Washington Apple Pi Journal, March 1987
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$ 2 50 Wa/hington Apple Pi The Journal of WashingtonG Apple Pi, Ltd. Volume. 9 marvh 1987 number3 Hiahlia· iil~1 '. v - - • Apple II News and Notes· • Appleworks Tips and Techniques . l9J EdSig News ~ Macintosh Bits and Bytes [9 Musements ~ MacWorld Plus In This Issue.. J/ Officers & Staff, Editorial .............................................. 3 Championship Wrestling ............... Michael & Joel Schor 36~ President's Corner ...................................... Tom Warrick 4 Pascal News ...................................... .. Robert C. Platt 38 Classifieds, Commercial Classifieds, Job Mart ............... .... 6 Who Me, A SYSOP ............................. Leon H. Raesly 39 Event Queue, General Information ................. .... .............. 6 The Journal Index ..................................... Harvey Kaye 42 WAP Calendar, SigNews ...................................... ..... .... 7 WAP Acrostic ................................... Dana 1. Schwartz 43 On the Trail of the Apple //1 ................... ... David Ottalini 8 The Musical Apple .............. .. .............. Raymond Hobbs 44 Q & A ..... .. .. ................ Bruce F. Field & Robert C. PIau 10 Music SIG News ................................. Raymond Hobbs 45 Apple II News and Notes ........................ Walt Mossberg 12 Growing Up Mac .......................................... Jay Rohr 46 Telecom SIG News ................................... Dave Harvey 14 dPub SIG News ....................................... Steven Payne 46 Stock SIG News ....... ............... ... Andrew W. Thompson 16 Installing and Using "The ROMS witcher" .. David A. Hurd 48 AppleWorks Upgrade .. ........ .. .......... ........ Lisa Van Horn 17 FedSIG Corner ...................................... Steve Crawford 49 Annapolis Slice News ............................. Claire Johnson 17 Mac Q & A ................................. .. .. Jonathan E. Hardis 50 AppleWorks Tips and Techniques ........ Richard M. Rowell 18 Index to Advertisers........................................... .. ....... 52 TaxMaster for AppleWorks: A Review .......... Bob Oringel 19 MacNovice ....................................... Ralph J. Begleiter 53 PI-SIG News ......... ................................... Bob Golden 19 Frederick Apple Core ................... ................................ 56 Rarnup: A Review ................................. Tom Gatewood 20 Macintosh Bits and Bytes ............ ... ....... ..Lynn R. Trusal 56 WPL Multi Print for Apple Writer ............. Gary Hayman 22 View From the Hill ................. .. .......... .. .. .Rich Norling 60 The Food Processor: A Review .................... Bob Orin gel 23 Musements ..... ........................................... Fred Seelig 62 II Best of Apple Items from TCS ............ .. Alexander Barnes 24 Excelling on Your Mac ..................... David Morganstein 68 II Button-Down Guide to the Apple .......... Raymond Hobbs 28 Review Corner: MacWorid Plus ............. James M. Burger 71 EDSIG News ........... .. Patricia Kirby & Jessica Weissman 29 Softviews .. .. .. ................................. David Morganstein 74 GarneSIG News ..... .. ................................ Steven Payne 32 A Page From the Stack .......................... Robert C. Platt 75 NFL Challenge: A Review ........................ Marc S. Hoff 32 Best of Mac Items from TCS ..................... Bill Baldridge 76 Sub Battle Simulator: A Review ................ Jeff Stetekluh 33 WAP Tutorials ..................................... Robert C. Platt 83 Ultima I: A Review .................................. Ron Wartow 34 Index to Authors ..................................................... .... 83 Bop N ' Wrestle: A Review ......................... Davy Hakim 34 Disketeria Dispatch ....................................... 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