f r. ~ .T . •• ,< ":f.F· ~ 2 so / ~~. ·~~ "' - Wa1hin9't0ft Apple Pi The Journal of WashingtonG Apple Pi, Ltd. Volumcz.8 numberlO In This Issue. Officers & Staff, Editorial 3 Shard of Spring: A Review • Charles Don Hall 41 President's Corner Tom Warrick 4 Law of the West: A Review ••• Ray Hakim 43 Annapolis Apple Slice • Claire Johnson 5 MacNovice Column: Games • .Ralph J. Begleiter 44 Bylaws Changes . 5 View From the Hill Rich Norling 48 Apple Teas, Even Queue, General Information 6 New Seybold Report on DP. H.F. Chevalier 49 WAP Calendar, SigNews 7 Letters to the Editor ••••• 50 WAP Hotline • •••• , , , , 8 Review Corner James M. Burger 52 AppleWorks SIG News • Peg Mat ze n 10 A Developer ' s View Jim Langford 56 EOSIG News ••••• Patricia Kirby 11 The View From Durham Chris Klugewicz 58 Micros in Educ. Conf: Boo k Review • Phil Shapiro 12 Frederick Apple Core • • • • • 59 1986 Survey Results • . Tom DeMay 14 Servant: A Review •• Lynn R. Trusal 59 On the Trail of the Apple /// • David Ottalini 16 Macintosh Bits and Bytes. Lynn R. Trusal 61 MultiScribe: Another View •• . • Tom Kroll 17 Pascal: Return to the Trough Robert c. Platt 64 Q & A • • • • • • •••••• Bruce F. Field 18 Musements Fred Seelig 65 Family Home Money Manager: Pt 6 .Brian G. Mason 20 So ftviews .. David Morganstein 70 Hi-Res Line Address Algorithms Rick Chapman 24 Excel ' ing on Your Mac • David Morganstein 73 Apple IIGS - First Impressions: Civilization on the Mac Robe rt S. Ri chmo nd 74 Rolling Executive Briefing •• • Leon H. Raes 1y 28 Disketeria Dispatch: Apple II James Little 75 De scription of the IIGS Bruce F. Field 28 Disketeria Dispatch : Mac ••• Martin Milrod 75 Sound Capabilities of the IIGS Raymond Hobbs 30 Cumber's Corner .••• James F. Cumber Jr . 76 Best of Apple Items from TCS . • =Alexander- 32 How to Make a Back pack Jo Ann Goldberg 78 GameSIG News • • • • Steven Payne 38 Bil l' l Build It! Bill Baldridge 80 Meeting Report: August 23 •• Barry Bedrick 38 WAP Fall Tutorials Robert c. Platt 85 Age of Adventure: A Review K.C. Mulcahy 39 Disketeria Order Form •••• 87 Gettysburg-Turning Pt:A Review. Reid Hutchinson 40 Tutorial Registration ••.• 88 Shanghai Demo Oisk: A Review Thomas Johnston 40 Index to Advertisers , Index to Authors. Back Cover For infonnation on joining WAP, see "General Information•, page 6. Putting the Personal in Personal Computing ... Family Com~uter~ c e n t e r An Authorized Apple Dealer (and real nice people, too) Come See The New Apple II! Stop by Family Computer Center, the Metro area's Apple personal computer dealer and discover why we're selling personal computers that fit your specific needs. Here at Family Computers, we operate with the philosophy that you want a computer dealer who sells you the equipment you need (and only the equipment you need) at a price you can afford. You want personalized service, too? No problem. 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Washington Apple Pi - October 1986 1 Desktop Publishing: Nobody Does It Better. Everybody's got a Desktop Pub­ lishing Seminar. And everyone's got an angle. It's the hot new topic among computer users, computer makers, and especially computer sellers.