$ 250 Wa/hington Apple Pi G The Journal of Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. Volume. 8 marc.h 1986 number3 Hiahliahtl ... . - -. ' .' .~ . Deskt
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"COMPUTER SHOPPER": A Magazine Review by Merle Block This article reviews the monthly magazine Computer Shopper, based on the February
CLASSIFIEDS HELP! Non-profit learning center in Rockville despe-rately needs your tax-deductible contribution of an Apple computer for working with
DISABLEDSIG NEWS by Jay Thai The DisabledSIG has been relatively quiet over the past several months, as you have probably noticed from the absence o
THE BEST OF THE APPLE III: Part 2 by David Ottalini, 11/ SIG Co-Chairman This month, we complete ollr efforts at providing you with some of th
comes into play. This list contains some of my choices, but since this is the good 01' USA, after all, you may certainly disagree. There r
Q&A by Bruce F. Field Chuck Cronan of Shorewood, WI, wrote to describe a procedure he used to fix printer problems he was having with version 1.1
A. There is no simple way to use Apple Writer II in the 80-column mode on your lie. Apple Writer bypasses the nonnal text output routines and writ
GAMESIG NEWS by Ronald Wartow Our able columnist, Barry Bedrick, encountered a slight detour on the physical highway of life this month, so I&apo
"Delta one niner. We are lost behind Jupiter." My Apple lie emits what sounds exactly like a broken radio transmission from space.
APPLE II DESKTOP PUBLISHING -JANUARY 25 by Richard Rowell The January meeting of the Apple /I group included a demonstration of the type of Desktop
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HERE COMES DESKTOP PUBLISHING by Martin Kuhn [Note on the author: A new member (#8020), long a journalist, editor and photographer on the Washingt
point to determine which might be best for a given application. What's coming? Bernie Urban reported hopes of taking better advantage of the page
DPub SIG byJ Condren The Desktop Publishing SIG, Washington Apple Pi's newest Special Interest Group, met for the flfSt time on Saturday, Febru
LAP COMPUTERS AS APPLE ACCESSORIES Part 4: Build Yourself a Serial Interface Switch box '-' by George Kinal In this installment. I want t
ELECTRONIC STOCK TRADING AND RECORD MAINTENANCE: r'\ A Preliminary Review of Schwab's "The Equalizer"TM and Alternatives by George
tation. True, it is not perfect, and in the initial excitement of getting set up, it is easy to enter a password wrong, miss a parameter, or attempt
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THE REM-ARKABLE REM by Gary Hayman The REM statement is a REMarkable and highly valuable tool. You can use it in your programs, not only to provid
NUMBER ONE ON MY IJST Now here is a great use for this technique which wiD have you jumping up and down. The first line of my programs I number as ..
cels the POKE 33,28 and returns the text window to its default setting) and UST. Observe, the line number shifted to the left, two spaces were inserte
an even left margin for your comments. I would also recommend the use of the <CTRL-1> here too. It belongs after the "M" in REM and is
DMP UTILIT~ES: A Review by Mark Blass Although I primarily write correspondence, I'm a stickler about the appearance of my printed output. I
by Chester H. Page SQUARE-ROOT ROUTINE FOR FORTH unsigned single-precision division, we have to create an operatiol as 0 SWAP UI to convert the d
BASIC -> PASCAL TRANSLATION: A Review by Robert v. "Pete" Rusk Yes. The question is whether or not it should be done at all,Back when the
BEST OF THE APPLE ITEMS FROM UBBS by Euclid Coukouma Recoyering Lost Data FROM ERIC RALL ON 01/05 Sometimes ... just sometimes, it is possibl
UtlE IMeg Bd FROM DOUGLAS E CANTON JR ON 01108 The Apple upgradable memory board for the II series is shipping (Old news? If so just ignore). I spot
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][ I N A MAC (The Apple][+ Rides Again!) by Lawrence Husick As a long-time owner of an Apple ][+, and a recent purchaser of an Apple /lc, I was
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SIGMAC NEWS by Brooks Leffler Desktop publishing using all sorts of Apples was the topic for the joint meeting of SigMac with Mother W AP on January
MAC Q&A by Jonathan E. Hardis Q: How do I get a copy or InsUk Macintosh? A: The "fmal" version has been published by Addison-Wesley.
Apple 512K motherboard Those with 128K models, third party, or do-it-yourself memory upgrades will be charged about $800. The lalter comes with a ne
new file system. For a discussion of software that has problems with it, see page 58 of the February Journal as well as the Mac Q&A colunm. Note
memory modules come down. (They are only available now in small quantity, at high expense.) These modules have eight of the new megabit chips mounted
Q: In Excel, how do I avoid #REF! errors when I have to use "complex" external rererences? A: Reserve a portion of the workshee
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C-SHAPER HANDLEf----' • ~ MOVER HANDLE RDTATDRISIZDR HANDLE Other useful options include: rotation to an almost infinite degree, snapping (aligni
HFS FOLLIES UPDATE by Tom Warrick In last month's issue we discussed programs with prob-lems running under the new Macintosh Hierarchical
LEGAL TIME REPORTING ON THE MAC by Rosemary Connelly .~. Last year I was startled to hear a lawyer friend of mine complain that her Mac was no use
•••• • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • •• • • • 'EXCEL'ing WITH YOUR MAC by David Morganstein Have you tried using a Scatter Chart for
• • • • • • • • • Oh, yes, I forgot the second parameter, the one left blank in our example. The second parameter identifies the category variable. Wh
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satisfactory solution as far as I am concerned. Hard disks are known for their tendency to crash and a one-time install option is hardly satisfa
One feature offered in Excel that has not previously been available in microcomputer spreadsheets is the use of "arrays". Excel is the fIrst
MjscellaneQus Items I often found Multiplan's tendency to center on the printed area an annoying feature. It was a feature that I sometimes wante
PRESIDENT'S CORNER by Tom Warrick January and February have been very busy and exciting months here at Washington Apple Pi. First, there were t
line 5 followed by "·.60" (multiplication) and finish by hitting the "enter" key. I am assuming that you are familiar
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had, ponends good things ahead for the II family. As the numerous new products notes below demonstrate, both Mac and /I developers are prolific
Apple, mM, Atari and Commodore) $1490. MacMonitor Projector. $3980. Projects white picture up to 10', also compatible with II, mM, At
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MACINTOSH PLUS CONNECTORS by Jonathan E. Hardis The following is condensed from Apple Technical Note 65, Macintosh Plus Pinouts, by Mark Baumwell.
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It seems likely that the next Macintosh will use a 68020 microprocessor. But because of incompatibilities between the 68000 now used on Macs and the 6
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