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by Craig RaglandMacTech QuarterlySpring 1989 — Page 32 Hypermedia is a new form of software that blends information of different forms with high levels of user control. Unlike most software, the production of hypermedia is limited less by technical expertise or programming skills and more by access to data and design abilities. This offers significant opportunities to developers of widely different levels of sophistication. The technically naive can focus on assembly of information, while advanced programmers can extend available delivery…
by Anna O’Connell, P.E.MacTech QuarterlySpring 1989 – Page 10 “Artificial intelligence,” depending on how you look at it, is a set of useful tools for building smarter, more powerful applications, or a philosophical concept that threatens humanity, or simply an oxymoron. In this article, Anna O’Connell examines the plethora of AI languages and development platforms that have been introduced for the Macintosh in the past two years, and discusses how AI techniques can be employed to build more intuitive, easier-to-use…
By Andrew Himes, EditorMac Tech QuarterlySpring 1989 – Page 9 Things didn’t used to be this way. It used to be you could sit on the front porch in the hot summer sun, sip an ice tea with a mint leaf and a lemon slice in it, and watch the process of technological change as it flowed slowly past your house. Nothing happened too fast. If something was true in your grandmother’s day, it was probably true in your day,…
By Lynne RyderAustralian Apple Review Vol 4 No 3 PP32-33 Another topic which often causes difficulty for students, yet lends itself elegantly to the computer, is number bases. I am including two short programs – the first written by one of my students, Sandi Steeple which generates numbers for bases less than 10, while the second comes from an old, but still very useful book, ‘Fifty Basic Exercises’ by Jean-Pierre Lamoiter (published by Sybex) and generates numbers for bases greater…
Australian Apple Review – June 1987 The caption on the box of this delightful program declares “for people of all ages’ and if the widely varying age-groups attending Sydney’s annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic in Wentworth Park are anything to go by, it’s probably true. Everyone seems to have had a Teddy Bear at one time or another and if they’ve now graduated to micro-computers they could combine the two things and play with both toys at once. Either that or…
Australian Apple Review June 1987 Designed for the Apple IIGSby Gareth Powell THE flow of programs for the Apple II GS is slow but certain. The software houses realise that this machine has its own very special following and that an integration of games, graphics and business programs is what is needed. There have very possibly been other databases made available for the Apple IIGS, but Notes’n’ Files (note the appalling American spelling) is the first one to come our…
for the Apple II seriesby Eric HolroydAustralian Apple Review June 1987 A very useful enhancement program for owners of the Print Shop, the Graphics Expander comes complete with over 300 graphics on the disk, all of which can be used just as they are or modified to suit your requirements with the easy- to-use editing tools within the program. Owners of the Newsroom will be already familiar with these tools as the Graphics Expander also comes from Springboard Software in…
Australian Apple Review June 1987 Verbatim are well-known for their disks, especially for Datalife, but not many people know they produce good software as well. The Disk Drive Analyzer is a very high quality program written to check the performance of your disk drive. It runs on all Apple 11 series and Apple /// disk drives, and all Apple compatible drives. (It requires 48K RAM, but nowadays, who’s interested in how many “K”s it requires?) All you have to do…
Australian Apple Review – June 1987Deluxe Editionby Eric Holroyd This program was originally released in 1986 and has now been re-released with the ‘Deluxe’ tag. The new version has several enhancements over it’s predecessor including improved printer drivers and the very handy option to return to the previous screen you worked on by pressing CRTUC. The program itself has a lot in common with Teddy Bear-rels of Fun. It’s from the same company and is very similar in operation. If…
Australian Apple Review June 1987 Chemistry concepts and theories are not the easiest to grasp for the average student and chemistry as it is taught in our schools today seems to be either loved (mainly because the student finds the chemical principles logical and simple to understand) or hated (for those students who see no rhyme or reason behind the concepts) by those who try to master it. Laboratory experiments are what provides the cornerstone on which all our chemical…
Strategic Studies GroupRequires 64K AppleAustralian Apple Review June 1987 Nowhere is the expression ‘one man’s meat is another man’s poison’ more apt than when describing wargames. In the days pre-computer, wargaming was not only an art of strategy and tactics on the battlefield, but also around the house where firstly irate parents would threaten to throw the chits out the window, and later far more irate spouses. The computer, however, changed all this. No longer does it take an hour…
Australian Apple Review Vol 4 No 3 1987 Author: Hoyt HillsmanPublisher: Little BrownSize: 16 x 22 cm x about 230 pagesCost: $36.00 Micro Doctor is not a book about a very small member of the medical fraternity, nor will’ it make you a specialist when it comes to curing micros of all their ills. What it is however, is a reasonable set of hints on minor medicine for the IIs, along with some habits which can provide more than one…
by Andrew McKellarAustralian Apple Review June 1987 Using Applesoft’s INPUT statement does not allow great control over what the user types. There is no control over the number of characters lo be entered, no commas can be typed etc.. This routine replaces Applesoft’s INPUT statement. It allow a specific maximum number of characters than can be entered, dots are displayed showing all blanks, a whole line of input can be erased with Control -Y, this deleted text can be restored…
By Gareth PowelAustralian Apple Review June 1987 Those of us who were in at the beginning of the Apple II revolution found that the main focus of our attention from day one was on a mystery animal called DOS. This animal came in different flavours and, later, different numbers. But we happy pioneers knew, right from the start, that if we were ever to fully control this wondrous new machine we would have to work out what a Dos was,…
Interface Board, Cable, DOS 3.3 disk and manual.Available: Godfrey DeaneTelephone: (058) 21 7325Cost: $208.50 tax paid At its most fundamental, the FingerPrint Plus is a printer interface board. At its most functional, it is a Grappler plus emulator, an Apple Super Serial emulator and a Wildcard emulator, all at the same time. The Fingerprint Plus is a multifunction card so the dollars spent on this do not just fill a hole in your Apple, they do so very cost effectively,…
By Graeme Philipson “New generation” peripheral cards New computers now being released (we won’t mention any names) have made the Apple II obsolete in many ways. The newer machines are bigger and faster, they have an 80 column screen as standard, they have more standardisation, they have larger capacity disk drives. But the Apple II is still, in its IIe form, one of the world’s most popular machines. Why? Because of its truly amazing adaptability. When he designed the Apple…
Editorial Gareth Powell Australian Apple Review Vol 4 No 2 February 1987 PP2 THE NEW Macintosh’s have arrived and we now know that Apple made the right decisions, designed the right machines, are offering the right attractive packages. Almost every review throughout the world’s press has been unreservedly congratulatory. Perhaps now we should add a minor dissenting note. The Apple company has been built with the aid of the unbridled enthusiasm of hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts, much the same…
by Andrew MichaelAustralian Apple Review April 1986 FANTAVISION IS THE SECOND in a series of mouse operated programs produced by Broderbund. The first of these was Dazzle Draw. When I saw Dazzle Draw I thought that Broderbund had reached the top in mouse operated programs, but they have made Fantavision even better. The program works on the principle that you make one picture at a time, and then after you have made all the pictures that you want, you flip…
by Gareth PowellAustralian Apple Review Vol 3 No 4 April 1986 Recently, I had to ask Paul Beaver, the rotund and non hirsute computer guru of Dick Smith Electronics, for the loan of some games programs. Now, understand that Paul is the consummate games person. He knows them, he sells them, he plays them. He has very strong views on what are good games, what are bad games, what are mediocre games. He handed a collection of Apple II games…
Book review by Gene Stephan Australian Apple Review – Vol 3 No 4 April 1986 Author: Thomas Rudolph Publisher: Unsinn (through Dorian Music,Qld) Size: 21cm by 28cm by about 175 pages Cost: $29.00 As an ex-editor of this illustrious publication, I have felt the pangs of horror over the last few months when seeing the number of words devoted to of all things, music on the Apple. To certain people, the rhythm of the dot mat is as near to…
