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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…

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…