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Number 2 Club News Apple II Articles WAP Hotline ............................................. 39, 42 Apple II History ......................... ..................... 36 WAP Calendar .......................................... 40, 41 by Steven Weyhrich Index to Advertisers .... ............. ......................... 8 The Rise of Church-Sponsored Computer Classified Advertisements .............................. 79 Learning Centers WAP Membership Form ................................. 80 by Phil Shapiro .......................................... 48 Notes from the Apple II Vice President .......... 50 SIGs and Slices Stock SIG ....... ................................................... 7 by Morris Pelham Apple Ill Articles MacProgrammers' SIG ..................................... 7 How to Align the A 143 Micro SCI Drive ....... .49 by Tom Linders Disk Cleaning & Speed Adjustment ............... 51 General Interest by Tom Linders DAR: Apple III Archive and Retrieval .. .......... 52 A Post-Holiday Guide to Buying by Allan Bloom A Home Computer ............................................ 5 Drawing & Painting Graphs ........................... 56 by Lorin Evans by John Lomatire WAP Bylaw Amendments ................................ 8 Basically Organized ........................................ 57 by Jonathan Hardis by Paul Campbell Call for Nominations ....................................... 12 On the Trail of the Apple III ............ .. ....... ...... 59 Long Distance Telecommunications ............... 13 by David Ottalini by Dave & Joan Jernigan Apple III to Mac, The Hard Way .................... 61 Journal Index for 1992 .................................... 14 by Mike Lee by Harvey Kaye The Official America Online Membership Kit & Tour Guide (a book review) by Phil Shapiro ........................................... 24 Disk Libraries Macintosh Disk Library ....... ........................... 62 by Dave Weikert Macintosh Disk Order Form ........................... 69 Macintosh Articles Apple Disk Library ......................................... 70 Macintosh Tutorials ........................................ 27 by John Ruffatto Tutorial Registration Form ............................. 28 Apple Disk Order Forms ................. ........... 75-78 Special Offers from Apple ............ ................... 29 Artist on Exhibit ............................................. 30 by Blake Lange New Macintosh Files on the TCS .................... 32 by Lawrence Charters The Journal of Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. is an independent publication not affiliated or otherwise associated with or sponsored or sanctioned by Apple Computer, Inc. The opinions, statements, positions and views stated herein are those of the author{s) or publisher and are not intended to be the opinions, statements, positions or views of Apple Computer, Inc. 2 Washington Apple Pi Journal February 1994 Advertising in the Journal ! Some Orientation Possibilities Washingtonf'f.ple Pi FullPage r-, T hird Page {vert.) 7.5" x 10.0" ~ 2.5" x 9.5" Sixch Page (hor.) 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