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Washington Apple Pi Journal, December 1983 ~2 Wa/hlngton Apple PI 1 J The Journal of Washingtond Apple Pi , Ltd Volume.. 5 De(;ember 1983 number 12 Hiahliahtl - - T C,(=-1-1 (-'I r] 1_ [.I (j '"l ;' ,'::; tF ,~) I (~, __ - . " _ rr'l I '---I 1 ,'-r"I-Jrrl 1'-'r,cJ \" ",/f_ ,~r " f_ ( -'I T r,- - I~I'-.::::''_' , l-l-1 F i--i r-~ 1'--I[) i (~I'-~ r=:' ,-=) ~ [) 1 -1 r~ IID I C AP Pf_[) - In This Issue... Officers &Staff, Event Queue, Editorial 3 An IBM Compatible Apple Bill Jacobson 29 WAP Hotline, General Information, Ca11-A.P . P.L.E. 4 App1esoft Tokens Richard Untied 30 President's Corner David Morganstei n 5 DIF: The Visi - Connector David Morga nstei n 31 SIGNews, Job Mart 6 User Def. Programmable Func. Keys . Charlie Brown 34 Minutes 7 Cumber's Corner .James F. Cumber Jr 36 Q & A Bruce F. Field B Apple Tracks Richard Langston II 38 Tidbits From NEWSIG Bernie Benson 12 The 80-Column ScreenWriter Bill Jacobson 39 C1assifieds 12 How to Get Into CP/M Walt Mills 42 EDSIG News Peter Combes 13 Word Handler • •Jon Vaupel 44 I Am What I Am • John A. Love I II 14 •. • ,COM,MAS •.• Richard Rowell 45 1 Disab1edSIG News . • Jay Tha1 15 Pushed Into CP/M Leon H. Raesly 46 DP-I0 and the Visually Impaired. Susan M. Gowin 16 File Handler Update Tom DeMay J r 49 Voice Technology for the Handicapped. Jim Turri 18 A Page From The Stack Robert C. Pl att 50 Program Previews • Cara Cira 18 Ul timaker 2: A Re view Bob Oringel 51 Computers & Handicapped: A 8ibliography • •Jay Tha1 20 Winter Disk Roundup Robert C. Platt 52 Ser. Code Keyboard & Handicppd .. Wolfger Schneider 22 GOSUB Routines Revisited C. Swift, Prop . 59 Multi-Handicapped Babies on Line with Apple ­ File Cabinet Goes to the Races. Robert C. Platt 60 • Mike Behrmann and Liz Lahm 24 The Game Room Jeff Bruner 62 Computer Importance to Disabled .Roger Petersen 26 Library Order Form , WAP Tutorial Regis. 63,64 A Minimum Movement Keyboard Tom Riley 27 Index to Advertisers •• 64 More on Serial Code Keyboard Boris Levine 28 COLORYOUR .......----_APPLE-------, FOR X-MAS INTRODUCING ... professional-looking hard copy COLOR printouts with the touch of abutton! 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