$2 Wa1hlnglon Apple Pl ~ Volumcz..4 Januar~ 1982 number l v "' v Hi_ahliaht1 - '""" r~ unn 1 nG r2l TE.LE_ 5 C_O 1-=)E_ LU IT 1-1 A ITTICRO TE.><T 011 Tl-1E_ 1-1 I -RE.5 .SC_RE_E=_n s u bLOG IC GRAPl-1 IC5 1~r~Cl < AG E_ . A 1~~ v i ~w In This Issue.. v Page "" MEMBERSHIP INFOR MATION, CLASSIFIEDS , EDITORIAL , EVENT QUEUE. 3 PRESIDENT ' S CO RNER . DAVID MORGA NSTEI N 4 WAP HOTLI NE, VO LUN TEERS NEEDED . 4 MINUTES, NOTICES, SI G NEW S . 6 A PAGE FRO M TH E ST ACK . JI LL AN D VA NCE GIBO NEY 7 LETTERS TO THE EDI TOR. 8 TRICKY GET PROG RAM . L BENN ER 8 SI GA MES . .JOH N ALDEN 9 QUEST I ONS , QUES TIO NS, QUES TI ONS . MA RK L CROS BY 1 0 GROUP PURCH ASE PO WER . .RICH WA SSERS TRO M 1 1 I CAN' T REMEMBE R HOW MUCH ME MOR Y I HAV E. DAV ID MORG AN STE IN 1 2 BEN EAT H APPLE SO FT II LI ST II . IVE R p COO PER 1 4 RUNNIN G A TELESCOPE WIT H A MI CROCO MPU TER . DAV E SKI LL MAN 1 5 LOOSE DB25 PLU G. .BORIS LE VI NE 20 TWO SI MPLE WIR IN G PR OJECTS . J AY THA L 2 1 THE INDEX: A REV I EW . .BERNI E URBAN 22 USI NG PAD DLE PO TS OF ANY VALUE . TOM RILEY 30 PER PETU AL J ULIAN CALE NDAR . JILL GIBO NEY 32 APPLE CO MPUT ER TR I ES TO BA N MAIL BUS IN ESS : A REPRI NT. 36 TEXT ON THE HI -R ES SCRE EN. BR UCE F FIELD 38 APP LE PI E AND TH E USE OF 11 ESC 11 . J IM GRAHAM 43 SUBL OGI C GR AP HI CS PA CKA GE: A REVIEW . DAVID MORGAN STEIN 44 COLUMNAR CATAL OG LISTINGS . .BOB CRA FTS 46 TUT ORIA L REGI STRATION, ORD ER FORMS . .48- 5 1 AD RA TES , INDEX TO ADVERTI SER S . 52 .... _.... Compute1Land® We know small computers. _-- =-- '- appla·computar - Sales and Service Computerland/Tysons Corner 841 1 Old Courthouse Road at Rt 123 893-0424 -------------------------------------------- Step Into the Future I ·-------------------------------------------- APPLE AND APPLE COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS Cash Description Retail Discount Appl e II Plus , 48K RAM 1530.00 1095 . 00 Apple Family System, includes Apple I I Plus , 48K, Disk II , Disk Controller, RF Modulator, Game Paddles, Applewriter PFS, Personal Finance Manager, Typing Tutor, Apple Inv aders , Decathlon, Apple Adv enture, Manuals 2495 . 0 0 1995.00 Apple Disk II, Controller & DOS 3.3 645.00 529 . 00 Apple Disk II without controller 525.00 449 . 00 Apple Graphics Tablet 795 . 00 659 . 00 Zenith 12" B/ Green Monitor 179.00 145.00 Amdek 13" Color Monitor 449 . 00 399.00 Joystick II 49 . 95 45 . 00 D.C. Hayes Micro Modem II 379 . 00 299.00 Apple Silentype Printer/ Cable/ Board 395.00 345 . 00 Centronics 739 Printer/ Graphics 995.00 699.00 Epson MX-80 (Tractor only) 645 . 00 499 . 00 Epson MX- 80 F/ T 745 . 00 Epson Graphtrax PROM Set 95 . 00 Parallel Board/ Cable (Graphics) Parallel Board/ Cable (Non-graphics) Apple dealer agreements now prohibit mail order, so please bring cashier •'s check, money order or personal check (allow 2 weeks to clear) to our store . Visa/ Master Card, add 2%. Insurance/ Shipping/ Handling , add 1% ($3.00 min . ) Maryland residents or items picked up a our store, add 5% sales tax. Equipment price change and availability . WASHINGTON APPLE Pt JANUA RY 1913 ~~;\-1\·---~~~-~-i\---~~---~~~---· !~"9f:t\~~~~~O!,,,...,,..._._~or:--·~-~·~·~- .:·--~ ~ . lo ~ •• : ,- ' COLUMBIA COMPUTER SYSTEMS #.. Buy now to take a BIG byte out of hardware and f J business software prices! °"""''"" List S S.lo S Description List S t Apple Computer : I Trondcom Printing : Apple II or II+. 48K 1,530.00 1,449.00 Model 100-40 columns w/graph1cs 295.00 249.95 f DISK II with DOS 3.3 Controller 599.95 645.00 Model 200-80 columns w/graphics 39500 339.95 DISK II 525.00 509.95 Pertonal Sollwere •, .. ·,:·' AMDEK Monllors V1s1Calc 3.3 19995 154.95 Color I. 13" Color Monitor 449.00 349.95 Vis1Dex 19995 189.95 f , 100G 12" Green Phosphor Monitor 199.00 159.95 V1s1P101 179.95 152.95 . 100. 12" B&W Monitor 16900 149.95 VisiTrendN111Plot 25995 220.95 ' V1siTerm 14995 127.95 •.:,:· •.: EpsonMX-100. Am.rice 132 Column Printer 795.00 995.00 Desktop Plan II 199 95 169.95 :!!. MX-80 80 Column Printer 475.00 • 645.00 V1siF1le ------N41w----- 25000 229.95 f MX-806. MX-80 with H1·Res Graphics 695.00 549.95 745.00 579.00 ----------~mblnetlon Speclal1---------- \t Vis1Pac-V1s1Ca1c & VisiFile & V1siTrendN1siPlot 709 90 585.95 ··:!:~ !·•,:..'"· MX·80GMX-80 F Fi. i MX·SOMX·80 with woth Friction Hi-Res & Graph Tractor & Feed Frictton & Tractor 795.00 655.95 Vis1Stock-V1siFile & V11iTerm & V1siTrendN1s1P101 659.90 553.95 :f. f 8915. Grattra•·80 95.00 60.00 8131. Apple Parallel Interlace 85 oo 69.95 Sanyo Monitors ,. : 8141. Seflal lnter1aco 75.00 65.00 9"' black and white 23500 179.95 340.00 269.95 8161. IEEE 488 interlace 60.00 52 .50 12·· l'ugh resoluhon black and white 36000 289.95 ,: 8230 Apple Parallel Cable 25 _00 22 .50 12" prof green high resoluhon :f. 8150. Serial Interface W12K Butter 149.00 129.95 13" color high performance 55000 479.95 :. fi Mountain Computor. Inc. Soltw1ro PubUlhlng, Inc . ,. 9500 76.95 : .,•••: MHP-X003 The Clock 28000 250.00 PFS (Personal F1hng System) MHP·X004. 100.000 Day Clock W/Charger 375 00 309.00 PFS Repon 95.00 76.95 190.00 149.95 t. MHP·X024. Expansion Chassis 750 00 649.95 Botn PFS Programs -----,pecl&l----- MHP·X031. CPS Mulh·Funct1on Card 239.00 179.95 FMJ, Inc. Cool Stack 69.96 54.95 I Ca ll 2995 23.95 •• ,.•.: CPSMHP·X036. blH CPS 10 Centronics (or Epson) _ 21 .9 Printer Pal P80 (for MXSO s1zo) 24 95 5 49.95 41.95 MHP·XIDS. CPS 10 IDS Printers 24 .95 21 .95 Printer Pal P100 (for MX100 size) f The Koyboard Compeny Howard Soll 9900 CALL 14 12995 :. Numeric Keypad 9 95 ~:: ~;:~::::::::: ~~:::~~Updates-available Jan 1. 1982 3500 CALL f •,: ..,.la•,: Cursor 111 49.95 39.95 15000 CALL Tl" Joyshck 11 49.95 39 .95 Tax Preparer-1982 Edition :~ Hand Controller-Paddles 29.95 22.95 K&R Data Works Ashton-Tllo Under·Stand 64 95 54.95 17,95 15.95 : dBASE 11 700 ,00 649 .95 Tame That Tiger \: !~:, :' Mlcrotoll Apple-Under-Glass 24.95 19.95 18 95 16.95 . 1J •• TASC·Applesofl compiler 175.00 139.95 Data Stand ..,, '• Sottcard 349_00 259 .95 On·Llno Syalcm•--------spoclel Sale • RAM card l95.00 159.95 New Supor Scribe II Word Processing System •,: ,JG' COBOL·80 1Sollcard & 2 disks req'd) 750.00 649.95 upper11ower case. 70 cols .. print spooling I :fl' FORTRAN-80 1Sollcard & 2 disks req'dl 195.00 169.95 -an w10 hardware mod1hca11on 129.95 109.95 .: HayH Microcomputer NEC Prinler11 f MMll. M1cromodem tor lhe Apple 379,00 307.95 7710 Spinwnter. 55 cps. RS232 3.295 00 2,595.00• , •• ••• :. ••• • eJ£=~~~:.~:.a~~~~~~~~~~::~~~~~ so11ware 2~~~ 2;~~~ ~~:T~j!~J~~~\~!~~~~~~~rff~ . 3.~i~~ 2!im • ; Dysan. Pkg ol 10 5000 39.95 3510 Spinwriter. 33 CPS. RS232 2.295 00 1.995.00 Maxeh, Pkg 01 tO 55,00 36.95 3530 Spinwriler. 33 cps. Centronics 2.295 00 1.995.00 i• .W 3M. Pkg of 10 4550 32.95 35·BID B1direc1tona1 Tractor for 3500s 250 00 230.00 ~'fl. O.te Trenalorms 35·SS Single-sheet Feeder for 3500s 1.195 00 995.00 ·~,: Graltrui 55 ,00 42 .95 35·2BIN Two·btn Adaptor for 3500s 245 00 220.00 1: ·' Addison•WHloy 35-GUIDE Manual Cut-sheet Feeder tor 3500s 105 00 95.00 M1cro-DSS Finance 1.50000 1,399.95 PC-8023 Dot Matnx. 100 cps. tractorllrtclton 79500 675.00 f.: LKJ Enlorpnsu NEC Monitors :f. #..,:·' ·.. ·.· ~:~~~:,:::.:.:~ '""m 'Ell 'E: j~1l:EJ~ ~~~:~~:,,. M,..... .i:~ ili~ t.:w...._·. I' Now IBM Pon-0.. C-po"• M°"'><otion Adi- >o• JC·>ZOZDH CALL , I VOSA MC"''"''""'.. ........ ....... MC .......... 00' • "'"" '°"""' <•K•. m•••• "''" ""'"' .......... _ "'1·~ • Allow 3 wee•s tor personal ~·cneck to clear~m· • include"'~- lull telephone number on mail orders ·=~.. ;·. • COD s requirP 1~ deposit-all COD charges 10 be paid by customer • Include $2 50 for postage and nandhng per soflware shipment (UPS1 I.'• f •Prtces 11ub1ec1 to cnange ""1tnout notice-all items sub1ect to ava11ab1hty • DC residents add 6'1. tax II tax exempt. include number :f_ . •,: P.O. Box 40813 • If #., Washington, DC 20016 • f .t J [Z] W~·a~~l~~~~!o ~::~:::in:~:n t~::;e e~e:e~t::s [88] ~ :: i lt~~~~~~~~.J\J\{~._-~~~~~~~~~~--~~"'~4'f:t0t·~"~~·~~~~t 2 .JANUARY 1982 WASHINCTON APPLE Pl Off I CE.R5 & 5TAf f E.D I TOR I AL President -David Morganstein!301l 972-4263 I feel that I must comment on the Vice President -Mark Crosby 202 488-1980 discomfort experienced by many at the Treasurer -Dana Schwartz 301 725-6281 Fleamarket last month. We had Secretary -Jesse Wagstaff 301 937-4215 originally planned to have it in the Members-at-Large-John Moon ABBS Sysop George Washington University Ballroom -Nancy Philipp !301l 92~-2354 but were rescheduled to Building C due -Rich Wasserstrom 703 893-9147 to a University sponsored activity Immed.Past Pres.-Bernard Urban 301 229-3458 which took precedence.