual fun and frivolity. ti June1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 41 Apple II Games player into the game the way an In Infocom is starting to get away from focom adventure does. The descrip adventure games, and hasn't pub tions are too sparse, and the game lished any in the past several months. The Usurper doesn't succeed in creating a believ I would therefore recommend this able, internally consistent world. For game for people suffering from severe by Charles Don Hall example, one of the early rooms is Infocom withdrawal. The full title of this text adventure half-painted, and cans of yellow paint game is The Usurper, Book III: The are stacked in it. However, there is no Mines of Qyntarr (Sir-Tech, Apple II indication of who is doing the paint series). Books I and II have never been ing, why the room is being painted, or published, and no one I talked to at why the nearby rooms are unpainted. GS Games Sir-Tech was sure they actually exist. A nearby room is inexplicably lined It runs on Apple II family computers with a blue foamy material, and an with 128K, and comes with MS-DOS other is a rotating horizontal cylinder King's Quest 3.5" and 5.25" disks so you can play it with pieces of broken glass sliding at work or at school. around, where it is nonetheless im The Usurper of the title is King possible to hurt yourself. Perhaps IV: The Peri Is Aken of Tor, who is in the process of they're part of a funhouse someone is conquering the surrounding lands. building, but none of the other nearby One of these lands is Qyntarr, a rooms seem related to the funhouse of Rosella dwarvish nation consisting of a vast concept. All three of these rooms are or "This is no business for a lady!" underground network of mines and just scenery; there are no puzzles and tunnels. A magical orb was made by a no moveable items in them. Infocom by David Wood dwarven wizard; it had the power to would not do this. defeat Aken, but was useless against The parser is powerful, although Perhaps the tagline is a bit mis the invading armies. The wizard who the program won't let you do very leading. The fact of the matter is, not created the orb hid it before he was many things. If you type in something only is Rosella (the title character) a captured and killed. Meanwhile, most unexpected, it will just say "You can't lady, but so is Roberta Williams, the of the rest of the citizens of Qyntarr do that" instead of telling you why first lady of Sierra games and the au hid in secret chambers of the mine. you can't do it, or giving a hint as to thor of this adventure. Still, the game Unable to find either the dwarves or what you should do instead. One ca holds a few challenges for gentlemen, the orb, Aken withdrew the armies, veat: the parser isn't quite as powerful too. leaving traps and monsters in the as the package leads you to believe. The version being reviewed here outer passages. The dwarves are now On the back of the box, the command is for the 512K Apple IlGS with op attempting to recover the orb. As the "Steal the tinderbox, whack the ogre tional joystick, second 3.5" drive and game opens, you have discovered one on the head w~th the tasty frankfurter, hard disk. (That's right ... hard disk!) of them; who has not found ·the orb then run through the east door and The back of the King's Quest IV box but instead has stumbled across the hide" is shown. While you can cer proudly proclaims that this adventure path to the surface. Dying, he asks you tainly type this in, the program won't takes up more than 3.0 megabytes of to finish his quest, that is, to find the understand it. It recognizes every disk space (3 x 3.5" disks), and I be orb and use it to destroy Aken. thing but the word ''hide," but that lieve it. If you have one drive, you'll The best feature of this game is its word causes it to throw out the whole be switching disks between many ma size; it has hundreds of different loca sentence. If you leave out the last two jor scene changes and your "save tions to explore. This gives it a less words, then the parser works fine. game" disk. If you have two drives, "claustrophobic" feeling than most I haven't finished the game yet, and you put in the second and third adventure games - a definite advan but the puzzles at the beginning are disks so you don't have to swap be tage if you were irritated by the map all fairly easy, and liberal hints are tween them, you'll still have to swap in Leather Goddesses of Phobos, given for the one puzzle without an in the game disk somehow. Fortu where whole planets were condensed obvious solution. I'm stuck some nately, those of us with AppleWorks into half a dozen rooms. Of course, where in the middle of the game, but GS have gotten so used to disk swap this has some disadvantages. The pro feel like I'm overlooking something ping, we can see a call to the Standard gram is on a single disk, so the indi obvious. This game is probably suit File Operations toolset coming 40 or vidual room descriptions aren't very able for novices. 50 opcodes in advance. Or you can put detailed, and the vast majority of the Bottom Line: The Usurper is the game files in a folder on your hard rooms arc not important. above average when compared to disk and run them from there. The The game's biggest defect is the non-Infocom all-text adventures, but program has no hardware copy-pro style in which it is written. It is cer suffers ~adly when compared with tection, but if you lose your instruc tainly a fine product by pre-Infocom Infocom's products. It was therefore tion book, you're still sunk just the standards, but it doesn't draw the released at a very good time, because same. 42 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Anyway, on with the story.... have been a bit more entertaining IV. It's playable, it's pleasing to the You'll remember from King's Quest and/or creative (''What's a kuss?" eye, and I haven't gotten through it ill: To Heir Is Human that Prince Al ''What's a sarch?" ''What's an eap?"). yet. And that's where it has my re exander and Princess Rosella had re And they' re still using brixels, the Si spect. turned to Daventry, and King Graham erra standard graphic unit (in the GS's Look: 8/10 (Brixels, brixels every was about to pass along the "adven case, it's two standard pixels stuck where! Still, the scenery is nice if you turer's cap" when he was seized with side by side), reducing the resolution sit two feet away from the monitor). pain and fell to the ground, dying. to 160x 200. Feel: 9/10 (The standard Sierra Everyone gathered by his bedside, Then there's the music and sound parser is very good; the one on Man justly worried about him, when Ros that I promised I'd tell you about. hunter: NY was fortunately just a ella was seized with grief and ran Frogs croaking, ravens cawing, and phase). back to the throne room to worry. She then there's William Goldstein. No, Play: 9/10 (Some good puzzles, voiced her wishes to help him, and the you don't actually hear him, but you good characters, a good week's enter Magic Mirror showed her an image of do hear some of his work, commis tainment. Or a month, it all de Genesta, the good fairy of Tamir, who sioned specifically· for the game. In pends... ). told her of a magic fruit on Tamir that case you don't know, Goldstein did Total: 9 /10 (It had minor flaws, would restore him to health and give the music for Fame, Hello Again and but what game doesn't?). 41 him many years to come. Switched On Classics. In all, he has But there was a catch (isn't there about forty minutes of original music always?). The witch queen Lolioth which he performed himself. Sound had rcccntl y taken Genes ta' s magic good on paper (contradiction in Go to the amulet, and Genesta's powers were tended)? On the GS, which virtually fading rapidly; she had only one day has a built-in synthesizer, the selec GameSIG! to live unless she got it back.... tion of instruments used for said fan And so it goes. From my time tastic music is pretty thin. June 1st, 7:30 p.m. playing, it seemed that everyone Overall, though, I'd have to say wants something that everyone else I'm pretty satisfied with King's Quest at the WAP office has, and you ha vc to get everyone else what they want before you get yours. ------ Remember the classic line from the cartoon?: "Gosh, I wonder what the Apple II Games cheese will want!" It's not too hard to believe. The scenery is fairly rich and de The Magic Candle tailed, and "11ost things you need to by Charles Don Hall know you can get ci ther by talking to people or by looking at scenery (there The Magic Candle (Mindcraft, magioans are too weak to put up is one hat trick having to do with the Apple II family, $49.95 list) is kind of a much resistance; Deruvia's only hope unicorn's bridle). There's also a whole sequel to Rings of Zilfin. In other is to recover the Elden lore and arti bunch of characters in the game to talk words, it was written by the same au facts that were used to repel the last to, although not too many of them are thor and uses a similar play system, invasion. friendly. There are a number of haz but the package never mentions the The primary artifact is, of course, ards, too, that make the game rough earlier game. This is probably copy the ''Magic Candle." It seems that the going. right-related; the two programs are last invasion was halted when the Other things make this game published by different companies. opposing commander, the arch-de interesting, like the full day and night Magic Candle apparently takes mon Dreax, was captured and im cycle (there's only one because you place in the same world as Rings of prisioned within the flame of this have only the one day and night to Zilfin, but on a different continent. candle. Since candles tend to bum out, complete your transactions), the 10 The backgrounds are the same: thou a group of Guardians was appointed minute animated introduction, which sands of years ago, the region ("Deru to cast the spells to keep the candle gives you more detail than the above via" in this game) was attacked by repaired. At about the time of the lat thumbnail sketch, and the music, demons from the evil land of Gurtex. est invasion, all of the Guardians van mentioned below. The army was defeated with the help ished; presumably, they were slain by The game itself plays like most of the Eldens, a race of powerful magi the forces of evil. The candle will bum Sierra games, with game controls to cians. In the centuries that followed, out in 1,000 days, freeing Dreax. If this move you around and the keyboard to the Eldens mysteriously vanished and happens, then Dreax will take com type in commands. It uses enough of most of their lore was lost. Now, Gur mand of the invading army, sealing Sierra's standard parser to make it tex is invading again. Modem day Deruvia's doom. Otherwise, the in playable, but error handling could vaders will eventually be defeated. ·June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Joumal 43 The goal of the game is therefore that they are harmless; they have al nzmg a spell takes time, and the to discover the Elden lore needed to most no skill with weapons, and no magic candle is getting shorter and repair the candle. This requires the talent for magic whatsoever. This shorter.... player to perform a complex ritual, means that townspeople aren't afraid I said earlier that you'll need to which involves 6 artifacts and 18 of them. Almost everyone will talk to use every resource at your disposal in magic words, most of which must be a hobbit. On the other hand, when a the dungeons; the monsters are tough found in various out-of-the-way wizard tries to talk to someone, he'll and smart. For example, the most places. probably get a response like '1'm busy powerful monster is the Azrael. It gets The player's "alter ego" is Lukas, right now (Charisma needed = .30)." one or two magical attacks per round, whom the king has appointed to lead From this we can see that NPC' s are and magical attacks are always suc the quest. He must always be a mem basically a bunch of snobs, but at least cessful. Four of these attacks on a ber of the adventuring party, and the they'll let you know exactly what you character with the maximum possible game is over if he dies and is not res need to be accepted into their cliques. number of hit points and the strongest urrected in· time. He can have five You will want to take the hobbit back possible magical shield will kill him. companions with him; they must be to the castle and trade him for a wiz Azraels are so smart that they almost recruited from a list of volunteers. ard or a warrior before you get into always direct their attacks at your There are 12 volunteers in the castle heavy combat. wizard. There are several rooms with where the game starts, and 12 more Combat is also based on the Ul two Azraels and a host of other mon powerful ones in another castle on the tima system. When the party encoun sters. The way to survive is to use other side of the continent. These ters monsters, the screen shows an spells to paralyze the worst of the characters arc all pre-generated; you arena; combat continues until every magic-using monsters, while your can't create new ones. one on one side or the other is dead. fighters down magic mushrooms like In addition to the standard char Surface combat is fairly easy, but dun they were popcorn and fight their way acter types (fighter, ranger, wizard), geons are hard, and force you to use through the front lines so that they can there arc a few that you won't see in every resource at your disposal. kill the Azraels before too much dam any other adventure (tailor, gemcut Your resources are weapons, age is done. ter, blacksmith). These can be surpris magic mushrooms and spells. Weap You have to be careful to pay close ingly useful. For example, a dwarven ons are either swords or bows. Each attention to everything. Several times, blacksmith can pull his weight in com character has a sword skill and a bow I've gotten halfway into combat, only bat, and in town can get a job at the skill; these can be raised in combat or to discover that my magic user has local smithy for 6 gold pieces an hour. by taking classes in town. run out of paralysis spells, or someone When the party's weapons get worn Magic mushrooms can be bought has run out of mushrooms or arrows, . out and break, repairs can be done in towns, or picked in the wilderness or someone's magic-shield needs re more quickly if he is a member of the if you find a patch of them. They can newing, or the "wear and tear'' on party. also be found in treasure chests in someone's weapon got too high and it The early stages of the game arc dungeons. The types of mushrooms broke. Usually I can survive, but it can spent exploring the king's castle and include the "nift," which makes the be a nerve-wracking experience. If some of the nearby towns. Conversa user immune to the next three physi you're' more organized than I am, tion is done in the Ultima style: every cal attacks; the ''mirgct," which triples you'll remember to bring up the char non-player character (NPC) can be the user's strength for one round; and acter status screens after every battle asked about "advice" and "rumors," the "sermin," which restores the and check all the numbers associated and some of them will give informa user's energy and allows him to go with things that can go wrong. If you tion on other topics if you can figure without sleep for days (or weeks, or aren't more organized than I am, then out what to ask them about. Charac months). If you see a group of Con you'll be glad to know that you can ters do not move, but they do have cerned Parents picketing your local save the game inside the dungeons. daily schedules, so they might materi software store, it will probably be be The game has no difficult puzzles alize at 9 A.M. and dematerialize at 5 cause of this game. in it. It is frequently necessary to use P.M. The best strategy is to spend 24 There arc 24 different spells, 6 in an item or a chant to get past an ob hours of game time wandering each of 4 spell books. In order to cast a stacle, but careful questioning of throughout each town, so you can be spell, the character must first memo townspeople will give you the solu sure that you meet everyone. The rize it from a spell book. Characters tion. game is pretty forgiving as far as in start the game with no more than one The biggest disappointment in the formation goes; for every piece of vital spell book; they must find and buy the game is that it doesn't have many of information, there will be two or three other books before they can learn the the cute graphics that were in Rings characters who will give it to you, or other spells. As usual, the spell is for of Zilfin. This game is bigger and at least tell you who has it. gotten when it is cast and must be re more complex, so there wasn't as When you're exploring towns, memorized. However, a wizard can much room for graphics. There is a you'll need to have a hobbit in your hold up to 99 copies of each spell in nice animated sequence where the party. The nice thing about hobbits is memory. The only catch is that memo- party crosses a chasm by going hand- 44 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 over-hand along a rope, and the endgame is cute (especially if you flub it and release Dreax). But there really PC RESOURCES, L TC. isn't anything to equal the giant bird 1850 Centennial Park Drive • # 300 • Reston, VA 22091 • (703) 860-1100 and centipede in Rings of Zilfin. YOUR #1 MACINTOSH DESKTOP PUBLISHINC3 Bottom Line: This is a fairly easy SERVICE BUREAU & LEARNING CENTER game, but you can get lots of trouble if Appointments Recommended you don't pay attention to what you are doing. Absolute novices should Color Your Output probably not play it; but those with OMS ColorScript™ 100 output to 11" by 17" including transparencies AppleFAX Communications • IBM Connectivity one or two other role-playing games Scanning • Digitizing • CCR Services under their belts will enjoy it. ti Large Monitors • Projection Pads • Slides Toner Cartridge Recharging Book Reviews key meetings and events during the after the first Macintosh and the roles of Innocence formation and evolution of Apple. Jean Louis Gassee and Jay Elliot Reading books on Apple and the (Apple's Director of Human Re Ends by .sob Platt painful reorganization of 1985 is a bit sources). like reading the script for the next Lest you think that Frank Rose has West of Eden: The End of Innocence at Rocky movie. You know there will be the last word, you should know that Apple Computer by Frank Rose (1989 a big fight scene, you know who will Guy Kawaski has written his own Viking, 343 pp., $19.95) win, but you are interested in the account, The Macintosh Way, to be avail West of Eden is a very well written events which lead up to the scene. able in the fall. Guy discussed the book book by a professional journalist who This book holds the reader's interest at the recent National Apple User brings an objectivity not found in earlier with a narration from 1983-86. Group Conference, and it will offer autobiographical accounts of Apple. The This book adds to previous ac both humor and insight into the devel style is a bit unnerving, with a nameless counts by placing more emphasis on opment of the Macintosh and the cur narrator sitting in and describing all the Apple's product development efforts rent state of the software industry. ti • • • • • • • MacUpgrades • .. Sigma • .. . . 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These sets conclude my remarks on Finale, Coda tify the MIDI control on which I are easily called and, once con Software's new $1,000 music notation would be tapping out the beat, and I structed, become powerful timesav and sequencing package for the selected a lower no~ on the keyboard. ers. The catch is that they must be con Macintosh. I am still in a learning Then I played the piece back, while structed in the first place, but as I've mode with Finale, however, so there tapping out the time with a finger. said before, you shouldn't use Finale may well be a number of features of Again, Finale huffed and puffed (I unless you're willing to spend the the package of which I haven't yet had don't have any type of accelerator time necessary to learn the package the opportunity to avail myself. None card for my Mac Plus, although a thoroughly. theless, I have had occasion to use a speedy Mac is definitely recom Overall, I think that Finale does a great number of notation and se mended). Finally, the computations great many things well. I think also quencing options of the program, and were concluded, and Finale put my that it does few of them easily. The so I will base my conclusions on those score on the screen. Unlike my few learning curve for this package still features, along with the ease of use simpler measures of last month's test, looms in front of me. The "Mac User and effort required to learn them. there were a number of differences Interface" will appear, if not utterly Last month, I discussed two of between Debussy's score and Finale's. alien to the user, at least not as pre Finale's several modes of sequencing. I spent another half-hour using Fi- dictable as in other programs. I think The first method is used in conjunc tion with its "Speedy Note Entry'' tool, as an aid to conventional com puter notation, while the second method, the "Hyperscribc" tool, in volves playing a single line of music at the keyboard, which Finale will rec ord display, 'in proper musical nota tion. The third mode is similar to the second, in that you play the music in nale's superb editing tools to clean up that there will be only Finale power and have the opportunity to "tap" in the score. users or Finale nonusers. Casual users the tempo by striking a key or control I think that Finale passed this test will wind up in one or the other of the ler (pedal, etc.) to set the beat. This with good marks - proper notation above categories. Also, for orchestral time, however, the tempo can be set of an impressionist work is signifi works, Finale's MIDI implementation after the fact, that is, after you have cantly more difficult than for a ba (which is apparent only during play played in the entire sequence in a free roque piece (the type that always back) troubles me to the point that I form style. Also, you may use both seems to be used by marketing types prefer using one of my other pack hands on the keyboard for the musical as an example of the package's com ages. Coda's technical support, which entry- Finale will record all parts on petence). is free for a few months and available the grand staff, using your choice of One last subject should be cov at a charge thereafter, responds keyboard split point as the determin ered on Finale's capabilities. A pack quickly and confidently with accurate ing factor for which stave the part will age like this requires a great deal of information (which is good, because appear on. interactive dialogue between user and the manual is not designed to respond The Finale tutorial suggests that program - Finale provides countless to problems, but as a tutorial or a the user play a few measures of what dialog boxes for this to take place - memory-jogger on the proper use of ever, but I chose to enter the entire and this type of interaction consumes Finale's many tools). Since I never rate Debussy "Claire de Lune." After a substantial amount of time. There packages on a scale, I won't rate Fi choosing the keyboard split point, I fore, Finale also includes the capabil nale, but I would recommend this pro played the piece, and Finale huffed ity to load in sets of preferences as to gram only for the most serious com and puffed and put the thing in a number of staves, spacing between puter music enthusiasts, and then buffer which I would later be able to them, key and time signatures, tool set only to those willing to climb the al display in notation. First, however, I displayed onscreen, ornamentals pine learning curve inherent in this needed to provide Finale with a met- readily available, and the way that powerhouse. s 46 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Mac Hardware enormous capabilities. Their success is almost certain. What is not certain is how quickly they will reach their mar CD-ROM, Where are You ? kets and trickle down to end users. Worm drives, EOD (Erasable Op by L. Jay Aceto tical Disks), and local area networks Most people in the PC industry of the databases that are currently are the topics of a series of articles to are well aware of the potential of opti available. be presented in the future. CD-ROMs cal media storage as the premiere If the vertical markets that CD may be the storage of choice in the backup technology. But where is this ROMs are targeted towards are cur micro-computer industry for mass technology today? Articles have been rently suffering from inefficiencies in storage and archiving memory-inten published saying how fantastic CD acquiring, distributing, and manipu sive data. ROMs are, but, are they selling, and lating data that is currently in other It is important to remember that how come we don't see those silver formats such as paper, microfiche, CD-ROMs are in their puberty. Con clear discs in our local software tapes, and online services, then ven sumers do not know exactly what CD stores? Who's buying? What's for sale dors of CD-ROM databases can move ROMs are, and the media hype-art anyway? And, is it expensive? .... to fulfill the growing need for rapid ists are under pressure from vapor The growth of the CD-ROM in and random access of data on disc. ware generators to get the word out to dustry has been below the expecta Many distributors are offering re the general masses. Despite popular tions of industry forecasters as well as sellers bundled CD-ROMs with CD opinion, CD-ROMs are not growing in that of end users. The forecasts have players in order to help resellers intro quantum leaps as did the audio disc. varied significantly from a low of duce the new format. Apple computer Many big market-oriented companies 40,000 units to a high of 150,000 units was one of the first to offer the special have decided that it is too early to for 1988. The reasons for the forecasts price bundles. Other bundles are also jump into the CD-ROM market. are almost as varied. As we are all available, and this should help con Lastly, if you are dying to know aware, the price of CD-ROM drives sumers to evaluate the capabilities of what several hundred megabytes of has come down enormously, and data the high capacityI easy portability data will sell for, here is a list I have access times have been cut in half to that has previously revolutionized the compiled from manufactures infor an acceptable average of 35 ms. recording industry. mation and product releases over the However, other factors also deter CD-ROM sales are up as pre last few months. ti mine the variance in market forecasts. dicted, and sales in Europe according The perceived lack of applications and to Knowledge Research Ltd. will top L. Jay Aceto has a degree in Electro related software have left most of us 50,000 installed units by the end of Optical/Mechanical Engineering and is believing that it is all vaporware. By 1989, and are expected to grow to over currently employed by AAC Associates. all industry forecasts, 1989 should. be 250,000 by the end of 1992. He is a consultant to Image House the year of the CD-ROM. Current esti CD-ROMs have their place in the Graphics, a CD-ROM archiving company mates for 1989 are again as high as computer market as a peripheral with in Vienna, VA. 150,000 units worldwide. Most CD-ROM applications will be targeted towards the vertical mar kets. The acceptance of those markets CD-ROM Sampler will determine the future of the CD Vendor Network ROM industry. The markets I am re Title Name Price Site License ferring to are those in the private sec AGRICOLA OCLC $1,095 no charge tor - medical, legal, and technical ref AGRI-Stats Hopkins $49 no charge erence materials. Other markets in AV Online Silver Platter $795 no charge clude government, libraries, educa BiblioMed Digital Diags. $950 $150/node tion and the computer industry itself. Bookshelf Microsoft $295 not available Estimates on CD-ROM drive sales Books in Print R.R. Bowker $395 no charge will be largely dependent on these Chembank Silver Platter $1,750 no charge vertical markets, and whether or not C-CDROM Aide Pub. $99 no charge the applications get to the markets. Desktop Photo. Comstock $495 Available Price will also be an important factor. DRUGDEX Micro medex $3,775 Pending Considering that almost 80% of all E-Book Eclat Uknown no charge CD-ROM information is reference ECON Stats Hopkins $49 Available material that is currently available in ENFLEX (Fed) ERM $3,000 Pending other less expensive formats, it is diffi ENFLEX (State) ERM $500 no charge cult to j1:1stify the big bucks for many •51 June 1989 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..Jimlw Keybo!rd extra External Mac SE with 1 SOOK DiskDrive 40 Meg Quantum Drive, Drive (12 ms 2 yr. 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This suitcase is unique to every PostScript print files if you are sure of the continuing saga of virus infection, customer. If you use a printer font that your technical expertise in printing to one person spoke about his conversa your service bureau doesn't have, you a Linotronic. If you decide to send must also send along a copy of that. tion with the tech support department PostScript files, please consult ~th of a large software vendor. During the Graphics created outside the page your service bureau about other i?' layout program must also be sent with installation of the software, it was nor portant issues. If you are a new or in mal for Vaccine to warn about some the document. The original graphic experienced user, it's best to let your should not be sent. Instead, send the aspect of the loading pro~ss. When service bureau take on the problems questioned about the annoying warn graphic in the file format in which it of printing your document. ings, tech support advised the cus was saved. Even though some layout tomer to turn off Vaccine. programs will show a ~ow r~~lution Going back to square one. I beg to differ. The few beeps that version of the graphic within the Many problems that we encoun Vaccine gives in performing its func document, the high resolution version ter at our service bureau have to do tion are less annoying than a viral in will not be printed out unless it is also with people still having problems fection. Viral infections can be intro sent to the service bureau. mastering the basics of their software Any custom data files Oike those duced in the loading process. So, and utility programs. By the ti~e please don't tum off your only means in Quark) that are kept outside the many calls reach us, the customer ts of protection. program should be sent. They may frustrated or on a tight deadline. We Congratulations go to Quark for hold common information like hy try to help them over the phone, but phenation exceptions, custom colors, adding the viral infect~on inte~ty many times we refer them to the ap checker to version 2.1. Like Fever, in kerning and tracking tables, style propriate pages of their user's man tegrity checking is a new process that sheets, or preference files. ual. checks to see if your file is bigger than Sending all of these files may be What we have noted is the sur it's supposed to be, a possible sign of time consuming, or may be forgotten prise that these customers show at the infection. One way to check for pos altogether. However, take heart, there suggestion to read the manual. Effec sible infection is to keep a list of soft is a solution. You can give your bu tive advertising has lured some cus reau a PostScript file. Properly pre ware by name, date installe~, s~ze, tomers into thinking that the desktop and last modify date. If experiencing pared, a PostScript (p~nt to dis~) file programs are so simple that their use problems, check against this list to see contains all the graphics, font infor will be instantly apparent to the user. if the file size of the program has mation, and coding needed to prop- This is not necessarily true. It's always changed since the original installation erly run your doc~~ent. . good to take the time to read the man date. If so, you may have a virus. There is magic in PostScript, but ual because it saves further headaches it's still misunderstood. PostScript is down the road. Take me with you when not quite the universal language that you go. many people think it is. If you want to Why did I buy this thing? create PostScript print files, you n~ Have you ever tried sending your to target the specific printer to which How much word processing do you do with your desktop publishing document to a service bureau for out you will output. This is because ea~h put, only to find that certain elements. type of printer you target creates a dif software or how much desktop pub are missing? You may have thought ferent kind of PostScript file that may lishing do you do with your word that the document alone was all that not run properly on other. pri1_lters. If processor? the bureau required for output. This is Desktop publishing programs you decide to send PostScript fil~ to a not the case. service bureau, there are some issues continue to evolve, offering new fea For starters, a copy of your screen to consider. tures like color separations or better print speed. New versions of software fonts is needed. The fonts you're us First, you should be using th~ lat ing may be Adobe, Bitstream, Com est version of the Apple printer driver, are constantly being released. These pugraphic or Apple; Fonds or Nfonts; versions may offer drivers for new preferably the same one as yo~r serv or, may use one point size master or ice bureau. Second, many options are output devices, or ~cro keys ~at many sizes. A suitcase acts as a sort of available when a file is printed to disk will make your life easier, or a vanety "translation table" that tells the Li- 50 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 of features that not everyone will I'm better - but I'm faster. However, faster is not ideal for final, need. Sometimes it seems as though a When you print are you looking high quality output. For final output, software release does nothing more for speed or quality? Proofs or final choose better. than copy the features of the vendor's output? Or, LaserWriter or Linotronic Better will increase the quality of nearest competitors. output? After these questions have graduated screens and color separa Many people lose track of the fact been answered, it is up to each user to tions when using high resolution out that the main purpose of their word work with the print dialog box op put devices, such as the Linotronic. processor is to capture keystrokes or tions to achieve maximal results. Other options that will increase provide search and replace functions. One item that confuses many the quality of final output are the use If you are happy with the present ver desktop publishers is the option for of crop and registration marks. These sion of your software, you may want faster or better printing. Selecting marks will help the printer position to take the "wait and see" approach to faster increases the print speed, which the final pages for accurate print upgrading. See if the new upgrade has is ideal for proofing laser proofs. alignment. features you can't live without. See if the bugs have been worked out. If you need the extra features or love to ex Screen dumps discontinued on the Mac II? periment with new software, fine. Get Do you miss making screen dumps because you believe that it can't be done the upgrade. However, consider the any more? The manual says it can be done but lets clarify where the manual is fact that new features require new lacking. Remember MacPaint, or at least the format the system functions with is training. You may not have time to black and white. If you try the keystrokes suggested in the manual and don't get learn them, or time to work out the the desired results, try changing the settings of the system to black and white. new problems that inevitably come Sceen dumps can only be done in the black and white mode. with new releases. Print the other 5;ide at the Your document is esthetically unpleasing same time? and refuses to print! No, its not a brand new PostScript printer that can do double sides. It's the next best solution-one that will save you money at your service bu reau and print shop. •47 CD-ROM To save money on single sheet back and front printing, try the fol CD-ROM Sampler lowing. For two 8.5 11 xl 1" pages, com Vendor Network pose the job as a tabloid (11" x 17"). Title Name Price Site License The front apd back should be next to Fast Track NYNEX $10,000 Pending each other, side by side. The tabloid GEOdisc Geovision $1,500 Pending page should be less expensive to out Haystack Ziff-Davis Unknown Available put at your service bureau than two LazerROM HP $2,700 8.S" xl 1" pages. no charge Life Sciences Cambridge Sci. $1,250 The bill should be less at the Available LISA Silver Platter printer's shop as well. The printer can $995 Pending Metro Scan Digital Diag. make one tabloid size printing plate $600 no charge Moody's 5000+ Moody's $5,000 instead of two 8.5" xl 1" pages. This no charge NATASHA Knowledge Ac will save stripping charges and $495 Pending NTIS Silver Platter should lower your bill. After the first $2,250 no charge OSH-ROM side is printed, the printer will flip the Silver Platter $900 no charge PC Plus Stand. & Poors printed stack over. Then the second $18,000 Available PDR Medical Econ. side is printed so that the image for Unknown Pending Pravda (86-87) Aide Pub the back is properly oriented to that of $249 no charge PsycLIT Silver Platter the front. The only extra cost is to cut $3,995 Pending Socio FILE the final tabloid pages in half, thereby Silver Platter $1,950 Pending creating two 8.5'' xl 1" pages. Sports Discus Silver Platter $1,250 Pending You can save even more along the Stat Pack Microsoft $125 unknown TOMES way by having your service bureau Micromedex $1,495 Available process your job to film instead of Wall Street UMI $990 Available paper. It will save time and prep ZIP+4 Info Design $3,950 Pending charges at the printer. June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 51 Mac Hardware trained eye. Don't believe it! And since I've been used to the Epson's 360 dpi horizontal/18 Odpi vertical capa lmagewriter Alternatives bility, I'm spoiled. If you multiply 72 by four you get by Jay M. Thal 288 dpi which allows you to work Larry Stedman, in the April Jour Orange-Micro's user interface because with the Grappler LQ and a non nal, reported on Jmagewriter alterna one of their staff promptly called with Apple parallel input laserprinter com tives, and I thought that I should share some answers. First, he suggested set bination from a Mac. In theory I my experience. ting the DIP switches at OFF, OFF, should be able to achieve this (at least Back in the dark ages ten years OFF, ON, a combination never men horizontally) on the Epson I'll have to ago, when I bought my+ (that's II, not tioned in the instructions. That cured keep experimenting. Mac), I was very pleased with the out the top margin and dash problem. The Anyway, my Epson now, also, put of my (pre)friction-fced 9-pin Ep second suggestion brought print qual chugs along slowly and unidirection son MX-80. As time went on I craved ity up to nearly the the letter-quality ally. Ever so slowly. As Larry men for a letter quality printer. Finally, af I'd been getting from my 8-bit/Epson tioned, there is no free lunch. ter nearly eight years I bought a 24-pin combination. Another major problem is Apple's Epson LQ-800 and a switchbox so that The problem is one of scaling. The protectionism. Our favorite computer I could have the "best" of both worlds: Mac screen displays at 72 dpi, and the company apparently refuses to license the LQ-800 for word-processing (Ap IW LQ prints at 216 dpi, three times its fonts so Orange-Micro uses pleworks), and the old MX-80 for the density. The multiplication is done Bitstream" fonts: SWA Courier, printing graphics. automatically. But 24 pin printers Dutch, and Swiss, the latter two look Then it happened! My son started can't relate to that figure. They can be like Times%o and Helvetica" -but not college, and he "needed" a Mac. Well, made to print at 180 dpi (two and a on the screen! The screen images will with college costs what they are, you half times 72) which explains the drive you crazy! So work with resi try to save where you can, so we slightly lower quality I've been expe dent fonts on screen and convert at bought a "previously-owned" Mac riencing. Orange-Micro will tell you printing. If your word processor Plus and "saved" some more by get that the difference between 180dpi doesn't allow for a global change of ting an Olympia NP-30. What Larry and 216 dpi is unnoticable to the un- fonts upon printing, forget it. ti wrote is true - it is slow! But, it works well. Working with computers cer tainly teaches you the relative nature of time; the NP-30 literally whizzes along compared with a manual Remington or a Selectric and not all of us can save for (or justify) a Laser Writer - lust, lust. $2600 Well, then came my son's first be The Power to E X P A N D tween semester break. With the duf THE MACINTOSH® II, with its 6 slots, flebag of dirty clothes and the electric math co-processor, and 32-bit micropro cessor make it a mighty powerful guitar, he could barely lug home his machine. Price of $2600 is for the CPU, Mac Plus sans printer. What to do? and is available to Washing The answer was right there on the ton Apple Pi members only. glossy pages of the magazines. The NO DEALERS. Limit one Orange-Micro Grappler-LQ would per customer. Quantities make the linkage between the Mac limited to stock on hand. and my Epson LQ-800, and all this for a street price of "only'' $95. Seemed simple. Apple, the Apple logo and Macin tosh are registered trademarks of Well, the Grappler's documenta Apple CompuJer, Inc. tion was less than one could desire. So, what's new? It did work but, ini tially, the result was barely NLQ ex Sunrise Colllputers cept in draft mode which was letter quality with erratic spacing. And, we 164 N. Burhans Blvd. would get a dash at the left margin 1" down with the text starting 2" down. Hagerstown, MD So off went a letter to Orange-Micro. 301-790-3060 I certainly can't complain about 52 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Can all these word processing Introducing more alternatives systems interchange formatted from Summit, the leader in documents? media conversion ... • Media conversion services. • Hardware/software sales. • Software only solutions. We can even convert from your old word processing systems using an impact printer to the new electronic publishing software and laser printing equipment - Xerox 6085, Microsoft Word on the Macintosh, and others. IBM Summit can do many other 0 conversions .. .if Summit can't do it, it probably can't be done! For more information contact: Mr. Lynn Shanton Director, Commercial Division Summit Research Corporation One West Deer Park Drive Gaithersburg, Maryland.20877 they can, with our help ... 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A private forum (one where the users need a password to access it) CONNECT with MacNET requires that you purchase 20 copies of MacNET to sell to the users of your Finally a Mac-like front end for telecommunications forum. A public forum (no password . access) can be started at no cost to you. by Jeff Alpher CONNECT, Inc. (the company run ning the show) simply needs to ap CONNECT Professional Informa Features not normally found in the prove your forum topic. tion Network is a full featured bulletin Finder but included with MacNET are board and electronic mail (E-mail) sophisticated searching options (you E-mail service. MacNET is a Macintosh appli- need to buy DiskTop to get this fea- You are notified when logging on if you have mail in your "In Basket." You can elect to have it opened auto matically when logging onto CON NECT. Your mail is stored on-line up to two weeks after you have opened it. SIJsttm 6~.0 .3 Soft..,are If you wish to save it to your local disk, you may do that as well. You can create mail on-line or off line. I prefer to create my letters off [?) line and drop each letter created into Wealcome Prod. Support,~ Specs, Prices Discussion~ Arn Press Releases-5/t 4 my "Out Basket." When I log on later, the letters in my "Out Basket" are automatically forwarded to CON I FllfS i ~ NECT for distribution. ~ LWtiLM3f4·i14i3l@ii§-~ Mac Tech Notes-4/25 You can create an address book with nicknames for easy lookup. If you know someone uses CONNECT but you don't know their ID, you can cation specifically written to take ad ture in the Finder) and "Last Since ..." ask the system to find it for you. For vantage of CONNECT's services. For which shows you all items added to a example, you can look for last names those that lead dual lives, PC/Mac folder or set of folders since the day beginning with "John." Distribution NET is similar to MacNET and runs specified. Very handy if you log on lists can be created for sending the under Windows on PC's and com every few days and just need to catch same letter to multiple recipients. patibles. The current version of Mac up on the latest stuff. Other features include "Mail For NET for the Mac is vl.O. Each separate area of discussion warding," "Mail Response," and Because MacNET software is on CONNECT is know as a "Forum." ''Who's read this mail?" options, all needed to gain access to CONNECT, The manager of each "Forum" sets up available from the pull down menus. one cannot really be separated from a number of folders that the user the other. I will be taking a brief look clicks on to gain access to the in- §0~ uandashner MacWorld Ru ust at both of them here. formation within. The individual ~ l?lil ~ ~ documents are listed by name, Print Enclosure Out Basktt Send No.., Forums date, and size (newest entries [ To: I vondoshner The MacNET software presents a first). Clicking on a document [ cc: I strous Mac-like front end to access CON downloads the document to your ...,s,.,..u_b~· e_c..,..t_:....,..11_oc-=W_or_l_d.,-::A,....u~g_us_t ___ --:-,...,---.'T"'I You going In August? How ore you getting NECT. For those familiar with Navi computerfordisplayinawindow. there? Where or• you staying? Drop .. a gator on CompuServe, this will be no You can read the document, save I ine . shock. But those used to standard it to your local hard disk for later Jeff Alpher command line interfaces (like the reading, or discard it by clicking NocHET: ALPHEA Double Ciiek Systems, Inc. W AP bulletin board) will be amazed the close box. A pull down menu by MacNET's likeness to the Mac lists all the open windows for Finder. Using MacNET to access quick access to buried windows. CONNECT is like using the Finder to Documents, which are usually access a large hard disk. Folders, pull brief, can optionally have an at- down menus, and on screen buttons tachment (some kind of Macintosh (like Full Impact or SmartCom II) all file), that you have the option of contribute to MacNET's case of use. downloading. 54 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 Software Ventures presents the all new 1990 model: MicroPhone II version 3.0 A ''Stunning'' Achievement in Software Engineering The software that takes the hassle out of telecommunications. Like a finely crafted European touring sedan, MicroPhone II offers you unsurpassed power and allows you to communicate with style and agility. Here are seven reasons why, if you're serious about telecommunications, you should consider owning MicroPhone II: POWER TRAIN. MicroPhone II is charged resized and placed vertically or horizontally by the most powerful scripting engine for anywhere on the screen, awaiting your next telecommunications, offering variables, click. 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Regardless of ····1 In my mind, In what v. 2.2 offers, you can't be sure 4 ...... na:vra··IVi·o¥ga·n·ste1n···· .... formix' WINGZ has when it will appear. If I was losing moved into first place sales to Informix, I'd probably try to OK, now we have a real shoot out. when it comes to useable raw spread convince the followers to hang in We have Informix' WINGZ, Ashton sheet power. (Reviewed in the May there for the upgrade. Tatc's Full Impact (Fl) version 1.1 and '89 WAP Journal.) It has added several What can we expect of version Microsoft's promise of Excel 2.2 RSN brand new 3-D chart styles, dressed in 2.27 It will finally (four years later) (Real Soon Now). If you don't own a full color. It uses all memory avail break the one Meg barrier. It will, as spreadsheet now, what should you able. You can mix fonts/ styles to your does the MS-DOS version, offer mixed do? Or, if you own Excel 1.5, should desktop publishing heart's content. Its fonts/ styles. It will add a whole you switch? Let's look at the options. macro language is easy to use, offer bunch of macro commands for doing I won't say much about Excel 1.5 ing long variable names and a high charting and eliminate some of the other than by way of comparison with level language grammar which in charting options associated with ear alternatives. It is solid, field tested and cludes all the needed control struc lier releases. While it may offer a a very useful product. Its biggest dis tures such as DO WHILEs and CASE couple of new chart styles, these will advantages are it can't see beyond one statements. What is still nicer, WINGZ not be as significant as the 3-D ones Meg of RAM no matter how much provides a HyperCard-like option of found in WINGZ. It will continue to you have paid for, you can't mix fonts placing buttons on your spreadsheet. use an arcane, assembly language-like or font styles, and the macro language These can trigger macros. Very nice. macro grammar. It will be improved is beyond all but the most dedicated Before you spread your WINGZ in performance, however. It will be programming types. It has a modest to fly, take note. There are a few 'prob faster and offer 'sparse matrix mem variety of charts, but nothing fancy. lems' that need to be addressed. You ory management' which will help The charting process, while easier can't split the screen as you can with those with only one Meg of RAM. You than in Lotus 1-2-3 (what isn't) has XL and FI. You can open a second can expect better auditing tools and some important limitations, particu window, but the top and left of the the addition of notes attached to cells larly that titles and legends can't be WINGZ screen is so loaded that two (features found in WINGZ). You will linked. windows barely fit on a 9" Plus or SE be able to import dBase files and Ashton-Tate is a big software screen. Implementation of the Tables comma-delimited text files. As FI v 1.1 house. When they put a product on statement is absurd. Rather than be added external macro calls, so will the market, everyone takes a look. Full dynamic (you change the data and the Microsoft. Interfacing with other Mi Impact (reviewed in the April '89 Table changes), you must 'manually' crosoft products, XL will offer links to W AP Journal) went beyond Excel in a compute a table. This means, if you MS Mail and to MS Word. Database number of ways. First, it broke the 1 have five tables and you make one users will enjoy the easy creation of a Meg limit. Second, it offered your change in your data, you'll have to data entry window. All in all, many choice of fonts and font styles. Third, recreate the five tables. I put the proc major new enhancements. it used a higher level language for its ess of creating five tables into a macro Who will be the winner of spread macro environment, bringing the joys (this part was easy as WINGZ, like XL sheet wars? Why you and I of course! of macros to the dedicated spread and FI, has a recorder. Just turn it on The consumer always benefits from sheet enthusiast. In my mind, it fell and record the mouse-tracks). How active competition in the market short in several areas. It was not very ever, to play back the macro and re place. None of the current crop of Mac broad in the functions it offered. Fre compute the tables took almost three spreadsheets offers three dimensional quen tly, if you imported a sheet from minutes where XL recomputed the data, layers of rows and columns. The another source, you would be told tables in less than half a minute. An FI and WINGZ macro languages are many cells couldn't be translated be other problem: I saved a text file very nice, much easier to use than cause FI didn't support a particular which took 60K of space in XL. The XL's. If you don't do macros in your function. A disappointment. Ashton resulting WINGZ file took over SOOK! windows, you won't need this facility. Tate added virtually no new charting If you have a large hard disk, this may I remain impressed by the WINGZ options. The same array of bar I col not be a concern ... however ... it needs charting options, not perfect but mov umn/line/area and pie charts found some attention from lnformix . ing in the right direction. I think in Excel. All in all, a mixed entry. Given this as background, what people who have invested time in Ex Recently released version 1.1 of FI do the recent articles about the up cel will stay; however, I'll bet Informix is basically a maintenance upgrade, coming Excel version 2.2 do to the is doing well with WINGZ .... 9 60 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Attendance 1985 -1988 Expo Booths 1985 - 1988 San Francisco Boston San Francisco Boston Up 144% Up 166% Up 300% Up 280% You can always count on seeing the newest, the best and the most at MACWORLD Expo. Thafs why, year after year, the original Macintosh-exclusive computer show keeps getting more and more popular, both for users and for vendors. Fad is, MACWORLD Expo will: • Introduce you to the latest Macintosh products ••• MACWORLD Expo has traditionally been the platform • Save you time and money ••• by literally putting at for major new prOduct announcements such as the your fingertips the hardware, software and periplier SE/30 and HyperCard. You'll be at the forefront of new als that represent the entire state of the art of Macin technology. tosh,.. computing. You'll make smarter buying decisions. • Conned you with the best minds in the business ••• • Build your knowledge ••• by enabling you to attend through user group exchanges, advanced user tips a helpful tutorial that meets your specific need, sessions, and disaissions with the industry's veteran whether you use your Mac at the olfice, at school or at techies. You'll join a network of Macintosh pros. home. You'll learn from the experts. The next MACWORLD Expo to come in 1989 is: • Develop your skills ••• by giving you plenty of op ?>rtunities to practice what you've learned, using one BOSTON of the many Macintoshes that will be available to you. August 10-12, 1989 You'll get hands-on experience. Bayside Expo Cel}.ter • World Trade Center The next move is up. Just fill in, detach and return the coupon below to MACWORLD Expo, Box 155, Westwood, MA 02090. We'll mail you the information you need to: get a special reduced rate on your admission, avoid the registration lines and make the most of your time learning what's up. ~------, I . ~~~~~r:wo~~.1~ ~ I Cl Exhibiting a Attending I I Name Company I ·~ ~ I ! State Zip Phone APP I Sponsored by MACWORLD, lhe Macintosh™ Magazine. An IDG Com· EMACWORL.Q.l\. T show not affiliated with Apple Computer. Inc. MAC, MACINTOSH and ~------~munica1ions publicatlan. MACWORLD Expo is an independent trade xrosmu 't., MACWORLD aro trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. MacWorld Expo - Washington by Martin Milrod, MacWorld Coordinator The Washington Convention who helped make our booth a suc Jones, William Jones, Ann Knust, Paul Center saw the first MacWorld cess, to report to the membership on Koskos, Bob Leedom, Susan Meehan, exposition take place April 25 - 28, the results of our first major booth Kevin Nealon, Robert Platt, Colin 1989. This was first year occurrence effort and, lastly, to make some Povey, John Ruffato, Tony Salemo, and while no great bombshells were general recommendations concerning Bob Shaffer, Paul Schuh, Dana announced during the show, it was future WAP performances at the Schwartz, Lynn Trusal, Ron Wein still counted as successul by both the MacWorld Exposition. President Platt stock, Rich Wohltman, Don Wong MacWor ld people - Mitch Hall has suggested that it would be desir and Bob Vandegrift. Associates, and by most of the 230 able to "spread the responsibilities for There were a few volunteers who vendors who took part. Some 25,000 Mac World" among other W AP offered to help out for limited hours people attended the show and, while members, so someone else will be earlier guesses as to attendance handling the Boston MacWorld figures range from 20,000 - 45,000, Exposition; this frees me to suggest most vendors were pleased with the important changes to that person dollar activities of their sales. without any fear of giving the appear Some of the "bigger" firms did not ance of a conflict-of-issue. (It also appear: Adobe, Aldus, QMS, Claris permits to celebrate an important etc. Aldus and Claris had separate family birthday at home, which I have suites at the Grand Hyatt hotel, across missed over several years because of the street from the Convention the timing of the Boston MacWorld Exposition.) The Volunteers Who Helped Marty Milrod The following persons are listed and were not called upon, but their at the risk of having omitted others offer to help should not go without who should have been named . recognition. They were: Anthony Apologies in advance to those Bocci, W. Russell Bradley, Anthony whose names should have been Conclaves, Alice Giancola, Stan Silber listed but are not. Let me also take and George Spiers. this opportunity to publicly thank ... Booth duty is a tougher job than Jay Heller, Jim Russell and the you might think. great folk from BMUG without And a special thanks to the Nancy Pochepko whom our booth breakdown and MacWorld Committee - Eric Rall, Center. Despite such disappoint the return of supplies and materials to who coordinated booth volunteers, ments, Mitch Hall assured me that he the W AP office would not have come Bob Shaffer, who helped in the setup was pleased with the DC site location off as well as it did. Thanks, Raines and breakdown of the booth, Lynn and that he would be returning to Cohen and your crew of tie-dyed T Trusal, whose signs, balloons and Washington "on a 12 month or 18 shirted helpers. "video-capture machine" attracted so month" cycle. His company still has The following gracious people many people to our booth, David not announced their full listing of helped staff the often hectic booth at Weikert and Tony Salemo for the Expo dates for 1990, except for the San MacWorld Expo(some even did great job they did, respectively, in Francisco site which will take place in multiple four-hour stints, bless their preparing the Mac Disks and the Mac April, 1990. The Boston MacWorld hearts and tired feet: Nancy Adams, Disketeria Catalog, and in supervising will take place August 9 -12, 1989, Chris Bastian, Ralph Begleiter, Nancy the stocking of our Mac Disks at the and we have already arranged that Bird, Roy Blocher, WilrCate, Joe show. These persons were simply W AP will be in a 10 by 20 foot booth Chelena, Tim Childers, Richard Oark, great and they worked in friendly, (#5027) in the World Trade Center. Ellen Crockett, Ronnie Day, Manny cooperative and pleasant manner. It The purpose of this article is three DeVe ra, Benis Frank, Robert Fukuda, was a pleasure working with them. fold, to thank the many volunteers David Harris,, Bruce Jacobs, Paul High, Mary Hockmeyer, Charlene The Results of our First Major 62 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 MacWorld Participation Sorry, but as this was being writ ten, I was told that the details of how WAP' s New Booth we did were not available to me. by Cynthia Yockey (WAP received roughly $13,000 in gross revenue, a quarter of which was received Starting with April's MacWorld, where we debuted our new portable booth, Washington Apple Pi's name for the raffle-Ed) Regardless of our will now appear in lights at computer shows! Our new booth is 8' X 10' and composed of hinged velcro panels that enable us to change its shape to financial outcome, however, I rate the suit our space at any computer show. WAP's name and logo can appear in lights on both sides of the show a success for W AP. We gained, I booth. Because WAP's logo is usually shown in red, the dominant color of the booth is "Spanish red," with estimate, about 100 new members and a platinum grey stripe in the middle - similar to the color Apple now uses for its computers. In addition, presented a competent and profes metal shelving purchased separately provides storage for the disks, membership kits, and other items the sional appearance for WAP. In short, club sells at shows. our club was presented in an ex As chairman of the Booth Committee, I want to thank a number of people who contrbuted their effort and tremely favorable light at the expertise to the booth's design and purchase. WAP President Bob Platt assisted at every step and heped steer us to the velcro panel-type booth, which turned out to be an excellent choice in that it can be adapted MacWorld Expo. to different booth shapes, it easily accommodates an island display area, and artwork can be changed sim ply by having new pieces mounted with velcro hook tabs. Booth Committee member Marty Milrod ensured that we had perfection in both form and function by ~ .. reminding us that we had to create a booth that would look professional and serve customers. Booth Com App\c P\ mittee member Ray Hobbs made many useful suggestions on potential layouts for enhancing customer alngton service. Artist Judy Treible took the time to educate me on design principles that would make the booth both t attractive and functional. Nancy Seferian and Marianne Chiguerre did a great job re-creating WA P's name and logo in Illustrator for use in creating signs. And Ron Moore ran the Linotron output for the signs on very short notice. I would also like to thank the Board of Directors for voting to fund this project. I believe it is a wise purchase that will last many years and attract many new Washington Apple Pi members and Disketeria buyers.9 Tom Ellis, president of Falcon Microsystems, drawing the lottery winners. Woody Hume, Gavernment Account Manager of Claris Corporation, presenting the array of Claris software to the winner of the MacWorld WAP raffle, Drew Steis, President of Language Lynn Trusal Systems Corporation, Herndon, VA. John Ruffalo June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 63 Mac Number Crunching looks like 9 or FORTRAN 199x now). The new FORTRAN will retain all of the mathematical fluency of the older Language Systems FORTRAN language. In addition, it will add many more mathematical niceties, as by Lou Pecora well as C and Pascal flow control fea tures, user defined data types, over A New FORTRAN systems programming, they're usu loaded operators and much more. If Last summer a new FORTRAN ally right. But consider this (get out you don't know what all that means, was released for the Macintosh. There your high school algebra books!): sup don't worry. It just means that FOR were already two FORTRAN compil pose you have an expression like this TRAN will most likely remain the sci ers in existence for the Mac, but the (where x and z are complex numbers): entific programming language of new release heralded the entrance of x = y za/(1 + e-z) choice and it will be a good one. the Mac into the arena of big-time sci If you can't remember complex num Finally, all those scientists and entific computation. The new FOR bers, just trust me on this. Suppose engineers have been busy writing lots TRAN was developed by Language this expression were needed to calcu of libraries of subroutines to calculate Systems Corp. of Herndon, VA and it late something on a computer (very all sorts of things. Many of these are now enables scientists and engineers common for scientific-engineering now available on the Mac (see below, to write number crunching code just computing). How would this look in a again). It's nice to have them already like on mainframes. In fact you can program? Here's how: written and not to have to rewrite write and run number crunching pro In FORTRAN: them in Pascal, C, Ada, or whatever. x • y*z**a/(l+exp(-z)) grams on the Mac and transfer them In C or Pascal: Language Systems FORTRAN is to the VAX computer (a favorite of totally FORTRAN 'J!7 compatible (this x - scientific types) or even a tRAY and, cxdiv(cxmult(y,cxpow(z,a)), is the standard on all machines>. and it with very few changes, expect them to cxadd(l,cxexp(cxneg(z))))). already boasts some of the FORTRAN run just like on the Mac, only perhaps, The FORTRAN version looks al Bx structures as well as VAX compat faster. most like the actual equation. The C or ible structures (see below). This makes The Language Systems FOR Pascal version needs the user defined it a good platform to use now and in TRAN compiler will be reviewed here functions cxdiv, cxmult, cxpow, the future on your Mac to develop and with mostly an eye toward number cxadd, cxexp, and cxneg to handle the do number crunching. crunching, although I will say some division, multiplication, power, addi thing about Mac toolbox access. I will tion, exponentiation, and negation of The Environment: MPW also admit up front that I beta-tested complex numbers, I'm assuming the Language Systems Fortran runs in the Language Systems FORTRAN user has implimented a complex data the MPW environment, which you compiler and, initially suggested type using structures or records. If can purchase with the FORTRAN. many of the features they added. I you're a scientist, you can easily read MPW stands for the Macintosh Pro don't mean to imply I had that much the FORTRAN version; the other is grammers Workshop. It is a "shell," in to do with the development, but that, opaque. No contest, boys and girls. the parlance of computer scientists, in my opinion, they added the right FORTRAN wins hands down. along with several enhancements. stuff, and I saw it from the start. How important is this? Very! I can That is, it is like the Finder, only in None-the-less, I believe this review to show you scientific programs where more of a UNIX or MS-DOS-like fonn. be objective. If you're looking for a line after line consists of nothing but MS-DOS? Before you barf, that is FORTRAN compiler for your Macin equations. It is easier to write and de meant only as an analogy. In fact tosh, read on. This one's a beaut! bug this type of computer program MPW is more UNIX-like. Very power when the language allows you to ex ful in its ability to handle files, be cus Why FORTRAN? press the equations in a form that is tomized, and be enhanced. But you I'll first tackle the general ques almost like the mathematical form. I just want to compile, link, and run a tion of why FORTRAN for a program speak from long, hard-won experi FORTRAN program? No problem. ming language on the Macintosh? Yes, ence on this. That's easy, and easily learned in I've seen the smirky messages on the This is not to say that C and Pascal MPW. local bulletin boards whenever the don't have anything to offer. Not so. I Don't let all this scare you. To do FORTRAN language is mentioned. wish FORTRAN had many of the flow number crunching you need know All those Pascal and C programmers control features and data structures of very little about MPW. It's just a nice wonder why anyone would bother both languages. But that brings me to environment to work in. If you need with FORTRAN when more modern my next point. FORTRAN is now its power, it's there. If not, it remains languages are available. For program being rewritten. The new version is hidden. You can be up and running ming the Macintosh with toolbox stuff labeled FORTRAN 198x. The x = Language Systems FORTRAN in (windows, menus, icons, mouse whatever year the committee decides MPW in 15 minutes. Perhaps the only events, etc.) or what is often called that the new FORTRAN is ready (it confusion comes from the need to 64 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Working to Maximize Your Productivity PRODUCTMTY ~ Mac intosh SE Gestalt Systems, Inc. "Integrating People, Technology, and Organizations" 450 Spring Park Place • Suite 1200 • Herndon • Virginia • 22070 (703) 471-6842 understand the Macintosh file and and run a FORTRAN program. does it report it back to you in a clear path-names. MPW has certain defini So, in MPW you can edit your fashion so you can ''fix things"? You'd tions for these and if your source file is programs and immediately compile, be surprised how often in the com buried in a folder (as most are), you link, and run them. If you have suffi puter world the answer to both these must know how to tell MPW where it cient memory, run it under MultiFin questions is no. In fact my own (bad) is. I think Language Systems could der to have quick return to your edi experience with the first FORTRAN devote a little more manual space to tor-compiler. Just like Lightspeed C, on the Mac (Absoft-Microsoft FOR this. It's the only point that I think is for example. TRAN) taught me to ask these things. confusing to the MPW novice. Any- · For those who have desires to get Happily (ve;ry happily), Language way, I've provided an Appendix for into the Mac toolbox (QuickDraw, and Systems FORTRAN has the answers you on just this subject. all that), MPW supplies tools and in yes and yes to both parts of the above MPW looks very much like a text terfaces to all sorts of Mac stuff (Re question. Even the first release had editor (see the screen shot below). You source editing, for example). These very few bugs. I do a lot of FORTRAN can edit text just like in any standard can all be used with Language Sys programming (I like to calculate Macintosh editor. MPW also has auto tems FORTRAN. More on this in the things) and I found only one bug in indent and other features which are following. the initial release, which had a simple very handy for anyone who programs work-around. It's been fixed in recent in the now accepted, structured pro The Compiler upgrades (the ·Language Systems' gramming style. The Worksheet is Like in most other computer pro people are constantly upgrading this usually the window you enter com gramming languages, the compiler is product). As a result when you use mands into, but any window can be the heart of things. No matter how this FORTRAN, your confidence in used to enter commands. MPW has a many bells and whistles there are or the compiled code is high. powerful "Find-Replace'' feature how many claims for fast compiles, The diagnostics are also superb. which can incorporate regular expres much programming comes down to In fact, because of the excellent MPW sions, if you like. You can also add this: Does the compiler produce error-free environment you get diagnositic mes menu items, like Build and Directory, code and does it offer good diagnostics? sages like the following one. I gener but, again, any advanced features are By diagnostics I mean if the compiler ated this on purpose by writing an not necessary to just compile, link, finds an error in your source code, expression with the wrong syntax in s File Edit Find Mark Window Driue:MPW f :Worksheet lorfo l_p l t. scr lorfo Lp l t ! =~-~D~~~~~~~~~Dr~i~ue~:~M~P~W[!f~:lo~r~f!oG1~p~ltg.f~~~~~~~~@21j~ end *------* Uector field for Lorentz attractor. Parameters are passed as .arguments * dx( 1 )/dt = -sig x(1) +sig x(2) * dx(2)/dt = -x(1) x(3) +r x(1) -x(2) * dx(3)/dt = x(1) x(2) -b x(3) subroutine vecf ld(x,dxdt,sig,r,b) imp l i c i t none real *4 x(3),dxdt(3),sig,r,b dxdt(1)= -sig*x(1) +sig*x(2) dxdt(2)= -x<1>*x(3) +r*x<1> -x(2) dxdt(3)= x<1>*x(2) -b*x(3) return end MPW Shell 66 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 IMAGINATION the file junk.f. Figure 1 shows how a PC-AT. It blew his socks off. In general, this kind of compile compile statement and the resulting In the above text from the MPW command will be very familar to any error statement would look like in window you can also see how easy it one who has used UNIX or VAX VMS MP. is to compile a source file. The MPW or many other command-line mini The D points to the spot the com statement FORTRAN -opt=1 -ov -r - computer interfaces. This is true for piler detected an error (I never com saveall junk.f was typed in followed by most other commands in MPW. For pleted the assignment expression pressing the Enter Key. FORTRAN example, to link the object code that x=y+ ). But the really nifty feature pro tells MPW to run the compiler, -opt=l comes out of the above FORTRAN vided by the MPW environment is tells the compiler to optimize at level 1 command line, one would write that when you get such compiler er (there are 4 levels, 0-3), -ov tells the something like: rors, you just select the line that says compiler to include overflow check :Tools:Link junk.f.o File ".... "; Line .... (as in File "junk.f"; ing, -r tells the compiler to include :FLibraries:FORTRANLib.o a Line 2, above) and hit the Enter Key range checking, -saveall tells the com :FLibraries:IntrinsicLib.o a :Libraries:Runtime.o a (not Return, Enter). MPW automati piler to save all local variables after :Libraries:Interface.o a cally searches your disk for the of exiting a subroutine (something done ":my Libs f:univfile2LIB.o" a fending file, opens it, scrolls the edit on other machines, like the VAX), and -o "junk" window to the line, and selects it! I junk.f is the source file. There are Here MPW is told to run the showed that to one of my fellow many other compiler options, like - linker, which is in the Tools folder, workers who was struggling with opt=l, which give you more control and link the object code from the com Microsoft FORTRAN on a souped up over the way your program will run. pile of junk.f with the necessary FOR TRAN libraries and with one of my own libraries (univfile2LIB.o) and FORTRAN -opt=l -ov -r -saveall junk.f output the result (a stand-alone, x=y+ double-clickable application) as an /). application named junk. In the above ### FORTRAN - Illegally formed expression File "junk.f"; Line 2 link example a stands for continue on #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ next line in any MPW command and the quotes (") are necessary for any Figure 1: Compiler error statement illustration folder /file name that has a space em- Mac1noftic~ Providing Macintosh® Solutions 101 West Broad St. to Your Computer Needs e Suite 400 • Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 532-7400 • CONSULTATION 9 SERVICE • INTEGRATION • SUPPORT • INSTALLATION •TRAINING MfW-iM#Wf'WW ·i·W.%*·-·filWf'Widfr&f ff 'Witfi over 50 years ezyerience in networ~d environments! 68 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 bedded in it. 80 bits?), POINTERS, STRUCTURES MPW, I think it is a bit sparse. But I The Language Systems FOR (a la VAX, and Mac extensions), Pas must remind you (and myselO that TRAN compiler does its job very well. cal-like STRINGs, and many more. this product is only 10 months old! The compile step is slower than the Flow control includes the usual There have been several updates to two other FORTRAN's available on FORTRAN 77 stuff plus Language Systems compiler, example the Mac, but this is probably due to DO ... ENDDO, DO WHILE (. .. ), files, and manual (Language Systems the overhead of running under MPW. CYCLE, LEAVE ( a la FORTRAN 8x), has been impressive in its continued Don't worry about this. Don't be mis and more. CASE ("switch" to you C support of its product). The updates lead by claims of rapidly compiling types) is soon to come. include some very nice technical notes many lines of code per second. You If you're inclined to mess with the which are of interest to both the Mac get things done faster when the com Mac toolbox, you're in good hands. novice, the number cruncher (me), piler generates error-free code and Language Systems FORTRAN sup and the Mac expert. The example files tells you, clearly, when you've made a ports toolbox calls, and in the style of help greatly to introduce the user to syntax mistake. Pascal (as in Inside Macintosh volumes using Language Systems FOR'J'R.AN After years of experience strug I-V). You can access the deepest with the Mac toolbox. I hope Lan gling with various compilers, I'll take reaches of the Mac ROM and system guage Systems continues to add these the slower, but more accurate com calls. And you do it in a syntax very to its package. piler anyday. You can waste a heck of similar to the Pascal routines defined The bottom line is that this is a a lot of time (not to mention getting in books like Inside Macintosh. Fur solid compiler with lots of useful fea high blood pressure) looking for an thermore, MPW also supports (and tures and extensions. It works well in error that the compiler actually gener supplies) many toolbox development the MPW environment and makes ated. You won't do this with Lan tools. Even I, toolbox shy that I am, programming in FORTRAN more fun guage Systems FORTRAN. have messed with some minor tool on a Mac II than on a VAX. Language Systems has also added box stuff. The use of "include" files many data types beyond FORTRAN from Language Systems helps greatly To Be Continued ... 77 of great use to number crunching with this, as do many example files ... next month. 4* people like me, like COMPLEX,. 16 ( they provide. 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Bits and I do prefer Power Point's method Although no price has been set, for manually clicking between slides they are expected to cost several and the ability to change the color of hundred dollars for each chip. A 4MB Bytes imported graphics. I would like to see SIMM will contain 8 of these chips to equal 4 MB. This makes the theoretical by Lynn Trusal Aldus make these changes in version R. 1.1 whenever it is released. Both appli capacity of an 8 SIMM slot Mac II to be cations have spelling checkers and 32 MB, which I believe is the maxi First Impressions of find-and-replace functions. mum the 68020 CPU can directly ad Aldus Persuasion If you need "desk-top presenta dress. tion" software, give Aldus Persuasion This "First Impression" is not serious consideration. I prefer it to Dear Bill: meant to be an in-depth review of this both Power Point and Cricket Pres I was sorry to see that your (Bill product. I recently purchased Aldus ents. I have not had any hands-on Gates') net worth dropped $177 mil Persuasion and was interested in com experience with Stand Out. lion due to. lower than expected earn paring it to Power Point which I have ing of Microsoft, but remember that used extensively at work. I originally Video Show for the Mac you are still worth $1.1 billion dollarsI tried it out at MacWorld in Boston and is Here! so you won't have to be hitting the was favorably impressed. For you MS-DOSer's out there unemployment lines any time soon. I have found Persuasion to be Perhaps I can shed some light on more intuitive, and I liked its overall who know what Video Show is, you may be interested in its availability for part of the reason for those "lower approach to creating presentation than expected earnings." I have graphics compared to Power Point, the Macintosh. General Parametrics Corporation (415) 524-3950 has re largely stopped using Microsoft Word except for the inability to change the for large documents and switched to color of imported graphics (see be leased a Macintosh version of their well known Video Show presentation Full-Write because I got tired of the low). very buggy Word 3.01 and its lack of Persuasion uses an outline-like software and hardware. It is available in three versions: basic features. I also switched to approach, similar to MORE, to enter Aldus Persuasion from Microsoft textual information for slides. This fa the Companion ($1,795), Executive ($2,695) and Professional ($8,995). The Power Point because Persuasion is a cilitates layout and editing of presen much better and more powerful pro tation material; it must be done on Companion must be attached to a Mac to run a slide show, while the Execu gram than Power Point. individual slides in Power Point. You can also understand my dis Unlike Power Point, Persuasion tive and Professional are self-con tained units which do not need the may after increasing the memory in offers master slides, speaker notes and my Mac II to 5 MB so that I could handout pages like other presentation Mac to do a presentation. General Parametrics also sells the make full use of MultiFinder, I could programs, and charting and graphs not do so if I wanted to continue to use like Cricket Presents. PhotoMetric SlideMaker for prepar ing 35 mm slides from Video Show Excel 1.5. My large system took up An extensive collection of au enough of the first MB of RAM that totemplates is included, similar to presentations. It lists for $4,495. The prices aren't cheap, but if you like Excel could not load since it needs the other programs. These serve as a good same space. Therefore, I am seriously basis for beginning a custom presenta Video Show for MS-DOS applications, you might want to check out this considering switching to WingZ since tion. Each template includes six types it does not have these limitations and product. of masters which can be used for passes Excel in features and technol graphics, text or organizational charts. 4MB DRAM Chips ! ogy. Also there is no release date for Persuasion offers layers for each Excel 2.0 in sight. ~lide s.o Y?~ can assign text or graph Just when you scraped up enough Therefore, · Bill, I have either ics to md1vidual layers, which can be cash to buy 1 MB SIMMS, and sup ceased using or largely switched to individually controlled during an on plies of 1 MB RAM chips were coming three other companies' products be screen slide show. In the manual slide into more bountiful supply, two Japa cause Microsoft has rested on its lau show mode, a click of the mouse nese manufacturers are beginning to rels and has not kept up with the mar moves from layer to layer and then produce 4 MB memory chips. Both ketplace. If enough Mac users do so slide to slide or you can chose an auto Toshiba and Hitachi may have al too, you will no longer be the richest mated approach by setting not only ready begun selling commercial "thirty-something" in America. the time between slides but also be samples of their 4 MB DRAM chips. Please do us all a favor and get tween layers. Toshiba plans to build an $81 million your programmers going again so Another nice feature is the ability factory to begin production with ca that Microsoft will once again be on to control the amount of shadowing pacity of 100,000 per month by next the cutting edge of Macintosh pro behind text to include its color, and summer. These memory chips have an gramming and not on the "bleeding offset in two d irections. This can not 80 ns access speed and will initially be edge." 70 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 More Uses for 3. Steve - you told us you were the "ASCII Group, Inc." It seems that MultiFinder only going to sell your NeXT com this dealers' group is upset that Apple puter to the higher education market, Computer has refused to sell it com For reviewers of software, Multi and many of us wondered how you puters. The group is based in Wash Finder comes in very handy. You can could survive doing so at $6,000. Well, ington, D.C., and is made up of 300 install a word processor to write the that didn't last long and now you are stores, of which 80 carry Apple prod review and also one or more of the going to replace Compaq as a new ucts. The ASCil Group is interested in applications you are writing about. In supplier of computers in the Business getting larger discounts from Apple other words, I opened up Microsoft land chain. The main difference is the based on the power of group purchas Word, Power Point and Persuasion to NeXT computer is going to sell for ing, but Apple says it does not recog prepare my comments about my "first about $10,000 to the general public. I nize buying groups. Stay tuned for impressions" of Aldus Persuasion. If guess you finally came to your senses! round two! (Source - PC Week, you need to compare the features of 4. Motorola has pre-announced its March 27, 1989) each program, it is easy to switch be latest CPU, dubbed the 68040 (but tween them and then back to Word to then again, what else would they call Super 3-D, Super Offer! write the review. You do not have to it?). It contains more than 1.2 million Silicon Beach Software has offered open and close applications one at a transistors and is rated at 3 times the registered owners of SuperPaint its time. speed of the new 68030 CPU now of latest application, called Super 3-D, Another use of MultiFinder is for fered by Apple in the Mac Ilcx and for the low price of $53 including ship easy access to the desktop while you SE/30. This translates into 4 to 8 mil ping and handling. This new package are in an application. If I wish to check lion instructions per second (MIPS). It retails for $295, and a price of $50 is out the location of a folder or throw is the first CPU to offer on-board float unusually low for such an offer. something in the trash, the desktop is ing point capabilities instead of neces MacUser magazine gave it a five just a click away. This saves the need sitating another chip. Perhaps the best mouse rating. I believe it only sup to ·open and quit multiple applica point of all is that it is fully upwardly ports black and white at this time. tions. compatible with the 68000 family of Finally, I am always encouraging Motorola CPUs, which have a very Word Perfect 1.0.2 people to use multiple applications to large installed software base. The esti Apple has apparently started a achieve a desired result, and it is easy mated cost is $500 to $700. trend with the x.x.x numbering sys to cut and paste between applications 5. Informix tells me that they are tem for upgrades. (I prefer the old without opening and closing each one producing WingZ 24 hours a day, six method of using whole numbers for individually. days a week and are still 11,000 copies major upgrades and fractions for mi On the down side is that MultiFin behind. Time will tell if it truly be nor upgrades.) Word Perfect has be der really needs 2-4 MB to be useful, comes a competitor to Excel. gun shipping its "maintenance" up since more and more applications are 6. One of my criticisms of WingZ grade version 1.0.2. It is not consid becoming memory hogs - such as was its less than true conversion of ered a major upgrade and includes Full-Write Professional, MacDraw II, Excel SYLK files. Dates sometimes AU /X support, elimination of screen etc. I even find that 5 MB is sometimes changed format, and dollar signs dis flicker, graphics resizing enhance not all I need. The 8 MB Mac is coming appeared. I have been told that a fix is ments, better Radius monitor support, soon! now available and can be obtained by and better super- and sub-script sup Real Bits calling Informix customer support at port. 913-492-9922, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Word Perfect is currently testing a 1. There is another book about central time, Monday - Friday. You PageMaker filter for import of binary Apple Computer on the shelves of will need to give your WingZ serial WP files into PageMaker, such as is your local book stores under the un number when you do so. I received now possible with Word and several likely title of ''West of Eden - The the new disks, and the dollar sign is other word processors. End of Innocence at Apple Com still not preserved during the SYLK Users of the MS-DOS version 5.0 puter." It is written by Frank Rose, transfer. This needs to be fixed along of Word Perfect who wish to transfer published by Viking Press and sells with the number of decimal points files to the Mac version still have to for $19.95. I found it captivating read displayed. Informix is going to have save them as version 4.2 version docu ing, with some juicy tidbits not found trouble getting users to switch from ments. Direct transfer between ver in the "other books." If you're an Excel if they cannot at least offer a true sion 5.0 and the Mac will be released Apple junkie, you might want to give SYLK transfer. at a later date. ti it a try. 2. If you're a Steve Jobs trckkie, More Suits Against Apple Lynn R. Trusal, Ph.D. may be there was an interview with him in the Apple was recently sued by reached at 301-845-2651 to answer ques April 1989 issue of "Inc." magazine, Apple Records, owned by the Beatles, tions about material that appears in the by whom he was chosen "The Entre but it is also being sued by an inde Bits and Byte Column. The opinions ex preneur of the Decade." pendent dealers' buying group called pressed in this column are solely his. June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 71 cies. However, as time goes on and Macinations economies of scale operate, prices will come down. Nine years ago a 5 Meg MacWorld Expo Washington hard disk could cost you about $2,000. Times change. A great place to see what's hot for the Mac today Large-screen, high-res by Robb Wolov monitors The dust has cleared, the banners Now, we can take a full motion Another trend is large screen, 24/ have been taken down, and the fold video of the actual subject, zoom in or 32 bit color. It seemed like everyone ing chairs put away. Washington's highlight sections of it, add labeling was exhibiting on huge 19" color first Mac-only exposition is now over. overlays and HyperCard links, and monitors from such suppliers as Ra At the end of four days (I was lucky call it up from a script. Students can dius, Moniterm and SuperMac. Any and "had" to go to Industry Day), I now see the real thing on screen, not video supplier worth its salt had a 24- feel like I walked enough miles within just a moving diagram. They can bit video card to complement Apple's Washington's Convention Center to freeze frame, replay and step through recent announcement of 32-bit Qllick have trekked around the beltway six the stack just as before. Draw. The results were uniformly times and picked up enough bro Such technology has two ob dazzling, yielding photographic-qual chures to have populated a forest-in stacles that desktop video will have to ity color images. Alas, this technology other words, I loved it! overcome - storage and transmis too is priced beyond mortal man. Three hundred plus exhibitors sion. Full motion (30 frames per sec The corporate wisdom of Apple's showed their wares; such expos, usu ond and up), 24-bit color videos are involvement in the new High Defini ally restricted to Boston and San Fran huge, somewhere around 2 Megs/sec tion Television (HDTV) industry is cisco, are a great spot to see what's hot ond of video, before compression. H starting to make sense. HDTVs are for the Mac today and what trends are such material is to be accessible by a much like high res computer moni being established for the Mac tomor variety of users, the lines of communi- tors. They require the same stringent specs and super wide bandwidths. row. ii a whirlwind few Buzz-words leave me a bit cold - A 19" color monitor costs the bet though I must confess to having per days, looking at how ter part of a Japanese car partly be petuated my share within these pages. the Mac has grown cause they are made in such relatively The one for this year is "Multimedia." small numbers compared to consumer I confess, I really did not comprehend over the last five TV's. Electronically, comparing a high this term until I had a chance to expe years '' res computer monitor to a consumer rience it first hand. What multimedia TV is like comparing a Chevy to a Fer cation have to be fast, somewhere in rari - they look somewhat similar, really is, is the addition of real-time, the order of 100 Megs/second or bet full-frame video editing and presenta but tolerance of parts, precision of ter. The equipment currently is some calibration and power (bandwidth) tion within the Mac environment what large and certainly expensive, along with the previous sound, text place one an order of magnitude but it will get smaller and cheaper. above the other. When the consumer and static graphics. The technology is The use of laser disks solves the first currently available to capture and edit HDTV industry ramps up, such moni problem - at least for the present. tors will be mass produced, and com video images from any source, then Careful planning of standards for fu display and control those images by puter monitors will drop in price... or ture transmission protocols (those so goes the scenario. the Macintosh. Video now is just an "rules" that govern the form in which other resource to be called up and Also, the anticipated wide use of we transmit information from com HDTV is forcing the reevaluation of controlled within HyperCard. puter to computer) will deal with the The applications for training and cable transmission protocols and second. bandwidths, the same cable systems education are staggering. When My dream of an electronic ency HyperCard was first released we got a that we will be plugging our comput clopedia, where instead of still pic ers into in the future. Stay tuned. first glimpse. Many spoke of interac tures or diagrams, the reader could tive training using hypertext and the actually experience the subject, is just Optical disk drives Mac. Graphics were limited to bit about here. The technology is in place abound mapped images or relatively lower res and is currently being used. No hy When Steve Jobs released his 8-bit color. Though crude, animation potheticals, thank you. The U.S. Coast NeXT computer one aspect of the by "card flipping" through Hyper Guard is using interactive video ex machine which got attention was his Card proved useful. Some of the tensively via Mac technology. use of an optical disk drive. These too medical education stacks I have spo This technology does not come were in abundance for the Mac, in ken of in these pages used that very cheaply; therefore currently it is lim many cases in a more advanced for technique. ited to large organizations and agen- mat (double sided, double capacity) 72 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 Ill COMPUTER DESKTOP PUBLISHING CENTER I .' ' ~] (301) 770-9470 ~'m FULL SERVICE "GET HELP" SERVICE OR DO-IT-YOURSELF IOur assistance for an additional charge Here's what we can do for you: WE HAVE IT ALL! 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But, if think that only five years ago all we Adobe works for Apple's competitors, demand is high and manufacturing had was the 128K Mac and three or was telling as an argument that we costs come down through scale ... four relatively simple applications. will not see Display Postscript on the Charlie Jackson's aloha-shirted Mac ... end of discussion. troupe from Silicon Beach Software Open session with Gassee The Expo was a first for Washing consistently drew a crowd as they An open afternoon session with ton, an experiment. I do hope that the exhibited their soon-to-be-released Jean-Louis Gassee gave the audience a "powers that be" decide that it is in full-screen, full-color HyperCard chance to vent their spleens or probe their interest to make it a yearly affair. clone, SuperCard. Delivery is still a for trends. Gassee did intimate that At the moment that decision has not vague "second quarter of 1989." But, the Mac line would be expanding in been made. These shows are, after all, they did confess that the owner manu both directions. (A Mac engineer on for the exhibitors to do business. It als just came back from the printer as industry day confided that a machine did serve as a unique high-intensity well as the shipping boxes. Hopefully beyond the Hex was on its way... and arena for Apple and third-party de it will be on the shelves by the time soon. Perhaps the Ilex I alluded to a velopers to show the power of the you read this. few months back?) Mac to government officials, a market More than exhibits make an Expo. Gassee was coy when it came to that Apple has been aggressively pur There were dozens of roundtable dis plans for expanding Quickdraw to suing. In my opinion, the Expo served cussions and lectures. John Sculley match the power of Postscript. In this function better than FOSE, the based his keynote address on the first other forums, Apple has been less reti "standard" computer show targeted five years of the Mac around the use of cent to talk of their plans for outline to government. the new multimedia technology. He fonts to match Display Postscript on It was a whirlwind few days, punctuated his talk by using a Hyper the Mac. Gassee was frank and quite looking at how the Mac has grown Card stack linked via MacroMind's diplomatic, saying that Apple will not over the last five years. There are and new video control cards in a new Mac relinquish control of any part of the will be many exciting developments Ilcx to present video highlights. A operating system to third parties. The in the coming years. The next five will very high tech walk down memory scenario of Apple having to go to be interesting to say the least. lane. Things happen fast in computer- Adobe for some feature of their own Until next time ... ti June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 73 command NEW and automatically Random Walk Macro in Excel converts the NEW command into uppercase characters. Plus a look at Wingz graphics If Excel beeps an error message when you hit the Return key, chances by Fred Seelig are you missed a quote or a parenthe sis mark. This article features an auto-exec Open a new macro sheet. Select macro that causes a cell to randomly cell Bl. Begin typing down the main After Typing the Macro walk about an Excel worksheet. Each column. You can add items in the left Once the text of the macro is cell of the spreadsheet tells how many column later. Column B contains the typed, save your work. Call the name times it has been the active cell. The macro name, five cells with com of the file ''RandomWalk_Macro" RandomWalk macro is quite mesmer ments, and then the body of the macro Now create labels for cells. In this izing to watch. It makes a great screen in cells B7 through B34. Column A macro, the control structure consists idle program. At the end you will see contains visual reminders of cell la of a series of GOTO commands that how to copy the numbered cells, bels. Column C is usually used for refer to cells by their names. All the transport them into Wingz, and make comments only. cell names are column A. The corre an interesting looking 3-D plot. When you type in the macro com sponding cells with those names are mands, you do not have to use capital in column B. Select cells A7:B34. Creating the Macro . letters for Excel commands, like Under the Formula menu, select Before you begin, check that you "SAVE.AS" or "GOTO." For example, the Create Labels ... command. Select have no open macro sheets active. after you type "=new()" and then hit the Left Column option, or simply Close all open macro sheets. the return key, Excel recognizes the type L. Oick OK. If you ~ve created this macro sheet for the first time then A B J c l nothing further happens. If this is the : 1 Random Walk iopt-cmd-r : second or third attempt, then Excel : 2 Creates a blank worksheet, then walks randomjy across it. i Automatica!Jy : will ask you if you want to redefine --: 3 Cells tell number of times they have been selected. ~executes : the cells named '1oop1," "firstquar : 4 Frederick W. Seelig. 4/5/89 iwhen o~ned. : tile," "secondquartile," and so on. 5 The Nova Consulting Group ! Click yes if you see such alert boxes. 6 P.O. Box 244, Vienna, VA. 22183{703} 280-9028 7 =NEWO: ! Naming the Macro 8 =SAVE.AS(•RandomWalk•}. You are ready to name the macro : 9 =FUL~(TB.ll§ : : and assign an option-1 key equivalent 10 =SELECT( !A:EE) i to this macro. First, select cells B7:B34. 11 =COLUMN.WIDTH{0.5} ! Cell B7 contains the =NEWO com ! ! 12 =DISPLAY(.FALSE) i mand. Cell B34 contains the =RE 13 =FORMULA.GOTO(!A tl ·1 ! TURN() command. 14 loop1 =SET .NAME{"randnum" ,RAND()) : Next select the Define Name ... 15 first uartile=IF(@nQ.'llJm>0.25,GOTO{secondguartile}} : 1 command under the Formula menu. ! 16 =SELECT(,"RC[1 n : In the Name box type in "Ran 17 =FORMULA(DEREF(ACTIVE.CELLO)+ 1) t i domWalk." Oick the Command radio ! 18 i::GOT0(1oop1) : : button. 19 secondQuartile=IF(randnum>0.5,GOTQ(thirdquartile)) ! i Clicking the Command radio but : 20 =SELECf(,•R[1]C1 : ! ton activates the small box in the 21 =FORMULA(DERE~(ACTIVE.CEL~{l)_+ 1) ·1 : lower right comer. Type "r" into this 22 =GOTO(loop1J box. Click OK. ! 1 You must make sure that there is no 23 thirdQuartile=IF(randnum>0.75 1GOTO{fourthguartile}} : i 24 =SELECf(,•RC[-1]1 i other macro assigned to option-1-r! 25 =FORMULA(DEREf(ACTIVE.CEL~O)_+ 1) : Macro command keys are case-sensi 26 tive, so if another macro is assigned to =GOTO(IOOQ1} ! 1 27 fourthQuartile=SEL~C1{, "RI-1 JQJ. ! : option-1-R, then you can assign op 28 =FORMULA(DERERACTIVE.CELLQ}+ 1} ! tion-1-r to the RandomWalk macro. -T : 29 =ACTIVE.CELL{} ! ! Make it AutoExeie 30 =SET.NAME("RowNum· ,RoW(ACTIVE.CELLO)) t : 31 =SET.NAM§.:.ColNum" COLUMN{ACTIVE.CELLQll If you want to make the Ran 1 ! 32 =MESSAGE(TRUE,•Row: •&RowNum&• Col: •&ColNumj : ! domWalk macro begin execution 33 =GOTO(loop1_)_ -1 immediately after opening the macro 34 =RETURNfi sheet, then follow the procedure of 74 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 this paragraph. Otherwise proceed as an Autoexec Macro"). Excel version controlled by a random number. A with the next paragraph. 1.04 users will not be able to take ad random number is generated. It can At this point cells B7:B34 are still vantage of this feature, since it is only take any value between 0 and 1. selected. Reissue the Define Names ... available for Excel 1.5. Movement is controlled according to command as in the previous para From an Excel menu: Under Excel's the following rules: graph. In the Name box, type Macro menu, select the Run... com •If randnum is between 0 and 1/4, "auto_open" In the Refers To box, re mand. Click on "r RandomWalk_ then move right. place "=$B$7:$B$34" with Macro ...". Click OK. Away you go. •If randnum is between 1/4 and 1/2, "=RandomWalk_Macro!$B$7:$B$34" From the keyboard: If you are a key then move up. In spreadsheet lingo, you have re board person and you are already •If randnum is between 1/2 ana 3/4, placed a reference (the range of cells within Excel, you can bypass pull then move left. $B$7:$B$34) with an external refer down menus by merely pressing op •If randnum is between 3/4 and 1, ence (RandomWalk_Macro!$B$7: tion-1-r. Figure 2 shows your Macin then move down. $B$34). The external reference in tosh screen once the macro begins its cludes the filename as well as the random walk. Stopping the Macro range of cells. Details of au toexec mac The RandomWalk macro will ros can be found on pages 153-154 of How the Macro Works keep chugging away until memory is exhausted. Since memory require Excel v.1.S's Arrays, Functions, and The macro creates a new work ments aren't too critical here, you can Macros manual. sheet called RandomWalk. It resizes keep this macro running for a long columns A through EE to a column time. If you want to stop its execution, Running the Ma,cro width of 0.5 so that the cells in these simply type 1-period. 161 columns are roughly square. The Save your work. Now you're A dialog box will inform you that worksheet takes up the full screen and ready to run it. the macro was interrupted. You have gridlines are removed. The first active Running the RandomWalk macro three choices: Halt, Step, and Con cell, i.e, the cell with the box around it, is simplicity itself. If you are on the tinue. Click on Halt. If you want to put is cell Al. Desktop, double click on the macro away the worksheet you will be asked Each cell visited by the active cell sheet-the macro begins execution to save changes. Click No, unless you box is assigned a number. This num immediately upon opening. If you are really want to save your sheet of ran ber is the number of times that the within Excel you have two options: dom integers. you can either use a pulldown menu active cell has passed through that or you can launch it directly from cell. Charting with Wingz The message bar shows the loca your keyboard. Open Wingz. Select cell Al. Paste tion of the active cell by row and col From the' Desktop: If you are on the the cells into the worksheet. Desktop, double-clicking on the umn number. Movement of the active cell can be Resize the column widths for all RandomWalk_Macro icon opens the columns that contain non-blank cells. macro sheet and automatically begins up, down, left, or right, except when the active cell is at the boundary of the This is a snap with Wingz. Select all executing the macro (if you followed the columns which contain numbers. the steps under "Defining the Macro worksheet. The active cell's motion is Make sure you select the column s Fiie Edit formulo formot Doto Options Mocro Window headers. The selected columns will be Row: 13 Cot : 19 darkened. Put your cursor between the col 513 I 2 ------umn headers of any two darkened col ID ---==-==------=- RondomWolk B c 0 E f G H I J K L M N 0 P R S T U V W X Y Z umns. The cursor will tum into a col I 2 2 3 1 2 umn-resize icon that looks like two 2 3 3 I parallel vertical lines. Hold down 1 1 1 1 your mouse button and resize the col 2 3 2 1 I umn. Presto! All selected columns 1 2 1 1 I I 2 1 1 automatically resize by the same 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 I amount! 1 2 2 5 5 9 7 I 2 2 Now select all active cells. In Fig 4 5 7 9 5 ure 3 I dragged across A 1 to LS. Copy 4 4 7 7 3 2 2 3 2 1 these cells using 1-C. Oick on the 1 I I 1 1 ILJ graphics icon. In Figure 3, this is the I 1 1 1 1 tool to the left of row 8. 1 I 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 Move to a blank area of the 3 4 spreadsheet. Drag a box diagonally 1 2 from upper left to lower right. Don't expect cells to darken. When you are June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 75 in Wingz's graphics mode you do not s Fiie Edit Go Formot Sheet Graph Script Window select cells. Rather, you are creating a Sheet box outline within which the chart will appear. Change this graph to a surface M N plot by selecting Gallery under the :::..:·=~:.::.=t Graph menu. A submenu appears. ·--·-·----l Move the cursor to the submenu and --·----l. drag down until you select the Surface I plot command. --=-·==~r 1s.oO ---·--·--·~ , .oo The figure at the left shows the ---·--··-----1- 0 surface plot. Although it looks rather -·-·--·-·--·-·--r- s.oo ordinary on a black and white SE ------·-·t o.oo screen, it looks spectacular on a Mac II with a color monitor. 15.00 The base of the surface plot repre sents the original two-dimensional area of the spreadsheet' s selected cells. The peaks represent the number 1s.oG ~ 10.00 of times cells have been active cells. \0.00 High peaks correspond to cells which s,00 been active a large number of times. o.oO.. .. Future Project: " .... A Wingz Macro ..., "'" ... Wingz has its own macro lan . -.,,:. guage which is different from Excel' s. Since I am not as conversant in the Wingz macro language, the Ran domWalk macro is written in Excel- ese. Technical Maintenance Contracts Nevertheless, it seems quite pos sible to develop a similar macro in D~ales Macs• Laserwriters • Wingz. The reason for translation is ~Service lmagewriters • obvious. Wingz will, I think, allow l•N•C 1•9•8•0 Networks • Tups • Novell you to write a random walk macro Ram Upgrades • and plot the dynamically linked resul MAINTENANCE Hard Disk Installations tant surface plot in real time. If you REPAIRS modified the random walk macro to On Site & restrict the active cell to stay within SERVICE Canyln the range Al:Z26, for example, and created a linked surface plot, then you could watch the surface grow and 2820 Dorr Ave., Fairfax, VA 698-0347 evolve the longer the macro was run ning. I would imagine that the surface plot would look like a lawn beset by a DATA CONVERSION very busy mole. The active cell would be the mole burrowing under the sur face. Now that would be an interest OPTICAL CHARACTER SCANNING ing screen idle program. 9 Data DISK & TAPE CONVERSIONS Fred Seelig is the president of the Conversion Nova Consulting Group, dedicated to Services, Ltd. OVER 1,500 FORMATS SUPPORTED helping small businesses maintain their sanity by solving Macintosh problems and providing personal, reasonably priced 10875 Main St. training. He is a frequent contributor to Suite 207 the WAP Journal. Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 352-2210 76 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 medium to large business, and can Mac Business operate in a multiuser environment. Businesses that have complex needs, Choosing the Right Business require in-depth managerial reports, and forecasts, will need to take a close look at them. Businesses needing Accounting· Software these packages vary from appliance retailers to property managers. by Cindy Carter To aid you in making the right The Macintosh has claimed its ally not very clear in understanding decision, I have listed the ten most fre place in the business world. The usual what is needed. This gray zone in quently expressed misconceptions applications found in businesses are cludes software designed for the small and mistakes made. Secondly, I have word processing, databases, and business. These businesses have little produced a list with some of the fac spreadsheets. The very foundation of or no accounting knowledge, therefore tors you need to consider when re the business, the accounting system, they don't know what to look for in viewing accounting software. Work usually has not been included as a soft software packages and end up making ing with a consultant or accountant ware application. There are accounting a choice that creates more work and who knows several accounting pack software packages available for busi problems for their operation. Most of ages that are available can help make ness to use along side of other Mac the present accounting packages on this an easier process. It is very impor software. Alright, you say, what do I the market are for the small business. tant to buy the most appropriate pack look for, how do I make the right They perform in accordance with ac age for your business without getting choice, and who can help me? cepted accounting procedures. Gener too much or too little. Deal with some The first and probably most im ally, they lack the ability to handle one who will let you work with the portant step is to determine what your businesses with special accounting re software first. business needs are and will be for the quirements. Some of these special Misconceptions/Mistakes next three to five years. To make the needs can be handled with spread right choice you should work with sheets; after a point this will become 1. Accounting software will your accountant and/ or software con too cumbersome and inefficient. An straighten out present records sultant. They should be familiar with other difference I have found among when you just enter the informa your business requirements and gray zone packages has been the way tion. knowledgeable of several accounting in which they allow the user to enter 2. With an accounting package we packages. Installation, training, and and process data. Without the proper don't need a bookkeeper. support should be included in their support team involved in the decision 3. We can install and train our staff services. There are trades-offs to be making processes these packages can ourselves. made in all decisions; you may not get be disastrous. As a business' special 4. We can read the review articles all the features you want. Remember requirements become more of a prob and choose the best package for also that no one accounting software lem to handle, looking at the third type our business needs ourselves. package is the right package for all of package becomes more important. 5. We don't need to consult with an businesses. Accounting software falls Service oriented businesses with little accountant on how to set up our into three different categories of usage. or no inventory requirements might books or everyday procedures be I have labeled these types as "per use this type of software. fore computerization. sonal", "gray zone business use", and The "comprehensive business" 6. We won't need support for the "comprehensive business.'' package is the third type. Besides package. "Personal" packages can perform meeting the majority of your everyday 7. It is not important to run in paral a variety of services. They show your business needs, they supply the infor lel with another system. expenses, net worth, checkbook recon mation needed to make decisions for 8. We won't need extra help to main ciliation, and some even produce fi the future. They are not for everyone. tain both systems. nancial statements. Some of these per They are more complex and require a 9. Choose a package that is either too sonal packages are successfully being qualified bookkeeper to properly oper complex or not comprehensive used in business. The important thing ate. I don't recommend that any busi enough. is to understand your needs well ness operate without a bookkeeper of 10. With networking, we don't need enough to be able to determine some type but I am also aware that someone who understands net whether this is an option for you. One many businesses cannot afford to pay working maintenance. example of a business which might use for this position. Therefore, I recom a personal package would be a busi mend that you hire either a part-time Factors to Consider ness consultant. This leads us into the bookkeeper or someone who can Format & Flexibility "gray zone business use" packages. handle more than one function. The • Ease of use I refer to these packages as "gray comprehensive packages include all • Use of Mac interface zone use" because the end user is usu- modules (usually eight) required by a • Separate or all in-one-module June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 77 Virus Problems? [ ] MacSlides 35 mm Color Film Recording Service Crashed Disk? • 2000 - 4000 line resolution DiskDoctors • Priced as low as $3.25 per slide (703) 641-0215 (301) 585-2927 (301) 384-3562 Silver Spring, MD •58 MACQ&A I notice that Informix is shipping grams have been upgraded to allow their WINGZ program and this under Multi-Finder. Red Ryder a smaller box, which may be impor Ashton-Tate has upgraded their and Versaterm, for instance, allow tant to some. In future versions of the Full-Impact to version 1.1. All we you to start a download going, then system, Apple will add a multi-proc hear from Microsoft is there will be click into another application to do essing feature. This will let two or an Excel 2.2. What spreadsheet something else. They beep at you more programs run simultaneously should I buy? when the download process is fin and communicate \with one another, See this month's Excelling on ished. You should know that the passing results from one to the other. Your Mac column for a comparison of download time will be a bit longer this However, we don't expect this option these products. way. If it is a commercial telecomm to be available till 1990. Why wait till service you are working with, you then to use color or a bigger screen? Can I work with my machine while may want to consider this. Of course, Go out and buy one of the three today! doing software downloads through you are probably going to need more my modem? than one Meg of RAM to do much Many telecommunication pro- useful work with MultiFinder. • Security" levels Costing, and Payroll the same module • Cash or accrual basis • Editing of entries before posting • Allows for different types of in • Prints on plain paper or pre • Several levels of review before voices printed forms posting • Error checking ability • Supports dot matrix and/or la • Allows for partial payments, ser printers prepayments, and several types Special Needs • Smooth movement between of credit • Single/Multiuser modules • Does it allow the option of start • Modifiable database • Prints to screen ing journal entires, stopping and • Vertical packages available to fit • Custom report writer then resuming different type of businesses • Exports to spreadsheets • Complete audit trails • Record/File locking • End-user creation of financial • Allows for standard methods of • Network requirements statements format. inventory evaluation • Remote site entry • Ability to find vendors, clients, • Realtime vs batch updating • Import/Export of data account numbers etc. without • Do accounting periods have to • Cost of new releases knowing their identification be closed before making entries • Policy on upgrades number into the next period • Processing and printing speeds • Allows for growth in a busi • Checkbook reconciliation The above by no means includes ness's database of vendors, • Database maintenance all you need to consider -it includes clients, and inventory items. • Allows for the distribution of the basics. Different businesses will manual checks have additional requirements. Comprehensiveness • Prints computer checks Remember, accounting software is an • Modules offered: General • Allows for distribution of pay investment in your company s future. t& Ledger, Accounts Payable, Ac ments, checks, etc. at a later time Cindy Carter is president of Automated counts Receivable, Inventory, • Allows for invoicing of inven Accounting Systems. You can reach her Sales Order, Purchase Order, Job tory and non-inventory items in with questions at 942-3502. 78 Washington Apple Pl Journal June1989 EMacintosh SE 5 elf,~ .d-.t.., (().d;.., ,,,z;.. ... -lt,,.1Nf .~. Sometimes the question isn't how to make money, it's how to use the money you've already made. At Mid Atlantic Telesis our experienced staff can assist you when buying any Macintosh computer by making sure that you gyt the best from your hard earned dollars. Mid Atlantic Telesis is your one stop source for Macintosh needs. Whether it is new or used hardware,software, networking, training, technical support, consulting, serv ice contracts, or just maintenance. Mid Atlantic Telesis offers easy to use solutions with competitive prices and broad reaching support on every prod uct we sell. Unlike other companies, we're not all talk. If you need a new computer or want to expand one you already own, we invite you to call our sales support staff to show you what we have to offer. Give us a call, were always home! Mid Atlantic Telesis - Com lete Com uter Solutions 4930-A Eisenhower Avenue., Alexandria, Virginia (703) 823-4788 RApple Ill Disketeria MAC ~~·~ by David Ottalini, Ill SIG Co-Chairman ~i...... '.:.:J As I ?'entioned in my "Trail" month is disk 1056, Programmers Disketeria l1~bJiJ column this month, III SI Gers, we are Powers Tools by CE Software. As I i~mHW pleased to announce that Tom have mentioned in prior Trail col MacWorld Expo Kudos if~~1l Bartkiewi~z's Pascal Menu.Maker is umns, CE Software graciously agreed ml~ now PD disk 1054. What a neat pro- to place the Apple ID version of PPT by David Weikert l!~~fl:·:·:~- gram! Ple~se don't pass us t~is one, intothePDwi~theprovisothatusers We enjoyed a successful w~ n~ folks. It will serve as the basis for a purchase the instruction manual di- MACWORLD Expo thanks to the ~i.~~·:·:·~1=~~ ?umber of futur~ Pa~al-~ased ?isks r~tlyfrom.themfor$~0.00. Informa K: .::.· m our PD (that is, this disk will be tiononhowtodothatiscontainedon superb coordination by Marty Milrod and the efforts of the many Washing ~r.=··~x·:l'* your boot disk and future Pascal PD the PPT disk. ton Apple Pi volunteers who sup IL.=-=:-.:~;~: disks can be used with it.) Again, all That said, what is PPT? Well, it's ported this magnificent show. Our ~il~l·::J~ source code is included an.d it is fully a series of Bu~iness Basic Invokable new booth was attractive and staffed ~~J····=·:···~~l docu~ent~. Tha~ to Jim Salemo Modules; designed to improve the by an enthusiastic crew who, in addi ~~If~ for domg a little editing and cleaning performance of BB. We've added a tion to selling disks, catalogs, mem ~~~lt:::I up for us on this disk, to get it ready numberofsuchprogramsintoourPD berships, raffle tickets and other items, rn ·····'11 for the PD. over the past few years (Daryl Ander served as Washington Apple Pi am f.~·:······;:--:~ C?ur secon? offering this month is 5?n:s Basic enhancers and Foxware's bassadors to the crowd that stopped ~~ : ~ PD disk 1055, 'The Best of ATUNC." s1mtlarprograms,forexample). PPT's '(~-~ As with other "Best of" disks, this one Basic Invokables will add these com by the booth. Marty's article on the show elsewhere in this journal recog ' ~ contains articles and other material mand enhancements: I·':-.: from an Apple III user group, the TEXTIN. nizes their contributions and lists their Jf'.~ ~- Apple Three Users of Northern Getanalpha-numericvaluefromtheuser names. The Mac Disketeria volunteers, a significant number of whom appear i~·· ·-.$ California. ATUNChasa tremendous TEXTGET . . ~~=- · resouce of.Apple m knowledge and ~alpha-numencwithcursorcontrol on Marty's list, also deserve special thanks for their efforts in duplicating ~;- ·· they remain one of the most active Get a numeric whole number from user ~... Apple Ill groups in this country. This INTGET about2500disks forthe show. Thanks I.· .. ~ disk is self-booting on Side One and Get a whole number with cursor control to Hampton Dejarnette, John De K. -~. contains the following files: NUMIN . . 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The special Mac Expo edition of ~i~_g-%1 Th~ file on Side Two named Reactivate the RESET key the Mac Disk Catalog, current through $~i' "ATUNCNWSLTTR"isa3EZPieces FORMAT . ii~T' Data Base file containing a bibliogra- Create.a data di~kette . . the disks released this month, is avail ll~~til phy of ATUNC Newsletters going Disk ~055 is self-booting on Side able for $3.00 at the office and general t.Jil.%1 back many years. There's a lot of One and includes programs to dem meetings or by mail for $4.50, includ Blf~~~ g~od information on this disk, and I onstrate what some o~ th~se. com- ing postage and handling. The cata log includes a list of disks and titles, a 11 thmk you'll enjoy using it. We've mands can do. Everything IS hstable ;:.. ~. . ordered more ATUNC Newsletters and readable. We do Nor have the newiritroductory section, descriptions ~ltm1=?.• on disk by the way, so we can produce source code however. of files on all the disks, a list of signifi .fJ1 more ."Best of" disks in the fu.ture. . .N~xt month: More Ottalii_U disks cant files on all disks sorted in alpha ~$1 Finally, our last PD offenng this (oh1oy.)andsomeothersurpnses... tl betical order by file name, and a simi- ~~:m.~~=== 80 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 Jar list of files sorted alphabetically, ImageWriter Fonts Series efforts of officers, board and active r.... :~ first by file type and then file name. The ImageWriter Fonts four-disk volunteers. The Pi needs your interest ~l:. ,-::.·~~! Recent Disks set, Mac Disks #5.01 through #5.04, is and support to further its growth and -~ assembled from fonts previously on progress; please express these by ~-~ We have no new disks this month, 400K Mac disks deleted from the li voting and volunteeringyourservices. i ~~=!• as· we shot our wad last month by brary. The only new fonts in this col releasing 34 disks for MACWORLD lection are updated versions of the Disk #2.0lB - DAs 1 • Expo. The disks included three Anti "super fonts" Clairvaux and Palen Desk Accessories .DA UU!s f: DA Tester 1.51: By Raymond Lau. Virus Utilities, 10 Desk Accessories, cia. Price forthe four-disk setis$14.00. four ImageWriter Fonts, seven Installs up to two desk accessories to test them. After loading a DA, some text characters may be Sounds, six System Utilities and four Sounds replaced with unprintable characters (the rectan StackWare. Some of these were all Seven new sounds disks, Mac gular box) and you will have to qutt the application new, and some are being reissued as Disk #12.25 through 12.31, add to this to restore proper characters. Shsrewam - $4. QA Utility DA UUllty: A small program by which we continue to remove obsolete and popular series. This is the last (for a t redundant files. Last month, we pub desk accessories may be renumbered and re- " ·~-. while) segment in the incremental named as noted in DA Utfttty Docs. Useful, for · ..:.,f lished program notes for all of the extension of the sound series. The last instance, to renumber an application's private .. ..:v:: new material and the revised set of sound disks is available at a desk accessories. · . ImageWriter Fonts series. This month, special price of $2450 for the seven Font/DA Mover (v 3.8): By Apple Computer. The .. :· , . version of the font and desk accessory program . ...: we have included the program notes disks. for the remaining disks that are being distributed wfth System Software 6.0.X. ·: .. ~ EontE1seyQa!nttpjctSod Sampler f: The FONT· reissued as the result of consolidating System Utilities Series FKEY ·DA·INIT·Plctur•Sound Sampler: By the material from Rrior disks: Mac The System Utilities series has Dave Kalin. Allows you to look at FONT, FKEY, Disks #1.01through1.03 and #16.01 B been reissued as Mac Disks #16.01 B DA, !NIT, Picture (MacPaint or PICT resource), or Sound (SoundCap or snd resource), without the through 16.04B. Abbreviated descrip through #16.06B. Obsolete and early tions of the new and revised series hassle of running the FONT/DA mover, ResEdft, versionsof currentfiles were removed, SoundCap™, or Paint-type programs. Sampler follow. and the remaining utilities were con Instructions is the documentation. Sharewam Anti-Virus Utilities solidated to the first four disks. Prior -Your donation. materialisconsolidated on Mac Disks 30 Tic Tac Toe: As the name says. Series Abacus: A representation of a mechanical abacus. #16.0lB through #16.04B. The new Use the mouse to move the counters. The new Anti-Virus Utilities se material has been added to the end of ABCca!c f: ABCcalc: By Guido van Rossum. A riesincludesMac Disks #1.01 through the series as Mac Disks #16.05B and text-oriented calculator with unusual syntax and #1.03. Files from Disks #16.07 A #16.06B. All of the material on these precision. See the ABCcalc.doc.text documenta through #16.09A were consolidated, two disks is new to the series, and tion for full details. earlier fifes were replaced by current AddLPreoQA f: AddLPrepDA: By Software101. most is new to the disketeria. Pricing Adds a modified version of the PostSaipt code versions, and some new files were for the series is $21.00. from the Laser Prep file to a PostSaipt file (cre added. Disk #1.01, is self booting ated by hftting Option-E) producing a file suitable (starting) from a System Folder con StackWare for downloading to any PostSaipt printer or type taining abbreviated System Software Four new disks have been added setter. AddLPrep is an application version as 6.0.3 and includes the essential files described in AddLPrep docs. Shsrewam - $20. to the HyperCard StackWare series: Adyenturel f: Adventure!: By Patricia B. Smfth. A fordetecting,eradicating and prevent Mac Disks #19.26 through 19.29. This text adventure like we used to use mainframes ingvirusattacks. The second and third disk series continues to grow thanks and mini-computers to play (when the boss wasni disks are not self booting and contain to the efforts of David Condit and his looking) Is now a desk accessory. Put Adventure only anti-virus utilities. The price of crew of dedicated volunteers. If you File in the System folder to run "The Temple of the series is $10.50 for the three-disk Goth• as described in Adventure! ReadMe. Shar& know your stacks and would like to wsm - $15. set. help test and annotate disks, give MventureMalser t AdventureMaker: By Patricia David a call at (703) 349-8752. B. Smith. The application which makes the Ad Desk Accessory Series venture files for the Adventure DA. Adventure- :-:: Since the Desk Accessory series A Request Maker Docs.txt and Example BlockAle are the ; had gone a long time with only the supporting descriptive and example files Once again, it is time for elections respectively. Shareware-$30(/lyoudlstrfbute ·:~ addition of new DAs and revisions to of officers and the Board of Directors. your adventures). · DAs already issued, it was ripe for I would like to take this opportunity AmortDA.acc.: By Roger V. Mttchell. Calculates purgingoldand priorDAs. Theresult to encourage you to review the list of various elements of a typlcal loan and prints an of this effort is the release of Mac candidates and their statements and amortization schedule. Disks #2.0lB through #2.tOB in re Analog clock: A simple analog dock with single to choose those that you believe will line hands. placement for Disks #2.0lA through best represent your interests in this Analyse 1 2 f: Analyse 1.2: By Claude Johnson. #2.12A. The price for the 10-disk set is coming year. The Pi has enjoyed sig Permits you to look at and modify the content of ~~. $35.00. nificant progress since I first became a the memory. and perform hex and ASCII searches member, primarily as a result of the and dumps. See the Analyse .txt documentation for details. Shareware - $10. June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 81 ~~.::·y·:=r·'.~ Animator: By Eagle I. Berns. Animates a portion of then cllck on the question mark to see how close as a DA. Move the bug cursor whh the mouse. l = :@ a MacPaint document. See some cryptic instruc- you've come to guessing the number the Mac has Pickup any of three types of symbols to get points. M.·r==··~t~~ lions by clicking the •guilt· button. Shareware - in mind. A happy face marks the right digit in the Bump into any of six types of symbols and you are ~w. ·;~1 $15. right space. the arrows mark a correct number in killed. Three kills and the game is over. Share 1iji.... ~:=.··::~ Appolnbnents: A simple appointment calendar the wrong space. ware - $5. i~I::,.}~ with room to enter engagements. . BCS*Cllcker2.1: By Ken Winograd. Notes the Calc.RPN: By Apple Computer. A calculator which 1R:.J];i~ Area Code f: Area Code: By Ron Butcher •. This DA screen location where the mouse is clicked. works in Reverse Polish Notation, like Hewlett Mlli1Ml~ displays t~e ~t.ate. a representative city. an~ time compares it to the location of the last click. This Is Packard calculators. @WM;~~~ zone for 1nd1v1dual area codes contained 111 the an update of Clicker on Mac Disk# 2.02A. calculatorum DA f: calculatorum DA:(V0.7) By ~~f.·;·-~ Area Code Rle. It doe~n' work proper!y in HFS Beacon DA: By Lighthouse Systems. Launch. Robert Balley.A four function calculatorfor Roman ~l : .:f* unless you use ResEdlt as described mthe file delete, copy and rename files. Examine and edit numerals described inCalculatorum Docs. Shllf9- ~~·1=·=·~1 Area Code HFSFix t~ install the full path name for file type. creator and flags. Strip the high bh. ware- "••• a nice color postcard of your home >=?.·=== =:=>:-:: the Area Code File mthe DA. control characters and line feeds. The shareware town with comments or criticisms." f~~·.l="·=~~ ArtBrowser 1.0b6: By Adobe Systems. Allows one fee gets you instructions to make the DA full calendar 1.7: By David Oster. A calendar and *i:·.. :. '1=i to browse or print encapsulated Postscript docu- featured by activating the Launch and Strip agenda pad for your appointments. Shareware ~j~~·=~.d~~ ments. functions. Shareware - $15. $5. @1·~:f Artjsto+ 2.01 f· Artlsto+ 2.01: By Tom Taylor. B92jerQA t BezlerDA: By C. Heilman. A modest calendar v2.2: By -Mr. Bill: A simple monthly fL~:)i Allows you to open up a MacPaint or FuUPaint painting program with a special talent. Like a calendar without notational capacity. mi1·"·im document from. inside any program th~ supports French curve drafting tool, It helps you construct call-151: By Ronald Nicholson. Jr. This DA allows m.. :·~:·~ desk accessories and select any portion of the smooth curves as described in AboutBezier. you to go into machine code.just like the Apple Irs 11 ~f.~;"."Ji image and copy it into the clipboard. This is all Big Ben: By Riccardo Etorre. An analog clock with command "Call-151 • =·:m· =-=·=-=·= • • • • ~iii ii descnbed mthe Artiste+ 2.01 Instructions. Share- thefaceofthehistorictowerc!ockofWestminster. Camera: By Kefth Esau. Permhs you to take a M;:1·::.·.··~1 ware -$5 or $10. London. (Trivia note: Big Ben is the bell. not the picture of the screen after a certain delay, like the Ii_ ::?~ ASCII: By Bob Perez. A screen full of ASCII equiva- dock.) Like the original. this has no second hand. timer on a camera. Allows you to take •screen ~==:~ ""·'-<:~~~ tents. Big Caps: By Cliff Joyce. A substitute for KeyCaps shots• of pull-down menus. This is an update from i~·~ ASCII Chart QA f· ASCII Chart DA: By Jon Wind. whh some additional features. an earlier release but It doesn1 work with System f\/-.~l~ The chart shows all 256 ASCII characters and BlgBen II: By Riccardo Etorre. A updated DA Software version 6.0.X. ~1ll1 their decimal and hex equivalents in Geneva 9 version of London•s famous clock. This one looks Casio da t u .2l: Caslo.da: By Ralph Muha A just 6ke the earlier one (Disk #2.01) except for the digital watch for your desktop. with a variety of , ..l~ A~:~char f: ASCII-Char: An appfication which copyright date. but h's twice as large in bytes. so features-multiple alarms. counters, timers. Casio p· ,.~- ffl provides a table which displays all the ASCII Riccardo must have done something to tt. doc tells all about h. Shareware - $5. $. ~~=·-~ characters and their decimal and hexadecimal BjP!aoe QA 1,02 f: BIPiane DA 1.02: By Alan G. Change Font D.A. 1.03: By Loftus Becker, Jr. ~=· . ·=~~ equivalents. ASCll-Char.da is the same thing in a Porter. This is a relatively full functioned spread Change the default application font so that text in k .... DA. sheet in DA form. (There is a companion applica all appfications will be in the font of your choice. ti-'·l~~ ~ASL Talk: A simple communications pack- tion in Mac Disk Series 15.XX.) Instructions are Charger 1.1: By James Finnegan. A timer and l\~ 84 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 He!pQA f· Help DA: By James McCarthy. Lets help label & envelope da (text). Shareware-$15. texts be created as desk accessories, with up to LabelMaker f: Label Maker: By David Matter. Prints sixty indexed sections and 5000 characters of text 5 or 6 lines of text to the currently selected printer ACT QUICKLY per section. Text » Help is the application to (not a LaserWriter) sent as ASCII text rather than •t convert text to a help file. About Help DA and the usual Macintosh font bit mapped characters. special MacExpo prices W About Help DA.txt are the supporting LabelMaker Docs synopsizes its operation and documentation. Shareware - $25 or what you limitations. think Ifs worth. Laser Envelope DA: By North Shore Computers. All disks HexRaas 1 2 f: HexFlags DA Version 1.2 By Mark Prints the contents of the clipboard to the Laser Chally. Aspecialized DA for the programmer who Writer, so can be used to print envelopes easily. uses ResEdit or other programming languages, It Launch: Launches applications or explains why it calculates the content of a menu template's cant •enableRgs• field and expresses it in hexadeci Load Keyboard 1.0: By Loftus Becker. Loads a $3 T mal. The Hexflags.doc spells It out for those who keyboard file. Although the screen shows that it is understand this stuff. part of a & Dirty Utilities 2, it is no longer a HFS Fjnd f· HFS Find: By Coyote Systems. commercial product. Offer ends June 1st Searches an HFS volume for files. May be limited Locator: By Eagle I. Berns. This DA locates the I to files by name, creator, type, modification date, position of the mouse on the screen as well as or specific folder. HFS Find1 .2 Doc describes showing a 9 by 9 pixel "fat bits" view under the 9 how to use It. pointer. Shareware - $1 O. M~~~!~~e~r~rh!~s: ~~;~·i~~~~f ~~ ~: 11111 How Far ••• VOR?: By Moore. For you pilots, shows LockOUT™: By Stuart Davison, Mike Pell. Allows knowledge 1s requlJ'ed m the absence of docu- :i:~""'",.,..~ distance between two VOA stations. you to lock out other people from. using your Mac mentation here. Shareware - $15 for MPW ~~·~td1~ Icon Maker 2.1 f: Icon Maker 2.1: By Steve Flne. by putting up a •password protected• idle screen. source code. w,. .J% This permits you to make an area of the screen Find out about It in Release Notes (LockOUT). Ma.xwell 2.2a: Try to get all the 1ast balls• on one ~1·:::::1 that you choose into a resource type ICON or LoftyTime: By Loftus Becker. See the time in any side of~ waU, and a!I the balls on the other. Tough, w-.:...... ~M ICN# as described in Icon Maker Doc. Share of five preselected locations. Use ResEdlt to takes time and patience. i : -~~ ware -$what Ifs worth. change the locations. McSink DA V6,5 f: McSlnk DA V6.5: ~¥ Dave ~~)J~1 Idle: A screen blanker with a bouncing Mac. LoMem: By Neal E. Trautman. Shows memory McWherter. A general-purpose text editing DA h\1n~ !!lust QA t lllustDA: By The Baxter Group. Four locations and a number of system and application multi-window memory-based editor. Use up to 16 f.Il \~ individual DAs (File/Edit, Tools, View Arrange, memory parameters useful to programmers and windows, with the amount of text in each window 1··1:.,..1~cl~ and Windows) which provide information about hackers. Shareware - $5; $15 for THINK™ C limit~ only by th~ amount of available m.emory. .~ ·= ·~ the command keys, etc., for Adobe Illustrator. source code. McSmk ~so provides a number of special pur- '. ~:~.. :·'M They can be installed within Illustrator by holding Disk #2.06B - DAs 6 pose editing and file access commands as de- ·"~:~ · :W scribed in McSink V6.5 Docs. Shareware-$30. ; ·:::: ::i down the option key when opening the DA file, Desk Accessories :~~ Measles: Spots appe~ on the left side of your ~f. ~~f then opening the Illustrator application within the Lookyp QA vl .oo f· Lookup DA vl.00: By Hugh . dialog box. The Illustrator's DA doc includes screen screen and leave trails as they bounce around ~1 ;t,::::N Sontag. Provides a Macintosh user interface to and move to the right. Re-boot to restore normal- fat&l.i~ dumps of the DAs. standard tables of data. Can access any data lnternationa!Tjme f: lnternatlonalTlme: By Ted stored in a text file. Up to four columns of data may ity. tt.J~~J~ Sapountzis. Displays the time and date in 6 differ MegaCalcu!ator f· Mega Calculator: By Jonathon Mf-:1::.:~l~ be associated with a descriptive buttons. Open Whitman: A •really big• calculator with all sorts of ~li"l'l~ ent world cities based on Eastern Time. Adjusts MeWithLookup takes advantage of the capabili for daylight time automatically in summer. ITNotice functions;see !he MegaCalculator Docs MacPaint {~~~'= ties of the DA to provide a description of operation document for instructions. is the documentation. Shareware-$5 lorsource and ASCII Table is a sample file. ~k·'·i MeqaWatcher f: MegaWatcher: By Scott Gillespie. f' .~i code. Mac's Headroom: Ca- Ca- Catch the wave! A DA that tracks the loading and unloading of t.~. ~ ·i Jo!iWrtte2.0 f· JollWrlte: By Benoit Widemann. An MacPaint Girl (Revisited): The Japanese woman resources. You may specify any resource type ~~-d~ attractive text editor DA. Look for the menu under combing her hair in a full view. the JoliWrlte heading in the window. Big DAs (CODE is default) and MegaWatcher will keep a :~\Wl~ Macros.Demo f: Macros.Demo: By Mike Cohen. A continuous display of all resources of that type. lfM·~1~1 Runner is a supporting application to assist in demo version of atext macro program. Macro File You can determine the size, location and status f1>-"'·~:..'. running large DAs such as JoliWrlte. Shareware is the demo file which may be edited with a -$20. (in memory, locked, and/or purgeable) of each §: · .•.M resource editor to change the key sequences. resource. See the MW Notes or the MW Docs for t · ·~.... :d1 K & R: By Neal Trautman. Handy K&R reference for MACROS.TXT describes the program. The share C programmers. Shareware - $10. instructions. h-1 ware version can edit and save macros. Share Mem Watch DA: By Jay Fenton. Shows the con- ... · · , KevMouse f· KeyMouse: By John Halleck. Allows ware - $20 or $15 + blank disk. the user to perform all keyboard functions with the tents of memory and lets It be changed. Share- . · · ·::t Macster Mind: By John Heidmann. A pattern ware - $1 O. ~* ~~ mouse using an on screen version of the standard matching game for the Mac. Source code Is $4. keyboard. KeyMouse Document has a descrip Memoir DA: A DA to permit you to recover frag- .:~ .. '.,} tion of how It works. mented computer Random Access Memory. · ·::~ 1- KIWI Envelopes!™ 2.05: By Kiwi Software, Inc. A Memory Monitor: Displays the condition of the ·~ ..._. "· 1 DA to print envelopes on LaserWriters or How to Read memory as a pie chart with various options as to fMil compatibles. Shareware - $8 for registration MacDisketeria Descriptions the heap. ~il~Wt and documentation. MemroMeter f· MemroMeter: By Dana Basken. A H=fW@~ Klutz 1.0: By Bill Steinberg. This DA, for the Mac II • The folder information, where ap display of the current free memory $ituation as a i~iflii~ only, allows the Color Lookup Table (CLUT) to be propriate, precedes the listing of thermometer, with free memory represented as ;d~.::m:~ll~ the mercury. Shareware - $5. . ~1Mm¥ changed, hence the name. Just double click on ·=·=·x::·=--».-:::::= the individual cell you want to change and the program contents. MemScan: By Michael Wise. Performs a memory 1l@W~~~ll standard color picker will appear. Klutz also al • Folder information js underlined. dump. ~Wt~'ID lows you to load and save CLUT files. MenuTlme: Puts the hours and minutes in the ml~@W, Knockout: By Andy Stadler. This is a DA version of • Program and file names are menu bar. ~mm~im the old Brickout game. Shareware - $5. printed In bold type. Menufonts™ vl .0 DEMO: By Stewart Gable, et mWW~ Label DA f· Label DA: By Eastgate Systems. Prints • Shareware Information Is al. Displays the names of the installed fonts in the }f.lf envelopes, labels, and file cards as described in styles of those fonts in a standard menu bar ~~{f~ printed In bold Italic type. display. (Geneva in Geneva, Chicago in Chicago, mi:l1 June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 85 ~:-·:·:·r·:r:J etc.) The demo displays only the first three fonts Disk #2.07B - DAs 7 database to enter and look up telephone num t · ~~ in your system. Shareware - $15 for the full Desk Accessories bers. The one page MacWrite document Phone ~%\,,::.. ~,j~ program. neko DA: By Kenji Got oh. An amusing animation of Book Instructions says tt all. j~~l~li;·. ·w~ MenuMaster f: MenuMaster: By Fred D. Reed. a kitten chasing the mouse cursor patterned after Phonemes: A list of phonemes rthesmallest units m. ...::::.JI Change application Menu titles and command neco.com for the NEC PC-9801. . of speech that serve to distinguish one utterance U... }ll key equivalents with this useful DA. MenuMaster New ldle1 f: New ldle1: By Larry Rosenstein. An from another ...1 and examples. @ ::#11111 docs describes what tt does. Shareware - $5. idle with a bouncing Mac. See the New ldle1 Doc PlctDlsplay: By Neal Trautman •• Permtts you to ~Mlll]l; Message: By Steve Christensen. Puts a message on how to change the moving icon. . view up to to nine PICT resources. Sharoware 1ll¥tt of the user's choice in a streaming news ticker New Scrapbook (v2.2): By Tim Wasko.An alterna $10, 25 for source code. !t.====~====w1 tape across the center of the screen. tive scrapbook file with additional features. Share PlctToCUpDA:ByMikeCalbaum.Opens.displays m1: ~!~~~ Mickey Mouse Clock: Mickey's hands show the ware -A small contribution or a postcard. and prints PICT files and copies them to the hours and minutes. =~H:r··:i::~ Note Pad II: By Arthur Britto II. A notepad wtth an clipboard. Also takes data on the clipboard and mm~1mn Microscope: By Eric D. Boegel. Displays the ?Lir a table of contents feature. Shareware - $20. saves it as a PICT fi!e. Shareware - $5. mf ... )M sor location and a view of it in various magnifica- NumCaps f: NumCaps: By Jeffrey S. Shulman. Plczle: By Riccardo Ettore. A variation on the Mac Copy any character in any Macintosh font and puzzle. this time with a famniarplcture scramb~ed. 111 ~~~rog Sal· By Austin Development. Lets a size to the clipboard for later pasting into an appfi Click the screen to set the pattern, then manipu i~Jr·:·=··:--:;;;jjjjjj Ml~~ ~r~ram ~d up to 16 channels be selected cation document. NumCaps.doc describes how. late the pieces. Shareware - $5. :-:=:= · ·::=:=: or mit1ahzed Shareware - $7. Pocket Celendar 1.2: By MacBear ShareWm:e. A 111lllil..... :'.)j1j1jj MldlHz v1 .1: ~y Mark Erickson. Displays a list of Oj)en It!® Demo t Open It!® Demo: By TEN small calendar that covers one month at a time. ~111~: :·=·==:n the frequencies and numbers of 11 octaves of pointo. This DA allows you to open documents Shareware - $3. ~f:~=1···.. ·:·=··~1 musical notes. Shareware - Donation. printed to disk using Print It!. The Read Me First pocketDA f: PocketDA: By Chris Heilman. An U~~; lmi~ Mjnj Scj Cale f: Mini Sci Cale: By ~hris Munger. A documentation tells how to use tt and descrbes implementation of Forth as a DA. PocketDA Docs Ml:_:=:··=·=\l fuU-featured calculator. does. binary, he~ and the features of the commercial version of Open ltl describes changes implemented in this latest ~11f :JI decimal calculations, summations, and tngono Examples are included in the Sample Files I. version. TUTOR. Sieve Doc, Pocked DA and W·.·.-.:... J~ metric functions. Opus Clock DA: The same clock/calendar as Pocket.Glo (Forth) are all associated files '?'rt.the Ml·H minjQQS f: mlnlDOS: By Dick Koch. Puts up a above. but with a cartoon of Opus from Bloom main documentation (if any) seems to be m1SS1ng. ~t.J..... ] min~Finder which allows you to rename and de- County. Poker Game: By Mike Kory. Poker against the Mac late files from within an application. Mini DOS 1~w1·· ::::::~~ Doc Other .. 3 09 f: Other ... 3.09: By Loftus L. Becker, alaalasVegaspokermach!ne. Shareware-$5. descnbes its features and use. Poly: By Jeffrey Shulman. A screen idle that ~m ~I~~!* Jr. Runs other DAs without having them instal~ .PQJx.t 1~1.f"····=j~~~1~~ miniWBITEBTM 1 42 f: ~lnlW.RITER™ 1.42: By in the system or application. Other ... 3.09doc1s generates a moving pattem of lines formed from *.:. t~ David Dunham. Atext edttorw1th features such as the comprehensive documentation. Shareware polygons. Moire Doc describes it. i:~l::d:N~1~ font selection and a find command. $1 O; $15 for current version and goodies. pooug 1.0 f: Pop up: By Robert Stromberg. Allows M1t:W~H miniWRITER doc is the comprehensive manual. PagerDA: Lets you dump the screen. You can save access to the menu bar from anywhere on the m~1m1~1H Shareware~ $12. the dump as a MacPaint or MacDraw file or send screen as described in About Popup. It will work ll~M~~~~rni MMDA DA (Midi Mode DA): By Austin Deve~op- It to the printer and you can name the file (unlike with (probably) any menu In (probably) any meat Send Midi messages to your synthesizer ;~Mt:m;:::l:l taking the screen dump with the UUllUes/User's Gulde is the documentation from know them. or Mac II. :::'.~•...... =.. -:: * the version 1.0 package. Shareware - $15 for Word Count V3.0: By Steven Martin. Counts words ChooseCDEV™ f: ChooseCDEV™: By CE Soft- ~l ·:~~~ the v 1.5 Stutnt Ut/l/tles of which these OAs are and characters on text and MS-Word Files. ware. The control panel orders the cdev files in l .... :t..:i~ a part. (Doesn't seem to work with Word 3.01 or docu alphabetical order except for the General screen, ~~= = =. Uriah heap: Graphically displays the nature of the ments saved from 3.01 in Word 1.0 format.) which is first. This little application lets the icons f} :· system or application heap. Word QA f: Word DA: By The Baxter Group. Four be placed in any order desired by the user, so that ':·~::;:·.· US Deblv1.4: By Chris Riley. Displays and incre DA screens of Word 3.0 keyboard equivalents; It isn't necessary to scroll to find those frequently t :~~.. = ments the National Debt from a base in October, easier to access than Word's help data. W used. See .About ChooseCDEV™ for all the ~~·->.~··· ·i 1988. DA's.Word 3.0 describes the DA and has screen documentat10n needed. 1~ · .. UUllUes: A useful assortment of file management dumps. ~Closer: By Rob Johnson. A very simple . =~ · >..;,~ features (rename, delete, etc.) in a DA accessible World Time: The time in Tokyo, Cupertino, Boston, utility that closes all open access paths to a given rn~ 1 . within applications. (Many of the same functions London and Paris. file. Useful when a program which is edtting a file -~~:..~t: as CE Software's DiskT op, but not nearly as nice Wrap: The mouse arrow wraps around the edges. exits unexpededly, leaving a file with an open ~... · ~=w an interface.) WBD3KPAP t WRD3KPAD: By Bill Hultgren. A access path. It is supplied here in two formats, an ;;;}m=·=··· .. UUllUes V2.0: By Gil Beecher. Does many file picture which partially shows how Word 3.0 uses applicationandanFKEYS(thelDcanbechanged ~ .=~4 functions, such as delete, rename and set Finder the numeric keypad. with ResEdlt). Both function identically: a stan- ~L·:=.. fi file attributes. HFS messes up display. Share WcitefontSjze™ t M 0.1l: WrlteFontSlze™: By dard file dialog t;>ox is brought up to select the file m...... ~ ware - $10. Jeffrey S. Shulman. Lets font characters be cre to be closed (using the 'Open' button, of course!). m...:. ;;.1 UUls: Copy, rename or delete a file. ated and viewed in any font size, then pasted into Also included in FKEYs is asoftware programmer ~;~:1·-~, ValCalc•Calc: By Val Scott. An attractive little MacWrite (which otherwise limits your size switch, FKEY 9. This requires that a debugger be ~ti (~ calculator with a variety of features including a choices). Shareware - $10. installed at boot time. Closer.doc is the documen- £;::1".... I calendar. WXModem: By Mike Cohen. Access a modem to talion. ft -~ m Varityper Fonts f: Varltyper FontMaster v1 .1 and send or receive files from within an application. Comment Edjtor 1 01 f'Comment Editor 1.01: By t.;...... ~ Varltyper FontWlzard v1 .O: By Varltyper Inc. Shareware - $25. Scott Armitage. Allows you to permanently modify ~ ·· i~ FontMaster simplifies the management of fonts XL Screen: By Frederick Computer and Electron the comment in the Finder's Get Info dialog box ~r:i:. ~~~ and FontWaard lets you determine FOND re ics Corporation. This one's for Mac XL (ex-Lisa) for Finder v~rsion 6.0 (or later); Comment Editor fi~1·~- source IDs. The ReadMe file briefly describes types, change the screen attributes without re 0ocs (MW) IS the documentat10n. Shareware - ~~~i-..)W their use. turning to the Lisa Operating System. No doc., but $10 for registration, $15 for the latest version .XI Vi-mode f: VI-mode: For those of you familiar with help screens available. Shareware - $10. ondlsk. "if .. r.x UNIX, this DA allows you to use Vi editing com Zoom DA: By Dave Winzler. Shows the location of Comoarefor!ss™ t Compare Forks™: By T.R. JB'= mands. The Vi-mode doc explains how. the cursor and expanded area of the screen in a Shaw and B. E. Jarrell. A utillty to analyze Macin- ~it~ VlewArt DA: By Louis King. Permits you to view window. Zoom range is selectable from 1 to 64 tosh™ files. In the compare mode, two files are fi,11~~ EPSF, PICT and PNTG files. Shareware - $10. times. Shareware - $5 If you /Ike It; a Fe"arl If compared. In the analyze mode, the details of the ~~i~· View Fiie: By Neal E. Trautman. Shows contents of you really /Ike IL file is output to an output file. CompareForks Docs r?.~~£ resource or data forks of files selected by the stan ZoomDA: By Brad Pettft. A screen blanker with a is the documentation. ~1~1 dard open files finder. Useful to programmers and bouncing box pattern and an interesting manner Complete Delete: By Joel McNamara. Assures tl· ..:-~:=: hackers. Shareware - $10; $25 for TH/NP C of implementation. security for deleted files by writing zeros to both If .. source code. Zoomldle1 1 f' Zoomldle: By Paul DuBois. An idle the data and resource forks of a file or application ~At ;, YirusOetective™ f Cv2.2l: VirusDetective™: By DA that shows a moving "box" pattern. The before deleting It. ~l "= :~ Jeffrey S. Shulman. Searches file directories for Zoomidle. doc describes how it works. Curjous Cat Vl .1 f: Curious Cal By Bob Boylan. ~~ilJ files containing possible viral resources. Once an Zoomldle.1.1.c is the program code. This is a "Curious• cataloguer, curious to know IDl-ij offending resource is found it can be removed. §uperHelp+ f: §uperHelp: By Jonathan Whitman. which Fonts/DAs are contained in each system !(.:f:-.:.:-i The strings and resources for which the DA Two screens of help hints for SuperPaint. Super file and FontJOA Mover holding files. Curious ~t ··~-= . hed • '*.~ . searches can be edited. Shareware - $10. Help Docs explains how to install It directly into Docs IS t ocumentation. ~~p~ . ~ vt100: A VT100 terminal emulator with a SuperPaint. PA Utiljtv f: DA UUllty: By Paul Cozza. A small W:.". ..: . wide range of baud rates. No documentation; you µPaint: By John Brehm. A Paint program in a DA. progrS!11 designed to help manipulate desk ac- ~-~~~-· .:·: need to know what you are doing. vt100 font: The boxes at the left of the window, perform like cessones. DAsmayberenumberedand renamed, ~- ~~ Needed for the emulator to work. the icons in MacPaint. useful for instance for an application's private ~;~t.®.~!:~~ vts2: Emulates a VT ·52. Supports uploads, down I Edft 1.12 f: I.Edit 1.12: By Leonard Rosenthal. desk accessories as the DA Utility Docs explain. $:~?ffi loads, aUows selection of printer or modem ports An extremely fully-featured text edftor and ft's ~DES: By John P. Powers. Encrypt those >-.;.··:-:-:.; . and has baud rate selection from 300 to 9600. free. I.Edtt 1.12 Docs, I.Edtt Docs and Future sensitive files into seemingly random bytes, safe ;It~ ·· Windows 2.1: By Marsh Gosnell. Creates a menu Enhancements are the supporting documenta from prying eyes. Decrypt them with the proper ~~;··· ~~ Item on which multiple files are placed in either al tion. An update of the one on Mac Disk 2.06A. passw~. (By the way, DES st~s for the Data ~~ ,, ·fm phabetical or front to back order for applications WQraw f: 9Draw 2.5: A very Mac-Dke drawing Encryption Standard of the National Bureau of kll which may have multiple files open simultaneously. program as a desk accessory. Shareware-$30. Standards.) DES Documentation is a short ltf.~Jj Shareware - $5. Disk #16.0tB - SU 1 MacWrite file describing the program's functions ~~:~;:-/~~~ Wind•ws f: Wlnd•ws: By David Oster. Puts up a System Utilities and the improvements over Version 1.0. Shara- ·~~ i menu from which open windows can be brought Apfont f: Apfont: By Jim Hamilton A cdev to ware - $15. iY ·.. =~ to the front. The Sleeper, Stars & Wind•ws Doc change the default font used by applications. The DasklrnaUon (v2.1 ): By Andrew Welsh. An update <~--~· describes It. •default fonr is the one used by most applications of the program on Mac Disk 16.01, which once in- ltM~ ...· WNTranslator QA t60 f: WN-Text: By Edward L. in •untitled. windows. ApFont Dox.txt is the stalled shows cficked-on folders as open. Share- ~=mt.?· Belson. The current version of WriteNow has no IU'51'.tll $5. :{:"~*;& ': documentation. Shareware - $5.00. PlillU' - • §:~==-===~=~···: ability to convert a WN document to Text or vice Bac!sdrop f: Backdrop: By Tim Maroney. A small Dlr-Acta-ry: By David Dunham and James Owen. tlf.11l~ versa except through the clipboard, an omission Creates disk catalogs and file catalogs in ActaTM M?.fJ.m piece of entertainment software that puts one out . f ·:::~~·!·:!) ··o:::~ solved by this DA. The TranslatorDA Doc is in of a collection of pictures in the background of the out Iiner ormat. ~N~ii:J. "Wrfte Now" format. Run the WN to Text conver Macintosh screen, behind all the windows, in Disk Quo; f:DlskDup+:.ByRogerD.Bates.Adisk ~~f~1·~~=~ sion feature of the DA to read It. Shareware-$5; place of the normal grey pattern. It is meant for duplication program written to automate as much ,~l:.: ~~ $15 for an update. hard disk users, since the pictures require a lot of as poSS1ble the sector-by-sector duplication of a [i@tmi1 :::::::~::W¢.:~ June 19.89 Washington Apple Pl Journal 89 floppy onto one or more duplicates. Performs EolderShare™ f: FolderShare™: By CE Software. Keep unauthorized people from even using your sector duplication of either 400K to BOOK floppies. This program is only useful to an AppleShare™ Mac with this one. Your Mac will be locked until Formats copies as single or double sided as network(wi!lnotworkwithTops™orMacServe™) you enter the correct password. The program also necessary. DiskDup+ Doc. is the documentation. and requires System 4.1 or later. Unlike Ap saves afile of invafid password attempts, showing Shareware -$10. pleShare, in which only the creator is permitted the date, time, and password of any invalid at pjyJojn 1.Qd9 t DlvJoln 1.0d9: Allows large files access to newly created folders, FolderShare lets tempts. Read Frrstl-Lock 'em up 1.1 describes the to be transported via floppy by dividing big files the creator decide what access privileges for new program's capabilities. Read this file before trying into multiple floppy sized pieces, later rejoining folders will be assigned to new folders automati to use the application. Shareware -$10. those pieces into a single file. Despite the title, cally. About EolderShare™ is the documentation. M/F Ra Ung: By Jim Leitch. Runs under Multifinder, 09-DivJoin doc is the documentation for version Font/DA Mover (v 3.8): By Apple Computer. The rating whether other applications running in the 1.09d8 of DivJoin. version of the font and desk accessory program foreground or background are MultiRnder friendly Qooo!eMajser v2.0 f: DoppleMaker v2.0: By Mark distributed with System 6.0 and Finder 6.1. or not. Nelson Morrill. Makes DoppleGanger copies (a Font/DA Mover+: An earlier version of Apple's font MacDump f· MacDump: ByCharlieBums.Abackup front or decoy) with the same name as actual and desk accessory program modified to defeat based on the UNIX utility dump. It will do nested applications used on a network so that the actual the limit of 15 desk accessories which It imposes. incremental backups. MacDump decides which application maybe hidden on the server, prevent Disk #16.02B-SU 2 files to copy based on the modification date of the ing Its misappropriation. Dopple Docs explains System Utilities file. MacDump.mw is the documentation. Sharo how. Font Qj§play™ Ltd. f ly5 4l: FontDlsplay™ Ltd.: ware - $10. Electric Qvorak f: Electric Dvorak: By Tom Phoe By Jeffrey S. Shulman. A program to display the MacPSOemo f: MacPSDemo: By Neff Systems nix. lets you use the Dvorak keyboard. Dvorak entire character set of any Macintosh™ font. Group. A demo version of a macro/ procedural/ Installer removes or installs the Electric Dvorak Multi-biVcolor fonts are supported on the Mac II. batch processor utifity for the Macintosh. MacPS and the •switching by Keyboard· option. Dvorak A window is available to display any text you wish will perform a series of desktop functions auto Startup and QWERTY Startup are INIT files for in the selected font in any style. The demo does matically without direct intervention. For the so the Systems Folder. Read Me about Dvorak not include printing capabilities nor are any phisticated user, MacPS is a programmable contains the instructions. Electric Dvorak Ouick changes you make to any settings saved. EontDis desktop language for the Macintosh. MacPS Ref is a keyboard layout document. An optional play™ 5.4 Doc (IW) and Read Me First are the desktop functions are contained in text 'playscript' Membership Application is included for the Inter documentation. Demoware - $20 for a fully documents created and edited wtth any text edi national Dvorak Organization. Shareware - but funcUonal, personal/zed, copy of FontDlsplay. tor. MacPSStartup is a startup script for you pay for It Ifyou don't use It or pass It along. Full Convert: By Andrew Welch. Converts MacPaint MacPSDemo. MacPS read this first is a brief Eniama 1.1 f: Enigma 1.1: By Mike Pflueger. format documents to Eull Paint format documents introduction to the demo while MacPS Documen Another utility that encrypts and decrypts so that they may be opened in Eull Paint by double tation includes more details. Shareware-$21 for fHes-including not only documents, but applica clicking on them. Also fixes screen dumps (com a fully functional version. tions, DAs, and fbnts as well. Look under the mand-Shift-3) to produce EullPaint, not MacPaint MakeScreen: By Jerry WhitneO. For customized About Enigma menu for two screens of help. fdes (Except on the Mac SE). Shareware - $8. startup screens, run Make Saeen on any MacPaint Read Firstl-Enigma 1.1 is a very short MacWrite Hardsave f: Hardsave: By M. Moore. A hard disk fHe selecting the part of the painting to be used for file describing the program's functions. Share backup program. The file Hardsave.doc is the the start up screen. Save the file with the name ware $10. brief documentation of this version. exactly as StartUpScreen. Quit Make Screen and Eraser: By Darin Adler & Fernando Alves. As the HDBackup: By PB! Software. Backs up all files, place the StartUpScreen fde in the system folder. name implies, this utility will completely erase a changed files, or individual specified files, and The new picture will appear on the next boot. whole disk, leaving a blank formatted disk (with restores all files or specified files. Mass Formatter: By Glen L. Austin. Allows you to name and serial number, If you wish) in its place. HESQjr y.1.61 f: HFSDlr v1 .61: By T. R. Shaw and format and verify disks in a batch mode. Shsro East Formatter™ v2.2 f: Fast Formatter™ 2.2 By B. E. Jarrell. Supports the creation of hard copy waro - $25. Stuart Davison and Mike Pell. Formats disks and soft copy directory listings of HES volumes. MASS INIT: By Frederick E. Anderson. Allows the rapidly because the disk name is set only once This version operates with system 4.1 and sup mass initialization of double-sided (800 K) disks. before multiple disks are inserted. Fast Formatter ports the Macintosh SE™ and Macintosh II™. It MassCopler™1 .2: By CE Software. The only ef sounds an alert if a disk is inserted that is already has no limit on the number of Folders/Files proc fedive, affordable bulk disk duplicator known to lnroalized, locked or has problems. Release Notes essed and produces complete directory listings the WAP Mac Disketeria team. Folks, this pro (East Formatter) is the documentation. for all mounted volumes. HESDirv1 .61 doc is the gram (and Its SOOK sister) is the workhorse of the feed Mel f: Feed Me!: By Terry Bertram Installs full documentation of the above. Shareware - Mac Disketeria producing over 53 disks an hour. the cry of Audrey II (from "Little Shop of Horrors; $15.75. Simply insert the disk(s) to be copied. MassCop into the Mac's high memory so that when the Info+ 2 o 1 f: Info+: By James A. Finnegan. Puts a ier will format, write, verify, and eject each disk. message •Please insert the disk:· comes up, the new item in the menu bar which displays the time For Macintosh 512K, XL, Plus (400K disks only). Mac shouts •feed Mel" About "Feed Mel• is the and date, lets the Mac's volume be controlled, has When you pay the $20 shareware fee, you get the documentation and Feed Me Sound is the sound an event timer, and views disk space and free bonus MassCopier program for SOOK disks. fde for Feed Mel. memory. The Info+ Stuff installs and configures Shareware - License and Disk, $20; License File Solitter.APP f: Fiie Spl!tter .APP: By Andrew Info+ and the Info+ Doc is a MacPaint file of Only, $15. E. Page. Splits a file into smaller files of a size to documentation. Shareware - $10. Disk #16.03B - SU 3 bedeterminedbythe user. The TYPE/CREATOR lnsta!IMemoryBar: By Tim Endres. Remembers System Utilities of the output files, the size of the files, and the the position of the elevator scroll bar. Hold down MEMeny 1.2 f: MFMenu: By Fred D. Reed. At· character for the files to be broken on past the the option key when you click in the scroll bar area taches a copy of the MultiFinder Application block size can all be specified. File Splitter.DA is and the elevator position is shown with a grey Switching menu to the MultiFinder icon in the the same thing in a desk accessory. File outline. menu bar and provides other features when using Splltter .DOC is the modest documentation of the IWprlnt: By Paul M. Hyman. Prints typed in text or Mu!tifinder. MFMenu 1.2 Doc.wrt. is the docu above. Shareware - $3. text files on an lmageWrlter II using the printer's mentation. Ej!eZero f' FlleZero: By OITC, Inc .. Overwrites a built-in fonts. · MulULaunch: By Jan Eugenides. Permits you to fUe completely with zeros before deleting the file lazymenu: By Bi Bishop. Once installed, causes launch programs without the finder which uses from the disk directory. This ensures that no menus to drop down whenever the cursor is in the much more memory than Multilaunch. Sharo information is left recorded on disk to be recon menu bar, eliminating the need to click and drag ware - $10. structed. File Zero Docs and ReadMe-Eile Zero within a menu. MubjSet f: MulUSet 1.0: By Donald Neff. A utility are the documentation. Shareware - $15. Lock 'em yp f: Lock 'em up: By Mike Pflueger. allowing you to configure and open 'work sets' 90 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 under Multi Finder. With one double-click from the Steve Brecher, Software Supply. A Macintosh either to disk or to a printer. Sharswars- $12. fl.·r·=<~~ desktop, you can open a series of applications •software control center" that lets you organize Scribe: By Andrew Welch. Changes the default ~j; _; ~ and documents as described in the Multiset your frequently-used applications, documents, font which an application uses upon first opening; ~r · Documentation. Shareware - $15. and desk accessories in a way that is suited to also convenient for displaying font alternatives. JI\ My Back Up f: My Back Up: By Rick Giles. A your working habits, independently of the the way backup utility which allows full or incremental they are organized under the file system. And, s:r!f{i~~a~;u'r~staller: By Michael O'Con~or. ~:~.-.<~~~~ backups from a hard disk.Also allows the creation PowerStation lets you move among applications Adds scrolling me~u.s to some programs running ft:~==·= . of a journal of backup activities. My Back Up.doc quickly- much more quickly than is possible with under the Mac's ongmal ROMs (128K and 5121<). ~- · is the full documentation. Shareware - $10. the Finder. Open PowerStation ™is the small file It does not work on MacDraw. lsn, neededlorthe II New copier: By John Mitchell and Dave McWherter. to be kept on the desktop to facilitate opening new ROMs. *=·1 ·.. ~ Another single-sided (400 K) disk copier. PowerStation if you don't use PowerStation as Seauencer f; Sequencer: By Darin Adler. Used to ~~ =j1~~· New Moose Phrazer f: New Moose Phrazer 1.01: your startup application. This evaluation copy of run a number of programs in a row. Sequencer 1i1····· =··. New Moose Phrazer was written to allow easy PowerStation is limited in Its capability; the fun can be invoked from the desktop or from -set il jl: modification of Moose Phrases, the files used by version is available commercially. PowerStation™ St~up• so that It runs at boot. Modify with Re- ~::····-=- =): Talking Moose (Mac Disk# 2.09). NMP Docu Orientation is the documentation. sEd1t the STR# resource that defines the pro- ff1.·l mentation tells all about it. preyjew ftv.1.5l: Preview: By Randy Ubillos. A grams to be run in sequence. Sequencer ais the ~~- . -;.·.. NewSortMenus: By James Hopper, based on work replacement printer driver which allows printed documentation. ~ by Andy Hertzfeld. Causes font and DA menus to output to be viewed on the screen in miniature. To Set BackPat: By John Carpenter. Changes the ~·=. ·,. be sorted alphabetically. [Shouldn't be needed use it, simply place it in your System folder. If you background pattern of any application to one of m ..... ). with the 4.1 and 5.5 and later versions of the wish to use the Preview FKEY-6 provided, use the the patterns set out here. (Patterns can't be ed- 1J .. ~.... ~ .-. System and Finder.] Resource Editor to install It into your System file. lted.) Use only on copies of the applications. ;.-~-·~.. ~ On Cue™ Demo f: On Cue™ Demo: By Fred Preview 1.5 Docs is the documentation. ShowSlzes: By Jon Pugh. Displays HFS volumes ' ... Reed. This is a sophisticated application and Print PICT: By G. A. Edgar. Does what It says - as folders, identifying what percentage of the disk ~J. tosh™. From the moment you start your Mac, the Prlnt1 .0: By Yoshihisa Takayama. Prints text files. send monsy. it······ =•. J. On Cue™ menu is always available ... automati Shareware - $10 or ¥1500. Shutdown II f: Shutdown II: By Raymond Lau. i··1::~-:: cally. A single mouse click from within almost any PROTECT: By John Lim. Encrypts and password Designed for use with Finder substitutes, this ~i · application, including the Finder, will quickly switch protects applications. (Run only on backups.] program will shut down the Mac if the shift key is ¥ j::." you to any other application, and the document of Shareware - $10 Australian. h~ld down .when quitt!~g ~ application. (Other- I.fl..:...~ your choice will be open and ready. Under Multi purgelcons: Removes unneeded icons from the Wise, the Finder specified IS launched.) A Mac II w1):·~ Finder, in addition to the launch capability, On invisible desktop file, saving disk space. will actually tum Itself ~ff. Other Macs display the t.!. :;. J. Cue™ adds the ability to instantly switch to any QujckKeys Demo f: DemoQulckKeys™: By CE •It's safe to turn otr dialog. Note that the Shut- t ·: · ~ open application, including the DA Handler layer. Software. QuickKeys allows various Mac func down application is named MiniFmder, and that ffe... . ~ On Cue™ was designed to be an enhancement tions to be assigned to single keystrokes, and the Finder must be renamed in one of the ways 5. .· .. to, rather than a replacement for, other "shells• allows the full use of extended k~yboards. This specified in the documentation. Shutdown II doc ~~I' . such as the Finder, HyperCard or PowerStation. demo programs only 12 keys and doesnl allow is the documentation on how to use It. ~i=~~ .::.;~ On Cue™ Demo Notes is the documentation. key assignments to be saved between boots. Sizer 1.0: By Al Spohn. Displays a window on the /« Disk Serles, Individual Disks Anti-Virus Utilities Digitized Sounds Telecomm. (contd.) Adobe Scm Fnts (contd.) HC Stackware (contd.) Serially Numbered 1.01·AV1 12.01·81 13.06· T6 18.03-AF 3 19.25·8W25 Disk28.1 • -- 1.02·AV2 -- 12.02· 82 -- 13.07· T7 -- 18.04-AF 4 -- 19.26·8W 26 -- Disk29 • -- 1.03·AV3 -- 12.03· 83 -- 13.08· T8 -- 18.05-AF 5 -- 19.27·8W27 -- Disk30• -- -- 12.04·84 -- -- 18.06-AF 6 -- 19.28-8W28 -- Disk31.1 • Desk Accessories -- 12.05. 85 Programmer/Hacker Utlls =: 18.07-Af 7 -- 19.29-8W29 -- Disk32 • 2.018·DAs1 -- 12.06·86 14.01·PH1 18.06-AF 8 -- -- Disk35 • -- 2.028· DAs2 -- 12.07. s 7 -- -- 18.09-AF 9 MacUSertes -- Disk41 • -- 2.038· DAs3 -- 12.08-S8 MJscellaneous Utilities -- 18.10-AF 10 20.01 • Mii 1 -- Disk 45 • -- 2.048· DAs4 -- 12.09 · S9 15.01·MU1 -- 18.11·AF11 -- 20.02· Mii 2 -- Disk 46 • -- 2.058· DAs5 -- 12.10. s 10 -- 15.02· MU 2 -- 18.12-AF 12 -- 20.03· Mii 3 -- Disk 54• -- 2.068· DAs6 -- 12.11·S11 -- 15.03· MU 3 -- 18.13-AF 13 -- 20.04· M II 4 -- Disk55 • -- 2.078· DAs7 -- 12.12. s 12 -- 15.04· MU 4 -- 18.14-AF 14 -- 20.0SA·Mll 5 -- Disk56 • -- 2.088· DAs8 -- 12.13. s 13 -- 15.05· MU 5 -- -- 20.058· M II 5 -- Disk 74• -- 2.098· DAs9 -- 12.14· s 14 -- 15.06· MU6 HyperCard Stackware -- 20.06· M II 6 -- Disk 75 • -- 2.10B·DAs10 -- 12.15. s 15 -- 15.07· MU 7 19.01A·8W 1 -- 20.07A·Mll 7 -- Disk76• -- -- 12.16· s 16 -- 15.08· MU 8 -- 19.02A·8W2 -- 20.08· M II 8 -- Disk77• FKeys (Function Keys) -- 12.17. s 17 -- 15.09· MU 9 -- 19.03·8W3 -- 20.09· M II 9 -- Disk 78 • 4.01·FKs1 • -- 12.18. s 18 -- 15.10· MU 10 -- 19.04·SW4 -- 20.10-Mll 10 -- Oisk79• -- 4.02· FKs2• -- 12.19· s 19 -- 15.11·MU11 -- 19.05·SW5 -- 20.11 • M II 11 -- Disk80• -- -- 12.20·S20 -- 15.12· MU 12 -- 19.06·SW6 -- 20.12· M II 12 -- Disk84• lmageWrlter Fonts -- 12.21·821 -- 15.13-MU 13 -- 19.07·SW7 -- 20.13· M II 13 -- Disk85• 5.01- IW 1 -~- 12.22·S22 -- -- 19.08-SW 8 -- -- Disk89• -- 5.02· IW2 -- 12.23-$23 System Utlllties -- 19.09·SW9 HyperCard Externals -- Disk91 • -- 5.03· IW3 -- 12.24·S24 16.018· SU 1 -- 19.10-SW 10 21.01·HE1 -- Disk92• -- 5.04· IW4 -- 12.25· S25 -- 16.028· SU 2 -- 19.11 ·SW11 -- 21.02 ·HE 2 -- Disk95 • -- -- 12.26·S26 -- 16.038· SU 3 -- 19.12·SW 12 -- 21.03·HE3 -- Disk96• LaserWrlter Fonts -- 12.27. s 27 -- 16.048· SU 4 -- 19.13-SW 13 -- 21.04· HE4 -- Disk 104• 6.01 ·LW1 -- 12.28· S28 -- 16.058· SU 5 -- 19.14-SW 14 -- -- Disk 105• -- 6.02·LW2 -- 12.29· S29 -- 16.068· SU 6 -- 19.15-SW 15 System Software 6.0.3 -- Disk 106• -- 6.03·LW3 -- 12.30-S30 -- -- 19.16-SW 16 SS.ST -- Disk 108• -- -- 12.31 • S31 Word Processing Utlls -- 19.17-SW 17 -- SS.PT -- Disk 123• -- 17.01·WP1 -- 19.18-SW 18 -- SS.U1 -- Disk 128• Paintings (MacPaint) Telecommunications -- 17.02-WP2 -- 19.19-SW 19 -- SS.U2 -- Disk 134• 11.01·p1 13.01·T1 -- 17.03· WP3 -- 19.20-SW 20 -- -- Disk 143• -- 11.02· P2 -- 13.02·T2 -- -- 19.21 ·SW21 -- Disk 147 -- 11.03· P3 -- 13.03· T3 Adobe Screen Fonts -- 19.22·SW22 HyperCard 1.2.2 -- Disk 150 • -- 13.04· T 4 18.01·AF1 -- 19.23·SW23 HC.01 -- Disk 151 • == 11M·P4 ------11.05·P5 -- 13.05·T5 -- 18.02· AF 2 -- 19.24-SW24 -- HC.02 -- Disk 153 HyperCard Upgrade requires that you show us proof of purchase of HyperCard; any of original disk, first page of manual, receipt or previous HyperCard Upgrade disk. Disks marked with a• are in 400K single side disk format: all others are SOOK double side disk format. Disk Serles, Disk Sets __ Anti-Vitus Utilities 3 disk set·$ 10.50 MisooUaneous Utillties 13 cfisk set·$ 45.50 Desk Accessories 10 disk set·$ 35.00 --System Utilities 6 disk set·$ 21.00 FKeys (Function Keys) 2 disk set • $ 7.00 --word Processing Utils 3 disk set. $10.50 == lmageWrlter Fonts --Adobe Screen Fonts 14 cfiskset • $ 49.00 4diskset • $14.00 --LaserWrlter Fonts 3 disk set·$ 10.50 --HyperCard Stackware 29 disk set • $ 101.50 Paintings (MacPaint) 5 disk set· $17.50 --Mac II Serles 14 disk set·$ 49.00 ==__ Sounds 4 disk set.$ 14.00 31 disk set·$ 108.50; last 7· $ 24.50 HyperCard Externals __ Telecommunications == 8 disk set· $ 28.00 Mall this form with your check to: Are you a member of Washington Apple Pi, Ltd? Yes/No_. tt Yes, Membership Number---· Dlsketerla All payments must be in U.S. funds drawn against U.S. banking instttutions. Washlngton Apple Pi, Ltd. 7910 Woodmont Ave., Ste. 910 Disk Prices are $ 5.00 for members, $ 8.00 for non-members; deduct $ 1.00 per disk for 5 or more. Bethesda, MD 20814 Disk Prices for sets are as marked for members, add $ 3.00 per disk for non-members Number Member Name of Disks Price /Disk Extended Slngfes Box Number, Apartment, Suite, etc. _ 4orless@ $5.00: _ Sormore@ $4.00: _ Sets (each disk) @ $ 3.50 = Street Address + Postage • $1.00 /disk, max$5.00 _ Disk Catalogs S3.00 = Ctty State ZIP Code + Postage@$ 1.50 ea. TOTAL AMOUNT Daytime telephone Evening telephone June 1989 Washington Apple Pl Journal 93 Washington Apple Pi Ltd 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 910 ' • Bethesda MD 20814 Membership Application (301) 654 - 8060 Please Print ~lr_o_m_e_P_h_}_n_e~~~~~~___.I ~l{_u_s_in_e_ss_)_P_ho_n_e______x___ ~I ~lv_o_u_r_o_c_cu_p_a_ti-on______, Special Interest Groups & Activities Enclose check or money order payable to Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. Check to: Join Grou_Q Volunteer (Payment must be in U.S. dollars and payable on a U.S. bank) A...22_1eWorks SIG Aj>ple II GS SIG D $32.00 Basic membership Please indicate type of Apple Ill SIG $25.00 Student ratet new member kit below AV SIG (Arts & Video) D CP/M SIG D $6.00 Add for use of WAP bulletin board system (TCS) Disabled SIG $17.00 Add for First Class mail to U.S. Disk Library D Desktop Publishing SIG D $20.00 Add for Air to Canada, Mexico, W. Indies. C. America EDSIG (Educatlon) D $38.00 Add for Air to Europe & S. America I Excel SIG [ Federal SIG D $48.00 Add for Air to Asia & elsewhere [UamesRr D $18.00 Add for Surface to Europe, Asia & elsewhere I HOTLINE I HyperCard ::>1u tFor student rate enclose a copy of your student ID rcaw--sm- I Total amount enclosed Indicate Desired New I MdC n ogrammers "''"' 1$ see a ment note above Member Kit (one only) lllllOSlC"' '"' D Apple II '"'" ' """ t'll:i \l -d~\.<1 1 ,.,,., ...... 11y1 0 Apple II GS 0 Apple Ill """''"' '"ll'"'' llll"l•ao..c1 I "''""""''"' D Mac400k -1' ovvvolllllUlllO..dUUfW..:>IU 0 -Mac BOOk vvvolldl ~u,.vlldl uva•u 0 5.25"- disk - YVUl~~;:, 1u 0 3.5" disk ITT~ It's ok to publish my name, city, ZIP code, and i!fa\'lt I'll be glad to suffer some junk mail if it helps ;~\ \~; phone number in the membership directory. 111~!~{ the Pi raise some money. ,r, ------· MJiMl9!.t.f<if.lul•lilMMAt.tbJ.Juf;11ilil·l'l·iiiii¥ii4·iilfMLtlfflifltlill1iMllZW 0 Apple II 0 Mac 128 0 Mac II 0 Modem 300 0 Apple II + O Mac 512 0 Mac llx 0 Modem 1200 0 Apple II e 0 Mac 512 e 0 Mac II ex 0 Modem 2400 0 Apple II c O Mac Plus 0 Other Mac II 0 Modem 9600 0 Apple II GS O Mac SE D D FAX modem D Other Apple _ ___ O Mac SE/30 0 D Printer, dot matrix D Laser 128 0 Mac laptop 0 0 Printer, impact D Basis 0 Other Mac 0 0 Printer, laser D Franklin 0 D IBM or compatible D D Apple Ill 0 LISA 0 Non-Apple laptop 0 94 Washington Apple Pl Journal June 1989 WAP Tutorial Registration By Lynn R. Trusal, Tutorials Coordinator Apple Ile, Ile, and Ilgs Tutorials The following three W AP tutorials are being offered to Apple Ilgs owners on the first three Tuesday evenings of the month for 2 to 3 hours, beginning at 7:15 PM, at the office. Arrive by 7:00 PM to set up your computer. We are currently alternating months between the Apple Ile, Ile and Ilgs. These tutorials are designed for beginners-not experienced users. You may sign up for one or more tutorials. The fee for each session is $15 for W AP members and $20 for non-members. You are urged to bring an Apple, monitor and disk drive. Please note that W AP 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. June 6 (Tuesday) Welcome to the World of Apple (Ilgs) July 11 (Ile & Ile) June 13 (Tuesday) How to Use Your Apple Software (Ilgs) July 18 (Ile & Ile) June 20 (Tuesday) Popular Applications (Ilgs) July 25 (Ile & Ile) Macintosh Tutorials These are for beginners-not experienced users. They are given regularly on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Monday evening of each month at the office, from 7:15 to 10:15 PM. The fee for each session is $15 for W AP members and $20 for non-members. You may sign up for 1, 2 or all 3 sessions. You are strongly urged to bring your Macintosh, external disk drive, startup disk, and several blank disks. WAP does not have equipment for you 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. June 12 - (Monday).Jntroduction to Macintosh. Prerequisite: Guided Tour June 19-(Monday) Intermediate Mac Skills. Prerequisite: Familiarity with Desktop June 26 - (Monday) Personalizing your Mac for Productivity: Prerequisite: 1st two sessions. Macintosh Tutorials in Northern Virginia Macintosh tutorials taught by Russ Bradley are held at the Fairlington United Methodist Church, Rt. 7 and I-395 (King Street Exit), in Alexandria, VA. They will be conducted at three month intervals-March, June, September and November 1989. This year they will be on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th FRIDAY NIGHTS in each of these months. The fee for each session is $15 for WAP members and $20 for non-members. You may sign up for 1, 2 or all 3 sessions. Call the W AP office for specific directions or Russ Bradley at 703-768-2529. The tutorials will be held from 7:00to10:00 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. Washington Apple Pi - Special Tutorials HyperCard- May 29 - (Monday) This tutorial is taught by Bob Platt in response to several requests. It will cover the basics of HyperCard, but will not deal in any depth with the HyperTalk language. WE ARE LOOKING FOR INSTRUCTORS We are looking for several new instructors to teach Macintosh tutorials. New instructors will be required to sit in on one tutorial for each of the three sessions taught prior to teaching. Acceptance as an instructor on a regular basis will be determined by critiques filled out by the students in classes taught. Contact Lynn R. Trusal at 301-845-2651 before 10:30 PM if you are int~sted 012.equire additi~a.!_?etails. ______COSTS: All seminars are $15/sesslon for WAP members and $20/sesslon for non-members unless otherwise Indicated Name ------Class name:------ Address ______Class date:------Classname: ______City/State/Zip ______Clandare: ______Phone (day) ____ (evening) ____ Mail this form with your check to: WAP Tutorials Number of classes x fee ------Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. Total enclosed$ ______7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 910 Member Number Bethesda, MD 20V14 June 1989 ------Washmgton Apple Pl Journal 95 Toro! Autumn Little handles advertising for Image House Graphics and does illustrations as a hobby. She's been a Mac user for one year. Obviously she likes bullfights! Membership Drive Readout 6,500 7,000 I I August 1988 February '89 April '89 5,300 members 6,000 members 6,070 members 7,000 members 96 Washington Apple Pl Journal Aprll1989 CALL YOUR BOSS FOR A RAISE ... 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