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Board of Directors Filemaker Pro SIG HyperCard SIG Mini'app'les members welcome. Southdale Library No meeting off for the summer. Mathews Ctr., 2318 29th Ave. S., Rm. C 7001 York Ave. So., Edina Peter Fleck, 370-0017 Brian Bantz, 835-3696 Steve Wilmes, 458-1513 Macintosh Novice SIG Apple ll/GS Main Fourth Dimension SIG Merriam Park Libary Augsberg Park Library, No meeting off for the summer. 1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul & 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield Bob Demeules, 559-1124 "Open Forum" TomGates, 789-1713 Tom Lufkin, 698-6523 Apple II Novice SIG ClarisWorks SIG Ramsey County Library Macintosh Consultants SIG Apple Computer 2180 Hamline Ave. N., Roseville Byerly's 8400 Normandale Lk. Blvd..Bloomington TomGates, 789-1713 3777 Park Center Blvd, St. Louis Park "Clarisworks 4.0" Mike Carlson, 377-6553 Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 AppleWorks SIG No meeting..Come to the Picnic!!! Mac Programmers SIG Macintosh Main ffiLes Anderson, 735-3953 Van Cleve Park Bldg. Microsoft 15th Ave. SE & Como Ave., Minneapolis 8300 Norman Ctr. Blvd.,Bloomington Picnic Gervaise Kimm, 379-1836 Mike Carlson, 377-6553 Minnehaha Park (by the picnic pavilion) Photoshop SIG Bring your own food/potluck dessert Jacor 1410 Energy Park Drive Suite 17, St.Paul Eric Jacobson, 645-6264 mini'apples The Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc. P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343
Board of Directors: Publications Director Introduction - This is the Newsletter of Mini'apples, Steven W. Thompson the Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc., a President 4208 Penkwe Way Minnesota non-profit club. The whole newsletter is Brian Bantz Eagan.MN 55122-2726 copyrighted © by Mini'apples. Articles may be repro 10532 Kell Circle 452-4208 duced in other non-profit User Groups' publications Bloomington, MN 55437-2936 Or via E-mail: except where specifically copyrighted by the author. 835-3696 [email protected] (Permission to reproduce these articles must be given by the author.) Please include the source when reprinting. Vice President Software Director Nick Ludwig Owen Aaland Questions - Please direct questions to an appropriate 3648 Harriet Ave. 20804 County 10 Blvd board member. Users with technical questions should Minneapolis, MN 55409-1121 Zumbrota. MN 55992 refer to the Members Helping Members section. 824-9423 Work: (507) 732-5090 Or via E-mail: Home: (507) 732-5697. Dealers - Mini'app'les does not endorse specific [email protected] dealers. The club promotes distribution of information SIGs: Mac which may help members identify best buys and ser Secretary Eric Jacobson vice. The club itself does not participate in bulk pur Bob Demeules 1410 Energy Park Drive #17 chases of media, software, hardware and publications. 1749 W. Medicine Lake Drive St. Paul, MN 55108-5249 Members may organize such activities on behalf of Plymouth, MN 55441-4109 645-6264 other members. 559-1124 SIGs: Apple II Advertisers - For information, see Newsletter Ad Treasurer Les Anderson Rates box within this issue. 1 Melvyn D. Magree 2147 Suburban Ave. 5925 Magnolia Ln N StPaul, MN 55119-4160 Newsletter Contributions - Please send contributions Plymouth, MN 55442-2903 directly to our Post Office, Box 796, Hopkins, MN 559-1108 Past President 55343 or upload them to our BBS at 824-4394. Gregory L. Carlson Membership Director 8216 32nd Ave. N. Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the 9th of the month. An article will be printed when space Harry Lienke Crystal, MN 55427-2533 371 Christine Ln permits and, if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor W. St. Paul, MN 55118-3005 or Manager, it constitutes material suitable for publication. Operations & Resource Erik Knopp Editor/Publisher: Tom Ostertag 488-9979 1953 Midland Hills Rd. Newsletter Layout: John Hunkins Roseville, MN 55113-5314 636-3244 Mini'app'les 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 August, 1995 How do I love thee, let me count the ways. Submitted by Denis A Diekhoff double click mouse to find mouse remember when it wasn't. That is If you didn't make it to the Mac tracking's range from very slow to until I use another machine with a Main meeting on April 13th, too bad fast. Very slow requires shoulder stock mouse, and the first thing I do for you! Everything you heard was motion to move the cursor just a lit is go to the control panels to see true. Not only did Leroy Lind and tle ways. Fast requires wrist motion. what fool set the mouse tracking to Bill Pederson form Lind Electronics This MacALLY ADB Mouse requires dead slow, and find it's actually set Inc. have good information, present slight finger movement to run the to fast. I'll never go back to a stock ed well; but there were tangibles of cursor anywhere on my (used) mouse! A stock mouse is now like embarrassingly great value. Plus Radius TPD (17"). dragging a very nice smooth brick there was no raffle either. If you across my desk. held up your hand when they asked If you think I'm exaggerating, if anyone needed this or that, it was and you have every right to, just go given to you. visit Leroy Lind and Bill Pederson Can I prove that.... Yes, by just form Lind Electronics Inc. at 6414 lifting my finger, and ... .click ! Cambridge St, St Louis Park, MN, When Bill Pederson asked if any 55426, for a demo, or call (612) 927- one needed a mouse, my hand shot 6303 and ask why their mouse is so up, and lo and behold,I found hot. myself holding a MacALLY Mouse in It's probably only fair to mention it's sealed box. Had I known then that if you set the control panel what I know now, I'd have gladly This MacALLY ABD Mouse from Lind speed to slow with this great new paid for it. What? Denis pay full Electronics Inc, (phone 927-6303) may mouse, it will behave just like the list? Only when list is way low, and look like just another pretty something stock one set on fast. Then you can the bang for your buck is deafening. to hang on your MAC shrine but its advance it's speed at your own pace, This is a low cost mouse at = $30, actually fast, FAST, FAST! And low cost just like I did. At first, with the and has a feature I never even con tool! speed set on high, I thought the sidered .... it's fast! Yes it did require some getting darned thing was going to jump out What does fast mean? Well when used to, just like a high performance of my hand! you pull down your Apple menu and anything does. However, after about select control panels, you can then a month its so natural I can't
Table of Contents How do I love thee, let me ]VIH(Smputing °y° RAMCO SALES c o u n t t h e w a y s 3 Macintosh™ Consulting P i c n i c i n A u g u s t 4 Individual & Group Training HARD TO FIND PARTS Clarisworks Meeting Computer Problem Assistance NEW & USED SOFTWARE Announcement 4 APPLE IIC — IIE — IIGS Computing's Holy War 5 Mike Carlson More AppleWorks 5.0 Macros 7 NAUGSAW '95 8 (612) 377-6553 RODGER KENT The Computer Privacy Handbook 10 Pager: 580-9281-FAX: ESP-0TAK Internet: [email protected] CALL NOW! Ongoing Deals for Mini'app'les 612-561-8144 M e m b e r s 1 0 Claris'8 Mac eDOM #932 - Solutions Alliance OPEN 7DAYS—9AM-8PM T h i n k i n g G a m e s 11 Member ClarisWorks Meeting Announcement 11 G o o d D e a l s # 2 3 1 2 June Telecom SIG Meeting M i n u t e s 1 5 Cactus Software & Minutes of the June 1995 Main M a c M e e t i n g 1 5 Communications, Inc. June AppleWorks Meeting M i n u t e s 1 6 "Sharp and to the point" Z i p G S i n f o 1 6 Documentation Services for: Pam Works with ClarisWorks 16 Spanish Translator For Computer Software Technical Manuals A p p l e W o r k s 1 9 Mechanical Systems Training Courses ClarisWorks 3 for Macintosh Book 612/757-6916 Fax 757-4515 Review 20
Mini'app'les Newsletter August, 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, \f 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 /*^%k
Les Anderson 735-3953 DEW Brian Bantz 835-3696 DEW Mike Carlson 377-6553 D D-days (generally 9 am. to 5 p.m) Eric Jacobson 645-6264 D E-evenings (generally 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.) E W-weekends (generally I pm. to 9 p.m.) Nick Ludwig 349-0206 In any case, call at reasonable hours and ask Tom Ostertag 488-6713 EW if this is a convenient time for them. By the Ardie Predweshny 823-6713 DEW way, these volunteers can also be reached on Owen Strand 427-2868 D our BBS! We appredate your cooperation. Bruce Thompson 546-1088 EW Pam Lienke 457-6026 EW
Picnic in August Submitted by Erik L. Knopp Clarisworks Meeting The Annual Club Picnic will be Announcement held in August! BYOF/PLD (Bring submitted by Denis Diekhoff Your Own Food/PotLuck Dessert) The August Clarisworks meeting will be held at Apple Computer August 24,1995,6:30 PM Headquarters, 8400 Normandale Lake Blvd., Suite 250, in Minnehaha Park, by the Minneapolis, above Kincaid's Restraunt. Paul Gehlen will be demon picnic pavilion strating Clarisworks 4.0.
Mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1995 Computing's Holy War by Cary Lu
Mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1995 track of the files without help from new startups. I know of three compa errors. The first Macintosh clones are another computer program. The Mac nies in the Portland area started in only now beginning to appear. Ten neither has nor needs an equivalent the past year by former Intel man years ago, I called for Apple to utility; removing a program is usual agers. Two of the three companies license the Mac operating system at a >^ ly simple and besides, every file is chose Macs as their principal com MacWorld Expo keynote panel. identified by its type and the pro puters. (Intel makes most of the CPU Many in the audience hissed at my gram that created it. chips, such as the Pentium, that remarks. Yet by refusing to license Quite aside from utilities, more drive Windows computers.) the Mac system early, Apple made software is available for the PC than Corporate data processing (DP) the enormous success of Microsoft for the Mac. You may have a special managers generally prefer PCs; most Windows possible. ized need that can be met only by a have little experience with Macs. PCs Within the computer industry, PC, particularly for business applica do ensure full employment for the the description "more like a tions. In a few areas, particularly DP staff. At Intel, where many Macintosh" is always high praise. graphics, the Mac leads. For the vast employees are true computer The description "more like majority of users, and certainly for experts, the DP department figures Windows" is rarely used as praise, anyone buying a family computer, on one support person for every 30 except perhaps in contrast to "more there is no significant difference in Windows computers. The DP depart like DOS." the applications - word processors ment was astonished to learn that Microsoft tells everyone that its and so on - available for either sys one Intel division had 120 Macs and forthcoming Windows 95 is more tem. got along fine with a single support like a Macintosh. The key features of Microsoft's applications and person. Mac users rarely have prob Windows 95 - long file names, plug- many other major programs come in lems, and when they do, the answers and-play hardware installation, both PC and Mac versions. The PC usually come from other users rather direct file display - have been on the version may come out first, presum than from the DP department. Mac for eleven years. Yet despite ably because the publisher wants to The hidden cost of support - and much clever engineering by reach the larger group of customers perhaps frustration - at least partially Microsoft, Windows 95 cannot over first. The real reasons may not be offsets the Mac's higher prices. The come the chaos inherent to the PC obvious. Aldus (now Adobe) price gap has narrowed, but it will world, both for hardware and for the PageMaker, a program that was origi never close completely. Macs come need now to run three wildly differ nally developed for the Mac, came with more standard features - all ent operating systems and applica- /*ii out in a version 5.0 first for Macs, including laptops, have sound tion software (for DOS, Windows Windows. The project manager and networking built in. Apple has 3.1, and Windows 95). Mac users explained to me that the program usually - but not always - used high have never had to cope with such mers disliked Windows intensely. er quality components than the jarring changes. Aldus management insisted on the average PC clone. PC accessories are Microsoft's genius lies in getting Windows version first, because if the generally cheaper, but then I've seen things to work - more or less - programmers were allowed to finish a lot of bad keyboards and fuzzy despite the PC chaos. Apple's genius the Mac version first, they might monitors on PC clones. A good mon lies in getting so many things right never finish the Windows version. itor costs the same for either system. in its fundamental Macintosh design and avoiding chaos. For Novices or Experts? Ultimately, Apple spends more money; it makes major investments Cary Lu is a contributing editor Although the Mac has obvious in research and development. For to Macworld magazine and writes appeal to the computer novice, the the typical PC clone company, R&D about PCs for several other maga people who really understand com consists of reading spec sheets from zines. He is a Windows 95 beta puters also tend to prefer Macs. At Taiwan. tester. He wrote The Apple the recent Electronic Entertainment Macs have a longer useful life Macintosh Book (Microsoft Press). Expo in Los Angeles, most of the time. I use a five-year-old Mac to (Reprinted from TidBITS #283/26-Jun.- new, unfinished multimedia com play today's multimedia CD-ROMs 95) puter software - even software des without difficulty. In the past five tined for PCs - was demonstrated on years on my PC, I've had to change Macs rather than PCs. Famed super the CPU twice, the video card twice, computer designer Seymour Cray the motherboard twice, and the uses a Mac. Two division heads for sound board once, just to play ordi major PC clone companies called me nary discs. (I also switched to dou independently last year; they were ble-speed CD-ROM drives on both leaving their companies and wanted systems.) to know which Macs to buy for their Apple has made many strategic
Mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1995 More AppleWorks 5.0 Macros by Harry Uenke ple, Myfile and RMyfile). Use sa-J to selection, AW5 carries it out and Are you still looking for ways to first display the related information returns you to your document. save time and keystrokes while work without leaving the data base, then sa-F is a find command with a lit ing with AppleWorks? AppleWorks to go to the word processor file and tle twist; sa-F deletes the previous 5.0 (AW5) has a raft of useful new view and/or edit it, and finally to search text so you don't have to. You macros we haven't talked about yet. return to the data base. enter sa-F and the text of your Building on the overwhelrning You can easily rename a category dreams; AW5 locates the text for demand following publication of the with the sa-R macro. Simply place you. original AppleWorks 5.0 MACROS the cursor in the category with the You can use the sa-M macro to article (nobody said don't bother to bad name and enter sa-R. AW5 asks set your margins to one of several continue), here we go again. The first you to enter the correct name, values. Once you start this macro, article talked about macros for man renames the category, and returns AW5 asks you to select either the left aging files and for automating tasks you to Review/Add/Change mode. or right margin and then to select a in the spreadsheet. This session we'll If you have a column of numbers margin size from a list containing explore some macros for automating that you wish to total, place the cur 0.0, 0.5,1.0,1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 tasks in the data base and the word sor in the column containing the inches. After you have indicated processor. numbers and use the sa-T macro. your desires, AW5 sets the margin As before, I henceforth refer to AW5 displays the total on the bot and returns you to your file. If you the OPEN APPLE (COMMAND on tom line of the screen; none of the are a little bit bold and don't like the the GS) key by the abbreviation, oa. I data in the data base is changed, no 'commonly used values,' you can refer to the SOLID APPLE (OPTION new data is entered, and the file is change those values in the macro on the GS) key as sa. When the unchanged. When the total of some source file, recompile the macro set, OPEN APPLE and SOLID APPLE keys but not all of the numbers is desired, and tell AW5 to save the new set as are to be depressed at the same time, you can use AW5's record selection the default macros. I refer to them as ba (or BOTH capability to highlight the records in If you need to change the loca APPLE). The CONTROL key is desig which you are interested before you tion of a paragraph or to make mul nated by ctrl. When one or more of enter sa-T. tiple copies of a paragraph, the sa-P these keys is used in conjunction The sa-W macro is a nifty macro is very useful. This macro with an alphanumeric key, they are method for changing the width of assumes that you are using block shown joined with dashes; for one or more categories. When you paragraphs with a blank line (a instance, the action of holding down enter sa-W, AW5 asks you to enter RETURN character only) between the SOLID APPLE and CONTROL "C" to change the width of the cur paragraphs. The cursor can be any keys while the "S" key is depressed is rent category, to use the arrow keys where in the paragraph when you signified by sa-ctrl-S (actually, either to move to a different category, or to select the macro. AW5 finds the an upper case "S" or a lower case "s" hit ESCAPE to quit. After you have beginning of the paragraph and is okay). used the arrow keys, if necessary, to copies or moves (as you specify) all get to the correct category and of the text plus the following blank Data Base Macros entered "C" to indicate you want to line to the clipboard. After the para The sa-F macro helps you find change a width, AW5 asks you to graph is on the clipboard, you utilize data anywhere in a data base file. enter a number specifying the new the sa-U macro to put the text wher After you enter sa-F, AW5 asks you width. After adjusting the category's ever you need it. to enter the information you are width to meet your needs, AW5 The sa-U macro 'undeletes' text. seeking. Once it has your data, AW5 again asks you to enter "C," an arrow Whatever is on the clipboard is finds and displays every record that key, or ESCAPE. You can change any copied into your word processor doc contains the data. On line six of the or all category widths before quitting ument at the current location of the screen AW5 tells you how many the macro. cursor. Undelete is used to put back records contained the data and, con text that you erroneously deleted Word Processor Macros sequently, are selected. with the sa-del macro, to insert a The sa-J macro is useful when When you need to change the paragraph which is being moved via you have paired a data base file with case of a word, use the sa-C macro. the clipboard, or to make multiple a word processor file containing After you place the cursor on a word copies of text which has been placed related information (perhaps a help and enter sa-C, AW5 asks whether on the clipboard. file); the name of the word processor you want to change the entire word When you receive one of those file must be the name of the data to lower case or upper case or to cap blasted text files that has RETURNS base file preceded by H. (for exam italize the word. After you make your at the end of every line, you should
Mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1995 use the sa-Z macro to help convert to its right magically switch posi establishes a tab stop at that location that file into a word processor file. tions. and returns you to your document. This macro removes the RETURN sa-delete is an all encompassing Putting the Macros to Use character(s) from the beginning of macro that performs the common the file, in the current line, or in a delete functions and, as a bonus, These default macros add many section of text that you specify by puts the deleted text on the clip capabilities to AW5. The only work highlighting. This macro is especially board so that you can easily restore it you need to do to make them avail useful because of the speed with if you make a mistake. After you able is to call Quality Computers and which AW5 executes it; no long locate the cursor on the text to be order AW5; once AW5 arrives and waits are involved. deleted and enter sa-delete, AW5 you turn the AW5 installer loose, If you have fingers like I do that asks you if you want to delete a these fantastic tools are available as don't always seem to push on keys word, a line, everything on this line the default macro set. when you tell them to (teh txet to the right of the cursor, everything If you have questions about using looks like tins), you will find the sa-/ on this line to the left of the cursor, AppleWorks (any version), if you macro to be quite handy. When you everything from the cursor to the would like to learn more about using place the cursor on the first letter of bottom of the file, or everything AppleWorks, or if you would like to a mixed up pair and hit sa-/, the from the cursor to the top of the file. share your knowledge of characters magically switch places. After you indicate your wishes, AW5 AppleWorks with others, please join Ifs a miracle! moves all of the designated text to us at the AppleWorks SIG. Most The sa-\ (that's a back slash) the clipboard; if you so desire, the months we meet at 7:00 p.m. on the macro is akin to the sa-/ (thafs a text can be moved back into your fourth Thursday. Recently the meet slash) macro. This macro swaps document at the deletion point (or ings were moved to the new Ramsey entire words that have gotten mis anywhere in the file) with the sa-U County Library in Roseville. Check placed. Put the cursor on the first of undelete command. the calendar on the front of this the two consecutive words that need When you need to set a tab, newsletter for this month's date, to be swapped and enter sa-\. The move the cursor to the location of time, and location. word under the cursor and the word the new tab and enter sa-tab. AW5 NAUGSAW '95 by Ellen Partal $20 if paid by May 31 Symposium And Workshop, and is a Submitted by Brian Bantz $30 if paid by August 31 yearly event to which some 2000 The North American Users Group $40 after August 31 Apple UGs from USA have been Symposium and Workshop (Thur.- invited to send up to two of their Sun., Sep. 7-10) is intended for lead Guests can optionally be regis executive board members. These ers of computer User Groups. This tered for $10 each, which admits ambassadors take part in seminar includes officers, board members, them to the opening reception, the presentations and discussions, deal founders, active volunteers, and peo NAUGSAW vendor fair, and MacFair ing with successful implementation ple interested in starting User Toronto). and day to day operation of a user Groups. The Symposium will be held User Group Connection, the con group. The sessions and workshops at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel ference manager, accepts Visa, are typically headed by experienced in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. MasterCard, Discover, American UG leaders, UG coordinators of MacFair Toronto, a one-day com Express, or Personal or User Group hardware and software vendors, and puter show (Sat, Sep. 9), will be open Check. All amounts listed are in U.S. representatives of the User Group to the public for a small admission Currency. Connection, UGC. fee. NAUGSAW '95 attendees will be Online registration will be avail To date NAUGSAWs, alternating admitted free of charge. It will attract able via eWorld in the near future. In between east and west coast of the Mac users and buyers from the entire the meantime, fax (408) 461-5701 or US, have been hosted exclusively by Toronto metropolitan region, e-mail UGC Ellen for a registration larger US user groups. All the Eastern Canada, and neighboring form. Or write: User Group fundraising, vendor liaison, publicity states. Connection, Attn: Ellen Partal, 231 and the host activities have been Registration begins Thursday, Technology Circle, Scotts Valley, CA typically organized and implement September 7, at 4:00 PM, and the 95066. ed by volunteers of the host UG. On conference closes at Noon, Sunday, occasion of NAUGSAW '93, which What is NAUGSAW? September 10. Symposium and took place in Ypsilanti, Mi., ambas Workshop registration fees are as fol Initially the acronym NAUGSAW sadors from Ontario based Mac UGs lows, per person: stood for National Apple User Group made a proposal to include
Mini'app'les Newsletter 8 August, 1995 Canadian cities as future NAUGSAW on how to get there and where to with a more relaxed Regata meeting places, and Toronto was stay once you arrive. Restaurant and Terrace. The Hotel is chosen to be the host of NAUGSAW UGC has negotiated a discounted within easy walking distance of '95, which has been re-interpreted to convention fare for NAUGSAW with Toronto's theater district and many mean North American User Group Continental and American Airlines. other Toronto tourist stops. Next Symposium And Workshop. From September 2nd through month I will publish some alternate Beside the new interpretation, September 13 you can receive a 5% hotel suggestions along with car there are many unique features to 30% discount on airfare to rental discounts and other cost-sav which make this year's NAUGSAW Toronto from the U.S. and Canada. ing ideas. stand out and promise to make it the To receive the American discount In each NAUGSAW registration best one yet: call 800-433-1790 and refer to this packet there will be brochures for the 1. it is the first NAUGSAW to take number: MGD05. For travel arrange various not-to-be-missed sites of place in Canada, hosted by more ments on Continental call 800-468- NAUGSAW, including Niagara Falls than one UG, namely the 7022. The reference code is ISZCPH. and the indoor amusement center. Canadian Consortium of User We recommend the Westin In fact, on this year's NAUGSAW Groups, Harbour Castle as the place to stay registration flyer you will notice 2. for the first time, the California while visiting Toronto for NAUG some questions regarding traveling based UGC has taken on an active SAW. The Westin has offered us a companions of NAUGSAW atten role as the chief promoter and group discount on rooms that is dees. If there is enough interest, management organization of this quite reasonable. Regardless of maybe we can arrange some adven event, and whether you require single or double tures for Guests of NAUGSAW 3. the NAUGSAW, which includes a occupancy, the price is the same, Attendees. one day MacFair has inherited the $130.00 Canadian dollars a night The 1995 North American Users space initially reserved for (based on the current exchange rate Group Symposium and Workshop is Macworld/Toronto, and is this equals $92.00 US). If you are being hosted by the Canadian endorsed by Mitt Hall the coming with your family for vaca Coalition of Macintosh Groups, an organizers of Macworld. tion, a two bedroom suite is $250.00 informal organization of computer The CCUG is determined to make a night ($180.00 US). User Groups. this year's NAUGSAW a unique The Westin is ideal for those of The conference and the atten experience for ifs participants and a you planning to bring your families dant MacFair are being managed by complete success. To obtain more or a companion. It is a full service User Group Connection, the inde details, please download the hotel with an outdoor swimming pendent company supporting User attached registration file in PDF-for pool, a fully equipped health club, Groups. mat (you will need the Acrobat jogging track, sauna, steam room, For any questions about the con Reader 2.0, a free reader distributed and massage parlor. The hotel also ference, contact UGC's Event by Adobe, to read it after you decom offers licensed child care. Each room Producer Ellen Partal at the address press it), and consider joining us in has a view of the harbour front UGC Ellen. September. which is the perfect setting for If you are a Canadian UG execu romantic evening strolls. The Westin tive, your user group is also invited is also home to a revolving rooftop to consider appointing a delegate to restaurant, The Lighthouse, along the Consortium of Canadian User Groups, CCUG. In October, follow ing NAUGSAW '95, CCUG is plan ning elections of a new Board of Newsletter Ad Rates Directors, to serve for a two year 1/12 page 2.25° Width x 2.5" Height $10 term (N.B.: At this time, most of the 1 / 6 p a g e 2 . 5 " W i d t h x 5 " H e i g h t $ 2 0 Board meetings are taking place on 1/3 page 2.5" Width x 10" Height Vert or 5.5 H $40 line on eWorld). For CCUG registra 1 / 2 p a g e 7 . 5 " W i d t h x 5 " H e i g h t ( s a v e 5 % ) $ 6 0 tion details, please respond to my e- 2/3 page 5n Width x 10" Height (save 7%) $80 mail address on this conference. Full page 7-1/2" Width x 10" Height (save 15%) $120 Outside back cover 7-1/2" Width x 7-1/2" Height $100 NAUGSAW: How Do I Get There? Inside back cover 7-1/2" Width x 10" Height $120 Now that you've decided NAUG Frequency discounts 6 months at 5%, 1 year at 15%, SAW Toronto is something you can Mail inquiries to: PO Box 796, Hopkins, MN, 55343 not miss, here is some information Phone inquiries to: Nick Ludwig 349-0206
Mini'app'les Newsletter August, 1995 The Computer Privacy Handbook By Andre' Bacard The Computer Privacy Handbook liberating even more than a threat Submitted by Brian Bantz consists of four major sections. The ening phenomenon" - Harvey Coy, Peachpit Press, 2424 Sixth St first gives a vivid description of how The Secular City Berkeley, CA 94710, (510)548-4393, computers have created a surveil The above quote, represents to FAX (510)548-5991 lance age that threatens each per many people, the only reason, mes Price: $24.95, 300 pps, 7"x9" son's personal security. The second sages would lose their purpose if ISBN: 1-56609-171-3 Subtitled: A offers a non-technical introduction they could be traced to them. BBS' Practical Guide to E-Mail Encryption, to data encryption and the U. S. gov- who offer anonymous areas, with Data Protection, and PGP Privacy ermenf s Clipper Chip surveillance anonymous sign-Ns are one of the Software proposal, a controversial plan for a most popular areas today. Everyone April 1995—Berkeley, CA— chip that can keep information likes to speak without accountability. Criminals, competitors—anyone, in secret but that can also allow federal People trust the Internet for privacy, fact—can buy a person's IRS forms agents to unscramble the code. The where there is virtually none. With a for $500. An individual's medical third section provides a socio-politi few key search words, your mail can records are available to complete cal overview of PGP (Pretty Good be scanned without your knowledge, strangers. TV Star Rebecca Shaffer Privacy), the defacto world software altered and sent on, or broadcast. was shot to death by a computer standard for e-mail privacy. The last DESfData Encryption Standard) is stalker. These are just some of the section is an easy-to-read PGP user's one of the earliest and yet, it can be horrifying examples of invasions of manual for the PC(Windows/Dos). broken in a few minutes, by possess privacy that Author Andre' Bacard This book about PGP, also serves as a ing the Key, used to secure the mes points out in this new book. user's manual for any top-rated sage. RSA (named after its inventors, We live in an age of electronic encryption software. Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman) uses a surveillance, Bacard says, and snoop Author Andre' Bacard wrote public key, like a phone number, to ing happens. Given that millions of Hunger for Power: Who Rules the encrypt and a secret key to decrypt. e-mail messages are exchanged daily, World and How. He has written, Unfortunately, it is very time con and the Internet buzzes with zillions about computers and society, for suming to process. This is where RSA of bites of online discussions, each numerous publications. A guest on is used for an address and DES for ^^h day, ifs easy to see how this could numerous talk shows, he was judged encryption. be. But just as computers are part of one of the best public speakers in Stego, is another application, the problem, they are also part of the America by the International which lets you hide your data in Pict solution: Bacard details how individ Platform Association. files, your resume' for example. The uals can safeguard their electronic If you become paranoid while receiver looks at the picture but does privacy using good encryption, prop reading this book, I feel, that would not know it is encoded, unless he er data protection and the right soft be normal. has the key. ware. "Anonymity for many people a Political attitudes are everywhere.
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Mini'app'les Newsletter 10 August, 1995 It is illegal to export cryptology pro beat the embargo by the US govern ph, (602)943-2601 Fax, or (800)536- grams from the US, except to ment, has become very popular, and 2664,(credit card orders only), e- Canada, thereby handicapping the ultimately a world wide product. Get mail, [email protected] US, its programmers and industries. PGP 2.6.2 or later, from FTP sites or This book has everything, sus IDEA has become the international from net-dist.mit.edu, in the pense, intrigue, politics, science and standard. pub/PGP directory. Or an easier way it educates. I would recommend it PGP:Pretty Good Privacy, devel to get the Mac software is through for anyone as a primer. oped by an American, Phillip ViaCrypt, 2104 West Peoria Ave., Brian D. Bantz Zimmermann, as a shareware, to Phoenix, AZ85029, (602)944-0773 Mac eDOM #932 - Thinking Games Copyright © 1995 Mini'app'les the level from the Edit menu. You it's that player's turn again. Submitted by Bruce Thompson can also save a position with "Copy" If the player fails to make a eDOM #932 and restore it with "Paste". "Undo" match, the tiles are placed face down is supported for the last move. again in their previous positions, eDOM #932 contains a pair of If you press the control key while and ifs the next player's turn. games that have been around for a pressing a key or clicking, the man THE GAME OF SUPER-MEMORY while, but are relatively new to the will move as far as possible in the Mac platform. As an extra bonus, chosen direction. If you press shift Instead of searching for pairs of both games are FREEWARE. instead, he will move and push as far tiles (Twins), you may select Triplets, as possible. Quads, Quints or Sextets from the Welcome to MacSokoban 3.0 - The If you click the mouse some "Level" menu. warehouse keeper game. where but the closest positions, the In these "super" modes, after the A freeware puzzle game for the first tile is selected, the player is Macintosh path-finding algorithm is activated, allowed to select tiles until a tile does by Ingemar Ragnemalm. and the man will go to that position if there is an open path there. not match the first selection. The word "sokoban" is Japanese, When moving using the mouse, Mac eDOM #933 - Apeiron and means "warehouse keeper". The you can click-and-drag to make sev Copyright © 1995 Mini'app'les /^ original Sokoban was the winner of a eral moves in a sequence by holding eDOM #933 is a high density, two disk computer game contest held in the mouse button down while mov set. Japan in the early 80's. ing. The object of the game is to, for Apeiron When, finally, you manage to Full review can be found in the July, solve all levels in the game, you are each level, rearrange a set of "gold 1995, Mini'app'les newsletter. bags" (should perhaps have been rewarded by a special diploma with cardboard boxes) to certain posi you name on it. The diploma is auto Apeiron, from Ambrosia tions. When you have solved all lev matically put in your clipboard, so Software, is based on the popular els, you have won the game. There is when you get it on the screen, you arcade game Centipede. It offers another kind of score kept, but don't can open your word processor or excitement, action, fun, and the bother about it for now. drawing program and do "paste" chance to "take ouf ' many malicious When you start the game the first there, and then print it out. The characters. The graphics are superb. time, the first thing you must do is "Extra" module also has a Diploma. An excellent addition to any gamers to create an entry in the Players library, especially at the shareware menu. price of $15. You move the man with the SuperMemory 3.0 THE GAME OF mouse or the keyboard. Keyboard MEMORY movement is done with arrow keys, This game is a rehash of the "2468" or as configured (default is "Concentration" tile game — but ClarisWorks "hjkl"). Clicking with the mouse in a with a few lumps of challenge (and Meeting neighbor square has the same effect audio) added. as pressing keys. Pairs of tiles are scrambled and Announcement The man can move the gold bags placed face down. The player selects Submitted by Denis Diekhoff The September Claris Works by pushing them in front of himself, a tile, then attempts to select the one at a time. This of course means matching tile from the remaining SIG will be held at the lot. Southdale Library on rthat if youstuck. push If you it get into stuck a corner,(which will it is If a match is made, the selected Wednesday September 6. happen frequently) you can restart tiles are removed from the game and
Mini'app'les Newsletter il August, 1995 Good Deals #23 by Ken Slingsby ^fy\ This is another installment in a series of articles which list good deals and press releases that have been brought to our attention via 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. This month, was unusually quiet probably because summer is here. All articles were posted in their entirety on the Club's BBS. To read the full arti cles, 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.
StyleWriter II $179.00* Macintosh Performa 6115CD & DEALS Performa 6118CD Intelligent PowerBook Battery July User Group Member Charger/Reconditioner. $69.95** PowerPC Technology! Purchase Program catalog from User Teleport Gold II 14.4 Fax/Modem Monitor sold separately. Group Connection $119.95 • Super Fast 60-MHz PowerPC 601 UGC has obtained a limited sup SOFTWARE Microprocessor ply of the beautiful 21-inch • Built-in CD-ROM PrecisionColor monitor from Radius. FastPace Instant Contact .. $32.95** • 8 MB RAM expandable to 72 MB We are proud to offer this product to mPOWER and Alien Skin Bundle The Macintosh Performas User Group members for only $189.00** 6115CD and 6118CD are complete, $1,389. No, this is not a refurb. This Inline Game Pak $26.95** high-performance multimedia com unit is NEW, complete with a 1-year Drive7 Version 3.5 $39.95** puter systems with the advantage of PowerPC technology. Based on the warranty. The Madson Line of PowerBook Bags Software, modems, third-party 60-MHz PowerPC 601 microproces monitors... the UGMPP isn't just N e w P o r t e r $ 1 3 9 . 9 5 sor, both Performas have a built-in, about Apple Refurbished products Leather Productivity Case .. $179.95 floating-point math processor for anymore! M a d P a c k $ 7 9 . 9 5 blazing speed and come with a built- Please e-mail all comments to me Mobile Professional $124.95 in CD-ROM so you'll be able to at [email protected]. * = Factory Refurbished; access the world of CD-ROM titles. ** = Below Street Price While you're at it, you can play Summary of products: around with the speech-recognition HARDWARE • All purchases earn points for and text-to-speech capabilities. Performa [PowerMac] 6115CD your User Group! They even support MS-DOS and 8/350 $1,369.00* • All products shipped via FedEx Windows applications when using Performa [PowerMac] 6118CD overnight (see individual product SoftWindows(tm) software (not 8/500 $1,469.00* listings for charges). Only current included). Performa 578 8/320CD.. $1,199.00* members of Apple-authorized User You'll get plenty of room to Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display Groups in the United States may work-with 8 MB of RAM (expandable $379.00* order. to 72). The Performa 6115CD comes ^^, Radius PrecisionColor Display/21 • Call (800) 350-4842 to order. with a 350 MB hard drive and the $1,398.00 6118CD has a 500 MB hard drive.
Mini'app'les Newsletter 12 August, 1995 They also provide on-board, image clarity, in thousands of colors. power conservation by switching high-speed Ethernet support. The Included: 68LC040 @ 33 MHz into low-power mode during idle Performas 6115CD and 6118CD are Motorola processor; 8 MB RAM periods. It also complies fully with designed to grow as your needs do (expandable to 36 MB); 320 MB hard MPR II standards for low electrical with eight built-in ports and one drive; double-speed internal CD- and magnetic emissions. expansion slot. ROM drive; built-in 1.4 MB floppy Compatible with Power Mac, Both models include: 60-MHz Apple SuperDrive; 14" Sony Trinitron Quadra, Centris, Performa, LC and PowerPC 601 microprocessor with color RGB monitor; Apple Design PowerBook computers. It is also floating-point processor and 32K keyboard; ADB Mouse II; built-in compatible with any Mac II that has cache; 8 MB of RAM (expandable to stereo speakers; built-in microphone. built-in video, up to and including 72); 350 MB hard drive in the ClarisWorks, At Ease, Macintosh PC the IIvx. It is not compatible with 6115CD; 500 MB hard drive in the the Ilci and Ilsi. Exchange and System 7.1 pre- * (Note: The 630 and 6100 series 6118CD; built-in 1.4 MB floppy installed. Apple SuperDrive; CD-ROM drive; Not included: modem or original support the monitor by DRAM ADB Mouse II; Apple Design software bundle.$ 1,199.00. Plus which allocates 1 MB of system RAM Keyboard; ClarisWorks, At Ease and $30.00 for shipping & handling. In to video. Therefore, at 832 x 624 System 7.5 preinstalled. stock Now! Earns 4,000 points for only 256 colors are available, vs. 640 Not included: monitor; your Group x480 where 32,768 colors are avail fax/modem; original software bun able. The 7100 and 8100 series have dle. Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display two slots; one is for DRAM support Performa 6115CD 8/350 $1,369.00 A High-quality, Flexible, Color and the other is for a video card. Performa 6118CD 8/500 $1,469.00 Viewing Solution! Only $379 Your resolution will depend on Plus $25.00 for shipping & han • Front-Panel Digital Controls which one you use. DRAM is limited dling each Both systems are in stock • EnergyStar Power Conservation to 1 MB. Video RAM can vary based Early July! Earns 4,100 points for • Antireflective/Antiglare Surface on the card installed.) your Group (each). Apple 90-day The Apple Multiple Scan 15 $379.00 Plus $25.00 for shipping warranty. Factory Refurbished Display is a high-quaUty 15-inch & handling. In stock Now!. Earns monitor thafs perfect for everything 1,000 points for your Group Performa 578 from games to graphic design, pre Everything You Need, With sentations to spreadsheets. It features Radius(tm) PrecisionColor Display/21 Room for More! Only $1,199 the state-of-the-art Flat Square screen • Displays two full pages without • 8 MB RAM / 320 MB Hard Drive (to minimize distortion) and stereo scrolling. • 16-bit color with the built-in video • Double-speed CD-ROM Drive speakers along with a host of advanced features. capability of most Macs. • Built-in Stereo Speakers For optimal viewing comfort the • Switch resolutions and color The Macintosh Performa 578 fea Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display depths on the fly, using Radius tures a fast 68LC040 Motorola comes with a tilt-and-swivel base DynamicDesktop(R) software. microprocessor and comes with that allows you to position the mon everything you need built into a sin itor perfectly. Its front-panel digital Graphics and multimedia profes gle unit. With 8 MB of RAM and a controls are conveniently located to sionals demand a high quality moni 320 MB hard drive you can run sev let you adjust brightness, contrast, tor big enough to display two pages eral applications with room to spare! geometry, centering, and zoom pre at once. The Radius PrecisionColor Need more? This unit can be cisely. And the antireflection/ Display/21 meets your highest stan expanded to 36 MB of RAM, and antiglare surface treatment com dards... and then some. multiple ports allow you to easily bined with a flicker-free refresh rate Ifs easy on the eyes, with photo add peripheral devices, such as exter minimizes eyestrain. realistic-quality image, sharp focus nal disk drives or scanners. A com With multiple scan technology, edge-to-edge, and flicker-free resolu munications port allows for future you can choose among several reso tion. This monitor will display 16-bit connection of a high-speed lutions. That gives you the flexibility color depth with the built-in video fax/modem. to adjust your display to best suit the capability of most Macs, and can In addition to the standard 1.44- application in which you are work increase color depth to 24 bits with megabyte Apple SuperDrive floppy ing. The provided mode-switching the addition of a graphics accelerator disk drive, the Performa 578 is software allows you to make resolu card. equipped with a double-speed, tray tion changes without restarting.* You won't dislocate your shoul /SJP^N loading, internal CD-ROM drive. The The Multiple Scan 15 complies with der when you're making adjust built-in, 14-inch Sony Trinitron the Environmental Protection ments, because all the controls are color display delivers unmatched Agency's EnergyStar guidelines for mounted on the front panel. And ifs
Mini'app'les Newsletter 13 August, 1995 versatile enough to adjust to a vari value, for free. FastPace Instant Contact • Connection files and software for • Organize and Categorize All Your ety of applications-switching resolu tions, color depth and color temper several popular online services. Contact Information ature without rebooting or relaunch "The Teleport Gold II is the first, • Share Contact Files On Your ing applications. fast, bargain-priced modem from Network You can program it to remember Global Village. You get their tbp-of- • Built-in Word Processor with Mail the-line fax software in a 14.4 up to seven different settings. It will Merge even cut your electric bills, thanks to modem thafs perfectly fine for most the infrared Power Saver sensor that telecommunications. 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Includes: DynamicDesktop(R) entrance ramp, and Global Village ways to suit your particular needs. software and After Dark. has introduced this reasonably- Track follow-up dates, projects, $1,398.00 Plus $50.00 for ship priced fax/modem to get you up to birthdays, anniversaries, and more. ping & handling. In stock Now!. speed. Ifs easy to set up-just plug it A remarkable built-in, full-fea Earns 4,100 points for your Group into your modem port and tele tured word processor can be used for phone line, install the software, and all of your correspondence. Powerful StyleWriter II you're ready to go. Telephone and mail-merge features let you create • Very Affordable serial cables are included. (Requires personalized letters and fax covers in • Award-winning System 7 and 4 MB of RAM.) a flash. • 360 dpi Ink-jet Printer $119.95 Plus $3 for shipping and Advanced multi-user technology handling. In stock Now! Earns 250 allows you to share mailing lists and The Apple StyleWriter II printer is points for your Group other contact data across any your most affordable path to quality Ethernet, Token Ring, or LocalTalk printing. Weighing only 6.6 pounds, Intelligent PowerBook Battery network. All your contact records the StyleWriter II is a snap to move Charger/Recondrtloner can be updated instantly on your between locations. And its compact What makes this charger differ network. FastPace does not require a design will fit almost anywhere. It ent from other brands? Two charg server-it's multi-user right out of the supports 39 TrueType(tm) fonts to ing methods for a safer, faster box! produce sharp text at any size. And charge. The design does not drain Prints to Avery/Dennison labels, with GrayShare software you can your battery when there is no power as well as to Day Runner(tm), share it among multiple users and applied to the charger. 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Mini'app'les Newsletter 14 August, 1995 June Telecom SIG Meeting Minutes Submitted by Nick Ludwig sensus that we should surf the net— ware that change weekly, depending On June 13 was the first (unoffi Steve fired up his Internet connec on the level of sales. Why, on the cial) Telecom SIG—thanks to Steve tion, and we, all dressed up but with Web you can even order a casket and r Wilmes, who offered his home AND no place to go, began discussing the have it shipped to your home—good his Internet connection! If you were relative merits of Internet place to store those dead bodies you not aware of the meeting, don't indexes/catalogs, such as the popular have laying around the house... worry, it was an impromptu get Yahoo index, versus net search Several members compared the together by several members who are engines such as Web Crawler. Using prices/services of a few local Internet interested in on-line communica Web Crawler, we searched using Service Providers. A goal of mine tions. We are currently looking for a 'ISDN' as a keyword, and came up (one of many) is to compile a list of permanent meeting place for this with 1198 'hits' in 5 seconds! these providers with details on cost, SIG. (If you have any ideas, please let Using Netscape, we cruised sever etc. for our members. Please call me know!) al interesting (and not so interesting) (349-0206) or e-mail The meeting was a grab-bag of Web sites. The Shakespearean Insults ([email protected] or through our topics and suggestions, in which all home page was amusing for a while, BBS) me with any additions. of the approx. 12 attendees had a but then became more annoying I'd say that the Telecom SIG is part—there are definitely lots of than a mangled clapper-clawed already a success—now all we need is potential monthly topics... strumpet. Check out a permanent home... The meeting started with a con www.onsale.com for prices on hard Minutes of the June 1995 Main Mac Meeting Submitted by Nick Ludwig would have liked to hear more about time now, to provide access through On June 8, at the Washburn the 3-D bar codes and retinal trans out the state of Minnesota. He is also Public Library in south Minneapolis, plants, but, we had to hurry to the campaigning to reduce the tariff US the Main Mac Meeting featured a second half of the DH, which fea West charges for the ISDN line double-header (an event once quite tured... (which now stands @ $75/month for common in the summertime, before Mike O'Connor from Gofast.net, 200 hours). It was apparent that baseball players became overpaid an ISP (Internet Service Provider) Mike really knew his stuff; but and under motivated). The first part with a unique twist—this ISP special because of time constraints, he had of the meeting featured Steve izes in ISDN connections. If you to rush through his presentation, so Schmidt from Abraham Technical, a haven't heard about ISDN, you will you should call 612-647-6109 for local provider of bar-code products very shortly. ISDN connects comput more info. You can also e-mail to and services. While we are all too ers to the Internet at speeds exceed [email protected], or access their Web familiar with bar-coding (the main ing 10 times a standard modem con Page at www.gofast.com. The Web culprit for long lines at grocery nection. In order to get ISDN inter Page in particular has loads of inter checkouts), I was interested to hear net access, you must sign up with an esting info, on ISDN in general, and of all the possible uses for this tech ISP like gofast.net, and you must prices for hardware and connections. nology. Especially cool were the laser have US West readers, which can read bar-codes install an ISDN from across a warehouse building. line at your The latest technology in bar-coding home or busi is the 3-D code, which can hold up ness. Gofast.net to 100 times the data in a 2 inch can help in both WfShsLnetl square. Just think, you could, like, of these areas. put your address book on an arm Mike has been a patch—now, all I need is a laser read leader (one yan»Hw»Wimit-v«AwniwBW«)iiwtttiwa * •*>»»**fitM3fcM?«*l«3> IVll MtrvMbK L#i t*-fti.viiU»ila*M Mil er attached to my retina, so I can might almost read the code directly into my say, a visionary) brain...Anyway, Abraham Technical in promoting provides everything you need to get ISDN in the started in bar-coding, from Twin Cities. design/consulting services to readers Mike has and software. If you've got a need, harangued US check them out @ 612-478-8644.1 West for some
Mini'app'les Newsletter 15 August, 1995 This was a great doubleheader— Boog's Barbecue Pit, uh, no not real we wished we had ISDN connections as usual, fun for the fans, but kinda ly, it was at Perkins on Nicollet, to the Internet... rough on the players... Pie SIG was at where the tired fans discussed how -**% June AppleWorks Meeting Minutes by Les Anderson sticky spaces, option markers, and bring it into a word processor file. The June AppleWorks SIG meet find and replace. By this time the announcement ing was held at the Ramsey County We also appeared to solve a prob came over the loud speaker that the library in Roseville. The same old lem that Harry Lienke had. He want library was closing, so we adjourned bunch of cronies were present, along ed to transfer a data base file to the to Bakers Square for the Pie SIG. We with two visitors who were having word processor that was tab delimit had a very sassy waitress who could their //e's fixed by Owen Aaland. ed. When he copied the DB file to dish it out better than we could. A The main topic was the the clipboard and imported to the nice change from the usual. AppleWorks word processor. We word processor the file was badly We probably will return to looked at a number of the lesser used truncated and categories were lost. Murray Jr. High in the fall. but helpful features of the word The problem was solved by convert Till next time.... processor. Features such as glossary, ing the DB file to ASCII and then Zip GS info Submitted by Tom Gates on the zip board. 90% of the people chase 5 chips (I now have two extras Just wanted to announce that do not have their zips running past which I will not let go) Get together Long and I have finally gotten the 10 Mhz very few have it running at with some friends on internet and Zip GS to run at 15 Mhz STABLE!!! In 12 (9%) and less then 1% of us have get an order put together. That is fact, we got it to go as fast as 15.5 it running at 15 Mhz with NO prob what I did with some friends of mine stable. We tried 16 Mhz but after lems which is the key. Sure I can say locally here and we purchased 10 of about 5 Min. it locked. I have been that my Zip GS is running at 16 Mhz these suckers!! running at 15 Mhz for about a week which I have now with out any system lockups or done but it only crashes due to the Zip! You may runs at 16 Mhz 30.00% e 27.S0* soon see some adds selling 15 Mhz r 25.00* for no more then c BBSr Report' e ZZ.S0K Zips that work in a ROM 01 and a few hours before " 20.00*
ROM 03!! crashing where as 17.50* O ZIP Is no longer called ZIP in 15 Mhz I can f 1S.00* run for months u 12.50* Technology, They are called: * 10.00* MCTA, 5601 West Slauson with out a system 0 7.S0M Avenue, Suite # 190, Culver City, lockup due to the C S.00K 8 9 1011 12 13 14 IS 16171819 20 21 22 23 24 2S 26 27 28 29 30 CA. 90230, 310 568-2002 zip. So to answer Day erf month Regarding the question of pur your question, yes chasing the chips from Western you need to pur- BBS usage for June of 1995 Design Center.. Policy is policy and you MUST purchase at least 5 chips per order. They are NOT ROMs either they are Pam Works with ClarisWorks... 65816 CPU! There is a difference Submitted by Pamela K. Lienke between the two. Also you cannot ...and as I do, I'll pass along some tips. They may be new to you as just purchase the 65816 from WDC well as to me, or they may already be familiar to you. Hopefully you will and expect the zip board to run any find something helpful here from time to time to make working with faster then 10 Mhz. It took us quite ClarisWorks even more enjoyable. some time to finally stabilize our Here's a great shortcut for moving text. Select the text to be moved, cards at 15.5 Mhz but we have decid whether it is a single character, a word, or a large block of text. Hold the ed to downgraded to a speed to 15 Option and Command keys down and click where you want to place the Mhz. It works great but its a not a selected text. Your text appears in the new location! Ifs a great time trivial process you need to perform saver. If you don't like the new placement, use Option-Z to undo.
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Mini'app'les Newsletter 19 August, 1995 ClarisWorks 3 for Macintosh Book Review By Pamela K. Lienke ClarisWorks: text, draw, paint, explanation with the remainder of If you're looking for a quick and spreadsheet, database, and commu the page a picture, again with easy to ^ easy reference for ClarisWorks 3.0, nications. Each section begins with a follow directions. If there is more look no farther than Peachpit Press's definition of that component. With information on a topic, the reader is ClarisWorks 3 for Macintosh by the exception of the communica- referred to another page. Adam Greif. Called a visual The communications chapter quick start guide, this book gives has two parts—one on settings any novice the information and the other on session/keys. needed to be up and running Now that the user has with ClarisWorks 3, but it does learned about all the various n't stop there. This book is also modes, how do the modes come useful for intermediate users. together? Next is a chapter on The first few pages give pre integration. Here there is basic liminary information concern information on tables, mail ing Macintosh basics, including merge, and desktop publishing definitions of common terms. CLARISWORKS (DTP). There isn't just a list of terms but FOR MACINTOSH Finally there is an appendix also a screen shot with items which includes a full list of clearly marked and identified. Teach yourmlf Claris Works spreadsheet and database func The keyboard is also pictured tions, all the menus for the vari with various keys labeled. The the quick and easy way! ous modes, a full list cf the next few pages tell how to install "available" shortcuts, and a This Visual Quick Start Guide ClarisWorks. These first pages short description of the can be skipped by all but those uses pictu res rather than Assistants and Stationery files. new to Macintosh computers. I The functions pages are the only advise all but the insensitive to lengthy explanations. You'll he ones in the book that contain only text. skip the keyboard information. ^ It is here where the book was up and running in no time! For $12.95 ClarisWorks 3 for B Macintosh is a good investment. insulting. To label a person an 'ignoramus' because he/she refers to tions chapter, the chapters follow a Beginners as well as intermediate the Command key as the Apple key basic plan. The first few pages are users will find the many graphics is uncalled for. Where was the edi devoted to the basics of that mode; make this book easy to use and help tor? the remainder of each chapter focus ful. The shortcuts I discovered made The bulk of the book is devoted es on the menus for the mode. Each the purchase price worth it. to the six modes that makeup page has a paragraph or two of
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