$2.95 • The Journal of Washington Apple Pi , Ltd. Volume 14, Number 9 September 1992 In Search of the Perfect Wave 15 Artists on Exhibit 16 How the TCS Works 24 Maclink Plus/PC 3O Real World Freehand 3.0 44 rn lS F OR BAT! ModemWorks 57 Washington Apple Pi proud sponsor of •Games! GAMES (SIG,atthe) •Give-Aways! • MacWorld Rumors! XX 11 (August 22) • Q&A Sessions! GENERAL MEETING University of Maryland College Park Stamp Union Building 9 a.m. University of Ma~yland College Park From the Beltway (1-95), DC take Exit 25 south on US-1 approx. 11/2 miles. Turn right on Campus Drive into the U.M. campus. Stay on Campus Drive through the traffic circle to the Stamp Union Bldg. on right. There is a parking garage next to Stamp Union. September 24-25: Two days and 50 creative ways to spend them ... DESKTOP: creative use of type 0 27. Attracting and Keeping 0 47. The New Polaroid Torn Powers, Friday 10:30- 11:45 the Reader Th01nas C. Ken/field 0 I. Introduction to PageMaker 0 15. Design Tips, Tricks Marilyn lrfillsto11e, 11iursday 2-3: 15 Friday 12:30-1:45 Carlet011 Foster, Thursday 9-10: 15 and Shortcuts 0 28. Quality Control and 0 2. Introduction to QuarkXpres.5 Meli1uta Bremmer Editorial Proofreading MARKETING: Tlmrsrlay 10:30-11:45 Tlmrsday 10:30-11:45 Cormidf<JY, Thursday 12:30-1:45 0 3. The New Ventura 4.0 0 16. What's Hot in Design 0 29. Editorial Management 0 30. 25 Ways to Stretch Sally Smill1, Tlmrsday 2-S: I 5 L1mJo/111s01~ Tlmrsday9-10:15 with Fewer Resources Your Marketing Dollars 0 4. DTP-What works 0 17. Magazine Design Katherine George, Fn"day 12:30-1:45 Dave Voracek, Friday 9-1 0: 15 and what doesn't .!11lie Katz and Yv01me Eva11s 0 31. 20 Secrets of Tlurmas Piwowar, Thursday 3:30-4:45 PRODUCTION: Succes.5ful Brochures Tlt11r.i<lay 12:30-1:45 0 18. Maximwn Design, Dave Voracek, FrUJay 12:30-1:45 0 5. Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Minimwn Dollars 0 38. Making the Desktop 0 32. Association Marketing John Joacqui1~ Thursday 2-3: I 5 Jillie Katz & Yvomie Eva1~ Link to Your Printer Kareii Robbi11s, Dale Patdso11 0 6. Introduction to Aldus Freehand Thursday 12:30-1:45 Jim Stepheiis aiui Elle71 Banker Thursday 9-10:15 !tfollu Bahiduk, Thursday 12:30-/:45 0 19. Multimedia Solutions Tliursday 9-10: 15 0 33. Selling Yourself to Win 0 7. Penny-Pinching Desktop Greg .Joh11s01~ Thursday 3:30-4:45 0 39. Estimating for DTP Steve Gaffney, Friday 10:30-11:45 Publishing 0 20. Cost~fl'ective 2-color design Bmce Robey, Thursday 10:30-//:45 0 34. 10 Sure-fire Direct Mall Secrets Tlw111as Piwowar Friday 2-3:15 0 40. Introduction to Bmce Ki11sey aiui Rich Potten1 Thursday 3:3()..4:45 0 21. How to Buy Photography Adobe Photoshop Thursday 9-10:15 0 8. The Desktop Shootout: Steve Gaffney, Friday t-3:15 JolmJoachi1~ Thursday 10:30-1 f:l/5 0 35. Introduction to Mail List Rental Pagemaker vs. Quark vs. Ventura 0 22. How to Run Your Own 0 41. Recycled Paper: the Thursday 10:30-11:45 Friday 2-3:15 Graphic Design Business Environmental Choice 0 36. How to keep ad sales 0 9. Getting Seps from Your Rob Sugar, Fn"day 9-10:15 Joh11 O'C01ineU, Friday 12:30-1:45 up in a down climate Desktop System 0 23. How to Design a Newsletter 0 42. lntroduction to Digital Imaging Thursday 10:30-I 1:45 David /Ji1ell, Friday 2-3:/5 R0111U:e Lip to~ Friday 9-J0: 15 Deimis Toole, S/,ar01i Swab 0 37. The Ins and Outs of 0 10. Understanding PostScript 0 24. Howt.oAvoid Tlim-sday 2-3:15 Mailing Requirements Khaled Abdtd, Friday 9-JO: I 5 Trapping Problems 0 43. Digital Proofing and & Automation 0 11. Font Management on the Mac Bmce Roltinson and Bernie Pre-proofing Dave Lewis, Thursday 2-3:15 Art Procter, 17111 rnlay 12:30-1:45 Earl D011glas1 Thursdau 9-10:15 Pac/..'71Ul1~ Friday 9-10: 15 0 12. Managing the Mac 0 44. Working with your WORKSHOPS: David Lujki1~ Fl"iday 10:30- J1:45 WRITING, PUBLISHING: Service Bureau Monnir Murad, Friday 3:30-4:45 0 48. Advanced QuarkXpress DESIGN: 0 25. Write Smarter- Not Harder! 0 45. What You Need to Friday 8-10:30 Gerald ftfa11~ Friday 2-3: 15 Know to Buy Printing 0 49. Advanced Pagemaker 0 13. Desktop Dreams and Disasters 0 26. How to Publish Wmning Katie Gekker, Thursday 12:30-1:1/5 Carleton Foster, Thursday 2-1/:.j() Burkey Belser, F'iid.ay 12:30-1:45 Association Publications 0 46. How t.o Select a Vendor 0 50. The Creative Process 0 14. Choosing fonts, Katherine George, Priday 10:30-1 1:1/5 Ti11i Niclwls, f'riday 12:30-1:45 Tim Ke11ney1 Friday 2-1/:30 Printfest 92 and Desktop Expo wil be held at the Ramada Renaissance TechWortd, waslington, D.C., September 24-25, 1992 Seminars $49 each, Workshops $89 each until September 11. After September 11, seminars are $59, workshops $99. On-site registration $69 per seminar, $110 per workshop. Seminars will be held Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25, 1992. Seminars and workshops must be pre-paid or on government voucher. Please make all checks payable to PrintFest 92 and mail to the address below. Photocopies may be made of this form. (Special rates for multiple seminar registration.) Mail and telephone registration deadline: September 18. SIGN UP HERE Mall: PrintFest 92 and Desktop Expo 0 YES 1 Sign me up for the seminars checked above. Paid seminar includes free exhibit p8SS. 91 1 N. Fillmore St., Arlington, VA 22201-2127 Phone: 703-525-4800 Fax: 703-525-4805 (Sa1-e $$$with special p8.5Ses. If you buy a~ you still need to indicate seminars you plan to attend above.) D P~rt. (Any seminar and/or workshop on both days $396. Non-transferable.) D My died: is enclosed for:S _____ D VIP-3 (Three seminars for $120 or two seminars and one workshop for $150. Non-transferable.) 0 Please dlarge to my 0 V& 0 M8.lttltard D I have enclosed a tot.al or$ to include all seminars'workshops checked off above. Acct. No. Exp. ___ D Register me for the exhibits only. No charge. (After Sept. 11, pay $5.00 on site) D Please send seminar brochure with more details. Signatnre.________ ___ YourName _______ ________________CompanyName ____________________ Address ________________________City/State/Zip ---- ---- ------------- , Table of Contents Volume 14 ............................. September 1992 .................................. Number 9 Club News Macintosh Articles WAP Hotline ................................. 39, 42 MacN ovice:Getting Around ................ 27 WAP Calendar ... .......................... .40, 41 by Ralph J. Begleiter Index to Advertisers ........................... 57 MacLink Plus I PC 6.0 ................... ..... 30 Classified Advertisements ................. 79 by Rick Zeman/So~ware Review WAP Membership Form .. ................... 80 The Mac Share Ware 500 ....................... 34 by Debbie Hoyt/Book Review SIG's and Slices CanOpener 2.0 .................................... 36 by Lawrence I. Charters/Software Re­ EdSIG ....... ........................... ........ .......... 8 view by Phil Shapiro Word 5 Training Tips: ToC, Tables, etc... 38 Stock SIG ............................. ................. 9 by Kevin Nealon and Dave Weikert by Morris Pelham Real World Freehand 3.0 ......... ........... ... 44 by Nancy Seferian/Book Review General Interest SoftPC/AT........ ................................... 46 by Jon Thomason/Software Review September General Meeting ..... Cover 2 New Macintosh Files on the TCS .. .. ....... 48 Apple & Mac Tutorials/Seminars ...... 11 by Lawrence I. Charters by Keith Malkin Tutorial Registration Form ...... .......... 12 Shared Minds-Book Review .. .. .......... 13 Apple II Articles by Phil Shapiro Apple II Byts and Pyces .................... 51 In Search of the Perfect Wave ............ 15 by Gary Hayman/ Odds and Ends on by Bill Baldridge the Apple II WAP Artists on Exhibit ...................... 18 Modem Works ....................... ............... 56 by Ann Aiken/Art by Rod Dennis WAP Book Library Update ....... ......... 20 by Jon Thomason/Software Review by Brian Mason How the TCS Works, Part 3 ............... 24 Apple III Articles by The Crew Telecommunications and Modems ..... 26 On the Trail of the Apple III .............. 58 by Jon Thomason and Allan Levy by David Ottalini 2 Washington Apple Pi Journal September 1992 Disk Libraries Apple III Public Domain Library ....... 60 by David Ottalini Macintosh Disk Library ..................... 62 by Dave Weikert Macintosh Disk Order Form ........ 72, 73 Apple II Disk Library ......................... 74 by John Ruffatto This issue of the Washington Apple Pi Apple II&III Disk Order Form .......... 78 Journal was created on a Mac IIci, proofed on an HP DeskWriter, and produced by electronic typesetting at The Publishers Icon Guide Service Bureau. Macintosh ·~• The page layout program used was d Apple II, Ile, and IIGS PageMaker 4.2a, the word processing pro­ grams were Word Perfect 2.1, and Apple III (SARA) Microsoft Word 5.0; the principal typeface • Hotline or Phone List is New Century Schoolbook (10/12) for the articles; and Helvetica for headlines, sub­ • Calendar Pages titles, and emphasis . Apple Disketerias •'~ MacintoshDisketeria ~•' IT General Interest Editorial Staff Deadlines Postal Information Managing Editor Writers' submissions Washington Apple Pi (ISSN 1056-7682)is Deborah Hoyt (703) 450-0714 Oct ................... Aug. 14 published monthly by Washington Apple Graphics Editor Nov ................. Sept. 17 Pi, Ltd., 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 910, Anne Aiken (301) 530-1990 Editors' submissions Bethesda, MD 20814. Second Class Postage paid at Bethesda, MD. Apple II co-Editors Oct................... Aug. 22 Stan Palen Nov ................. Sept. 25 Annual membership dues for Washington Jack Mortimer Apple Pi, Ltd.