Willamette Apple Connection Vol1No3 Apr87

CONNECTION APRIL MEETING INFORMATION The meeting is scheduled for April 16th, 1987, with a starting time of 7:00 p.m.. The meeting will be held on the Chemeketa Community College campus, in Building 2, Room 112, FREE COPY NIGHT Our PUBLIC DOMAIN software library will be open to the public for copying. So bring your ‘ank disks and have some fun on us. Of course, we will continue with the question and answer session; so also, bring your problems, programs and solutions to the meeting. We hope we can help one another. Please come and join us, we would like to see and hear from you. PEELINGS from the BOARD MEETING The Board of Director’s meeting was held after the general meeting on March 19th. We covered the fee for a "Non-Profit" Corporate sponsor, which is set at $30.00 annually. They will be allowed one half page ad during the year as part of their membership benefits The Wac Journal will also be sent out to other user groups, on an exchange basis. If you know of a good newsletter out there, maybe we can arrange an exchange with the user group. FUTURE MEETING TOPICS May 21st ~ Spelling Checkers "une 18th - Appleworks’ Spreadsheet _-uly 16th - Free Copy Night WAC Journal April 1987 Vol. 1 / No.3 A Monthly Publication of the Willamette Apple Connection, Inc. An Apple II & Compatible User Education Group P. O. Box 7252 . Salem OR 97303-0053 . (603) 585-0811 AUTHOR, AUTHOR! ! The Journal can only be as good as the information it contains. Many of the complaints that surface about a newsletter are centered around not applying to the readers. We need your submissions! Suggestions on the format and content of the WAC Journal are welcomed. This months journal was compiled from articles in the “Quick Connect", Apple Computer, Inc.’s user group newsletter. This is one of the benefits of being "connected" with Apple Computer, Inc. through the “Apple User Group Connection". Thank-you for your contribution. RESOURCE LIBRARY WAC’s official library consists of public domain disks and some technical notes from Apple. However, the idea of creating a data base listing books and other resources which the members may have themselves. The plan is to develope that list and share it with members only. If you have an interest in this program and wish to avail your personal resources to the group, send information on those resources to the corporation’s (WAC) P.O. Box. We will put together the information and send it out to you. WILLAMETTE APPLE CONNECTION, Inc. P.O. Box 7252 Salem, Oregon 97303-0053 President and Editor of the dournal awrence E. Tucke: (803) Sed Vice President Darwin Wuerch (503) 364-4194 Hoeereary (503) Tee Treasurer and Telecommunications System Operator Neal Layton (503) 370-9321 Saige Pub Publie Library 603) Beri 30 Head Librarian John Moore (S03) 838-4966 MEETINGS The isla Membership Meeting is held on the third ursday of , With a start time ‘of 4: a pam. The meeting is held on _ the Chemeketa Community y jcollege campus, in Room 112. The general lig is invited to attend. Pub WAC JOURNAL The is published monthly. pul ee should submit their copy via MODEM Sal lic Libi eritten i. ma text file pleWorks or Apeleliriter fi files by the 7th the month. lard copy should be hailed th the east ay of the mon rece jing the ee month DISCLAIM The ER vlamette Apple Connection, Inc. discourages the unlawful duplication of copyrighted software and other materials; and encourages prompt payment for "shareware" = which members keep and use. Persons who do not adhere to these guidelines bear sole responsibility for their actions. A SLICE OF APPLE’S HISTORY Apple is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 1987. To share in this celebration, we will feature selected highlights in Apple‘s history. FEBRUARY 1977-Mike Markula, Chairman, asks Michael Scott to become Apple’s first president. ‘ Michael declines at first, but eventually agrees and becomes the driving force behind Apple during its fastest growing years. 1981-Wozniak and fiancee are injured in (but survive) a crash in their private plane after take off from Scotts Valley airport. 1982-Steve Jobs makes the cover of Time magazine. 1983-Apple opens Paris, France headquarters. 1984-Apple introduces two modems and the Imagewriter printer. 1985-Woz starts a new company that will develop products in the home video area. 1986-Apple purchases a Cray X-MP/48 supercomputer. The system is used to simulate future hardware and software architectures and accelerate new product development. MARCH 1976-Steve Wozniak (26) and Steve Jobs (21) finish their work on a preassembled computer circuit board and call it the Apple I. 1981-Apple Expo ‘81 is launched-the company’s first national merchandising roadshow. And, The Apple Collection debuts-a catalog of clothing and lifestyle items bearing the Apple logo. 1983-John Sculley joins Apple as President and CEQ. 1985-Apple Computer and third-party developers dominate an issue of the Wall Street Journal with ads promoting The Macintosh Office. Apple Ile computers are enhanced, and the company’s employee count hits an all-time high-5,700. Did You Know? Not every Apple II came in the now-familiar beige plastic case. In 1977, for $798, a customer could buy the Apple II circuit board alone, to which they could add their own keyboard and power supply! SPECIAL THANKS We wish to thank FOCUS ELECTRONICS for their support in publishing this newsletter. Steve Poland, Store Manager, has allowed us to format our newsletter header, among other items. The kind of support is not the norm for all user groups in the country. Again THANKS for the support. Educational Software — How to Find It Pretend for a moment you are a science teacher with 20 eager students and 10 idle computers. You have the next few days to choose a software program that meets your learning ob- jectives, the skill and interest level of your class, your lesson time schedule, your budget, and runs on your equip- ment. And of course, you want the highest-quality software you can get. ‘With over 10,000 programs available— most of them educational—for Apple® Ie computers alone, we'd say you need help. For teachers without the time to sont through stacks of trade magazines, product reviews, brochures, and other publications, there's now one book to tum to: the Apple K-12 Curriculum Software Reference Guide for Science. The first in a series to include other subject areas, the guide contains com- prehensive, easy-to-access information about 300 of the highest-rated soft- ware packages available in science. ‘The value of the guide lies in its organization—you can find software by name, publisher, or subject—and the quality of the programs included— each program listed received a favor- able review from such sources as EPIE (Educational Software Evaluation Con- sortium), MicroSIFT (a program direc- ted by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory), and a team of science educators. Teachers of other subjects can look forward to the Reading, Writing, and Language Arts edition available early this spring, and the Mathematics edi- tion in late spring. So even if you aren't a teacher in search of appropriate software, you can help someone who is. Suggest the Apple K-12 Curriculum Software Ref- erence Guides. All three can be or- dered through Apple sales reps and Apple education dealers. 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