Month: May 1984

By Dr. Dave Lingwood In Journalism classes long ago I had  drilled  into  me  the  five  “W”s  of reporting:  “who,  what, where, when, and why?”  Since my purpose here is to describe /// Cheers, I figured what the heck …  Here goes: WHO? /// Cheers is brought to you by A.P.P.L.E., Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange,  which  is, as you no doubt know, the world’s largest Apple users  group.  We grew beyond the functions of a local club years ago…

/// CHEERS! enthusiastically and (well)  cheerfully  welcomes  articles  and programs from potential authors — we want to read stuff from other people! We  are  interested in how-to-do-it articles, hardware/software reviews, use notes on popular  applications  software,  and  programs  in  any  languages supported  on  the  ///.   Particular emphasis is given to programs that are instructive, and/or provide needed utilities. The guidelines are rather simple:  submit your  text  on  DISK,  along  with source files for any programs, or  source and invokable  files…

WHAT AN APPLE /// CAN DO? Wave this Apple Computer publication under the nose of those who ask. For $3.00 you get 96 pages of product descriptions, software supplier names and addresses, and a list of software by application category. Available from your dealer or Apple Computer. Make sure you get the latest issue, released in April, which added more software and hardware. MOUSE, MICE, MEECE If you haven’t heard, Apple Computer has announced a mouse and driver board for…

By Dave Lingwood In Journalism classes long ago I had drilled into me the five “W”s of reporting: “who, what, where, when, and why?” Since my purpose here is to describe /// Cheers, I figured what the heck … Here goes: WHO? /// Cheers is brought to you by A.P.P.L.E., Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange, which is, as you no doubt know, the world’s largest Apple users’ group. We grew beyond the functions of a local club years ago —…

Text by Dave. Lingwood Programs by Brian Matthews (Action-Research NW) BASIC COMPARISONS Most Apple /// Business BASIC users also work with Applesoft, either from earlier ][ days, or through emulation mode. Business BASIC (hereafter “BB”) has all the professional features you need, but it lacks the flexibility provided by the openness of the ][. This article and attached programs recount some of the pitfalls we encountered and useful tricks devised in transferring a large statistical analysis package from Applesoft to…