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Board of Directors Filemaker Pro SIG HyperCard SIG Mini'app'les members welcome. Southdale Library Location & Date Pending Mathews Ctr., 2318 29th Ave. S., Rm. C ^ 7001 York Ave. So., Edina Peter Fleck, 370-0017 Brian Bantz, 835-3696 SteveWilmes, 458-1513 Macintosh Novice SIG Apple ll/GS Main Fourth Dimension SIG Merriam Park Library Augsberg Park Library, Metro II 1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul J 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield 1300 Mendota Heights Rd., Mendota Hgts "Open Forum" TomGates, 789-6981 Bob Demeules, 559-1124 Tom Lufkin, 698-6523 ClarisWorks SIG m Apple II Novice SIG Macintosh Consultants SIG Southdale Library Ramsey County Library Byerly's 7100 York Avenue South, Edina II 2180 Hamline Ave. N., Roseville 3777 Park Center Blvd, St. Louis Park Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 Tom Gates, 789-6981 Mike Carlson, 377-6553
Macintosh Main AppleWorks SIG Mac Programmers SIG St. Louis Park Library Ramsey County Library Van Cleve Park Bldg. 3240 Library Lane, St. Louis Park ffi. 2180 Hamline Avenue N., Roseville 15th Ave. SE & Como Ave.. Minneapolis "Tom Brandt Radius- "Desk Tools IV" Gervaise Kimm, 379-1836 Mike Carlson, 377-6553 Les Anderson, 735-3953 Photoshop SIG Digital Photography Jacor Southdale Library 1410 Energy Park Drive 7001 York Avenue South, Edina Suite 17, St.Paul "Marty Probst GIBBCO: Basic Principles Eric Jacobson, 645-6264 Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 mini'apples The Minnesota Appie Computer Users' Group, Inc. P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343
Board of Directors: Operations & Resource Introduction - This is the Newsletter of Mini'app'les, Erik Knopp the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc., a President 1953 Midland Hills Rd. Minnesota non-profit club. The whole newsletter is Brian Bantz Roseville, MN 55113-5314 copyrighted © by Mini'app'les. Articles may be repro 10532 Kell Circle 636-3244 duced in other non-profit User Groups' publications Bloomington, MN 55437-2936 except where specifically copyrighted by the author. 835-3696 Publications Director (Permission to reproduce these articles must be given by Steven W. Thompson the author.) Please include the source when reprinting. Vice President 4208 Penkwe Way Nick Ludwig Eagan,MN 55122-2726 Questions - Please direct questions to an appropriate 3648 Harriet Ave. 452-4208 board member. Users with technical questions should Minneapolis, MN 55409-1121 Or via E-mail: refer to the Members Helping Members section. 824-9423 Or via E-mail: [email protected] Dealers - Mini'app'les does not endorse specific niklud@aol.com Software Director dealers. The club promotes distribution of information Owen Aaland which may help members identify best buys and ser Secretary 20804 County 10 Blvd vice. The club itself does not participate in bulk pur Bob Demeules Zumbrota. MN 55992 chases of media, software, hardware and publications. 1749 W. Medicine Lake Drive Work: (507) 732-5090 Members may organize such activities on behalf of Plymouth, MN 55441-4109 Home: (507) 732-5697. other members. 559-1124 SIGs: Mac Advertisers - For information, see Newsletter Ad Treasurer Eric Jacobson Rates box within this issue. Melvyn D. Magree 1410 Energy Park Drive #17 5925 Magnolia Ln N St. Paul, MN 55108-5249 Newsletter Contributions - Please send contributions Plymouth, MN 55442-2903 645-6264 directly to our Post Office, Box 796, Hopkins, MN 559-1108 55343 or upload them to our BBS at 824-4394. SIGs: Apple II Membership Director Les Anderson Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the 9th Harry Lienke 2147 Suburban Ave. of the month. An article will be printed when space 371 Christine Ln St.Paul, MN 55119-4160 permits and, if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor W. St. Paul, MN 55118-3005 or Manager, it constitutes material suitable for 457-6026 Past President publication. Gregory L. Carlson 8216 32nd Ave. N. Editor/Publisher: Tom Ostertag 488-9979 Crystal, MN 55427-2533 Newsletter Layout: John Hunkins Mini'apples BBS -824-4394, 24 hrs. Settings: 8-1-0. Call in with FirstClass® Client software or any text- based terminal program. Mini'app'les Voice Mail - 229-6952 Printed by Kinko's 3535 Hazelton Rd. Edina, MN
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Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 July ClarisWorks Table of Contents Meeting Minutes July ClarisWorks Meeting Minutes. 3 °Y° RAMCO SALES By Pamela K. Lienke C h a n g e O f A d d r e s s 3 HARD TO FIND PARTS It wasn't really dueling comput Members Helping Members 4 NEW & USED SOFTWARE ers, but it was an interesting demon APPLE IIC - IIE - II stration. For the July ClarisWorks New Radio Show! 5 Macmillan - Non-Technical Mac meeting Denis Diekhoff invited our RODGER KENT friends from TCPC to a side by side Guide 5 demonstration of ClarisWorks 3.0 CALL NOW! for the Mac and Windows machines. Please Submit!! 5 612-561-8144 He also arranged for an IBM portable What's Wrong With This Picture? . 6 OPEN 7DAYS-9AM-8PM and some neat projection equip G O O D D E A L S # 2 4 7 ment. Thanks for your continued efforts for the club! New Digital Photography SIG 9 Bruce Thompson and Tom N e w M a c e D O M ' s 1 0 Ostertag took center front to August ClarisWorks demonstrate the compatibility of ClarisWorks on the two platforms. M e e t i n g M i n u t e s 11 ]\4H(§mputmg Some people have a Windows Pam Works with ClarisWorks 11 Macintosh™ Consulting machine at work and a Mac at Individual & Group Training Publications Director's Report 12 Computer Problem Assistance home; this doesn't mean spending extra hours at the office. With July AppleWorks Meeting 12 Mike Carlson ClarisWorks you can share files very N e w M e m b e r L i s t 1 2 (612) 377-6553 easily. Bruce formatted a floppy for a M a c s 4 M o r o n s 1 2 Pager 580-9281 •FAX: ESP-OTAK PC (this was done on his Mac), and Internet: [email protected] he and Tom proceeded to swap the Apple II History Part 21 13 Claris® disk as they worked on the same Treasurer's Report July 1995 19 Solutions Alliance files. Neat! Some of the keyboard Member commands are different, but what was on the screen was the same. Users must be cautious about using fonts since the font you use on one Change Of Address machine may not be available on Submitted by Pamela K. Lienke the other machine or may be slight ly different in size. Moving? Don't forget to send us a change of address when you are Some of us have little or no informing others. Save the club some money by taking a moment of knowledge of PC talk so we either your time and a few cents to drop us a card. You will help yourself by had to ask for a translation or try to having your newsletter delivered directly to your new address without it understand from context. I even left having to be forwarded. Change of address should be sent to the follow the meeting knowing a little PC talk ing address: mini'app'les, Attn.: Membership Director, Box 796, Hopkins, so I could impress my friends. They MN 55343. weren't impressed. It was certainly another evening well spent. Cactus Software & Communications, Inc. "Sharp and to the point" Documentation Services for: Computer Software Technical Manuals Mechanical Systems Training Courses 612/757-6916 Fax 757-4515
Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 Need Help? Have a question the manual Members doesn*t answer? Members Helping Members is a group of volunteers who have generously agreed to help. They are just a phone call (or e-mail) away. Helping Please call only during appropriate times, if you are a Member, and own the Members software in question.
Macintosh Key If you would like to be a "Members Helping Members" volunteer, please e-mail Nick Ludwig with your name & phone number on our BBS, or leave a voice-mail C l a r i s D r a w 3 message at 229-6952, or use the MultiForm mailer near the back of this issue. C l a r i s R e s o l v e 2 C l a r i s W o r k s 2 , 8 , 9 , 1 0 Cross-Platform File Trnsfr 6 F i l e M a k e r P r o 2 F i r s t C l a s s 2 Applell Key ApplelIGS Key MacWrite Pro 2 Microsoft Excel 3,6,7 Appleworks 1,6,9 HyperCard GS 1 Microsoft Word 6 Applewriter 6 Smartmoney GS 1 M Y O B 7 Publish It! 1 Photoshop 4 To. Superfonts 1 Quicken 3 To. Superform 1 S y s t e m 7 9 Word Perfect 5
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Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 New Radio Show! By Tom Gates From Ray Douglas on TCCN - some of you may remember his old radio program I am pleased to announce that I will be hosting a radio show about computers beginning Saturday, August 19th. The program will air on KKJO Radio/AM950 each week from 10 a.m. to Noon. The show, Computer Talk, will be a live call-in program featuring interviews, reviews, news and listener calls. Some of you old-timers may recall that I hosted a similar show back in 1984-1986 on KSTP AM and WWTC AM. It will be nice to be back on the radio again, my previous profession before stumbling into computerdom. Computer Talk will be preceded by a one-half hour program focusing on the Internet called NetRadio. The specific format for Computer Talk is still being designed, but we plan to try and get on knowledgeable guests representing current and interesting computer-related topics. For example, Windows 95 is scheduled to become available the week following our first radio show, so we hope to have a Microsoft representative on the program and give you an opportunity to talk to him/her. We also plan to spend a lot of programming time on Internet topics including Web site reviews, with particular focus on Twin Cities Webs. We plan to have our own Web page as well which will offer information on upcoming guests, links to advertisers Webs and whatever else we can put there that might be of value to our audience. The program will air live on Saturday mornings, but will also be re-broadcast two other times during the week.
Macmillan - Non-Technical Mac Guide Submitted by Tom Gates Configuration, including hardware Que Releases Non-Technical Guide For and software. In the third section, Please Using Your Mac the readers focus on Understanding INDIANAPOLIS, May 19, System 7 and System 7.5. The fourth Submit!! 1995(Que has recently released and final part is devoted to Running Submitted by John Hunkins, Jr. Using Your Mac, a no-nonsense Software Applications. Newsletter article submis sions are required by the 9th of guide for non-technical, casual or Using Your Mac is written by new Macintosh users. This book Todd Stauffer, an experienced the month. These articles will focuses on what readers need to Macintosh user who has been writ be used in the following months newsletter where space know to get up and running quickly, ing about computers for years, as a and it also tells them what they technical writer and a freelance is available. don't need to worry about. Using writer for several magazines. Give your articles to our Your Mac is written in "plain Editor/Publisher, Tom Ostertag. Que is an imprint of Macmillan The easiest way to do this is English," not computer jargon, so it Computer Publishing USA (MCP), through our BBS. He should is easy to read and understand. which receive his articles as raw text Readers will learn how to use includes Sams Publishing, New and will edit them for content Finder and how to make the most of Riders Publishing, Hayden Books, and format. Therefore, you will the System 7 and 7.5 operating sys Brady GAMES, Sams.net, Que not need to preform any for tems. Using Your Mac includes infor Education and Training, and a soft matting. mation on working with printers, ware division, Que Software. MCP is If you have not looked at fonts and other computers, and also a unit of Macmillan Publishing USA, the bbs take a moment to do reviews the basics for using word a division of Simon & Schuster, the so. It is one of the many bene processing, spreadsheet, graphics publishing operation of Viacom Inc. fits of belonging to the club. If and other software. Tips, cautions, you have any questions, please notes and troubleshooting Q&As Product Information feel free to contact one of the provide ways to become more pro Using Your Mac, Todd Stauffer, board members or Tom ductive on the Macintosh. $19.99 USA, ISBN: 0-7897-0094-8, Ostertag. Their numbers are The helpful guide is divided into 450 pp. listed on the inside front cover. four parts. The first section covers We appreciate the efforts of Macintosh Basics including a simple Sales Information our club members to date and look forward to everyone get explanation of how Macs work. The Que, 201W. 103rd Street, second part is a "Crash Course" on Indianapolis, IN 46290.1-800-428- ting involved! the Macintosh and Basic System (continued on page 20)
Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 XCD-900010 8 Bit video card for Mac SE/30. Supports What's Wrong With This 640 x 480 Apple & VGA monitors. Was $339, now $99! Picture? XCD-900011 8 Bit video card for Mac SE/30. Supports Submitted by Denis A Diekhoff 1024 x 768 monitors @ 60Hz Was $599, now $149! When my boxes arrived, the color card went in like dropping a slice of bread into a toaster. The gray-scale adapter was a little more involved. Also because of my gilding the lily, it took a lot longer. Both cards were pro fessionally packaged, and came with the neatest cable sets I've seen since my days in the Navy. Saving the best for last; you're not going to believe the instruction booklets. They are perfectly illustrated, and the text is right to the point, user friendly, and safe. The gray-scale adapter replaces the card that plugs onto the back of the CRT (video tube) and then is hooked into the computer with a multi-plug cable. Part of this cable system replaces the Power R, ((800) 729-6970), adapter cable for my Limelight projector (which came from Brian Hagen (866-3441)). The gilding of the lily was to add the gray-scale cable after my Limelight adapter cable, with 14 jumpers that I made out of 16g solid core wire, as shown below:
Well, there's nothing really wrong with it. It's just a picture of a picture of a picture of me having computer fun. The most unusual thing about it though, is the gray-scale image on an SE/30. At the Claris Works user group meetings (first Wed. each month at 6:30, at the Southdale Library, 70th/York) I like to take a Connectix QuickCam picture of the con gregation for the newsletter each month. The display on that darned old SE/30 we use was just 1 bit, so it was real ly tough getting the exposure and focus adjusted (see page 5 of July 95 newsletter). I'll spare you the convoluted story of how I tracked down Xceed's Sales Manager, Randy Elliott, at (800) 923- 3348. He was happy to hear about us at Mini'app'les because Xceed is clearing out some older inventory (which happened to include some 8 bit PDS color cards and grey scale adapters for the SE/30). Randy is offering us the pick of this inventory at way, way low prices, and he would just love to send out the price list to you, if I buttoned up, powered up, and no smoke! you'll just call and ask for it, telling him your from the Actually the picture was smokin', if you get my drift. That club. Here is the price list that came with my 8 bit card & photograph doesn't begin to do it justice. You know how gray-scale adapter: tight and sharp the Mac screen is at 1 bit, man, the gray XCD-900004 24-Bit video card for Nubus or Mac II's. scale at 256 shades is just grand! Supports 640 x 480 Apple 13"-15" monitors. Was $569, In closing I'd like to thank ROD ISAACSON at "Dan now $149! Patch" (942-0192) for the good advice and encourage XCD-900006 8 Bit video card for Nubus or Mac II's. ment. And I'd also like to thank ACME Electronics (338- Supports 640 x 480 Apple & VGA monitors. Was $349, 4754) for stocking 600v, 16g solid core wire. These folks now $99! always have the good, and often weird, stuff. XCD-900007 8 Bit multi-resolution video card for PS: This article took twice as long to do than the Nubus or Mac II's. Supports 640 x 480, 832 x 624, 1024 x whole SE/30 modification did. 768, 1152 x 870. Was $599, now $149!
Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 GOOD DEALS #24 by Ken Slingsby This installment marks the end of two years in a series of articles which list good deals and press releases. These were originally published by a news source established by Apple Computer Co, AppleLink. Due to the constraints of space in our newsletter and time available, the articles have been greatly condensed. All articles were posted in their entirety on the Club's BBS. To read the full articles, plead or beg a friend who has access to the BBS to copy it for you. As an aid in your review of the articles, I have divided them somewhat arbitrarily into DEALS and PRESS RELEASES. The DEALS include price, dates available, and the address of the vendor. Most of the DEALS are special limited time offers with a significant price reduction. They are presented here as a service of Mini'app'les. The PRESS RELEASES are to make you aware of the new products. You may have to hunt to find a dealer that supports the product. Mini'app'les makes no claim as to the usefulness or quality of the products offered herein. The User Group does not endorse the products and is not supporting the products. The following is not paid advertisement. There may be other products mentioned on AppleLink not appearing here. If so, that is an omission, not a refusal of the prod uct. As in all purchases, buyer beware! Please remember that the Good Deals bargains may be limited in quantity. The seller may not have any prod uct in stock by the time this article is printed. Products and names mentioned in this document are trademarks of the respective companies. Some of the fol lowing is Copyright (c) 1995, User Group Connection. All Rights Reserved. Apple-Authorized User Groups may redistribute this information to their members (or use it to recruit them) at meetings, in newsletters, by fax, or bul letin board systems.
bers of Apple-authorized User StyleWriterll *$179 DEALS Groups. Intelligent PowerBook July User Group Member Purchase To order or for more information, BatteryCharger/Reconditioner Program catalog from User Group please call (800) 350-4842 between 8 ( N E W ! ) $ 6 9 . 9 5 Connection AM and 5 PM Pacific Daylight Time Extended Keyboard *$129 • The Power Mac 6100/60 price has weekdays. (* refurbished w/90-day Apple Warranty) dropped a whopping $180 from We still have the following items $1,249 to $1,069!! in stock. Please post this information • The Performa Power Mac 6110 on your BBS, in your newsletter, or e- price has dropped $100 from mail it to your members. For more SOFTWARE $1,269 to $1,169. information on any of these prod (Below street price!) • The Performa Power Mac 6115 ucts check the User Group area of FastPace Instant Contact $32.95 (8/350CD) price has dropped $100 eWorld or AOL, hit our Web page at from $1,369 to $1,269. mPOWER and Alien Skin http://www.ugconnection.org/ or Bundle $189 • The Performa Power Mac 6118 call 800-350-4842. Thanks! (8/500CD) price has dropped $100 Inline Game Pak $26.95 from $1,469 to $1,369. Drive7 Version 3.5 $39.95 The new prices take effect imme diately. All UG members who pur HARDWARE chased these products in the last 30 PowerMac 8100 days will automatically receive a 16/500 CD *$2,750 POWERBOOK rebate (in the same form as payment was made) in the amount listed Performa (PowerMac) 6118 8/500 CD *$1,369 *** price cut $100 BAGS above. (Madson Line-Lifetime warrantyl) The number of points the User Performa (PowerMac) 6115 8/350 N e w P o r t e r $ 1 3 9 . 9 5 CD *$1,269 *** price cut $100 Group earns with the member pur Leather Productivity Case .. $179.95 chase of each item listed above has PowerMac 6100 8/250 CD . *$ 1,069 not changed. See the full UGMPP *** price cut $180! M a d P a c k $ 7 9 . 9 5 catalog or product detail files for Radius 21" Monitor (NEW!) . $1,398 Mobile Professional $124.95 more information. These offers are Apple 15" Multi-Scan Monitor *$379 Apple brand PowerBook bag (non- available only to current U.S. mem M a d s o n ) $ 2 4 . 9 5
Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 had now passed the 20 million unit business on August 18,1995. BOOKS mark, a doubling of the installed Recent events Guide to Mac System 7.5 $22.95 base in three years. In June, Apple introduced its Internet Starter Kit "Demand for our products has most powerful computer, the Power ( d i s k s i n c l . ) $ 2 2 . 9 5 been very strong, such that keeping Macintosh 9500, based on the indus All purchases earn points for your User up with demand has been a major try-standard PCI (Peripheral Group! All products shipped via FedEx overnight challenge," said Michael Spindler, Component Interconnect) expan sion bus and the new 604 PowerPC (see individual product listings online or Apple's President and Chief call 800-350-4842 for charges). Executive Officer. "We have specific microprocessor chip. The move to Only current members of Apple-autho plans in place to increase availability PCI reinforces the company's com rized User Groups in the United States in order to meet that demand. mitment to standards, with over 70 may order. "Power Macintosh products now PCI developers having announced or Call (800) 350-4842 to order. account for over half of our unit committed to develop products for shipments - a testament to the the Power Macintosh platform. The accelerating customer acceptance Company also introduced a new and Apple's successful transition to cross-platform color laser printer, a PRESSRELEASES the Power Macintosh platform. The portable color inkjet printer and a tremendous adoption of the Power 600 dpi laserprinter for under $1000. Apple Computer Announces Q3 Macintosh platform by the developer On July 18th, Apple announced Results; Revenues Up 20% Earnings community has resulted in over 820 two new Macintosh models intended before restructure adjustments up for first-time and home office buyers. 67%. PowerPC-optimized software applica tions available on the market today. The new products - the Macintosh CUPERTINO, California-July 20, We have recently announced new Performa 5200CD series and the 1995-Apple Computer, Inc. today high performance Power Macintosh Macintosh Performa 6200CD series - announced results for its third fiscal products for our business and pub provide easy Internet access, are quarter, ending June 30,1995. For lishing customers, and new PowerPC ready for the MPEG video playback the quarter, Apple's revenues were based Performa products targeted at standard, and are based on the $2.57 billion, a 20% increase over first time buyers. As we enter the Fall advanced PowerPC microprocessor. the third quarter a year ago. Unit season, you'll see more exciting addi Apple also announced a series of shipments increased by approxi tions to our product line, along with organizational changes designed to mately 20% compared with the year- aggressive marketing programs. place increased focus on expanding ago period. Net income for the quar Total net income for the quarter Apple's market presence in high- ter was $103.0 million, or $0.84 a was $103.0 million, or $0.84 a share growth customer segments, includ share compared with $138.1 million, compared with $138.1 million, or ing the home, education, the enter or $1.16 a share in the same quarter $1.16 a share in the same quarter a tainment industry, and specific busi a year ago. However, net income year ago. Included in the Company's ness markets. excluding the revision to estimated results for the third fiscal quarter a Apple's home page on the World restmcturing charges originally year ago was an adjustment that Wide Web: http//www.apple.com/ recorded in the third quarter of fiscal increased income by $126.9 million New Web destination unveiled for 1993, was $99.2 million, an increase ($78.7 million, or $0.66 per share, home computer users of 67% from $59.5 million in the after taxes) related to a reduction in third quarter a year ago. Excluding the estimate of costs associated with CUPERTINO, California-July 14, the revisions to estimated restructur the restructuring charge originally 1995-Apple Computer, Inc. today ing charges, earnings per share for recorded in Q3 of fiscal 1993. A fur cut the ribbon on a fast new on the quarter were $0.80, compared ther revision to the estimate of the ramp to the Information with $0.50 in the same period a year original restructuring charge Superhighway by bringing easy ago. increased income by $6.1 million Internet World Wide Web (WWW) Shipments of the company's ($3.9 million, or $0.03 per share, access to eWorld, the company's on Power Macintosh products more after taxes) in the current period. line service. Beginning today, sub than doubled compared with the Apple also announced that its scribers of eWorld can, with the click same quarter a year ago, and the board of directors has declared a $.12 of a mouse, explore, examine, and number of Power Macintosh CPU per share dividend for the company's put to advantage the tremendous and upgrade units shipped to date, third fiscal quarter. The dividend range of information available on now totals more than two million represents Apple's thirty-fourth con the WWW-the popular, graphics- units since introduction in March secutive quarterly dividend and is based section of the Internet. 1994. The company also announced payable September 8,1995 to share eWorld's implementation of WWW that the Macintosh installed base holders of record as of the close of access is distinguished by simple,
Mini'app'les Newsletter 8 September, 1995 graphical instructions as well as a in one place Internet-based informa activities to news and shopping. handy collection of "how-to" infor tion for people in Apple's key mar The eWorld Web browser is mation on the Internet for first-time kets- home, education, entertain licensed from Intercon Systems users. ment and creative professionals. Corporation, and is fully threaded, Simultaneously, the company With preselected information, Web meaning users don't have to wait for unveiled a new information destina City focuses on the home computing graphics to finish loading before pre tion on the Web. "Web City" is the market, linking families with viewing a new page. latest in a series of branded "eWorld Internet information that's appropri on the Web" sites that bring together ate for them-from home learning
New Digital Photography SIG submitted by Denis Diekhoff ball camera". someone or something you think Principles, products, techniques, Our October 18th meeting tenta the group would like to see. Non- and much much more will be the tively will examine the Casio camera club members are welcome, so feel focus of the new Digital as demonstrated by Mike Brennan free to spread the word and bring a Photography SIG beginning Wed., from Digital Minds. November 22 guest with you. I don't think much Sept. 13th at 6:30, at the Southdale could see our man from Apple, Tom of this stuff is going to be platform Library at 70th/York So. Our maiden Mohen, presenting the Apple specific so you can even invite a voyage meeting will include a pre QuickTake 150, and PhotoFlash soft some of "them" to come and join us. sentation by the Connectix factory ware. Call Denis at 920-2437 for further reps, of the $100, QuickCam "eye Give me a call if you know of information.
Mini'app'les Newsletter September, 1995 New Mac eDOM's Mac eDOM #934 - Claris Entailer number of different services doesn't available for the Windows and Dos Copyright © 1995 Mini'app'les AUG 1995 want to connect to each of them versions of Word Translator /«^ manually throughout the day. It's eDOM #934, Claris ^mailer much more convenient to have the Who made it? Demo, is a high density disk. program connect automatically at a WT is the result of the efforts put Do you have lots of e-mail preset time, and in fact, CIM, AOL, in by numerous people from all over accounts? Are you tired of trying to and eWorld can all do this. Well, so the world during the last five years. keep track of which ones you have can Emailer, and it's more flexible It was started by Nenad Koncar of logged onto? Would you like to orga than the lot of them, allowing you Croatia in 1988 in an attempt to ease nize your e-mail into one easy to use, to schedule the time of day and the communication between people central location with one interface? which days of the week the sched of different nationalities. The pur Then welcome to the demo version uled connections are made. pose was to provide means of easy of Claris Emailer.™ When you connect to a service, flow of information and knowledge This version is fully functional Emailer brings in all waiting mail through the use of computers. Along but will expire after 30 days of use. and sends all mail queued for that the way more and more people, (Excerpted from Tidbits #288 - 31-Jul-95) service (assuming that you ask it to including the author of the Mac ver Emailer was developed by Guy do that; the two actions can be acti sion have joined the gang and con Kawasaki's Fog City Software - it's a vated separately). Mail comes into tinued to improve and expand the program that Guy had a strong hand your In Box, accessible from the project. in because, like many people in the Emailer Browser window, and dou There are now several dozen peo industry, Guy has a large number of ble-clicking a message opens it for ple working on different parts of the email accounts on different services, reading. project in various countries all over and checking mail on each one is a Overall, Emailer is strong con the globe including; Germany, royal pain. Enter Emailer, which Guy tender among email programs, espe Croatia, Denmark, Poland, Russia, and the folks at Fog City Software cially to anyone who uses multiple USA, England, Norway, Iceland, designed to be your central email email accounts on the commercial France and others. The effort is still program. Emailer can currently con services. guided by the Nenad Koncar which nect to America Online, eWorld, According to announcements determination to achieve the goal is ""^i CompuServe, and RadioMail and from Claris, Emailer has a suggested stronger than ever. understands POP and SMTP for talk retail price of $89, with educational How do I use Word Translator? ing to Internet email accounts. Other pricing set at $59. Emailer requires a services, like BIX or GEnie, may also 68020-based Mac or better, System 7, To use WT you start by opening appear at a later date. 1.5 MB of RAM and at least 3 MB of the Word Translator application Because many of us have multi disk space. Emailer will be available which is inside the Word Translator ple accounts on different services, from retail and mail-order compa folder. This will bring up the transla Emailer takes that into account and nies, as well as from Claris directly tion window where you can start lets you check all of your accounts, typing the word you wish to have no matter how many you may have. Mac eDOM #935-Word translated. The program performs In addition, many people travel Translator the search as you type so the word in around, and need to connect to the Copyright © 1995 Mini'app'les the dictionary that match the word different services using different AUG 1995 or part of word you have typed in phone numbers. In the past, ifs been eDOM #934, Word Translator, is are always shown. If the word you a pain to reconfigure each different a high density disk. typed is not found in the program - CIM, AOL, or eWorld - for Instructions.WT will display an alert the local phone numbers in the What is Word Translator ? and you will have a choice of typing places you regularly visit. Emailer Word Translator is word transla a new word to start a new search or turns this task into a one-time event tion software for the Apple you can let WT search for word that by allowing you to store a variety of Macintosh computers. It is a combi are a close match to what you have connection-specific settings (includ nation of the translation software typed. ing modem initialization strings and (WT Mac) and dictionaries to trans User dictionaries allow you to baud rates as well as telephone num late between various languages. modify the dictionaries that come bers) for each service in its Locations Currently there are close to 30 dic with WT. You can add, change and list. tionaries available for different lan remove words and translations and /m± But Emailefs elegant design does guages in various sizes and configu in that way customize WT to fit your n't stop there. Anyone who uses a rations. The same dictionaries are needs. This powerful feature is dis-
Mini'app'les Newsletter 10 September, 1995 77i/s software is Copyright ©1993-95 by abled in the shareware version-the their shareware counterparts so there Halldor Gislason, all rights reserved. dictionaries that come with the reg is really no need to start customizing istered version are much richer than until you start working with them.
August ClarisWorks Meeting Minutes By Pamela K. Lienke change your mind about the format columns. ClarisWorks has consistently ting in your document, you can edit Another new feature is the received high marks as the top inte styles once and have the formatting libraries. A library is a palette that grated program for the Macintosh. change throughout the document. stores items you can reuse in a docu Paul Gehlen of Claris demonstrated Another feature is balloon help ment. The libraries can contain some of the new features of on the shortcuts palette. Place the spreadsheet cells, text, paint images, ClarisWorks 4.0 at the August cursor on the short cut icon, and a clip art, and frames. You may use the ClarisWorks meeting held at Apple description of the short cut appears. libraries that come with ClarisWorks, headquarters. There wasn't time to This works regardless of whether or or you can create your own. show all the new features, but Paul not you have the system balloon The data base environment now managed to highlight many of help on. Another addition to the contains the option to have radio them. shortcuts allows the user to change buttons, check boxes, and pop up The first of these new features is selected text to all upper case or all menus. New database tools are avail an opportunity to fill out the regis lower case. able to create reports, search, and tration form on screen. After you In the spreadsheet there is now a sort records. When merging data answer the questions, you should Fill Special... command. Using this into a word processing document, print the form, fold it, tape it, and command the user can fill cells with the user can view the merged docu put in the mail-postage paid. a logical series of numbers, times, or ment on the screen before printing. Often a document uses different dates; a day (Monday), month If you haven't yet upgraded to elements with consistent formats (January), or quarter name (Qtrl); or ClarisWorks 4.0, you may find these (headings and subheadings, tables, any pattern of text or data. It is now features worth it. If you are consider and so forth). To ensure uniformity also possible to add color to cells. ing an integrated program, look no and to save time in formatting, the In word processing there is the further. user can create custom styles that ability to divide a document into Remember, our meetings have store formatting settings. The user multiple sections which act like been changed to the first Wednesday can apply preset styles that come chapters in books. Each section can of the month at the Southdale with the ClarisWorks style sheet have a different format. You can Library. palette, modify the preset styles, or change its header and footer text, design his or her own styles. If you page numbering, and number of Pam Works with ClarisWorks... By Pamela K. Lienke ment in the Stationery folder with Database .. ClarisWorks DB Options Tired of setting up a page each the name "ClarisWorks WP Options" Communications.. ClarisWorks CM time you begin a new document? I (Versions 3 and later automatically Options have my favorite font, margins, place it in the stationery folder when Have fun! indents, spacing, etc., that I use on you select stationery in the Save As... most of my word processing docu dialog box). The next time you open ments; I grew tired of having to set a new word processing document, it my preferences each time I opened a will open just the way you want it! Important new document. You may know that This also works with the other modes of ClarisWorks. Set up the Information you can create a stationery file and If you do not want to have page as you want it and name it begin with that, but here's a way to your name and address given avoid having to select a stationery appropriately using the following, out to advertisers please let document. Create a new word pro according to the mode you have Harry Lienke our membership cessing document and set up the selected. director know about it. If you page YOUR way. Then choose Save Spreadsheet. ClarisWorks SS Options feel strongly about this, make As.... In the standard file dialog box, sure we know. Thanks! choose Stationary from the Save As Drawing... ClarisWorks DR Options popup menu, and save your docu Paint ClarisWorks PT Options
Mini'app'les Newsletter il September, 1995 Publications Director's Report By Steven W. Thompson three month printing arrangement. this space, please notify August 1995 Since they omitted punching the Nick Ludwig. The June Newsletter was dropped binder holes, Kinko's deducted the Based on the scatter information off at the Hopkins Post Office on hole punching cost (~$16) and that I received following my return Monday, 24 July 1995. deducted 25% (-$100) from the total from Wyoming,new members were 385 August newsletters were August printing bill. I bought a not welcomed to Mini'app'les by list delivered (385 mailed) versus 383 heavy duty three hole punch ($30) ing their names in the August (382 mailed) last month. and punched the holes. Next month, Newsletter. As far as I know, only one of the I'll request that Kinko's do not Minneapolis and Saint Paul Zip+4 addressed Newsletter got punch the holes and save ~$16. It Newsletter distributions are shown returned. I corrected the error (dual doesn't take long to punch holes if on the color prints which I'm circu entries in the Zip+4 manual) and you have the proper equipment. lating around the room and on the sent him both a July and August We still do not have a back out black/white copies which you may Newsletter. Mini'app'les does not side cover ad. As mentioned in my keep. The color prints were printed currently qualify for the Zip+4 dis July report, Mini'app'les loses $85- on an Apple Color LaserWriter count ($0.01 to $0.02/Newsletter). $100/mon. without this advertising 16/600 at Kinko's. Kinko's printed the August revenue. If you know of anyone who Newsletter. This is the second of a could be interested in advertising in July AppleWorks Meeting Macs 4 Morons by Les Anderson ings. The schedule of meetings is as The topic for the July follows: AppleWorks SIG was TimeOut • Sept. 28 - Desk Tools IV Thesaurus, an accessory for • Oct. 26 - Text Tools AppleWorks. If you have difficulty • Nov. 16 - Christmas/Holiday finding the correct word to use, then TO .Thesaurus is the product to use. Letters When substituting a word • Dec. 14 - Super Forms TO.Thesaurus will automatically • Jan. 27 - Super Fonts keep the same case and tense of the word it is replacing. It is suggested All meetings are planned for the that a document be spell checked Ramsey County Library, Roseville. before using Thesaurus. This pro AppleWorks users of all abilities are gram came out during the time of welcome. AppleWorks 3.0, so you need to use When 8:45 rolled around the the free updater to use it with later librarian ushered us out the door versions of AppleWorks. and over to Bakers Square for the pie The balance of the meeting was SIG. Readers will laugh while they spent planning the next few meet learn with Macs for Morons-the most informative and humorous Macintosh beginner's book avail New Member List able! • Addresses the fastest-growing By Harry Lienke NEW MEMBERS Liz Tufte segment of the microcomputer mar Following is a list David M Kleven Deb Coltew ket-new Mac users of Apple computer • Presents information in an users who have John Becker Roger Mclnemy Richard H Wilson Thomas M Lufkin easy-to-use format, complete with become mini'app'les simple icons members since June 1. Shou Ching Chao Connie Harper • Provides information missed by Please feel free to Jim Campbell Joyce G Gordon competitive books and always keeps encourage others to Pr Walter ELeitzeJr Erik Lindberg the big picture in mind Covers Macintosh, 238 pp. join! Lisa Lee Phyllis Godfredson Felicita Montalvo John Bailey
Mini'app'les Newsletter 12 September, 1995 Apple II History Part 21 - Magazines, Continued [vl.O:: 14 Sep 92]
Compiled and written by Steven subscriber whose mother was throw inCider/A+ in terms of being a gener Weyhrich Copyright 1992, Zonker ing out the magazine before he got al interest Apple II magazine as Software it, because she thought it contained opposed to the programming slant pornographic materialskl> of Nibble (A+ had virtually no type- Computist (1981-Present) "Computist" was, admittedly, in in programs).<5> During the time This magazine began originally the business of teaching users how that both A+ and inCider were being back in 1981 with the name to "strip". But this did not refer to X- published there continued a friendly "HardCore Computing". A flier rated topics, but the ability to strip rivalry between the two. mailed out during 1982 gave this the copy-protection from commer One of the features unique to A+ description of the magazine: "HARD cial software. This technique, known was a column called "Product All- CORE COMPUTING, a small maga as "kracking", was a popular pastime Stars", a classified-style listing of the zine in Tacoma, Washington, warns for some software hackers of the day. current popular software and hard pirates about the latest technology Using powerful programs such as ware similar to the old "Fastalk" col that companies are using against Locksmith and Copy II Plus, umn in Softalk magazine. them. HARDCORE is a magazine Computist gave specifics on how to During the latter part of A+'s pub dedicated to the Apple-user. There make a disk work as easily as a stan lishing run, Gary Little became its are a lot of computer magazines, but dard Apple DOS disk.<3> The combi editor. He had previously written HARDCORE prints the information nation of ProDOS and un-protected books about the Apple lie, He, IIGS, that other magazines refuse to print, commercial programs took much of and their disk operating systems, information vital to you as a com the wind out of Computist's sails, and so was very qualified to know puter user."
Mini'app'les Newsletter 13 September, 1995 available software and hardware, and about five issues the name was Swamp), information about carry articles that helped Apple II changed to "The Apple IIGS Buyers Applesoft and Logo, and one users learn to use the software they Guide". The changed magazine response to a reader asking how to owned. These columns included began in the Fall of 1987, and it create a disk that would boot WITH "AppleWorks In Action" by Ruth ceased publication in the Fall of OUT DOS 3.3. At $24 for a monthly Witkin; "Press Room" by Cynthia 1990. It was published in a high eight page newsletter, its subscribing Field (which detailed ways to do gloss format, and over half of each cost was as much as full-sized maga desktop publishing with Print Shop, issue was devoted to a listing of zines of the day. However, Open- Publish-It!, AppleWorks GS, and available IIGS software/hardware.<6> Apple did not carry any advertising, and the amount of useful informa GraphicWriter); "Bridging The Gap" II Computing (1985-1987) by Gregg Keizer (discussing ways to tion printed each month made it help the Apple II and Macintosh This magazine published from worth the expense.<8> work peaceably together); "Apple October/November 1985 until As the newsletter has matured IIGS Basics" by Joe Abemathy (high February/March 1987. Trying to over the years, the coverage of Logo lighting programming on the IIGS); appeal to a variety of readers from has disappeared, and Applesoft has and "Apple Clinic" (questions and beginners to experienced Apple II dwindled as well, reflecting changes answers about using Apple II's). users, it printed program listings in reader interests. During the late In 1989 inCider merged with A+ (including at one time listings made 1980's, coverage of AppleWorks was Magazine, as mentioned above, and for the Cauzin strip reader), reviews, heavy, and nearly every issue would in December 1990 the editors chose and general articles. It covered items contain some way to patch the pro to broaden their audience by adding in more depth than inCider, but less gram to customize it for a certain coverage of the Macintosh computer than Call-A.P.P.L.E. or Nibble, offer function. Coverage of the IIGS was to their Apple II features. This was a ing a combination of both type-in also prominent, and Weishaar has highly unpopular move with many programs and general articles. It had had to find a balance between arti Apple II loyalists, who had already available a companion disk available cles that dealt with the new technol had quite enough of Apple containing the programs in the mag- ogy without ignoring the sizeable Computer telling them to "move up" azine.<5>,<7> number of readers who still owned to a Mac. "Polluting" their Apple II the older 8-bit Apple II's. Open-Apple / A2-Central (1985- publication with this better-loved In December 1988, the name of Present) younger sibling infuriated many, the newsletter was changed to A2- and they vowed to let their subscrip As mentioned above, Tom Central. Several reasons were given tions expire. However, at this point Weishaar was a writer of Softalk's for the change. One was similar to in time there were few national "DOSTalk" column beginning in the reason given by A.P.P.L.E. for Apple Il-specific publications April 1983, after Bert Kersey retired changing its name to TechAlliance; remaining, and no others that from the position. He continued Apple Computer was in the habit of appeared on the magazine racks at with it until Softalk went bankrupt threatening legal infringement large newsstands (since Nibble had after the August 1984 issue. An against those who used "their" name gone to subscription-only distribu Apple II user since 1980, and author without permission (or at least tion). Apparently bidder's distribut of two programs sold by Beagle Bros licensing it). Another was to indicate ing company, A+ Publishing, felt (Frame-Up, a graphics slide-show dis- philosophically what was the pur that they couldn't survive without player, and ProntoDOS, an enhanced pose of the magazine: To be the cen making some attempt to broaden version of DOS 3.3), Weishaar had ter of the Apple II universe, and a their customer base, and they chose previous experience with writing central source of information and this as what they felt was their best newsletters from his days with the programming resources. Earlier in defense in a shrinking market. For Commodity News Service in Kansas the year, Weishaar had also agreed to several months afterward, the maga City. After Softalk folded, he realized be the manager of the Apple II zine got just a little bit smaller in that there was still a market for a roundtables on the online service size, eventually going from a square- technical publication for the Apple II GEnie. This extended the informa bound back to a stapled format. This that also could be helpful for the tion available to him for his publica shrinkage stabilized in early to mid beginning user. In January 1985 he tion, as well as the ability for more 1992, and by late that year, began with a newsletter he called prompt exchange of information for inCider/A+ was still in business. Open-Apple, which continued where his readers. In fact, there was a great "DOSTalk" left off. The initial issue similarity between the conversations Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide (1985-1990) (Volume 1, No. 0) included reader's that took place on GEnie, in the This magazine began originally letters (some left over from DOSTalk, reader questions section of A2- under the name, "The Apple II but some intentionally phony, with Central, and the old "Open Review" in the fall of 1985. After return addresses like the Okefenokee Discussion" part of Softalk magazine.
Mini'app'les Newsletter 14 September, 1995 New users could ask "how do I get AppleWorks and the TimeOut series animated sequences that introduced XYZ program to run with my ABC of enhancements distributed by it, and the user could select the arti printer?", and experienced users Beagle Bros. It was also a bi-monthly cles to read by pointing to doors in could help them, either online or in publication, and was originally edit the Stack-Central "building" on the a letter written to A2-Central. ed by Richard Marchiafava, who had screen, and follow hallways to other Because the newsletter included previously written a column called articles (sort of like combining a international readers as well, and "AppleWorks Advisor" for user-group magazine and a video game). these people had difficulty in getting newsletters. In March 1991 the edi A2-Central itself has undergone their hands on certain Apple II-relat- torship was transferred to Randy few changes in its life. Its focus has ed products or books, a catalog was Brandt, the Beagle Bros programmer shifted slightly to keeping abreast of added to the A2-Central line-up in who had written many of the the newest changes in the Apple II early 1989. This initially carried TimeOut applications, as well as sev world (in terms of products and books, but quickly expanded to eral for his own small software com events that affect that computer), include software and hardware. pany. where previously it spent a lot of February 1989 also saw the first of 8/16-Central, specializing in pro time talking about various specific A2 On Disk, which included a gramming for both 8-bit Apple II's products (such as AppleWorks, textfile of the current month's and the IIGS, began in December HyperStudio, etc.) The spin-off disk newsletter, as well as an assortment 1990. It was a continuation of a publications that were started have of the latest shareware and freeware short-lived magazine called 8/16, filled the niche needed to continue programs for the Apple II. At times it published by Ross Lambert's Ariel user-support of those Apple II prod also contained textfiles with useful Publishing Co., which itself was pre ucts. The editorship has changed a information (such as updates to the ceded by several separate newsletters couple of further times as well; Jan official Apple II tech notes). that specialized in Applesoft or Jennings briefly took the place of September 1989 saw a change in assembly language or other program Dennis Doms as editor in November editors for A2-Central. After nearly ming for the Apple II series. 8/16- 1991, before going to work for five years of working constantly on Central was a monthly disk, but did Softdisk. Ellen Rosenberg began edi it, Weishaar turned over the reins for n't keep enough subscribers to stay torship after that, and made the the month-to-month work to Dennis afloat. In October 1991 it was dis change of accepting feature articles Doms, and moved himself to the continued, and the remaining sub from outside authors for the first position of publisher. There was little scriptions were folded over into GS+ time since A2-Central began publica change in the content or style of the Magazine. tion. The newsletter, catalog, and all newsletter (since Weishaar was still Hyperbole began in March 1991. the disk publications continue today running the show), but it freed him It was also a HyperStudio-based disk under the corporate umbrella of to recover from the burnout of meet publication, but its focus was not on Resource-Central, Inc, which also ing a monthly deadline, and to work making HyperStudio stacks, but on has sponsored annual summer con more on managing the company actually USING the program to pro ferences since 1989. These confer itself. One of the new items that duce a literary form that had never ences have brought together some of appeared in December 1989 was a been done before. It consisted of the top Apple II developers in the disk-based publication called Stack- poetry, art, and sounds, combined country for two days of classes and Central (later changed to Studio together in a way that could not be workshops on many topics. Held in City). What was unique about this presented in printed form. For exam Kansas City in July or August, it has bi-monthly product was that it was ple, one series of stories that been nicknamed "Kansasfest", since based on HyperStudio, the graphics, appeared early on in Hyperbole it contains AppleFest-like activities. sound, and text manipulation pro involved a medieval theme, with the Weishaar's interest in and dedica gram from Roger Wagner Publishing. story told from various points of tion to the Apple II has been much As such, it could be read in a "non view, depending on which picture appreciated; he was chosen s a recipi linear" fashion; that is, you didn't was selected on the "door" that intro ent of the Apple II Individual have to start at the beginning and duced the story. To get the entire Achievement Aware for 1991. His read through until you got to the story required going back to the philosophy was summed up in a end. You could jump from one topic main door and selecting a different statement made in a printing of the to another, or thread through topics picture. Sound and graphics were A2-Central catalog in the Fall of in a fashion that could not be dupli also integrated into articles that 1990, where he wrote: "The signifi cated in a printed publication. appeared in this disk-magazine. cant thing about the Apple n has More new disk-based products Finally, Script-Central began in always been the community of peo appeared from A2-Central in 1990. June 1991. This was similar to Stack- ple that has sprung up around the August 1990 saw the start of Central, but was dedicated to machine, teaching other people how TimeOut-Central, devoted to HyperCard IIGS. It featured some to use it, designing hard and soft-
Mini'app'les Newsletter 15 September, 1995 ware for it, exposing its inner flesh to Apple He with a 300 baud modem magazines distributed in only a the light of day, and USING it to (and at that time, a new He went for machine-readable form. Back in manage businesses, run church about $1300), so he crossed enemy 1981, Jim Mangham, a programmer groups, educate children, and turn lines and entered the Apple camp. at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, out prosperous and happy human As he got more familiar with his Louisiana, felt that the time was ripe beings."<9> He, his interest in that computer and for an Apple II disk-based magazine. the upcoming 16-bit IIGS also It would have the advantage of pro Compute! increased. While learning more viding ready-to-run programs that "Compute!" was a hybrid maga about it from Apple magazines at the did not have to be typed in, yet zine that catered primarily to the newsstand, he noticed that many of could still be listed and modified by Commodore 64 computer. It would the publications that dealt with the the "reader" if desired. Mangham's usually feature games that had ver Atari ST included a disk with each idea was not unique in the computer sions written for several different issue. Disbrow went so far as to con world as a whole; "CLOAD" for the computers, including the Apple II. In tact several of the Apple II magazines TRS-80 began as a magazine on cas the late 1980*s it began having spe that were in print at the time to see sette as far back as 1978, and other cial issues dedicated to some of the if THEY had any interest in a com paper publications offered compan different platforms featured in the panion disk, but he did not find any ion disks as an extra, containing pro main magazine, and there were a few interest. After purchasing his Apple grams from a specific issue. But no issues called "Apple Applications" for IIGS, he saw that there still was no one had yet put a whole magazine the Apple II. combination magazine and disk for on disk for the Apple II, and this computer, and decided to start Apple Orchard Mangham decided to fill that gap. one himself. Originally, he planned to call it Apple Orchard was published by When Disbrow started his maga "The Harbinger Magazette", and after the International Apple Corp for zine in September 1989, he chose to getting a preliminary first issue pre about several years. It was aimed pri make it exclusively for the Apple pared, he called Al Tommervik of marily at user groups, and was billed IIGS, and so named it "GS+". Softalk magazine to discuss advertis as a user's group user's group. Published bi-monthly, the byline on ing. Tommervik thought it was a Contents of early issues were a com the cover of each issue reminded great idea, and not only did he want pendium of articles from various subscribers of what made HIS maga to advertise it, but asked to be a part user group newsletters.<3> zine unique: "The First Apple IIGS ner in the venture. He suggested that GS+ (1989-Present) Magazine + Disk Publication!" He they change the name to "Softdisk" recalled the humor and fun that he (since it would be, in essence, a In the late 1970's, Steven Disbrow had always seen in 80-Micro, and Softalk publication). By the time entered the world of microcomput determined to make his magazine Mangham was ready to mail out his ers with his purchase of a TRS-80 fun in a similar way. Disbrow felt first issue, he had fifty subscribers. Model I, complete with cassette stor that this was especially important, Since he needed a minimum of two age and 4K of memory. To learn considering the generally negative hundred pieces to qualify for a bulk more about his computer and what attitude that was prevalent among postage rate, his father found one it could do, he picked up a news Apple II users at the time, as they hundred and fifty disks appear in his stand magazine called "80-Micro" saw less and less active support from mailbox that month. (published by Wayne Green, who Apple for their computer. Still in To create his new "magazette", had also started Byte and inCider print at the time of this writing, GS+ Mangham chose to use double-sided magazines). He enjoyed the humor concentrates on news, software and disks that were pre-notched on both that the editors of that publication hardware reviews, published pro edges, to ensure that both sides included, and the fun they showed grams and utilities for the IIGS (some would be usable. (Recall that the one could have with a computer. with source code), and interviews Disk II drive could only use one side Active also in the local TRS user's with people who are involved with of the disk, and so it was common to group, he originally disdained Apple the IIGS.<6> conserve money and use the other H's and those who used them. side by cutting a notch on edge of SoftDlsk (Sep 1981-Present) / However, in 1984 he found that he Softdisk GS (Nov 1988-Present) the disk opposite the factory one and needed the ability to communicate flipping the disk over). These double- with a mainframe computer in order One of the survivors in the Apple sided disks were expensive, costing to do some schoolwork. After look II magazine world is also unusual in him three dollars apiece, and so he ing into the cost of upgrading his terms of the type of publication that set up the subscriptions to require TRS-80 to be able to do this, he it is. Rather than using the tradition return of the previous issue in order found that it would actually cost al paper and ink medium, Softdisk to get the next one (it was left up to him LESS to buy the newly released came on the scene as one of the first (Continued on page 19)
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Mini'app'les Newsletter 19 September, 1995 (Continued from page 19) zines that cater to the Apple II Oct 1987. tions was discontinued (booksellers <11> —. "The History of Sofr.disk: Part crowd, including "Klokhuis" (which 2", SOFT TALK (company newsletter), were not leaving the products on the means "Apple-Core"), "Pro-2" and Nov 1987. shelf long enough to allow them to "Het AppleDossier".<16> <12> —. "The History of Softdisk: Part >^ sell) and distribution returned exclu In Britain there was at one time a 3", SOFT TALK (company newsletter), sively to a subscription basis.<15> magazine called "Orchard Dec 1987. In November 1988, the first issue Computing", published by a compa <13> —. "The History of Softdisk: Part of Softdisk GS was released, support 4", SOFT TALK (company newsletter), ny named Argus Specialist Jan 1988. ing the standard IIGS desktop inter Publications. Some of the issues were face standards. This publication has <14> —. "The History of Softdisk: Part primarily reprints from Nibble, but V", SOFT TALK (company newsletter), maintained a high quality standard they also accepted articles from local Feb 1988. and has done well. At the time of readers.<17> <15> —. "The History of Softdisk: this writing, Softdisk, Inc. continues NEXT INSTALLMENT: Conclusion", SOFT TALK (company to put out the following monthly Telecommunications newsletter), Mar 1988. disk magazines: Softdisk for 8-bit <16> Crouzen, Alex. GEnie, A2 ROUND- NOTES TABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, Topic 16. Apple II's; Softdisk GS for the IIGS; On Disk Monthly (formerly Big Blue <1> Hood, Hugh. GEnie, A2 ROUND- <17> Alfter, Scott. GEnie, A2 ROUND- TABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, Topic 16. TABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, Topic 16. Disk) for the IBM PC; Gamer's Edge, <2> Wessel, Hank. GEnie, A2 ROUND- also for the IBM PC; and Diskworld TABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, Topic 16. for the Macintosh. Loadstar for the <3> Vanderpool, Tom. GEnie, A2 Commodore 64/128 is still available, ROUNDTABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, but only on a quarterly basis. Topic 16. <4> Felty, Wes. GEnie, A2 ROUND- Foreign Apple II Magazines TABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, Topic 16. (continued from page 15) <5> Mcintosh, Ross. GEnie, A2 ROUND- The Apple II not only got press in TABLE, Oct 1991, Mar 1992, Category 5331 the United States, but has also been 2, Topic 16. For the latest news and informa on the newsstands in Europe in vari <6> Disbrow, Steven. "Old Timers: tion about MCP, visit our Web site ous forms, though most are no Magazines", 1992 A2 CENTRAL SUM at http://www.mcp.com/. longer being published. One that MER CONFERENCE (tapes), July 1992. Products and names mentioned <7> Schack, Robert. GEnie, A2 ROUND- in this document are trademarks of ^ began as "Windfall" (later changing TABLE, Oct 1991, Category 2, Topic 16. its name to "Apple User") was the <8> Weyhrich, Steven. "MACH Interview: their respective companies. Tom Weishaar", M.A.C.H. NEWS, Jul biggest magazine for some time. Media Contact: "Peeker" was published in Germany, 1991, pp. 6-11. and carried articles similar to those <9> Weishaar, Tom. —, A2-CENTRAL Susan Halloran, Macmillan found in Nibble. In the Netherlands CATALOG, Fall 1990, p. 2. Computer Publishing USA, (317) there are still a few hobbyist maga <10> —. "The History of Softdisk: Part 581-3575.http://www.mcp.com/ 1", SOFT TALK (company newsletter),
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