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SAS] ul sly y sty Pracke eqeEy 90x] FORO E saddyy ys Sursnoog 86 AINE ; -'s Wire Fe THE INCOMPLETE WORKS OF INFOCON, INC. Incomplete, yes. But it’s not just because we're always bringing out new stories in the Infocom interactive fiction collection. Nor is it simply due to the fact that with all the writing and re-writing, honing and perfecting that we put into every one of our stories, our work is seemingly never done. The real reason is: an Infocom work of fiction can never be complete until you become a part of it. You see, as hard as we work at perfecting our stories, we always leave out one essential element—the main character. And that’s where you enter in. Once you've got Infocom’s inter- active fiction in your computer, you experience something akin to waking up inside a novel. You find yourself at the center of an exciting plot that continually challenges you with sur- prising twists, unique characters (many of whom possess extraordi- narily developed personalities), and original, logical, often hilarious puz- ales. Communication is carried on in the same way as it is in a novel—in prose. And interaction is easy—you type in full English sentences. But there is this key difference between our tales and conventional novels: Infocom’s interactive fiction is active, not passive. The course of events is shaped by the actions you choose to take. And you enjoy enor- mous freedom in your choice of actions —you have hundreds, even thousands of alternatives at every step. In fact, an Infocom interactive story is roughly the length of a short novel in content, but because you're actively engaged in the plot, your adventure can last for weeks and months. In other words, only you can complete the works of Infocom, Inc. Because they’re stories that grow out of your imagination. Find out what it’s like to get inside a story. Get one from Infocom. Because with Infocom’s interactive fiction, there’s room for you on every disk. InFocOoMm 15 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, r » NEC PC-8000, Osborn: 99/44, TRS-80 Models Land IIT he IBM PC version for your Compag, and the MS-DOS 2.0 on for your Wang or Mindset. im 4 EGR YO) sr 8 Softly Comment Softalk takes the stand with opinion and commentary: Al Tommervik i laments the Apple III's day of reckoning; Bert Kersey examines the impossible, inaccessible file- name generator; Steve Shendelman reviews reviewing; and Michael Berlyn ponders future adventuring ... 24 Exec Haba Systems: Fame for the Fun of It Company profile: Chaz Haba has known and worked with some of the biggest names in computers. Now he’s put his name on a software firm that's making waves. DAVID HUNTER 32 ae a a Advertisers’ Index .... Beginners’ Corner, by To . Opposite Page ert Disks, drives, DOS basics Pb Bestsellers: iti es wen le3) Contest: If You Believe in Softalk, Crap Your Hands! White the right slogan and win ...... ‘ Contest Winners Results of Apri's cipher contest; Oracle 500 be 6 DOStalk, by Tom Weishaar Secrets of the lc, DOS text-fle commands ...... 4 Everyone's Guide to Assembly Language, by Jock Root The logic of input and output processing .......... 115 Keys to the World, by Matt Yuen 4 look at ABBS, Net-Works, TBBS, CommuniTree.... . 97 Mac 'n’ Lisa, by Kevin Goldstein Of mice and megabytes bone satel Marketalk News ‘Announcing new eek and services 65 Marketalk Reviews . be . ld Mind Your Business, by Peter Olivier! Of spreadsheets and database manners ............ 61 Open Discussion Questions and answers’ Taking it to the mailbox . W Tradetalk Industry news: Summer CES report and more .. . 88 How Apple Put Training on a Disk An inside look at how Apple's User Education Group made AppleWorks easier for users to learn with computer-aided instruction. JONATHAN PRICE Boy Scout Apples Scouting has been around since the beginning of this century. It's as popular as ever, and now cheerfully reliable Apples are helping out. MICHAEL FERRIS Vegas Apples Are Beyond Belief Professional musician Tom Klem uses an Apple and a couple of synthesizers to perform music while the stars perform on-stage. ANDREW CHRISTIE more... .- August Trailers . . . The 6502’s Roar—Apples and MGM... . Exec Electronic Arts . . . M.A.C. Gate, Part Two. . . Psychics and Apples explore the unknown. . On Our Cover: A boy's interest in Scouting directly relates to the amount of outdoor activity his troop is involved in. Photo courtesy Boy Scouts of America. PitheDe Eo X ADYE AB Computers... Accelerated Logic . 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Feature Editors: Jock Root, Hardware; Todd Zilbert, Leters. Market Research: Lanny Broyles. Copy Editor: Cordell Cooper. Assistant Copy Editor: Judith Pfeffer. Editorial Coordinator: Betsy Barnes. Proofreaders: Harry MeNeil; Steve Thomsen, Editorial Correspondents Contributing Editors: Jim Meritt, Pascal; Petet Olivieri, Business; Grog Tibbetts, Apple CP/M, Tom Weishaar, DOS; Bill Budge, Graphics, Kevin Goldstein, 32-Bit Apples Regional Editors: Roe Adams, East Coast, John MacGibbon, Australasia. Softalk Sages: Doug Carlston, Bob Clardy, Roy Hicks, John Jeppson, Mark Pelczarski, Joe Shelton, Roger Wagner Production Manager: Donald J. Robertson, Associate Art Director: Lucas McClure, Ad Production: Michael G. Pender. Assistant Production Manager: Nancy Baldwin, Assistant: Ruth Seid. Softalk Publishing Business Chairman: John Haller. Associate Publisher: Mary Sue Rennells, ‘Assistant Publisher: Three Tyler. Advance Projects: Steve Shendelman. Operations: Marjorie Kaufman. Director of Finance: Chari Hilario. Controller: Duane Runyon. Purchasing: Gene O'Day Softalk Books: Paul Mithra. Siblings: Craig Stinson, Editor, Sofialk forthe IBM Personal Computer; Patricia Ryall, Editor, ‘ST Mac Advertising Coordinator: Linda McGuire Carter. Assistant: Cathy Stewart West Coast Sales: Randie James, Softalk; Mike Antich, Softalk for the IBM Personal Computer, ST. Mac. Softalk, 7250 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, North Holly wood, CA 91605; (818) 980-5074, East Coast Sales: lan Ross, Paul McGinnis Advertising Sales, 690 Broadway, Massapequa, NY 11758; (212) 490-1021 Midwest and Rocky Mountain Sales: Ted Rickard, Bill Chalifoux, Kevin Sullivan, Market/Media Associates, 435 Locust Road, Wilmette, IL 60091, (12) 251-2541 Circulation Customer Service: Michelle Vigneault-Kirschenbaum, Subscriptions: Jan Godoy-Aguiar, Barbara Naimoli, Josie Walley, Deirdre Galen, Anna Gusland, Ramona Gordon, Jill Stroud, Nancy Kelly. 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Sera new saneas ents iubal oma fence Sofia Samtall Circulation, Box 7039, North Hollywood, CA 91605 tlephone (818) 9808094. Please alow sit to eight weeks for Prabienat liye heen ece eee Sohal iy ae Ceemmeat FEsTeu ate Va Bat ces us a hc ore FSR Michele VgnealrKischetbeu can help au Call (18) HD S074 or (00) S21 6231 JULY 1984 It seems to be the trend these days for Apple magazines to have slogans. Apple Orchara’s is, “The Premier Magazine for Apple Computer Users.’’ Nibble likes to be known as *‘The Ref- erence for Apple Computing.’’ InCider wants to let you know right off the bat (and with a smile of word play) who owns it: ‘‘Green’s Ap- ple Magazine.’’ A+’s angle, oddly, since only Apple Orchard doesn’t share the trait, is its in- dependence: “‘The Independent Guide to Apple Computing.’’ Even Sofialk’s sibling publica- tion, St. Game (the black sheep of the family, as they say), bears a subtitle: ‘‘Computer Gaming for the Irreverent.’” Softalk, on the other hand, has never had a slogan. Not that some haven’t been considered from time to time, but the melees that ensue in such meetings—the hair-pulling, face-scratch- ing, nose-punching knockdown-dragouts—make the project a poor candidate for success. All We’ve Got Is the World. We're begin- ning to feel left out. It’s such a trendy thing to have, this slogan. It’s not that we really want to use one, at least not to print or mess up our cov- er with; but we'd feel better if we had one in the wings, so to speak—if we knew what ours was even if we never told anyone else. Since the last one we came up with—‘‘Tommervik’s Origi- nal, Independent, and Fun News, People, and Features Magazine and Reference Guide to Thunder on the LEGIONS OF ROME From across the Rhine comes the thunder of thousands of barbarian cavalry on the move. Caesar gives commands and his Tenth Legion moves toward high ground, It is June, 55 BC and you, as Caesar, are engaged in war with the fierce Germanic tribes who outnumber your stalwart Legions by two to one. Military strategy and organization are the keys to defeating the warlike, but oft disorganized, barbarian hordes. You command up to ten Legions against the computer- controlled enemy in this simulation of point-and-edge warfare. Legionnaire is not an arcade shoot'em up game, but a sophisticated software system where the computer determines the outcome of each melee based on such factors as terrain slope, battle fatigue and leadership. Barbarian tribes are ranked in increasing difficulty, from the strictly introductory level Aedui to the dreaded Huns, rumored to be undefeatable. 48K Disk for Apple” Il, I+, Ic & Me, $40 Cassette for Atari® (16K) and Commodore 64° : $35 32K Disk for Atari? Home Computers, $40 AVAILABLE SPRING '84: Disk for Commodore 64°, S40 THE STEEL CAVALRY he The Rhine rolls on through twenty centuries and again the Germanic cavalry thunders: Tigers and Panthers, the steel horses of the Wehrmacht, deploy on the rolling plains of northern Germany. Commanding platoon-sized battle groups of individual tanks, assault guns and infantry, you test your mettle against the computer or a fellow gamer while the computer determines each shot's effect based on armor thickness, gun size, angle of fire and even fuel tank location. + oe a the i PAR) ee = a * : Pee This is TAC—Tactical Armor Command. You pick a nation (from among the four major combatants: Britain, USA, Germany or Russia), you build a combat team (a simple pur- chasing system is used to “buy” the units you want), and you deploy your units to meet and engage the enemy. All of the famous vehicles of WWII are here (along with some more obscure ones): T34’s, Tigers, Panthers, Shermans, Fireflies, SU-152's & the awesome Pershing, to name just a few. 48K Disk for Apple® II, 11+, IIc & He, $40 NEW 48K Disk for Atari Home Computers, $40 NEW 64K Disks for IBM-PC® and Commodore 64°, $40 Both of these exciting games are available at leading computer game and hobby stores. 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Write a slogan for Softalk. There’ll be two winners, maybe. The for-sure winner will have come up with the best realistic slogan or subtitle that captures the essence of Softalk as you see it in a crisp, snappy, clever way. We'll award a second prize if someone sends in an outstand- ingly witty, pithy, possibly tongue-in-cheek slo- gan that still is recognizably Softalk. This Time, Mail It In! Even if you never enter Softalk’s contests, enter this one! It’s lone- ly out here in mottoless NoHo. Pretend we're Tinkerbell, and send your entry to let us know you believe. If no entry qualifies for the wit award, the mean old random number generator will pick one name from among all entrants for the second prize. Write your slogan on the entry blank or on a piece of paper, no more than five slogans to an envelope, and mail to Softalk Slogo, Box 7039, North Hollywood, CA 91605, by August 10, 1984, along with your name, address, and phone number, the name of your favorite deal- er, and the product or products from July Sof: talk advertisers you'd like us to put $100 to- ward. If you win either prize, we'll do it. Special Note to June Contest Computer Designers: The mythical head of your depart- ment, unreasonable as usual, has just laid a pre- viously unmentioned deadline on your heads; proposals for new computers must be post- marked by July 15, 1984. And you thought you had infinite time. Oh well. Fpn Oxpm? Reacting positively to all the cards and letters we receive that ask for more challenging contests, the staff conceived the ci- pher vontest that appeared in the April issue. “‘This,”’ one staffer remarked, *‘will show ‘em that they’re not smart! "” Obviously, it didn’t show everybody. Post cards, though much fewer in number, flowed in; most of them had the correct information re- quested in the contest. The staff spent a few days looking at all the nice pretty pictures on the cards and then finally decided to throw all the correct entries into the random number generator. It’s been more than a year since such a small number of contestants have tied for a contest, and the oft-feared RNG took offense at our ask- ing it to pick from a group as small as this, Wrin- Kling its nose, the RNG plucked out Jim Ger- mann (Jackson, NJ) and said, ‘‘This is as ran- (clip along the dashing line) Entry Blank (Yearning To Be Filled) Send your entry to Softalk Slogo, Box 7039, North Hollywood, CA 91605. Entries must be postmarked by August 10, 1984. Slogan: Your name (if you dare reveal it): Your address: Community, State, Zip: Your phone number (or Paul Newman’s, whichever is handier): Your dealer (if you dare reveal it): Your heart’s desire (as advertised in Softalk): Special: Crucial Contest Questionnaire (participation optional) Have you entered a Softalk contest before? O) Yes O No O A what? If not, ain’t it fun? C Yes C No O Only If I Win Are you clapping? C Yes 0 No O] Hard to tell Commentary: Be ake That’s enough. ———————— (clip along the dotty line) dom a person as I can find.”” Germann wins the prizes of his choice, which happen to be Hayden’s Sargon III, Sansoft Plus’s Sex-O- Graphic and Strip Blackjack, and a whole slew of Elephant disks. For the curious, here’s what all those weird letters on page four of the April issue, once translated, said: You might have noticed that nowhere on this page does it say you have to solve this cryptogram to enter the contest. The fact that you're reading this says that you have the kind of initiative and drive it takes to be a winner. To enter this con- test, all you have to do is send us one Piece of information that can be found in this magazine. To be eligible to win, just send us a post card telling us what color lights are on a Christmas tree. It can be a Uncover the Apple cs Appeal Brady Communications Co. knows that you'll be delighted with the most appealing Apple to appear ina long time. It's expandable, it's portable, and it has the capability to do some pretty amazing things—once you learn how to use it. Now, Brady Communications Co. reveals the real appeal of the Apple J/c between the covers of the very first book you should buy! APPLE Ic USER GUIDE By Gary Phillips & Donald Scellato This is the comprehensive guide you need to learn about your Apple Zc. Waa jargon free style, ins I eC Wh C 1s the to give the user a clear - account of the programming capabili- User Guide ties and applications for the new machine. It starts at the very begin- ning with how to set up the Apple //c and continues with complete discus- sions on Applesoft BASIC, ProDOS, and the System Utilities. A very help- ful section is included to teach you how to select software and accompanying hardware (monitors, modems, disk drives, printers etc.). To make you even more comfort- able with the new Apple, it includes appendices to help you find Apple user groups, reliable vendors, and trade publications to increase your Apple expertise. This is the volume you'll want to have accompany you and your Apple Jc, everywhere you go together! 1984, /paper/illus./ISBN 89303-307-3/ D307 95 Also from Brady and basically written to reveal more about your Donald Scelto Apple Ic is: APPLE Ic AN INTRODUCTION TO APPLESOFT BASIC by Lois Graff and Larry Joel Goldstein These and other books by Brady Communications Co. for the Apple IIc and other Apple™ Computers are available at fine bookstores and computer dealers nationwide. Or, call 800-638-0220 for information. BRADY Brady Communications Co., Inc. A Prentice-Hall Company Bowie, Maryland 20715 Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computers, Inc. JULY 1984 @VOITALL PREVENT THE DISASTER OF HEAD CRASH AND DROPOUT. The war against dust and dirt never ends. 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Send your post card to Softalk Xmas Tree, Box seven zero three nine, North Hollywood, California nine one six zero five (convert numbers to numerals, please). Go to it. Yes, the Christmas tree referred to was found on page 171, in the left column, last paragraph. The tree has a series of orange lights, one green light, and a red foul light for each car’s lane. Since it wasn’t clear from the article that the foul light was also on the Christmas tree, we accepted entries that specified only the orange and green lights. Our hearts bleed for the poor misled souls who looked at the Christmas tree on page 187 (top row, third magazine from the left) and said that Christmas tree lights are all sorts of colors. Sorry, gang. But that tree’s lights look black and white to us. Also, thanks to all the readers who sent us cards with cryptograms on them. But since we couldn’t read them, we didn’t know if they had the right information. We made it nice and sim- ple, and you went and made it complicated for us. Be kind; our contest staff has a limited men- tal capacity. Oracle Drivel. We didn’t really want you to predict the top finishers of the Indianapolis 500. What we actually meant to say was, ‘‘If you took everyone in the world, put them on the freeway, and let them drive like maniacs for five hundred miles, who would be the first ones to finish?”” Of course, such an idea is ludicrous. Not everybody has a car, Anyway, the next best thing was the Indianapolis 500, so we settled for that. Oracle contestants were asked to predict who would finish in the top three spots; for bonus points, they were to predict the winner. In order, they were Rick Mears, Roberto Guerrero, and Al Unser, Sr. Ten points were awarded for each driver named, and five bonus points were given to those who predicted Mears as the winner. Because no one predicted Guerrero, the most anyone could predict was two, and that’s what eighteen contestants did. From the pile, Scott Bauer (Pittsburg, CA) was selected at ran- dom to claim his booty of $200 in Apple ac- cessories. It comes as little surprise that Guerrero was on nobody’s list, since this was his first race. But really what threw a lot of contestants out of the running was that they wrote Al Unser’s name without specifying whether they meant senior or junior. Sorry, but that’s the way it goes. It would have been like naming ‘‘Marx”’ as Time’s Man of the Year, without specifying Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, Gummo, or Karl. Coming Attractions. Next time, we'll find out why so many contestants had such a hard time with the Embassy contest (besides the fact that there was no deadline mentioned). | \ win A, th NOW AVAILABLE FOR e - COLECOVISION : ] AND COLECO at Finally, computer games you want your kids to play. 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PIE WRITER™ 3 and short correspondence.” They judged Format-II best out of 18 WRITE AWAY™ 4 An easy to follow manual. leading word processors. Here's why: LETTER PERFECT 5™ 5 Essential to any good program is a Format-II makes editing easy. WORDSTAR™ 6 manual that's clear and under- There's our unique editing process: MEGAWRITER™ 7 standable. The Peelings II reviewer simple, mnemonic commands log- APPLE WRITER II™ 8 describes the Format II manual. ically relate to the task you want to PERFECT WRITER™ 9 “Allin all, itis one of the best word perform. To center text, you press CORRESPONDENT™ 10 processor manuals I have seen. (C]. To delete, [D]. To justify, 2. SPELLBINDER™ 11 The latest documentation is a And since what you see on MAGIC WINDOW II™ 2 model of clarity and organization.” the monitor is exactly what will ZARDAX™ es 2B Put it all together. Then add print out, editing and formatting is SUPERTEXT < 80 4 features such as support of hard always a breeze. Sle eae ng disk drives and a standard DOS The Peelings II reviewer said, SELECT™ ” text file format compatible with “Format-II is one of the few word SANDY™ 18 spellers and communications pro- Processors that is so comfortable 5 iby Jolin Martéfier, September 1953, grams, and it’s not hard to see why and predictable, I would con- based on Peelngs rating system for performance Format-II has earned the number sider it as an addition tomysmall ee ree Sree one rating. library of personal software.” Format-II supports all printers. Unlike other word processors, Format-II is compatible with every printer that works with the Apple, from the simplest dot matrix printer to the most advanced letter quality printer. Abuilt in mailing list at no extra cost! Actually a database system resembling an index card file. A SORTING program will arrange the mailing list alpha- betically or numerically. Powerful LOGIC commands merge specific entries into form letters and documents. The words of the Peelings II Teviewer sum it up: “J cannot think of another word pro- cessor that would be better overall for business use.” Thanks Peelings II. We couldn't have said it better ourselves. For a reprint of the full review, or to order Format-I, fill out coupon and send it to: Kensington Microware, Ltd. 251 Park Avenue South, NYC, NY 10010 or call us at (212) 475-5200. Tix: 467383 KML NY. Or visit your local Apple dealer. St a eT Please send (indicate quantity): _—— Free repnint{s) of Peelings II review —— Format I Word Processing Program(s) $150 each. —— Apple I+ owners require keyboard mod. $5 each On purchases add $2.50 shipping and handling New York State residents add applicable sales tax. O Check enclosed Visa 1 Mastercard ‘Total $__ ‘Total $___ ‘Total order $__ Card No. Expires ‘Name on Card Name Address (UPS delivery) City ‘State Kensington Microware, Ltd 261 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 ue ae (© 1983 Kensington Microware Ltd Format Ilis a registered trademark of Kensington Microware Ltd Peelings Ilis a registered trademark of Peelings I, Inc. Format requires 64K and an 80 column card, Rosen a i JULY 1984 TOFTALL® OPEN Open Discussion gives you the chance to air your views and concerns, to seek answers to questions, t0 offer solutions or helpful suggestions, and to develop a rapport with other readers. It's what you make it, so share your thoughts, typed or printed, and double- spaced (please), in Softalk’s Open Discussion, Box 7039, North Hollywood, CA 91605. To ensure the in- clusion of as many contributions as possible, letters may be condensed and edited. Apple Ie Forever Many critics say that since the Macintosh is the newest, it must be the best microcomputer. IBM says that the PC Junior is the best. I say that the Apple Ie is best for normal use. Tam a junior high school student and I’m in several accelerated classes. The Ile helps me do everything from writing essays to studying for tests. I wonder why people think they should pay for something like a Macintosh when they can get something very similar for less money. I wonder why they buy something that is hard to find good software for like the PC Junior. Iwill stick with my Apple Ile. Chip Witt, Cotati, CA The Gosub at the End of the Universe We are trained in humility from childhood. We are taught to look to our government and industrial leaders for the caliber of intelligence needed to understand complex concepts. We are more likely to think of ourselves as competent tennis or chess players than part of the brain trust. So I can’t fault Dick Smith (May Open Discussion) for his doubts about David Hunter’s Just Think piece in the March issue. Hunter’s article held me spellbound from the moment I started to read. I felt something close to the thrill of an elegant solution to a challenging programming problem, the touch of a vital intelligence successfully describing the prom- ise of a giant advance in human understanding. How can I put this most forcefully and per- suasively? It is time we were aware, as the editors are perhaps aware, that the readers of Softalk, in- dividually and collectively, are probably more in- telligent than any other large human group you could define. We may have spent too much of our time over the keyboards of our computers to real- ize this, or even to have acquired a well-rounded education. We may not have heard of Russell’s Theory of Types or know it from a fimbria, but we've learned it of necessity and use it success- fully every day. And for dynamic, raw, naked smarts, there are few who can beat us. (Those few would appreciate us and cherish us and perhaps even ask us to travel with them.) That intelligence is clearly visible in Smith’s letter and in Hunter’s article. Talso felt some doubts. I felt a tiny suspicion that this might be a gigantic hoax about a spurious or nonexistent manuscript. But as I reflected on it I realized that that would be fun too. A fantastic gosub adventure! So I would like to ask Dick Smith: If we don’t care, if we don’t understand, who will? Do you really think the readers of the Physical Review or Reviews of Modern Physics are smarter than we are? If it is a hoax, are we not among the best-qualified to prove it so? Joe Fulford, Pacifica, CA Trapped in Beginners’ Corner In all of the computer magazines that I subscribe to Thave found the majority of the articles to be writ- Dales CU ten for the beginner. I have been working with computers for more than five years (since I was in seventh grade) and usually end up skipping over many of these articles. This seems to me a waste of money. I am not saying that there arc no articles above my level, but rather that there are very few of them at my level. I hope that some of the maga- zines that were originally by and for the pioneers of microcomputing return to publishing the types of articles that made them famous. Vick Khera, Rockville, MD The Mensa Method I was interested in Al Tommervik’s comment (April Softly Comment) that ‘you had to be a Phi Beta Kappa Mensa member to learn to use all’’ the features of WordStar. He may be right. San Fran- cisco Mensa uses WordStar to put out two maga- zines every month for our twenty-nine hundred members. Perhaps the converse is true, too, and people who can use WordStar ought to apply for Mensa membership. To do so, please write to Mensa in Brooklyn, New York. Let's see if Tom- mervik has discovered something. Bennett Woll, San Francisco, CA A Kiss for Woz Thave to comment or expand on Al Tommervik’s closing remark in “DOS: Apple’s Unsung Cham- pion,” in the May Softly Comment. I was told way back in 1962 by a grizzly tech instructor in a military electronics school about a then old princi- ple calied K.I.$.S. Many may know of it, but bud- ding new geniuses may also benefit from his phi- losophy. It states simply, ‘‘Keep It Simple, Stu- pid!” Sold as I am on computers, modeling pro- grams, and the like, overkill has done just that to many a good product. Bells and whistles have their place, but every one you add other than as a “‘user wanted’’ option just degrades your possible reliability. Three cheers for my Apple (at home). The $375,000 mainframe at work has no word proc- essor, a mediocre editor, and is down (again) for a $2.95 chip, or so I'm told. The Apple has yet to hiccup once in eighteen months, including a six- hour stint during a lightning storm to finish an ‘overdue article. My favorite corner of the house is my ‘‘orchard.’” David J. Brown, Indianapolis, IN Overt Cover Opinion I don’t want to come off sounding like a dissatis- fied subscriber, because I’m not. But I'd like to share a comment. Softalk’s cover photos are just too abstract in my opinion. March and April’s covers are good examples. I subscribe to the maga- zine because I’m into computers. If I wanted to see dancers and babies, I'd subscribe to Life. Keep it simple, like your February Macintosh issue. That’s my two cents’ worth. And my compliments to Tom Weishaar and Matt Yuen for two fine col- umns. Mike Romito, San Jose, CA More Ogre than Elf I have enjoyed Softalk for a long time, which is why I am so disappointed in the May story on the Apple lic. I was very excited about the IIc. I wait- ed for it. After all, 90 percent of all Ie software is compatible with the IIc. Right? Wrong! How can any Apple that doesn’t run VisiCalc call itself 90-percent compatible? It doesn’t run Format Il. 11 ror Ol In fact, of my twenty programs, the Ic ran only ‘one The product is very disappointing. The first time this thing is dropped, kiss $1,300 good-bye. It won’t use any modem currently available. And if you can get everything you need to run the Ic into your briefcase, you must be a heavy equip- ment salesman from Cleveland. Maybe in two or three years this thing will be worth owning, but now it’s not. Ivan Motherhead, Charlotte, NC Butterflies Are Free I don’t know where someone got the idea that “Today, HP continues to struggle to gain a toe- hold in the personal computer market”’ (Softalk Presents the Bestsellers, April 1984), but this statement illustrates ignorance of Hewlett-Pack- ard’s products and of its position in the personal computer marketplace. Further, any comparison of the first Apple computer to HP’s first personal computer will clearly illustrate why HP never “exercised their option.’ Compared to the HP-85, the first Apple computer was quite crude in almost every way. It is HP’s experience with technical applications that makes their products far superior for their intended purpose than anything ‘Apple has ever made. Hewlett-Packard aims its products primarily at scientists and engineers, with some emphasis on business applications. The Apple has very poor numerical precision, which can add up to an an- swer that is little more than a crude approximation after several thousand instructions, each with a further accumulation of error. All HP computers intended for technical applications can do far, far better, and there is no sacrifice in speed to accom- plish this increase in precision. The programming language in HP computers is considerably more sophisticated than that in a com- parable Apple. For instance, an HP-86 can have more than 64K of Basic resident in ROM that in- cludes features normally associated with Fortran and Algol. The HP-86 and the much more sophis- ticated 9816S (with 264K Basic and more than two megabytes of RAM possible) are a programmer's dream. Programmers who think the Apple Ie is powerful and flexible have never used an HP-86. Hewlett-Packard is doing very well with their personal computers in the market they are in- tended for: engineers and scientists. This has al- ways been HP’s primary marketplace. The Apple is a poor choice for those who do complex numerical calculations or who will be using many instruments with their computers. Chuck Budler, Kalamazoo, MI Only the Fax, Ma’am Not long ago I purchased a copy of Link Systems’s Datafax from a local store. After three days’ use, I discovered a minor problem in printing out files with the package. I wrote to the company and sent in my registration form. One week later I received a call from Link explaining that there was a bug in the version of the program I had and that a new up- dated version for my Apple He was on its way. In addition, the company’s technical representative suggested some other applications of the program for my business that I had not considered previ- ously. Besides this excellent consumer support, the people at Link have a tremendous program. Data- fax is a Pascal-based database that keeps files in 12 unstructured fields and retrieves and sorts data based upon key words you assign to the data fold- ers or pages. This makes it possible for you to design the fields to meet your existing data format and not redesign your data to meet the program specifications. On another subject, I recently visited several Apple dealerships in the Northwest and generally found the sales staffs interested only in selling Macs and totally unwilling to demonstrate or discuss software or other products in the Apple II line, I am reminded of Winston Sayers’s letter in the March Open Discussion and agree with him. Bob Clarkson, Helena, MT Streets of Fiscal Fire The letter published in the May Open Discussion under the heading “Potholes on Money Strect”” @YOFTALL JULY 1984 was unnecessarily negative in tone and gave an er- roneous impression of this fine checkbook account- ing program. I have been using Money Street heavily for both personal and business accounting and can say without hesitation that this is a pro- gram of highest quality. Money Street is fast, very easy to use, and has extensive on-screen search- ing, editing, and reporting features. Granted, there are a few sorted reports that can only be routed to the printer. But I have never viewed this as a flaw, as these are the reports I want to have printed. In summary, I have been driving Money ‘Street for more than a year and haven't hit a pot- hole yet! William E. Linn, Jr., Lithonia, GA received a rather unusual letter from the publish- ers of Money Street. They felt that Softalk was / Turn your Apple II®, li+® or tle® into a drum and percussion instrument with Drum-Key®, an interface board/software package that lets you create music using digital recordings of actual percussion sounds. It’s like having 28 different per- cussion instruments at your fingertips. You can compose, play, record and Playback, even use pre-recorded rhythm patterns of all the percussion sounds. Use these patterns or create your own to provide a background for singing or play- ing other instruments. Drum-Key is suit- able for the serious musician or the novice — or for just having fun. And it’s an excellent way to learn rhythm. A Drum-Key package in your Apple, connected to your stereo provides full programmability and storage capacity for 100 rhythm patterns and 26 songs. A scrolling Hi-Res graphic screen displays instrument staves for easy learning, quick notation and editing. * Real-time recording or play-along * On-screen composition and editing © Programmable tempo, time signature, pattern length © Selectable timing correction for Professional results ¢ Selectable audio/visual metronome Sync Out for external synthesizers * Professional demo patterns and songs included The complete Drum-Key package, includ- ing interface card and program diskette, all for only. $139.95. To hear Drum-Key in action, call 215-296-8242. To order Drum-Key, call toll free 800-441-1003. Most major credit cards are welcomed. Or send a check to: Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer. Inc PV Great Valley Parkway Malvern, PA 19355 “‘unfair’’ in its printing of Selbert Chernila’s criti- cism of Money Street and asked me—and I pre- sume most other registered Money Street owners—to write a letter in defense. Although I am very pleased with the program, I vehemently disagree with the company’s contention that Sof- taik was unfair in printing the letter. Open Discus- sion is my favorite column simply because it is open. In fact, I purchased my Money Street after reading words of high praise for it in Open Discus- sion. I believe Money Street owes a good deal of its sales to this column, and its publishers should be thankful for its openness. I hope their writing campaign does not backfire. Although I don’t approve of Money Street’s so- licitation for letters of defense, I don’t feel that Chernila’s letter should go unchallenged. Money Street, despite Chernila’s contentions, is a very good program for the average user. It is fast and very easy to use and learn. The defects Chernila points to are minor and have no bearing on my use of the program. James Nogle, Savoy, IL By early June, Softalk received more than forty letters in defense of Money Street from people all over the country. Two for Tessler In reference to the May Open Discussion letter from Franklin Tessler of Los Angeles: Perhaps Tessler experienced problems with the documen- tation of Flight Simulator IT because he did not re- ceive the “Important Sheet’’ that goes along with the manual. On the ‘Important Sheet’ discrepan- cies in the manual are clearly stated. Debbie Woodard, SubLogic, Champaign, IL I agree with Franklin Tessler’s comments in the May Open Discussion. The manual for the Gener- al Manager leaves much to be desired (and too much to the imagination). Still, I believe GM of- fers an excellent price-to-performance ratio and is superior to many other filing systems available for Apple II series micros. How about a GM special interest group? I would be delighted to correspond with other GM users who wish to share questions and solutions, as well as create ways to exploit GM’s power. Anyone interested should contact me through Open Discussion. Jack Williamsen, De Pere, WI Pounding It In I read with sympathy the struggles of Kendall C. Sanford with Apple Writer II and the Epson printer (May Open Discussion). I have the Epson MX-100 with the Graftrax Plus modification and I think this will work. You can make the British pound symbol one of two ways. The first is to boot, Apple Writer II and then define a keyboard symbol such as the $. Then enter the following keystroke sequence: control-V escape escape control-V > control-V control-A escape escape control-V =. The problem of how to create a glossary is found on page 43 of my Apple Writer II manual. Pages 44-45 of the manual tell you how to save a glossary file. Once this is done and loaded into the glossary with the control-Q 5 option, you will get the pound symbol each time you press control-G $. Andrew B. Dott, New Orleans, LA In response to Kendall C. Sanford on printing the British pound symbol on an Epson printer, I offer the following: Follow the procedure outlined in Bill Parker’s “Picking Up the Tab” in April’s Sof- “A LIVING TAPESTRY .. .” “QJ|he world of Ultima III can only be compared to a living tapestry — complex and beautiful. . . This is the best fantasy game in computing. Indeed, it is one of the best fantasy worlds in which to live. Lord British is a veritable JRR Tolkien of the keyboard.” — Popular Mechanics “Giodus: Ultima III, with a superior plot to match its superior gaming system, is a great game. It upgrades the market; in several ways it sets new standards for fantasy gaming state of the art.” — Softline “Gaodus: Ultima III is Lord British’s magnum opus — so far. It’s fun and exciting to play and constantly intriguing. And the ending is marvelously unexpected and not a bit disappointing — except that it is the ending, and as with a good book, you'll probably wish there were more.” — Softalk Available on: Apple, Atari, Com64, IBM SYSTEMS NC. 1545 OSGOOD ST... #7 NORTH ANDOVER, MA 01845 (617) 681-0609 Apple, Aun, Combs, ud IBM are trademarks of Apple i, tai, Commodore Busines Mashiv, an HEM, expat Ultima und Lord British are rademarky of Richard Garrio. Copyright 1984 by Origin Systems, Inc 14 talk to create a glossary file using ASCII 129. This will allow you to print the pound symbol. Michael H. McGuire, Rome, GA The Good, the Bad, and the Questionable Several weeks ago I ordered a Videx UltraTerm by mail. The decision to order through the mail was made after I read a complimentary report on Videx’s customer relations in Open Discussion. When I received my UltraTerm, I noticed a slight problem in changing display modes, and I sent the company a note describing this problem. To my great surprise, a Videx technician promptly called me during business hours in response to my letter. It turned out that one of the board components was bad and the card had to be returned. A further sur- prise was in store, for Videx mailed a new board by UPS second-day air the day after receiving my old board. Frankly, I did not believe such dedi- cated service existed today. In the April Open Discussion, Robert Spaith mentioned that boldface (control-PB) with Word- Star put a Daisywriter 2000 into shadow printing mode. This is characteristic of letter-quality print- ers; to get the regular boldface feature, the double- strike (control-PD) command must be used. Spaith also mentioned the deplorable attitude of Computers International (maker of Daisywriter) toward its customers. I too received a bad impres- sion of the company when I noticed a problem with the buffer on a Daisywriter 2000. The model I purchased was supposed to have a 48K buffer, but I could load into it 16K at most. I took the printer to my friendly local ComputerLand techni- cian, who called Computers International. He was informed that, although the printer was shipped with 48K, a jumper must be cut to make all of this buffer space available. It seems to me that the @VOFIALK JULY 1984 company could at least have informed the dealers of this on its own so that the necessary adjustments could have been made before the printers were sold. Another disappointment was the documenta- tion for the Daisywriter. It was slightly more con- fusing than the blueprints for a nuclear power plant. All of this is a shame since I have found that the Daisywriter is a good, versatile, feature-packed printer. If Computers International started acting ‘more like Videx, they could take the printer market by storm. Finally, I would appreciate hearing if anyone has succeeded in getting Microsoft Fortran-80 to run ona PCPI Appli-Card. A fellow Apple owner bought Microsoft Fortran and found that it did not work with the Appli-Card. He wrote to Microsoft, which informed him that their Fortran will run on- ly on the Microsoft CP/M card. This is not exactly true, because I know of at least one other CP/M. card that will work. However, as I have no desire to get a new CP/M card, I would like to know if there is a several-byte patch that will permit the Appli-Card to run Fortran. I have heard rumors about the existence of such a patch, and I certainly would like to be aware of this patch before I even consider buying Fortran. By the way, this incom- patibility is one of my pet peeves. I think that all CP/M programs should run on all CP/M cards. John Sarisky, Youngstown, OH Addition to Correction Inreply to Don Thatcher's helpful additions (April Open Discussion) to the continuing Apple Writer He embedded printer codes controversy: His sug- gestion, the left-justify mode, typing control- V control-H control-V completely solves this has- sle,”’ is, well, not completely right. I was happy to see his suggested solution and went right to using Using any other brand just doesn’t compute. Verbatim. BRITCO makes it all possible. Readily available product. Introducing nationwide service. Quantity discounts available for all products. Visa or Master Charge acceptable. Dealer inquiries welcome. Nationwide response, - * 1-800-643-9029 in Texas call collect. * 214-669-2565 it. It does work, but unless you carefully monitor your output by first printing to the screen (control- P pd0), you may find hanging periods, commas, exclamation points, and question marks, just as I did. Apple Writer reads backslash as a space and consequently, if what precedes the space can fit onto a line, all that follows it will wrap around onto the following line. What I would like to see is a way to allow my printer to perform a true con- tinuous underline, instead of the tedious and time- consuming one character forward and one back that is provided. Ihave a problem of my own with Apple Writer He. When I use fill justification, lines that end with a period or a parenthesis are occasionally one character short of matching up with the adjacent lines. Why is that? Alan Drake, Old Bridge, NJ Printing Primer After reading about problems people are having getting their word processors to print the way they want, I resigned myself to the fact that my PFS:Write, with boldface and underlining, would have to do. But as I got further along into the man- ual, I found I could enter control characters to get my Epson to print my correspondence the way I wanted it. After doing some experimenting with the codes and translating what the Epson manual was trying to say, I came up with these codes to do a few more printing varieties than are built into PFS:Write. To get into the different modes, enter the following codes where you want the special printing. Don’t forget to turn off the special feature, as it will stay on until turned off. Effect On Off Enlarged ePalas 42 20% Condensed SPilsy Pal Bes Double-Strike eceiata te “P oiee Emphasized *P 27,69* SP 2770 Superscript *P 27,83,0* *P 27,84* Subscript *P2f6a1°> “Reed Underlined *P 27,45,1° *P 27,45,0* Italics SPier S25 *P 27,53" A final code is that for emphasized and double- strike, which is turned on with * 27,69,27,71* and off with *27,72,27,70*. Some of these codes can be used in combination with each other and some can’t, so experiment and see what happens. Patrick D. Kerr, Costa Mesa, CA The Overseas Market I have been very interested in so-called microcom- puters since 1978, when I visited the United States and read an advertisement for Apple in a maga- zine. I've owned two domestically manufactured Japanese microcomputers, a Hitachi (in 1979) and an NEC (in 1982). However, Japanese makers have changed their models so often that software houses and users could never catch up with the changed models. Also, Japanese models have little capability for peripheral expansion. I bought an Apple Ie last summer. I regret that advertisements in Softalk—which I have read since May 1983—never say how over- seas readers can order software and peripherals. Should I order by Visa card? How will mailing ex- penses be treated? Also, I welcome readers’ recommendations or suggestions on telecomputing software for the Ap- ple Ie so that my Ile can connect with The Source. My configuration consists of an Apple Ile, one disk drive, and a color display. I don’t have an eighty-column card or CP/M card. Tatsuo Nakahara, Narashino City, Japan Busine SPREADSHEET (A) KNOCKS: MEXICAR JUMPING BEANS) WTO SIMPLIFIED SPREADSHEET ASSEMBLY Mout oF Neurotic MAN(C) WHO {5 SO DISCOMBOBULATED TWAT WIS HAIR STANDS Ond END, DISLODGING Hat (D) WHICH OPENS CAGE CE) Ae RELEASES EPICUREAN Mouse, F). MOUSE, INSPIRED BY SCENT OF PERFECTLX AGED CAMEMBERT CHEESE , GNAWS THROUGH SPREAD SHEET, ONIX TO DISCOVER HE. WAS BEEN FOOLED BYAROMA OF NERRIPE GORGONZOLA (6) IN AFITOF PIQUE He SPILLS VINTAGE: WINE. (H) INTO WATER WHEEL (L) WHIOH TURNS POLLEN THAT CAUSED GLOVE J) TO Gease SPREADSHEET AND Move (TTO TaPine AREA. SHEET 1S TAPED SECURELY IN & RACE BX TRAINED ADHESIVE TAPE WORM(K). << Se DER ew MADE SIMPLE. Now you can save time, aggravation, adhesive tape, and Gorgonzola cheese by following one simple direction—Sideways. It's the unique software program that lets you output all the spreadsheet columns you need, all on one con- tinuous page, all with one print command— and all for only $60! The New York Times calls Sideways “one small program that solves a big problem for computer users’ You'll agree. Sideways can print as wide a spreadsheet as you can invent with VisiCalc® Multiplan® or other programs. ‘You can also use it for those far-into-the-future schedules and pert charts you create with your word processor. And there's more—Sideways gives you complete control over margins and character spacing, and lets you choose from a variety of type sizes. For any wide text file, for dozens of uses, the way to go is Sideways. You can go Sideways today with your Apple® II and a wide variety of dot matrix printers, including Epson? Okidata, Apple DMP. and Imagewriter. Ask for Sideways at iS leading computer stores. Or mail a $60 check itor H to Funk Software, P.O. Box 1290, Cambridge, pian { MA 02238. (617) 497-6339. MC/Visa accepted. Send no Mexican jumping beans, please. SIDEWAYS FOR EASY-READING HARD COPY + jab ae 16 Grappling with Defaults In the January Open Discussion, Susan Rollinson talked about resetting the default eighty-character right margin, done automatically by the Grappler interface card. My printer interface is made by Apple. Rollinson used control-I 132N to set the margin at 132 characters. I have the Apple Ile, Dot Matrix Printer 2MOO98. I use PFS software. Thave been trying to figure out how to set up my computer so I can have four columns of from six to eighteen characters wide. I can get only three col- umns to fit on-screen using a left margin of two and a right margin of seventy-eight. With the above instruction, does this mean if I had the codes for the Dot Matrix Printer I would be able to change print size on my screen to 132 characters? I sure am confused. I have so much room when I print in the condensed mode that I’m sure I could add the fourth column, if I can print it on the screen or code it so it is placed there when printed. Can anyone help me with this problem? If so, I need simple instructions, including the setup and placement of codes. Elaine Jamrog, Flint, MI Super Buy At the Seventh West Coast Computer Faire I bought a Videx-compatible eighty-column card from an outfit called Super Computer. The card is perfect and is one of the best buys I've made. However, there is one thing I hope some machine language genius out there can solve. The htab com- mand for the Apple was designed for use with forty columns. So if I try to say htab 60 in one of my programs (I’m an Applesoft kind of guy), it puts the string one line down and twenty columns SPECIALS OF THE MONTH Buy ELEPHANT Diskettes at Low Low Prices Lifetime Warranty! 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We also accept witlen purchase orders from schools, unversites, governmental entities, and companies Ninos residents please add 7% tax Call us now loll tree ANYWHERE in the US Orders only: 1-800-227-3800 Ask for “Smart Data” 7 Days a Week, 24 Hours a Day Other information: (312) 256-4456 ‘Yam to 8pm (central), Mon. through Sat. Pe | SMART DATA inc. a) JULY 1984 @VOFIALL along. Obviously it wraps htab at forty columns. Now I know that people can make their own com- mands using the ampersand vector. What I'd like is for another reader to show me how to poke in the vector so that if I say &60 with my eighty- column card on, it'll do that right—actually print in the sixtieth column. Eric D. Stephan, Palo Alto, CA Beginner’s Bsave Blues Can anyone help me with a problem in machine language programming? I am very new to this area, When entering a program, I type call — 15] and begin entering the program in the Monitor, bsaving with the command bsave file name, A§starting address, LSlength. What I would like to know is whether it is possible to stop in the middle of such a binary program, save it to disk, and then later add to the program. If this is possible, can it be done by simply entering the Monitor, bloading the binary file to the original starting address, and beginning with the first memory address after the last one previously entered? Or is it necessary to do something else? It would be a great help to me to be able to do this, since binary files to be ac- cessed by Applesoft are frequently so long. I have an Apple Ile with 64K and one drive. Carole Hanna, Hallsville, TX Brotherly Thanks There is probably a very simple and logical an- swer to this question, but I have yet to figure it out. I have a Panasonic KX-P1090 printer con- nected to an Apple II Plus via an MPC parallel card. I cannot get output to appear on both screen and paper at the same time. I have tried every con- trol sequence listed in the card and printer docu- mentation. Help! I would also like to give the people at Sirius a big “‘thanks, bro’’ for their quick and courteous help with Escape from Rungistan. I had the pro- gram for quite a while and was getting rather frus- trated because I couldn’t get through the entire ad- venture. I wrote Sirius, and within a month I had a map and documentation that listed all directions and actions to take from start to finish. Tony Leslie, Laguna Niguel, CA First Impressions Thave an Apple Ie with an extended eighty-col- umn card installed. When I bought my computer I had the impression that the extra 64K of memory doubled the size of the largest program I could tun, I learned quickly that this was not the case, and my extra 64K has been sitting in my machine doing nothing. I now know there is a way to use the card as an extra disk drive. In Pascal, you can transfer part of the operating system to the card to speed up compiling. Does anyone know how a lowly user like myself can get hold of the software to do these wonderful things? The manuals that came with my Apple are no help, and the dealers I’ve talked to look at me as though I’m crazy. Mike Whitley, Alexandria, VA Update Available Since there has been much discussion about the pros and cons of ScreenWriter II, I thought I would mention that there is now a new version, version 2.2, available. This new version has fixed the problem of incompatible macro files for RAM- card and non-RAMcard versions of the editor. More important, it appears to have fixed the problem of files being hashed when using Screen- Writer on a 48K machine. Finally, the new version supports the Apple IIe and its eighty-column board, Best of all, current owners of ScreenWriter can update for $15 plus an original Screen Writer disk. In return you get two new disks and the new manual, which is 50 percent larger than the origi- nal. Interested readers should contact Barbara Frost at Sierra On-Line. George D. Parker, Carbondale, IL Music Appreciation Do any of you super-intelligent computer pro- grammers know how to print out the music of Mu- sic Construction Set by William Harvey with an Okidata Microline 92 printer? My father and I have tried for weeks to figure it out, but we can’t. The rest of the program is excellent. The sound is even better with a Mockingboard from Sweet Mi- cro Systems. I recommend both of these fine products. Keith Jenkins, Cincinnati, OH The Sound of Silence I’m sure other Apple I Plus users have run into the problem of being unable to print out PFS:File files with a Pkaso printer interface on an Epson FX-80. No one I have spoken to seems to be able to help. When I type control-O, as the PFS:File in- struction book says, my Epson remains silent and my files remain in memory or on the disk, not on paper. Can anyone help? Parker Monroe, Plano, TX Apples and First Aid Is there any friendly software that records medical references and has comprehensive listings of first aid procedures? I wish that software companies would recognize the need for personal medical software, James Lee, Fountain Valley, CA Computing Antiquity Harry Northrup of Waterville, NY, asked in the May Open Discussion for a program that com- putes the Yahrzeit. I have such a program avail- able. For any year, it computes the Gregorian dates of fourteen Jewish holidays and dates of up to eight anniversaries selected by the interested party (I would say ‘‘user,’’ but I have read Matt Yuen’s Softly Comment) by either Gregorian or Jewish systems. The original dates for the anniver- saries can be saved to disk and, when the program is run again, they will be automatically loaded in. Charles Kluepfel, New York, NY Throw Him in the Lion Cage In an attempt to increase credibility for our now famous ‘‘Rename the Hobby-10 the Utility-10”” campaign, we decided to contact the person on the street. A random survey was conducted using weekend visitors to the San Diego Zoo. Each per- son was asked the same three questions while be- ing shown a copy of Softalk’s Hobby-10 bestseller list, with the list title hidden. The questions were: 1. Which title best describes the ten Ap- ple utilities you see listed here? A. Hobby-10 B. Utility-10 C. Other 2. Which of the following bestselling Apple utilities would you classify as a “hobby” disk? A. Apple Pascal B. DOS Boss C. Graphics Magi- cian D. Zoom Graphix 3. Ona scale of $00 to SOF, what importance do you give to an Apple utility list’s name? The results were enlightening. Without exception, every person surveyed, re- gardless of background, told us to take a long walk on a short pier. 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