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3. IBM of the Toutines aur last name wants to start a MacBeginners group lead by someone that speaks English Volunteers abounded to aid and sounds like a popular subgroup is about to spring forth The response to the printed circuit prototype mentioned earlier newsletter garnered so much response that they had to turn it over to an outfit called Vision Graphics to manage it This entire newsletter except for advertisements was created on a Macintosh using MicroSoft Word and 2 Stillwater Minnesota ust ae 22 n S Word is a fantastic ine 612 436 1629 R software amp hardware Free metro area delivery 24 Hour Support Wheew Ttttthhhat s all ffffolks Newsletter Format A Division of Arts amp Farces Video March 1985 Daisy Wheeling A Federal and Minnesota State Tax Model by Arsen Darnay Introduction by your Editor This is MultiPlan users wil have to convert a revision of an article by Arsen that alpha columns to numeric columns A originally appeared in the March 1984 Mac MultiPlan variation on this can be Mini app les newsletter As published obtained Call Dan Buchler then the article described a Federal The tax table built in will work ifyou model Arsen quickly added a State have income below 1 000 000 not if the capability and a DOM Was made income is higher but then you avallable to members Arsen has wouldn t need this
4. MusicWorks File Contains nine music documents to be used with Hayden s MusicWorks program Downloaded from Compuserve by Bill Busch Music Files MacPaint documents by Mini app le member Ken Edwards that be used to create your own music sheets using MacPaint Multiplan Files Home Budget and Amortization templates for with Multiplan spreadsheet by Ken Edwards See the MacWrite document for instructions to Home Budget Special thanks to Earl Keyser and Bill Busch for sharing many of these programs with the MacSIG membership Also thanks to Dan Buchler John Carter Paul Howe Andy Martin and Don O Brien for help copying MacDOM s Professional Service Get it done right the first time We give quality service on all Apple products and Epson printers Need on site repair Call us on site and maintenance contracts available haogen OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC 801 WEST 77 STREET RICHFIELD MINNESOTA 55423 6866 3441 March 1985 QE STEN MacDOM 6 The Sixth Mini app les Macintosh DOM March 1985 Preview by Steven E Baker This month s MacDOM 6 contains a number of interesting applications and desk accessories for your usage Please note this disk does not include the system folder files and will not boot 12c Folder Experimental desk acces sory in the form of a calculator Please read the MacWrite documentation included in file before attempting to install File
5. St John Neumann Church 4050 Pilot Knob Rd Eagan Minn Federal of Roseviile Lexington amp Larpenteur Health Assoclates Ctr 2221 Untverstty SE Rm 115 St Paul Central H gh School Lex ngton amp Marshal Walte Park City Hall 5th Ave amp 3rd St N Hennep n Cty Library S dale 7001 York Ave South UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA ST PAUL Student Ctr Buford Ave After Regular Mtg Henn Cty Llb at Southdale 7001 York Ave S Cty 115 Southdale 7001 York Edina Rockford Rd Llbrary New Hope Glen Lake Commun ty Ctr 14300 Excelstor Blvd room E Mahtomed Fire House St John Neumann Church Minnesota Federal St Paul Cental High School Walte Park CIty Hal Minnesota Historical Soclety Library St Paul MN Oak Grove Juntor High School 1300 W 106th Street Bloom ngton See Apr newsletter for Info Bulldtng Rosev 11 Rockford Rd Ltbrary Glen Lake Commun ty Ctr 8 Dick Peterson T 9 Mike Carlson 10 Dick Marchtafava VOLUME VIII No 3 BHII DeCoursey 14 12 Jane Chatterjee 15 Frank M Ringsmuth 15 Stewart Halght 16 p les appie computer User group newsletter MARCH 1985 WHAT Chase Allen on Hayes MicroModem e driver Nomtnattons for 1985 86 officers All members are welcome Small Appl tcatton for the busy exec by Ertk Carlson Product Reviews Contact Vicke Lettmann 922 5659 Nomtnattons for 1985 86 officers Representative from METRO NET See announcem
6. interesting and MacSIG by Dan Buchler A report by Tom Edwards on the January MacSIG meeting is detailed elsewhere in this newsletter On March 26 MacSIG wil return to the Hennepin Southdale Library on York Avenue near Target The program will feature Bill Engel talking about Mac hard drives and Paul Howe telling us about MicroSoft Chart Starting in March there will be two differently flavored monthly meetings of the MaeSIG The 2nd meeting is being organized by Vicke Lettmann 922 5659 and is targetted for the rest of us The name of this subgroup is tentatively the MacSIG NTU Non Technical Users The first meeting will be on March 18th at 6 30 in the Hennepin Southdale Library The main MacSIG meeting in April will feature Scott Olson on using Bar Codes with the Mac The meeting will probably be back Roseville in the PCA building Check first or see next month s announcements Business SIG by Dick Marchiafava A well received demo of AppleWorks was presented by Mr Ernie Bedor at the first meeting at the St Paul meeting site Those at the meeting were very interested in the presentation and found Ernie s uses of AppleWorks and insights valuable I wish to extend our thanks to Ernie for his presentation which I know he worked on very hard to prepare Thanks Ernie The Business SIG meetings will be held at a St Paul location for the rest of our winter and spring schedule This will give the members
7. is available in a new release 1 4 which fixes a bug or two that programs on it and is accompanied by about 20 pages of documentation MC MC said that the software for the Mae eontinues to hit the streets though I think that some of the pre holiday rush was followed by post holiday mush Helix took as long to deliver as a baby elephant and ended up about as big works on 512K only with two drives MieroSoft is delivering Basic 2 0 with an upgrade policy for the pioneers Comments that I ve heard indicate that 2 0 is much nicer and fuller featured than r 1 0 MS File also has left the ranks of Vaporware and offers a pleasant bonus There s a 15 Imagewriter driver that also works faster than the standard driver With care it can be transported to some other program disks to spread its characters around A voice from the MacCrowd said that its magic is available for Multiplan if you perform the appropriate surgery Quickly surveying for yeahs and nays uncovered several other programs and items that individuals within the MacGroup have had some experience with Omnis 2 A good data base for those needing a relational function big records and mail merge YEAH Musieworks A very comprehensive program piping melodious tunes of your own composition out the audio port into your stereo Said to be inexpensive but a YEAH Microeye digitizer system to scan pies and convert them to MacPaint
8. nova 0242171 Dire NLEdior Daniel E Bucher Gene Kasper 941 5490 13516 Grand Avenue S DOM Sales Mail Hugh Kurtzman 544 7303 Burnsville MN 55337 DOM Editors Producers Peter Gilles 475 3916 Assistant NL Editor Jo Homung 922 7665 1 Editor Prod Steven E Baker 935 1192 Contributing Editors Arsen Darnay 933 0399 Steve George 935 5775 v eO Composition Layout Joan Kistner Circulation this issue 2100 Advertising Eric Holterman 822 8528 Mailing Coordinator Hugh Kurtzman du 85 amp ini app les March 19 In This Issue Advertisers Announcements 6 City Desk Computer Warehouse 2 Applewriter e Enhancer Computer Broadeasting Company 13 by Steve George 20 Computer Buying Service 3 DaisyWheeling Computer Supply Store 22 A Federal and State Tax Model Dayton s Repair Service 23 by Arsen Darnay 10 EF Hutton Pat Dill 10 DOM 34 by Pete Gilles 21 Fresh Logic Computer Service 25 Letter to the Editor 24 Hagen Office Equipment 18 MacSIG News by Tom Edwards 14 House of Forms 27 MacDOM 5 by Steven E Baker 18 Mini app les Software 24 MaeDOM 6 by Steven E Baker 19 POST Softwarne 5 Map of Meeting 26 Practical Computer Applications 17 Minutes by Ken Slingsby 25 Telesoft Marketing 9 Stockpak II and Value Screen You C
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10. 2181 FROM THE PRESIDENT S COMPUTER Much of the discussion at the February board meeting centered on the club s general meetin format and content Some of the details still need to be worked out however I would like to share our plans with you Meetings will continue between St Paul Minnesota St Paul Campus and Bloomington Beginning in April and continuing for alternating months the meeting will consist of a seminar format Several concurrent sessions will be planned with an opportunity for members to visit two of the sessions in an evening This wil allow members to gather in smaller groups and make demonstrations of hardware and software easier Wateh next months newsletter for details on our first seminar format MARCH gt The March meeting to be held at the U of M St Paul Campus Student Center Theatre will begin with to alternate University of evening wil be a presentation by representative from METRO NET see details elsewhere APRIL gt Election of officers will be held during the April meeting This is also the month we will begin our new seminar format MAY gt The May meeting will feature a speaker from MECC Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation who will talk on past present and future happenings at MECC JUNE gt The month of June brings a Swap Meet where members will be able to sell or trade hardware and software that has accumulated over the years Watch the newsletter
11. 6 PM SUN 12 to 5 PM Ho CALL FOR FREE CATALOG WITH ITEMS FOR YOUR APPLE 8 MAC MODEM 300 1200 BAUD 612 593 1503 1 796 Hopkins Mn 55343 Bulk Rate US Postage ADDRESS PAID CORRECTION Hopkins MN REQUESTED Permit 63
12. BONUS SELECTIONS TAX 85T READAT SCREEN DUMP e Interfaces and Surge Suppressors and More Ribbons for Epson LQ 1500 725 each for Apple DMP amp CITOH 8510 Red Blue amp Brown 685 for Juki 6100 single strike 235 each Labels 31 2 15 6 1 up qty 1M 5695 3 15 6 1 up qty 5M 1875 Mini Floppy Disk Labels 434 x1 4 qty 100 349 With One of the Largest Selections of e Tapes Maintenance Kits e Cables e Modems Static Protection Labels e Ribbons Monitors Diskettes Tractor Feeds e Diskette Storage Computer Paper Computer Furniture Printwheels and Storage Printers and Sound Enclosures Apple Take a look at APPLEWRITER E PATCH if you having this problem Paper 9V2 x11 201 reg perf 2700 sheets 2850 ctn 912 11 2016 clean edge 2700 sheets 3050 ctn 147 g x11 15lb V2 GB 3500 sheets 355o ctn 147 9 x11 GB 3 pt 1M CTN 3650 Diskette Storage m Flip n File 50 original Bates System 3000 1800 Stores 30 594 Disks Our Name Says it All Call or Stop in for Our FREE 92 Page Catalog We accept Visa or MasterCard COMPUTER SUPPLY STORE 735 W Snelling Avenue St Paul Minnesota 55104 612 646 9412 22 nini apo ies Stockpak II and Value Screen A review Revisited by Eric Holterman In the January issue of Mini app les I reviewed Stockpak II and Value Screen The following comments may further
13. LN5 LN4 OR O 06 STATE LOC TAX 07 REAL EST TAX O8A GENERAL SALES BMOTOR VEH TAX 09 PROPERTY OTHER 10 SUBTOTAL TAXES 1 MORTGAGE INTER 12 CREDIT CARDS 13 OTHER 14 SUBTOT INTEREST 15 CASH CONTRIB CASH 3K TO ONE 16 NONCASH 17 PREV YEARS 18 SUBTOT CONTRIB 19 CASUALTY THEFT 20 UNION DUES 21 PREPARAT FEE 22 OTHER 25 SUBTOT MISC 24 TOTAL 25 REDUCTIONS 26 1 DEDUCTIONS SUM D3 D8 U32 05 D9 D10 0 Dp9 D10 40 D12 D17 021 026 051 052 AN29 SUM D12 D16 SUM D18 D20 SUM D22 D25 SUM D28 D30 011 017 021 026 027 031 035 LOOKUP B32 861 866 867 872 034 F 1 F 3 4 F 9 F10 F11 F12 F13 14 F15 F16 F17 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F27 G 9 052 053 SCHEDULE INT DVD 01 SELLER MRTG INT 02 OTHER INTEREST 03 TOTAL INTEREST NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED 04 DIVIDENDS 05 TOTAL 06 CAP GAINS DISTR 07 NONTAX DISTR 08 EXCLUSIONS 09 SUBTOTAL 15 TOTAL TO 1040 SUM G5 GB8 eT O O vn P Q Vn gt QN O wa u s x s st s w u Q a u u s s s u s u u Q Mud u tb J Ju gt Q Oy xn J35 14431 SUM G17 G21 SUM G25 625 622 626 SCHEDULE C BUS INC 01 GROSS RECEIPTS RETURNS ALLOW NET INCOME 02 COST OF GOODS 03 GROSS PROFIT 04 WINDFL PR REFD OTHER INCOME 05 GROSS INCOME 06 ADV
14. MacSoftware when under MaeWorks Is this getting a little MacMuddling to you There are still a lot of Mac ers that are tantalized by the Bigger is Better syndrome yet don t want to sell the family jewels to take the plunge The local ehopshops have plugged balloon job in the 600 range probably even less as the offical Apple upgrade price gets talked around Mike donning his dealer hat said that your liability on this option shows up down line as your Mae ages and the potential for service inereases If a dealer has to swap your motherboard it s only a 75 eharge plus labor if your board is indistinguishable from a service module Otherwise it s a 1000 pop for a new board if Apple won t accept your kludge Some thought that the most obvious point of diversion would be soldered in chips vs Apple s socketed chips on the upgrade board However I think that the chopshops now offer this too at least I d be sure that I found one that did Dan Buchler noted for all that most of the MacDeveloper s Handbook will be published in March in a book titled Inside Macintosh authored by one Mr Hogan and available for 19 95 This should alleviate to some degree the grumpies about the loss of openness from revious Apple products read Apple 11 If the book is any good Dan wil arrange a bulk purchase Ed On the subject of Dan he was also the heart of the program for the evening His interest and long ser
15. NO These ads are provided free to members for non commercial use and limited to 10 lines Commercial ads will be charged at 20 cents word for members or 40 cents word for non members Contact the Advertising coordinator DEADLINE for ads is the second Friday of the month preceding the month of publication Ads wil be repeated on request only Also please notify editor if item is sold Unless otherwise noted al Items are For Sale word Processor and 80 column card 100 Master version 3 100 version 4 150 Utility Pack 2 50 Call 651 3161 programs for Apple lt e Inventory control and payroll Wil merge with any accounting system used 200 each evenings Andres Dlas Never Call 789 6041 Apple Fan amp Surge protection Much better than System Saver Tencal Cool Time 69 95 Extended 80 column cards for e only 104 95 Software Plus 560 4077 26 PFS WRITE word processor tor Appte e or c Simple yet powerful Interfaces with PFS File for form letters amp PFS Graph to Insert graphics Into documents 45 or best offer EPSON 80 TRACTOR FEED accessory for FX 80 printer Clips on to permit use of tractor feed mailing labels and forms less than 9 1 2 Inches 20 or best offer Marc 542 5506 work 778 0050 home Rent or lease option to buy computers printers terminals etc PC EXPRESS 894 9661 Apple 11 16K R
16. a lot of information individually but a lot of white space in the Newsletter Hmmm k 23 March 1985 QE minireppies LETTER TO THE EDITOR _ As an author of Micro Member sic I wish to respond to the recent decision of the board of Mini app lles to discontinue the publishing of this program I only learned of this decision and of alleged program bugs by reading the minutes of the last board meeting in the February issue As a loyal club member since 1981 volunteer worker at the club booth at computer shows newsletter contributor several times and member in good standing of the Business SIG I think that my husband and I should have been informed directly in regards to such a decision The fact that we have a signed agreement with the club specifically stating that no termination can occur until 90 days following written notice did not seem to be taken into account either I also believe that in stating that we were unable or unwilling to take care of program bugs our reputations in the area of support to past present and future software and other computer related activities was unfairly blemished I hope that in the future Mini app les will treat its members contributors volunteere with more respect and courtesy Paula Ozols RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD At the January 1985 Board meeting of Mini app les The Minnesota Apple Computer Users Group Inc a decision was made to terminate sales of
17. against a layer of bricks by Roger L Gould MarART Folder few pictures including a nice MacPaint applieation by David Stovall for planning your lakeside vacation cabin MusieWorks Folder Several music document files to be used with Hayden s MusicWorks program Several of these programs and the desk accessories come from SMUG disks the Stanford Macintosh Users Group Stanford University California will be exchanging DOM s with this group in the future and hope to get some great programs from the Apple university system and the heartland of Apple Computer Inc rr 19 March 1985 March 1985 An Applewriter e Enhancer by Steve George AF Lancaster has been writing about electronics and specifically about TEARING INTO APPLEW computers and interfacing for several is published by Eod 809 years His writing has always appealed Thatcher AZ 85552 to me due to the way he presents re complicated information in easy to amp b Formatter Erratum swallow fashion I enjoy using Applewriter but am 59000 DC RIGHT STR INT DC just a little jealous of those of you who DC lt 0 1 DC gt 0 can use the e version Thinking that 005 RIGHT STR Lancaster s latest publication TEARING INT ABS DC 100 100 INTO APPLEWRITER Ile would help me 5 2 10 to better understand my AW I sent for his 30 set of disks _ The erratum w
18. for more details on the Swap Meet In addition we plan to ask representatives from Apple Computer to come to meetings several times per year to discuss new developments and answer your questions The framework is in place but now we need to fill in the program with the details If you would be willing to make presentation Know someone who could make a presentation or have ideas for a meeting topic contact me or one of the other board members We need input t help plan your meetings Please let us Know what you want and we will try our best to fulfill that request HELP WANTED As mentioned in last months newsletter we are continually looking for volunteers to fill staff and coordinator positions The response to last months request was to say the least underwhelming At the present time we have openings that each of you qualified to fill Yes you read that right Each of you has some hidden talent or area of expertise and we would like to know what that is If you are willing to answer questions on a hardware or software product programming language etc please call Hugh Kurtzman the club s technical director at 544 7303 Remember a user group is a group of people willing to share information with each other Each of us has something to an item of business Candidates for share just as each of us needs 1985 86 officers will be announced and information from time to time additional nominat
19. in St Paul and the northern areas a break The St Paul meeting site is at St Paul Central High School located on Lexington Avenue at Marshall just south of I 94 You may park in the lot next to the building Enter through the main door which is up the staircase on the Marshall Avenue side of the building Look for signs directing you to the meeting room We may have the use of the school computer lab for some of the meetings That is GOTO 7 March 1985 e nini app ies Announcements page ii Once again I extend my thanks to Ms Kathy Leo for making the arrangements for the meeting site and helping to get the first meeting under way Meetings start at 7 00 PM with announcements and Random Access a question and answer session The program starts at 7 30 PM Meetings end at this location at 9 00pm Remember the Business SIG will meet on the Thursday before the main club meeting from now on Up Coming Meetings March 14th gt Small Applications for the busy executive Erik Carlson April llth gt Apples for Large Corporations May 9th gt Manufacturing Inventory Control on a Micro Future gt Corporate Users MAC LISA Connection to a Mainframe Summer Meeting Schedule The Business SIG will commence the summer meeting schedule in June We will gather after the main club meeting for an informal meeting in an adjacent room Summer schedule dates are June 19 July 17 and August
20. interested in soaking up all that could be heard or seen about the computer for the rest of us Macintosh Mike Carlson opened up the proceedings right on time if your watch was a minute or two fast Again in the name of expedience the introduction round was dispensed with looks like the MacGroup will have to acknowledge that it s gotten too big to devote that much time to intros even though they have been nice to place a face with a name and hear a bit about interests accomplishments and questions Mike reminded all that the MacGroup is a collective member of Club Mac As such there is a newsletter that can circulate and future software to become available Coming events include a MaeWorld inspired show Feb 21 23 in San Francisco several indicated that they would be attending let s hope that we can get a review or two for the newsletter and the Strictly Business show in MSP Feb 25 27 Mike solicited for volunteers to work the 1 booth at the SB show Unfortunately no one seemed to be listening Let s hope that the second call got some to sign on Our MaeDOMware coordinator Steve Baker advised that DOM s 1 4 were on sale 85 and MacDOM 6 described elsewhere in this newsletter and will be available at the March MacSIG meetings See announcements Also available is Desk Accessory Mover D A M and Mockware disks distributed under the MacHonor system The D A M
21. program actually turns your 512k Mac into four 4 128k Macs If you can click why not click the best The 512k Macintosh truly state of the art Compare for yourself Apple Dealer 512k U Remove 128k board install 512k board Fast 30 minute service if upgrade is in stock f No internal adjustments T Installed by skilled electronic technicians 7 90 day warranty Price 700 00 Labor 99959990995029 0 9909949060900040 6 99009 5 659 090959002090200429042 209050909006099006090900009 909n29090200 0450 PCA 512k U 7 Remove 128k board install 512k board ZFast 15 minute service upgrades always in stock Internal adjustments include Focus to sharpen image Central brightness control Power board check Installed and serviced by skilled electronic technicians Over 100 upgrades done to date 490 day parts amp labor warranty Price 549 00 Includes labor 999 9 609 50096949090060902040009509000995 950060 050 850 54200960 6584990560506085495492490949 06090695949568 PCA announces the coming of Mme Port and the long awaited Mega Mac MecPort is the Macintosh hardware peripheral that branches your printer or modem port into 4 individually switchable Macintosh accessory ports This allows you to easily access any of your peripherials such as Imagewriter letter quality printer modem hard drive camera digitizer laser printer graphic scaner digitizer tablet Mac network at the t
22. second time to to quit the program MenuEdit This application was written by Andy Hertzfeld at Apple It allows you to edit the menus of any application cut and paste menus between applieations and create new ones for our own applications No documentation is available at the present time so experiment VersaTerm A VT100 Tek 4014 and DG D200 terminal emulator program No known documentation available MacKermit Another modem program written in No documentation currently available Hangman The children s game where you must guess the correct word within a specific number of letter guesses or you are hanged The program uses the file words for data Snow Or Winter in Minnesota A small application program by Jeff Miller written in to demo QuickDraw routines It looks the nicest if you have the New York font in your system Click the mouse to start and end the program Occasionally bombs Missile A nice Mac version of the Missile Command AntiBallistic Missile game Uses the mouse to control your cities ABM defense system ViewPaint 0 5 Program displays the upper left corner of MacPaint documents Very useful in previewing a picture to GRR ga i D CC CPC 18 be used as a start up screen without using the program Screen Maker Also can be used a quick viewer of MacPaint files without running the MacPaint program MacArt MacPaint documents by Mini app le member David Stovall
23. there to the next boxes on the line forming a simple loop If I heard right software is already in 5 5K of ROM in the Mae to manage communieations and set up This allows you to share the LaserWriter with others on the loop March 1985 totaling 32 Mae s devices within 300 meters of cable Apple is talking about other devices that figure into the AppleTalk network Probably one of the first will be a means of spooling to the LW currently if it s busy you just get a busy notice and have to come back and try again Pressing on to end the meeting March may find us with a speaker from the F B I discussing their activity in copyright violations within the computer industry The swap meet has been abandoned for various reasons If you want to have a program devoted to a subject or Know of a program that can be of interest to the MacGroup contact Mike with your suggestions We wound up the meeting with a bunch of quickies until they turned out the lights Here s a whiz through them Hanzon Card for making an Epson look like an Imagewriter to the Mac the experience with it isn t perfect but rates as fair MacWorld has reduced rates a bit With pressure to the subscription department extra issues can be obtained by those with recent subscriptions at the old rate The menu bar at the top of the Mac screen can be eliminated by those programming in Pascal MacSIG members looking for other members pro
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26. 27 yukon products inc EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL MATH BLASTER 39 95 FLIGHT SIMULATOR II 39 95 WORD ATTACK 39 95 SARGON III 38 95 STATES amp TRATES 35 95 SKYFOX 33 95 ALGEBRA 31 95 CONAN 31 95 FACEMAKER 27 95 SUSPECTS 34 95 ROCKY S BOOTS 39 95 WITNESS 38 95 STORY MACHINE 27 95 CUTTHROATS 31 95 METEOR MULTIPLICATION 26 95 IMPERIUM GALACTICUM 31 95 KIDWRITER 27 95 SPY vs SPY 27 95 HARDWARE UTILITIES 1 2 HT DRIVE IIc 233 95 C L E A R A N C E uro PRINT SHOP GR 1 19 95 1 2 HT DRIVE AP 159 95 MUSIC CONSTRUCTION 33 95 MOCKINGBOARD C 168 95 DOS BOSS 18 95 MOCKINGBOARD D IIc 178 95 D CO 39 95 IIc SER to PAR MOD 59 95 BACK CHAIRS FAT ae APPLE CAT II 222 95 TRIPLE DUMP 31 95 64K IN LINE M BUFFER 265 95 45 95 PRONTO DOS 23 95 TWINPORT II 27 95 PRGM LINE EDITOR 38 95 PANASONIC 1091 PRT 299 95 SIDEWAYS 46 95 MILLIONAIRE 46 95 DOLLARS amp SENSE 99 95 MAC PORT MODEM 119 95 MEGAMERGE 97 95 MACTOTE 89 95 MEGAFILER 149 95 MAXELL DISKS 3 1 2 39 95 MOASGSRSNOTAOZSCH PFS FILE 89 95 PFS REPORT FILE 152 95 MURDER BY THE DOZEN 35 95 MICROSOFT BASIC 117 95 SUSPECTS 34 95 TYPING TUTOR III 49 95 HAYDEN SPELLER 69 95 MAC SWIVEL 27 95 MAC BASIC INTERP 117 95 yukon computer products inc p o box 93 hopkins mn 55343 COME VISIT FOR UNADVERTISED SPECIALS 1409 FAIRFIELD RD S NEAR RIDGEDALE IN MINNETONKA 6l 2 935 1038 OPEN SAT 12 to
27. 427 Route II Box 182 12 buys membership for one year New members and persons renew Welch MN 55089 ing after letting membership expire pay a 5 administration fee Communication Dir Dan Buchler 890 5051 Members receive a subscription to this newsletter and all club benefits Software Director Pete Gilles 475 3916 DOMs and MSDs Technical Dir Hugh Kurtzman 544 7303 DOMs Disk of the Month are available at meetings for 5 disk SIG Director 1 John Schoeppner 455 8613 8 MacDOM or any DOM may be ordered by mail for 6 00 disk SIG Director 2 Dick Marchiafava 572 9305 o 00 MacDOM MSDs are 15 disk at meetings or 17 50 disk by Branch Director Ron Androff 452 5230 mail Send orders to Mini app les at above address attention DOM Coordinators Sales Beginners Consultant S K Johnson 869 3447 Members may have DOMs copied to their own media Contact Chuck Shows and conventions Steve George 935 5775 Thiesfeld details within this newsletter Membership Co tor Ann Bell 544 4505 Dealers Spel Int Apple Joe Horne 941 3411 Mini app les does not endorse any specific dealers but does promote Spel Int Business Dick Marchiafava 572 9305 distribution of information which may help club members to identify Spel Int Education Jane Chatterjee 888 9447 the best buys and service Consequently the club does participate in SpclInt FORTH Mark Abbott 854 8304 bulk purchases of media software hardware and publications on behalf Int Handic
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29. AM Included computer only no drives or monitor 395 Firm price Ear 955 7922 Diskettes Senttal SSDS 12 75 per box Dysan SSDD 18 75 Disk storage holds 80 41 50 Computer dust cover 11 50 PLEASE CALL FOR MORE COMPUTER SUPPLY INFORMATION AT GREAT SAVINGS Call 894 9153 SCREENWRITER 11 word processing software with manual Latest version NEW and UNOPENED 75 Call 474 8863 pe xp Apple 111 software QUICK Fille PFS Desktop Plan Ill BUSINESS GRAPHICS BUSINESS BASIC PASCAL Mall List Mgr and MICROTERM and ACCESS 111 communication pkgs SOS reference manuals Don 459 3481 Also 7272 March 1985 ATTEN FU WE HAVE YOUR PRINTER PAPER IN STOCK 11 X 92 15 or 20 Paper SMALL QUANTITIES TOO 250 500 or 2000 per carton Also MANY OTHER SIZES AND TYPES OF PRINTER PAPER Stop in and see our selection DATA PROCESSING AND OFFICE SUPPLIES SNAP A PART FORMS AND WEDDING INVITATIONS A aoe OPEN MONDAY thru FRIDAY 8 30 5 00 NEW in Sand NOTE New Hours m ous ntinu s an co card vcro Pe 10 DISCOUNT ON ANY PURCHASE ouse This Discount Will Not Apply On Sale Merchandise Or With Other Discounts orms 20 NO 1ST STREET MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 of For more information call 612 332 4866 Accepted
30. ERTISING 07 BAD DEBTS 08 BANK SVC CHARG 09 CAR TRUCK EXP 10 COMMISSIONS 11 DEPLETION 12 DEPRECIATION 13 DUES PUBLIC 14 EMPLOYEE BENEF 15 FREIGHT 16 INSURANCE 17 INTEREST ON BD 18 LAUNDRY CLEANING 19 LEGAL PROFESS 20 OFFICE EXP 21 PENSION PR SHARE 22 RENT 25 REPAIRS 24 SUPPLIES 25 TAXES 26 TRAVEL ENTERTNMT 27 UTIL TELEPHONE 28 WAGES JOBS CREDIT SUBTOTAL 29 WINDF PROF 84 50 OTHER EXPENSES 31 TOTAL DEDUCTS 32 NET PR LOSS J5 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J55 J34 SUM J11 J32 SUM J35 J42 J44 410 445 SCHEDULE W 01 WAGES 02 BUSINESS 03 TOTAL EARNI 04 ADJUSTMENT 05 SUBTOTAL 06 SMALLEST PROGRAM PROGRAM 08 EXCLUSION FRYOURS B5 B7 M3 M4 M5 M6 FRSPOUS S B17 B19 N3 N4 B48 N5 N6 8 M72N7 N7 N72M7 M7 9 M7 N7 N7 M7 lt gt N7 N8 N10 N9 3000 1 N9 N9 30000 50000 N11 NIO 1 FED LKUP P 3 0 3401 5501 7601 11901 16001 20201 24601 29901 35201 45801 60001 85601 109401 1000000 P18 0 U56 3400 11 P22 10854 056 11900 16 P23 17414 U36 16000 18 24 2497 U36 20200 22 P25 5465 U36 24600 25 P26 4790 U36 29900 28 P27 6274 U36 35200 33 P28 9772 U36 45800 38 P29 15168 U36 60000 42 P30 25920 U36 85600 45 P31 366304 036 109400 49 1 NOT USED R 2 NOT USED R 3 NOT USED 4 NOT USED NO
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33. Text Editor Folder File An application demonstrating the basics of management printing and mulitply windows within a program by Cary Clark Instructions Brief File document describing the program File and the Macintosh user interface More Info File document de scribing the programming behind File and list of known bugs in program C ramdisk Public domain ram disk for 512K Mac BinHex Program used to upload and download files programs from other computers for example Compuserve Data Flow A visual icon too par allel programming language for the Mac by Gustavo A Fernandez Dataflow programming is a cross between flow charting and electronic circuit design Read MaeWrite document Dataflow Doc to utilize this program iago strategic played on variable sized board Similar to Reversi on 1 Instructions are included within program Hands On A workshop that brings binary trees playground to life Complete instructions with the program Switch Another icon version of the application also known as Start Up and Move to Top Not to be confused with Apple s new Switcher Sonar A Microsoft Basic program appearing in MacWorld Kermit doc documentation to Mac kermit MacDOM 5 in MacWrite format Nightmare A graphic nightmare by Fred Bockmann Program to be tried capture game only during the day not for the timid Desk Accessories Folder Several new desk accessorie
34. add to your evaluation of the programs First the equipment they run on is the Apple series of computers with Applesoft Basic Mac users are out of luck for now Value Screen s manual does not specifically include the so you might doublecheck with them if you have c Stockpak II will work on a minimal system including 48K and one disk drive 64K and two drives is highly recommended Value Screen requires 64K and two drives They also say an 80 column card is required I found I could use the system OK without by using control A to flip back and forth between the right and left sides of the screen An 80 column card is desirable While all output can be seen on the screen a printer is highly desirable for both systems WE FIX BRUISED APPLES We re a fully authorized Apple service center offering fast convenient and affordable repairs for Apple II 111 I Plus and ile models We also service Epson Okidata NEC and Comrex printers Extended service contracts available at reasonable rates for on site or in shop service Use your Dayton s charge MasterCard Visa or American Express For information 623 7123 DA IO YS 1964 ORC COMPUTER REPAIR SERVICE problem Stockpak II is changing their refund policy to a refund within 60 days if dissatisfied instead of a prorata refund at any time They also have a new trial package available which allows you to operate the full program with the except
35. an Count On It 20 by Eric Holterman 23 Yukon Computer Products BC YEAR ROUND PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MONEY MATTERS E PERSONAL INCOME EXPENSE AND TAX ADJUSTMENTS ACTUAL amp PROJECTED IB PERSONAL NET WORTH BALANCE SHEET ACTUAL amp PROJECTED E INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRACKING amp REPRICING I ESTATE AND RETIREMENT PLANNING E PERSONAL FINANCIAL UTILITIES MINNESOTA TAX WORKSHEET E FEDERAL TAX WORKSHEET Requires APPLE 11 lle with 48K 1 or 2 disk drives 132 column printer or compatible system Complete with two system diskettes and a user manual 350 00 TEN DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE SEND YOUR ORDER TO POST Software Inc 1779 E Arlington Ave St Paul MN 55449 e 642 772 2545 SHIP MY ORDER C O D MA UPS NAME O ENCLOSED IS MY CHECK PLUS 6 SALES ADDRESS TAX AND 2 SHIPPING CHECK ENCLOSED FOR TELEPHONE mini app ies March Regular Meeting _ The next regular meeting of Mini app les will be held on Wednesday March 20 in the Student Center Theatre on the University of Minnesota St Paul Campus The program for the evening will feature a representative from METRO NET METRO NET is a free information and advertising data base The presentation will center on a description of what METRO NET is how you can access the system and what types of information are available In addition they will touch on the evolution of the system and tell
36. an organization such as Mini app les is the tendency for individuals to assume that it is someone elses department Looking the situation with hindsight notification of the decision could have come from any one of several board members We are making progress in this and other aspects of running the club You are probably aware of the recent reorganization of the board its activities but all of this takes time x Mini app les Software Disks MSDs 3 Great Disks e Mini Scrip Checkbook Financial System MSD 1 home and small business checking and accounting package by Leighton G Siegel e Higher Text Extensions MSD 5 Higher Print by Dan Buchler Message Maker by Charles C Boody and Higher Word processor by Don Hagberg Higher Print provides a high density print capabllity with a selection of fonts and more if you own Higher Text from A P P L E The newsletter headers and logo are printed with Higher Text Message Maker requires that you own HIGHER TEXT display on your screen messages which scroll up and down left and right and do other useful things Higher Word Processor is a easy to use line orlented text editor suited to letter writing and everyday home use it integrates with Higher Print All MSDs are available at meetings members Terry 15 or by mail from Seo classified ads only for Schoeppner for 17 50 94 March 1985 Contains It serves as tool fo crea
37. aps Steve Lyle 894 2991 of its members Spcl Int Invest nt Eric Holterman 822 8528 Newsletter Contributions Spel Int Macintosh Mike Carlson 866 3441 Please send contributions on Mac 3 1 2 disks or via telecommun Int Pascal John Schoeppner 455 8613 ications directly to the Newslett r Editor Contributions on 5 1 4 Spel Init Visicalc Mike Carlson 866 3441 disks should be sent to the club PO Box and marked Tech Adviser hdw Roger Flint 771 2868 Newsletter Contribution Branch Coordinators Hard copy binary or text files are preferred but any form will be Dakota County Bob Pfaff 452 2541 gratefully accepted Deadline for publication is the ist Wednesday Minnetonka Dick Peterson 473 5846 of the month preceding the month in which the item might be included New Hope Jere Kauffman 535 6745 An article will be printed when space permits if in the opinion of the St Cloud Frank Ringsmuth 253 6032 Newsletter Editor it constitutes suitable material for publication Jim Schenz 429 4931 Direct Advertising inquiries to our co ordinator Eric Holterman at Liaison 1 CP M Peter Gilles 475 3916 PO Box 8266 Liaison t Geneology Decoursey 574 9062 Minneapolis MN 55408 612 822 8528 Liaison 1 Medical Stewart Haight 644 1838 E Mail Source BBR490 T To provide contact with non Mini app les SIGS CompuServe 71445 400 Software Director s Staff DOM Sales Meetings Terry Schoeppner 455 8613 Newsletter Publication Staff
38. are and software in original condition Invite Apple Reps more frequently Seminar format 20 R PERSONAL COMPUTER REPAIR FRESH LOGIC maintains major brands of personal computers for home and business FRESH LOGIC stocks a complete line of personal computer supplies and accessories selected to keep your computer running better and longer FRESH LOGIC Ridge Square North 12989 Ridgedale Drive Minnetonka 25 612 544 0022 COMMONWEALTH CLEVELAND AVE NO FROM COMO AND RAYMOND AVE S Classified SOFTWARE for Apple e CORP Program Gen erator 50 Incredible Jack 50 Wordhandler 40 Sensible Speller 40 Listhandler 25 Rapid Reader Easy Learner Turbocharger Apple Source and Toddlers Tutor 5 each Jane 888 9447 Panasonic KX P1090 printer 5185 ZOOM modem with Netmaster software 75 Dave 560 7472 Apple 48K Integer Basic card Disk Jl approx 50 disks of software manuals amp documentation Call after 6 PM 452 2406 CASH PAID FOR USED APPLE COMPUTERS AND PRINTERS Call 894 9155 CLEVELAND AVE NO FROM LARPENTER OR HWY 36 Ud M St Poul Campus mM Map of Meeting MEETING LOCATION 22 IS IN THE lt AUDITORIUM OF THE MiowaY N STUDENT oxy FREE CENTER LOT lt x Q Fani AV 2 ce ee x GORTNER 28 AND GROUNDS AND SNELLING AVE
39. as the missing final What you receive is 3 disks 6 sides paraenthesis hope you can use this jammed with text files AW e format of course 1800 SECTORS of text on ene Hmm After it to just reducing the file sizes to bite sized portions I sent it to the printer When iT matters Donne mode and 80 char line y width lines per page 150 pages later I had a great technical eA IT Memor ex manual of the internals of AW e About 1 3 is verbiage discussing things like Memory Maps Page Zero Uses Entry Points and Memory Management The remaining 2 3 is Tables such as Work File Details Main Program Detailed How to Patch and How to Capture Source Code The information it contains isn t really what I was looking for but for you e users it could definitely be a bonanza Let me know if you d like to glance at the hard copy before you decide to pop for these disks Lancaster now offers his User and Hacker 3 disks each 6 sides in a combination the info of each on 4 disks 8 sides for 40 In addition Laneaster sent along a copy of one of his previous books he definitely follows his own philosophy of giving the customer something extra When you re putting your hard work into software programs or recording ee in Information you ve got to be sure of the disc you re using Finally e maintains a microd ive enhancing hotline for you to call with E L
40. be published in the current newsletter Hope this does not down to 1 60th second The questioner was looking for milliseconds General request made for info what hard drives and what software really work with the Mac Sounds like a review subject for program presentation at a meeting Those repeatedly getting an error message usually ID 42 about their disk being bad with older versions of MaeWrite are urged to try this fix Powerup with the disk in the drive holding down the Option and Command keys before you turn on the power and throughout the first several seconds of initial boot there s a sound change that signals when its safe to let up on the keys Wait If it works in 2 5 minutes you will have your disk back again with all files on the desktop Folders will be lost If this doesn t work just re initialize this disk and use your backup What No backup inconvenience anybody You ll find the hari kari knife packed in the cedar chest with the burial robe MacTerminal does not support simultaneous receiving of a file and a output to the printer Look for Autotep t ar on a MockTerminal from esQ MockWare VersaTerm to provide this feature One of the MacGroup is looking for someone well versed in the XMODEM protocols to give a hand with some file 7 tutoring in the 1 414 idiosyncrasies t ti Specializing in quality APPLE amp
41. ctually a language that manages graphics like your word processor manages text The descriptive outline of 4 fonts of characters are stored in ROM PostScript can build a printable character using the outline and additional information on height proportion slant rotation and fill as well as where to place the character on the paper More fonts can be RAM ed in too and the fonts are professionally designed from a typesetting standpoint rather than what works out nice on the screen s bit map Screen versions of these fonts can be added to your program disk so you have a suggestion of what you are working with but they are a poor representation of the sharpness of the end product PostScript can gobble a page of info from your computer in about 1 second It then proceeds to translate all this including graphics that might be part of GOTO 16 TTSS 2318 MacSIG Meeting Report page iii the page and build a LaserWriter page that goes into RAM This translation includes routines to smooth curves cut and paste graphics together and fetch and build the characters needed for text The combination of the internal Mac software and Postscript churning in the LaserWriter may take in the range of 15 to 30 seconds for a common page even heaps longer for pages that require intense fetching and calculating After all this foreplay ending with the climactic event of banging the last bit of page makeup info in
42. d to the committee were Hugh Kurtzman Chase Allen Dave Laden and possibly two others If anyone has a suggestion for a possible nominee for office if anyone is interested in any club position they strongly urged to contact one of the Committee members The main purpose of the much like the present format Demonstrations of hardware and of software These and other features will be presented at future meetings Watch the Newsletter for details Mr Doug Sasse briefed the Board on his efforts to start a branch group at Mankato It was explained that if he can get a group to form a branch on a given date they can become members for 12 each These members would not get the new member kits The new branch would receive a master copy of DOMs for local copy distribution a master copy of the new member kit and a Newsletter for each member All new members joining after that date would have to pay 17 The meeting was adjourned MINNESOTA APPLE COMPUTER USERS GROUP INC Treasurer s Report Thru January 1985 Balance Forward 7758 37 Deposit ads 413 00 Members renewal cards 591 48 Deposit doms memb 710 00 Univ of M meeting rent 72 00 Sales tax 213 79 Newsletter printing 1627 05 Totals 2504 32 1183 00 Closing balance 6437 05 meeting was to discuss possible changes to the main meeting format Several suggestions were reviewed including A Swap Night for sale trade of hardw
43. documents Catagorized as slow with poor software functions it rated a NAY MacVision Does the same type of thing as Microeye but this unit has its act together Fast with good software a strong YEAH There s still more to come naturally as Mac continues to expand The oft rumored Word is still to see the light of day Thundersean a parasite digitizer for your Imagewriter is also a someday thing to be There s also a MacCharlie device turns your Mac into an IBM PC for just 985 And you thought Frankenstein was 4 I wonder how much you get for trading in MaeWrite on Wordslug whatever that program is GOTO 15 14 o a P CEDE MaeSIG Meeting Report page ii March 1985 Even Apple continues with some of their own albatrosses MaeDraw and MacProject is still officially a bonus for some of those going for the MacUpgrade Problem is it ain t You can wait for it if you wish but Apple would suggest that you take a choice of another one from column B since they can t deliver the one from column A The somewhat nice word on the upgrade though is that the price has shrunk to just 700 along with a similar downshift in the price of a FatMac to 2795 list In this shell game Lisa 2 10 also goes transsexual and metamorphosises into the Mac XL at 3995 There is also a ROM retrofit that erases some of the screen scrunch and other funny aberrations that happened to
44. ents Russ Kirby Demonstrates oftware BII Engel on Mac Hard Drives and Paul Howe on MicroSoft Chart J m Hanson wit demo Apple verston of Omnis 111 Note 3 Note 7 Note How to use System Library Note 10 Note 15 Electton of 1985 86 officers New Meeting Format see announcements Meeting In doubt pend ng s te Scott Olson on bar codes Note 9 AppleWorks Demo Swap night Note 8 Steve George Jere Kauffman HY pet WHY PAY MORE FOR COMPUTER PRODUCTS MODEMS HAYES Smartmodem 300 209 Smartmodem 1200 409 Smartmodem 1200Bd 389 Micromodem Il E w rebate 215 NOVATION 4 Gat direct X ni uv 99 103 SmartCat 300Bd Smart 159 103 212 Smart 300 1200Bd 379 Applecat 300 baud for Apple 225 212 Applecat 300 1200Bd cesis Ia A ehem 390 MULTITECH Multimodem lle 199 ZOOM Networker Netmaster combo 135 DISK DRIVES Teac DS DD IBM Comp 139 Asuka Ve hot Apple 165 Drive Control Card 45 DISKETTES 10 5 Floppy Diskettes packed with a storage box 55 00 05 00 Sentinel 21 00 24 00 a 34 00 19 00 as o 2 22 00 26 00 Maxell 54 HD for AT 55 00 CALL FOR QUANTITY PRICING ON 10 OR MORE BOXES PRINTERS OKIDATA Et ou 299 SESS ee Low accu D 559 ODER ee 689 MESD w oye ESSE ET VS 395 USS RE gn ey PRU API 609 PANASONIC KEP OB
45. es 145 300A 12 amber 155 V310A 12 amber for IBM 175 ZENITH ZVM 122 12 amber 115 ZVM 123 12 green 115 PRINCETON GRAPHICS MAX 12 amber for IBM 189 CMS 489 PANASONIC CT 1300D 13 RGB amp composite w speaker 265 TV Tuner for above 75 44 COMPUTER BUYING NP SERVICE 8120 Penn Ave So Suite 116 Bloomington MN 55431 612 884 5009 Member Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Mini app les Aa The Minnesota Apple Computer Users Group Inc P O Box 796 Hopkins MN 55343 Board Members President David E Laden 488 6774 This is the Newsletter of Mini app les the Minnesota Apple Computer 1215 W Laurie Rd Users Group Inc a Minnesota non profit club Articles may be re Roseville MN 55113 produced in other User Groups publications except where specifically Past President Chase Allen 431 7278 copyrighted by author 15718 Hayes Trail Questions Apple Valley MN 55124 Please direct questions to appropriate board member or officer Vice President Mark Abbott 854 8304 Technical questions should be directed to the Technical Director 1905 East 86th St Membership Bloomington MN 55420 Applications for membership should be directed to the Membership Treasurer John L Hansen 890 3769 Co ordinator Ann Bell 544 4505 38 Bimamwood Drive 8325 39th Avenue N Burnsville MN 55337 New Hope Secretary Ken Slingsby 507 263 3715 Minnesota 55
46. gramming in assembler and LisaBasic No match ups found at the meeting The communication services have a bunch of MacStuff available for downloading Some is already being reviewed for future MacDOM s Software being tested that changes a FatMac into 4 ThinMacs for concurrent processing Someone wanted to Know how you hook up 4 keyboards to use it Those trying to make the Imagewriter work with non Apple computers are urged to try 5232 connections Drivers that work with a Prowriter may offer the best possibility of making it work with text what might do graphics is anyone s guess Try it Two Mac owners have blown speakers on their Macs now that s really kinky No causes have been diagnosed The MacClock is accessible from programming languages to return time GOTO 9 16 1f you can click why not click the best The Macintosh 512k Upgrade Practical Computer Applications a 2 An Upgrade consists of increasing your onboard RAM memory from 128k bytes to 512k bytes In doing this you are now able to use all of the new larger more superior 512k programs This expanded Macintosh also allows you to load an entire diskette into memory enabling more rapid access of your programs directly from memory RAM Disk or if you prefer make your 512k Macintosh run 4 individual 128k programs simultaneously Mac Switcher This
47. h will be on Wednesday the 10th of April 1985 Same time same place which is 7 30 PM at the Hopkins Minnesota Federal Savings Loan The subject of that meeting will be the System Library how to use it and build it and why you might want to make use of its facilities Also on the agenda wil be a to ask any other questions you wanted to know about Pascal and were afraid to ask The meeting for March in case this gets to you in time will be as per the present schedule Wednesday the 6th of GOTO 4 er i A March 1985 mini app ies Announcements page iv MacSIG Meeting Report page iv March The subject of that meeting will be Attach Drivers At that meeting I will present the work I have done on a driver for the Hayes Micromodem e This driver makes use of interrupts to process characters received Again this will be an opportunity to explore the mysteries of Bring your problems and we ll try to find answers from the assembled persons There are several reasons for the shift in the date The main reason is to give us opportunity to make announcements about the programs in the newsletter leaving sufficient time for the newsletter to reach you and not have the news be history Also the change approved by the board will involve a switeh with the board meeting to the first Wednesday which gives the secretary an extra week to prepare data to
48. ing files This is a nicely integrated set of Delete Multiple Files This utility will utilities and documentation delete unlocked files from a file disk It Documentation you say Yes right will prompt you with the file name and there in the form of user selectable WPL files short descriptions the utilities that may displayed on your monitor Like hard copy you say Well one of the utilities provided will convert WPL control characters to the form L so that you may print a WPL file How do I access these wonderful utilities Well you begin by booting your Apple Writer e Place the utility disk in drive two Strike Control P and type DO ME FIRST D2 If you forget to put the utility disk in drive 2 you will get an I O Error message from Apple Writer e Press RETURN to move from the banner page to the Main Menu which is shown below Main Menu 1 Introduction to Program 2 Description of Utilities 8 80 40 Column Alternative 4 Use of SPECIAL Glossary Use of a STARTUP Program 6 Installation Procedure 7 Exit Utility Program I wil let you read through Selection 1 If you choose Selection 2 you will get the Documentation Menu shown elow Documentation Menu A Copy Multiple Files B Delete Useless Files C Convert WPL Files D Print Multiple Files E Print Multiple Copies F Free Sectors On Disk G Put Catalog in Memory H Count Words Characters I Set Print to Sc
49. ion of printing graphs It is rovided with one month s data and goes or about 30 I have discovered one drawback with Stockpak II that I was not aware of before It will not perform a sort on over 50 stocks at once You can use a screen on the data base that produces over 50 stocks and produce reports on the results but they will always be in alphabetical order by ticker symbol The reports will also be generated in batches of no more than 50 stocks Value Screen will do sorts on over 50 stocks and produce the reports The largest number I tried was over 350 and Value Screen worked fine in a slow sort of way Normally a 50 stock limitation in the sort proceedure would not be a After all the purpose of the program is to screen the data base to find limited numbers of stocks that meet strict criteria The only reason I found it is that I work only with optionable stocks and wished to create some lists of all these stocks I have found ways around this limitation for my purposes and consider it a minor irritant The faster speed of Stockpak II for my purposes is easily more important than the greater sorting ability of Value Screen k Lou Grant Syndrome by Steve George Heard an interesting statement on Lou Grant the other night In context it related to reporters and newspapers but it can also apply to 1 members and our Newsletter Something to the effect that if we keep it to ourselves we end up with
50. ions will be accepted from the floor The program for the GOTO 8 S E EEDDEIMLLALLLnn AA LA LILILLLILTLOODOoG GHGA ULLLAGAaXAAIGESL INN 1 Announcements page iii March 1985 APPLESOFT BASIC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP Based on a show of hands at the February general meeting there seems to be an interest in forming an Applesoft BASIC Special Interest Group Tom Alexander has volunteered to coordinate this SIG Please call Tom if you are interested in participating in this SIG Tom will work with the interested individuals to set up an organizational meeting He can be reached at 698 8633 Thanks Tom MARCH BOARD MEETING The next board meeting will be held on Wednesday March 13 1985 at the Minnesota Federal in Roseville Lexington and Larpenteur It is open to all club members The main item of business will be nomination of officers for 1985 86 If you would be wiling to run for office or know someone who would be a good officer please contact one of the current board members David E Laden President NORTHWEST BRANCH NEWS by Jere Kauffman A demonstration of THE HOME ACCOUNTANT will be presented by club member Chuck Johnson at our March 26th meeting PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE MEETING AT THE MINNESOTA FEDERAL SAVINGS amp LOAN BUILDING Cnty 9 by K Mart Future topies on our agenda will be a discussion of legal concerns regarding comp
51. mini ap WH ICH St Paul Branch Note 3 Pascal amp Apple Note 1 Geneology Club Note 1 Dakota County Branch Note 7 Board Meeting Note 2 Computers In Note 13 Buslness SIG Note 10 St Cloud Branch Note 15 MacSIG Non Tech Users New Group REGULAR MINI APP LES Note 5 Map ns de Educatlon SIG Investment SIG Note 4 Macintosh SIG Note 9 New Hope Branch Note 16 Minnetonka Branch Note 8 St Paul Branch Dakota County Pascal amp Apple Bus ness SIG St Cloud Branch Geneology CLUB Note 11 REGULAR MINI APP LES Note 5 Map next month Investment SIG Macintosh SIG New Hope Branch Minnetonka Branch 1 John Schoeppner 2 Dave Laden 3 Fred Woodward 4 Holterman WHEN Tue Mar 5 7pm 10pm Wed Mar 6 7 30pm Sun Feb 10 2 00pm Tue Mar 12 7pm 10pm Wed Mar 13 7 30 pm Wed Mar 13 7 00pm Thu Mar 14 7 30 pm Thu Mar 14 7 30pm Mon Mar 18 6 30pm WEDNESDAY March 20th 7 30 pm Wed Mar 20 Thu Mar 21 7 9 30pm Mon Mar 25 6 30 7pm Tue Mar 26 7 00pm Wed Mar 27 7 30pm Tue Apr 2 Tue Apr 9 Wed Apr 10 Thu Apr 11 Thu Apr 11 Sun Apr 14 2 00pm WEDNESDAY April 17th Thu Apr 18 Mon Apr 22 Tue Apr 23 Wed Apr 24 5 Mark Abbott 6 Dan Buchler 7 Bob Pfaff WHERE Mahtomed Fire House Hallam amp Stl IIwater Minnesota Federal 9th Ave S Hopkins Minnesota Historical Soclety Llbrary St Paul
52. model anyway upgraded the model for 1984 taxes and that is the version listed herein Input cells are in the unfilled columns B D F H J and K immediately to the right of columns describing the items Please also see write up on DOM34 elsewhere in this newsletter On the DOM is an AppleSoft program which handles Federal 1040 forms Inputs required of you are marked surprisingly enough as Input You need only enter values that pertain to your situation disregard the others but for the model to work all the entries must be made or at the least a line must be skipped for each entry you don t use Since THE Spreadsheet allows variable column lengths I ve shown fairly The model is set up for a married understandable labels but those of couple filing a joint return The course can be shortened formulas those used THE In the tables that show the models Spreadsheet Version 1 Those of you the first set of numbers in the left most with other spreadsheets may have to column are the spreadsheet column and modify the GIF statements the line numbers The second set refer to LOOKUP routines somewhat though it line numbers in the federal schedules should be pretty much the same for And finally the model is much easier VisiCale THE Spreadsheet II IAC Calc to use than to write about so don t be MagiCale Lotus Jazz and others put off by my weary tone GOTO 11 E F HUTTON INCREASES THE MARKE
53. ouch of a button MegaMazs is the ultimate in Macintosh memory upgrades Don t forget to make back ups of your original Macintosh software with MacSmith The professional duplicating program for peace of mind For more information concerning a 512k FatMac MegaMec MaecPort call Practical Computer Applications 612 427 4789 1305 Jefferson Hwy Minneapolis MN 55316 zy e mini app ies MacDOM 5 The Fifth Mini app les Macintosh DOM February 1985 Preview by Steven E Baker The fifth MacDOM was made available during the February MacSIG meeting The disk does not contain any System Folder files and will not boot The disk contains the following applications documents and files SWITCH Same application as Start Up appearing on the third MacDOM but a nicer icon The program allows you to switeh diskettes as the start up disk Top Disk on Desktop with rebooting the system or opening a file on the lower disk NOTE this can be done from the keyboard without using this program with the following method Open the System Folder on the new or lower disk and while holding down the Option and Command keys double click the Finder By doing this you force the Mac to run the Finder on the new disk thus making it the Boot Disk and removing the old Icon from the desktop ACLOCK This application displays an analog clock on the Macintosh screen Click to start the clock then click a
54. reen Option 4 Print an Outline you ean choose to delete the file or not Saves time working with O F Convert WPL Files This utility will convert six commonly used control characters to characters that be printed This is a useful feature since going through a file and changing them manually can take a considerable amount of time Print Multiple Files This utility will print all unlocked files on a AW e file disk You will NOT be prompted with the file name Print Multiple Copies This utility will print multiple copies of a AW e file You will be prompted for the file name and drive Free Sectors on a Disk This utility wil determine the number of Free Sectors Used Sectors and files on the chosen disk You can choose to determine sectors on several disks Put Catalog in Memory This utility wil produce a printed copy of the chosen disk s CATALOG You can use this feature to produce hardcopy lists SE TOUR use without having to boot each isk Count Words Characters This utility i count the number of words characters in an AW e file This program is already on the AW e Master disk It is updated to make is easier to access IT DOES MAKE A MESS OF THE FILE SO SAVE IT FIRST Set Print to Screen Option This utility will change the print value file PVF so a text file can be viewed on the screen without the fast scrolling and the S keystrokes to control the speed of scrolling If the SPECIAL glossary ha
55. s been loaded G r will restore the Ut print value file or this WPL will so Print an Outline This utility is part of a set of imbedded print control commands that are loaded into the March 1985 GOTO 22 er ee 21 2 DOM 434 page ii document in memory from the SPECIAL glossary This option removes the comments that are included to clarify the positioning the document so the document is printed and saved without the comments Sounds like a poor man s Think Tank The Main Menu also contains Selections with instructions for the installation of these utilities on your Apple Writer e disk be sure to use a copy with details of creating x STARTUP program and notes on SPECIAL glossary for an Epson FX 80 Printing out the documentation of these features is left as an exercise for the These files represent S J Fine s latest version of the Federal Form 1040 AppleSoft program revised from the one previously published as a DOM now just in time to do your taxes You should move all three of these files to another initialized disk before running them because TAX 85T will create a data file which wil not fit on this DOM Note article DaisyWheeling elsewhere in this newsletter Besides the above tax program there is only one other file on this disk that did not come from Tom Ostertag It was supplied by the IAC will correct a bug in Apple Writer e when used on an March 1985 user
56. s that can be installed by using the Desk Accessory Mover program by CE Software Trap List A primitive utility to find out the addresses of the Macintosh ROM traps Not very use ful unless you are debugging the ROM and have memorized the trap codes Same as the W command in Macsbug Heap doctor A bunch of func tions which became Macsbug features Ram Display A window into the Mac s memory which is updated periodically Primitive but perhaps useful to some Journal This is how the guided tours were made Note that things must be EXACTLY as they were when you play back a journal as when you recorded it else things will bomb very quickly Delete File A very nice desk accessory to delete a file from outside of the finder Sleep Clears the displays bouncing apples mouse button is pressed Key Caps A new version of the standard desk accessory which has an extra menu which lets you view the key caps in all of the fonts in the screen and until the system Print Spool another printer spooler like MockPrint Corvus Cal endar Monthly calendar Icon Work Folder Information to aid in designing and creating your own icons MaeWrite the Movie Derived from the standard MaeWrite program with Fred adding additional keyboard com mands to most of the pull down menus This program was included on a disk of programs from the local Apple office Bricks Game using the mouse to deflect a ball
57. st of thousands AH14 11 84 TAX DED AL38 38 CREDIT TO 85 Including you AH15 12 84 SELF EMPT AL39 39 YOU OWE AH16 13 LN12 25 AH17 14 TOTAL 84 FTD AM 2 WIFE ONLY AM 3 Al 2 WIFE AM 4 B53 848 9 10 a m Sundays Al 3 G22 G27 U6 B31 A 41 B53 B52 WWTC am 1280 Al 5 N A AM 5 U29 Al 6 AM4 AM 9 SUM AMA AMS 871 2608 Al 8 AM5 bu UB AMA CANA AMA 9 AI7 A18 20 A17 11 9 10 Al8 12 Al 17 Caller Line 110 16 19 AM13 11 12 111 FDAI10 AJ5 AM15 15 14 112 AJA A111 AM16 Computer Line BBS 333 2541 114 112 113 LOOKUP AM15 W3 W31 W32 W61 eens 492 lt ID CBC Onini app ies March 1985 MacSIG Meeting Report Jan 28 1985 m by Tom Edwards MacSIG Like Sardines for crawled into the earlier versions anuary Moekware has several utility type Yup No way else to put it We were like a bunch of sardines in a tin the way we were packed into the meeting room at the Edina Library on the 28th for the January meeting Growth Growth and more Growth When the meeting room was reserved way back then seemed like it was plenty big No the room didn t shrink the MacGroup just got bigger We ve been pulling about the same attendance as the full Mini app lles meetings Well we managed to fil the room to capacity and then some Some stood some sat on the floor but all were
58. te and QE mini oppites March 1985 MINUTES OF MEETING Board of Directors February 13 1985 by Ken Slingsby Secretary The Board of Directors met at the Fixed format speaker presentations Minnesota Federal Building in Roseville The Secretary s Report of the January meeting was approved as written The Treasurer s Report was read and approved The Club has been asked from time to time if help was available for the deaf at the meetings There are money and people available as signers at the main meetings Prior notification is required For further details contact Steve Lyle the Coordinator for the Handicap SIG The Board reviewed the letter a letter to the Editor and the contract with Ms Paula Ozols author of the Micro Mailer MSD Also reviewed was the letter written on behalf of the board to her These are reproduced elsewhere in the newsletter There were two requests to sell items at the main meetings Mr Steve Tharp wishes to sell the remaining stock of a software dealer distributer at reduced cost to the members This sale will take place at the February 20th meeting Mr Al Peterman wishes to sell some of the hard ware software that he has accumulated over the years in his business This sale wil take place during the April General meeting provided the site will allow sales Both sales were approved by the Board A Nominating Committee was formed for the upcoming April election of officers Electe
59. the Micro Mailer MSD Despite monthly advertising of Micro Mailer and its availability at club meetings and at shows stocking and promotion of this product is not justified by sales The board was aware of the agreement with the authors of Micro Mailer As part of that agreement there is a clause which specifically states that At any time Mini app les may discontinue sale of the program for cause without prior notice Sales terminated accordance with this clause As part of the board discussion of this matter it was the perception of several board members that purchasers of Micro Mailer were having trouble with the program and that there was a lack of support Since this was discussion and not part of the official motion it probably should not have been printed in the minutes Regretfully it was and the F r board apologizes for any bad feelings caused It is unfortunate that you had to learn of the club s decision by reading the minutes of our board meeting It is difficult in any organization especially a volunteer organization such as Mini app les for all communication and events to be coordinated perfectly Each of the board members and_ staff of Mini app les devotes an extraordinary amount of time to the operation of the club This is in addition to normal responsibilities of our occupations family etc Things do not always get done when we want them to An additional problem with
60. to RAM and hitting the GO button on the output routines pumping out the copies is kind of a let down like a smoke after a good romp in the sack that s the part that anyone could do even Brand X At 300 DPI the end result sure beats the pants off even the best of the DMP s 100 DPI and by most standards gets you into real letter quality comparisons Though far short of phototypesetting equipment 1000 DPI and up and up it is very acceptable for a whole hunk of modest demand applications from an image sharpness standpoint in the business environment Other computers can talk to it too needing only RS232 and the ability to send ASCII for text or communication to PostScript Dan says that he has used the LaserWriter and seems duly impressed Though not without bugs at this beta test point it does produce as advertised The transparencies looked good done directly by LW and repros in the mags are noticably not typeset but very acceptable Hope to have a detailed article in April issue Ed Meanwhile see page 4 of this newsletter for an example of LaserWriter output Dan also described the AppleTalk hook up from Apple It is key to the LW and Apple s yearning for credibility in the office markets A simple 2 foot cable connects to the serial port in the Mac ending in a small box with some simple isolation circuitry inside You then plug a couple of cables make em yourself if you wish from
61. ukas i uestions Very impressive 3 In the Ord St Bob Sander Cedarlof Whether you use a Macintosh Hewlett Packard or other compatible author of the S C Assembler After 3 5 systems Memorex micro discs do the job Call today and we ll a thorough analysis he completely showyouhow safe your data can be documented AW e It doesn t matter if you like Applewriter or not You still can learn a tremendous amount by reading through Don s text and comments Of course it is better if you DO have Applewriter e because he tells you how to make some great customizing modifications For the Macintosh Hewlett Packard and other 3 5 Compatible Systems 3515 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis MN 55408 827 5448 7 20 n ni app ies This DOM is a collection of Apple Writer e utilities written in Apple Writer Word Processing Language WPL With the exception of one small file that came from the International Apple Core IAC this disk is the work of Tom Ostertag And a considerable amount of work it is Tom has provided over 360 sectors of text arranged in about 75 WPL DOM 34 by Pete Gilles The descriptions given below are a portion of the documentation provided for each of the utilities u Copy Multiple Files This utility will transfer files from one AW e file disk to another It will prompt you with the file name and you can choose to copy or not Like FID only without reboot
62. uters demos of the Koala Pad joysticks light pens etc and various data baseprograms AM friends in the Northwest suburbs are encouraged to join and participate in our Branch meetings held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7pm Watch the Calendar of Events for specific topics and meeting location Our thanks go to Mr Daniel Berks from ZIM Computers for his demonstration of Apple Works at our February meeting NORTHWEST BRANCH CALENDAR March 26 Home Accountant Demonstration Minnesota Federal Savings amp Loan Mr Chuck Johnson April 23 Discussion of Legal Concerns Rockford Road Library Minnetonka Branch Schedule March 27th OMNIS Jim Hanson will demo a relational database for the Apple II series Rescheduled from 1 15 April 24th Swap Night Bring your hard and software that you d like to swap ORIGINALS only Also Branch Officers election night To get yourself or someone that you feel would make a good candidate onto the ballot or if you have any questions call Mtka Branch Pres Dick Peterson 473 5846 PASCAL SIG by Chase Allen Until John Schoeppner s boss decides to let him lead the Pascal SIG meetings I have accepted that responsibility AS one of my first endeavors I have persuaded the more frequent attendees of our monthly ist Wednesday meetings that a more reasonable arrangement is to meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month This will start with the April meeting whic
63. vice in the Apple commmunity has even been acknowledged by Apple who has favored him with information that our investment SIG would classify as insider and confidential Dan felt that Apple s exposure of details about the LaserWriter and AppleTalk also loosened the bonds that held his tongue Flying in the face of redundancy for I m sure that Dan will author this subject in much better and deeper detail and you can catch reviews in MacWorld Byte and other magazines Il slug out what I can about Dan s presentation on these new products The LaserWriter is a laser printer from Apple The mechanics of what it does differs little from similar printers from Canon and HP as a matter of fact it looks suspiciously like them What is different is what goes on inside from a software standpoint Looking at hardware specs it s almost more of a computer than a printer You find a 68000 processor 1 5 MB RAM 5 MB ROM RS232 and AppleTalk interfaces Images are resolved at 300 dots per inch and copies slither out at about 8 per minute when things are underway It uses cartridge inserts to renew toner supply good for 2000 3000 impressions Cartridges cost 99 and slide into a machine that goes for 6995 twice that of the others What you get for that pricey difference is primarily dynamite software package called PostScript from Adobe Systems That is the reason for all of the computer stuffings inside PostScript is a
64. you where METRO NET fits in the overall scheme of bulletin board systems and public information utilities It should be an informative evening Investment SIG by Eric Holterman The next meeting of the Investment SIG will be on Thursday March 21 at our regular meeting place at the Hennepin County Library near Southdale The focus of the meeting will be on fundamental analysis Russ Kirby will demonstrate Investor s oftware which duplicates the calculations of the Stock Selection Guide put out by The National Association of Investors Corporation The program runs on Apple 48K 1 drive and requires Applesoft Basic Cost of the program is 100 Dick Marchiafava will demonstrate the SpeeDemon card which increases the speed of the Apple This should be of value for investment programs that spend a lot of time crunching numbers or creating graphs The March meeting is at the Hennepin County Library at Southdale We will be in the Helen Young Room Doors open at 7 PM and the meeting starts at 7 15 PM adjourning by 9 15 PM The library is located at 7001 York Avenue South It is on the east side of the street across from Target Plenty of free parking As it stands now the library is not available for a meeting in April and none is scheduled for April at this time Should the library schedule change we may set up meeting which will be announced in the April newsletter March 1985 Announcements by Club Members EN

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