Tag: A.P.P.L.E.

Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange

Originally in Apple Orchard MagazineV1N1 — March/April 1980 It is curious, in retrospect, to examine ones past and attempt to determine what went wrong or what went right. As one might surmise, there is no one single factor responsible for the current popularity of Apple Pugetsound. Certainly there was no hope or expectation on behalf of A.P.P.L.E.’s founders that the group would grow to its present strength of well over 3000, or that it would achieve the measure of acceptance that it has, nearly strangling to death along the way, under the burden of a staggering work load. If any single factor can be held to account, it would have to have been the news releases printed in the summer, 1978 issues…

Bytes From The Apple

Bytes from the Apple

And now a word from our sponsor …, you! Look elsewhere in this issue for an as yet untitled letters to the editor feature. We are now actively soliciting your letters and will reproduce in part some of the interesting ones. H you have a question or a problem, and we can’t find the answer in time to print it, we’ll throw it open to our readers for solution. Money talks. Unfortunately, we have a number of words on that…

Is There A Doctor In The House

Apparently, quite a few. You can look forward in the near future to receiving a questionaire in connection with your medical and other applications for Apple II. It would seem that about 10% of our current membership is in the profession, and our objective is to put this large minority in contact with one another. You will also be receiving names and addresses. This also will apply to any other special interest group; we will attempt to put you in…

Library Pak 1A Problems

Sorry to say, many of the “corrected” versions of LPak lA still have a bad copy of Program 8. If you are ordering Library Pak 2 and ask us with your order, we will add program 8 from Library Pak la to your tape. The main reason for this was simply our lack of time to check the tapes. Forgive?

Dues Structure for 1979 Membership

Fees for 1979 will be $2.50 Apple-cation fee {new members only} plus $7.50 dues. Those members who have already renewed at the prior rate will not be charged the new rate. New members paying for the first time after September 1 st will not be required to pay 1978 dues. Membership cards are being mailed with this issue. If you are current and have not received a card, please let us know.

Current Library Programs

Library Pak 1B $ 5. 00 Library Pak 2 $ 5.00 Programmers Workshop II $ 6.00 Disk Workshop $ 6.00 Integer Basic Tutorial $ 15.00 Danny’s Text Editor $ 45.00 Apple Box {mini-modem} $ 18.50 Apple Box II (with speaker) $ 23.50 Applesoft Workshop {watch for notice} Programs submitted to our library and accepted will receive a free library Pak.

Library Orders Status

We are fairly current on filling orders at this time. All orders received prior to July 15th should have been filled. If you do not receive your tape within 30 days, please check with us. However, we have every hope of being able to handle a 10 day turnaround time.

A.P.P.L.E. BASIC Classes Ad

New A.P.P.L.E. Staff

We would like to welcome the following staff to the A.P.P.L.E. fold:  Steve Paulson who will be assisting with membership files and John Backman, who has also contributed an article for this months issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E..

Premium Program Plan

For those members that have paid their $10 annual membership but have not returned the Softech membership form •…. These forms must be turned in before your application can be processed. If you have not received your application, please let us know right away at 932 -6588.

Meeting Minutes

A.P.P.L.E. Meeting Minutes

Date: 20 June 1978 Time: 7:07 pm The meeting got off to a flying start at 7:07 PM as we introduced ourselves. Our official membership now stands at about 64, with 31 present at this meeting. (And in the two weeks since the meeting, has increased to over 100!) Val reported that the new Call -A. P. P. L. E. “Hot Line” has been installed and that the number is 932 -6588. (Where have we heard that number before?) This…

Welcome New Members

This issue is devoted to you, and particularly those that live without the Seattle metropolitan area. We have recently received tremendous amounts of mail, largely a result of being mentioned in the club columns of some of the major computer periodicals. Letters have been coming in at the rate of 6-12 per day, and it has certainly solved any problem as to what to do in our spare time.! Those members who live out of state are at a distinct…

Call-A.P.P.L.E. Hot Line

We would like to announce the installation of the Apple “Hot Line”, (206) 932-6588. This number is now available so your club can assist you with questions, problems, etc. If we don’t have an answer immediately available, which is quite likely, we will either attempt to find an answer or refer you to another member who can answer. If might be well to mention at the same time (especially for distant members who may tend to overlook time zones), call…

A.P.P.L.E. Portland

We are pleased to report the formation of an Apple user group south of the border, Apple Portland Program Library Exchange. We attended their organizational meeting in May and spent an enjoyable evening in Portland as the guest of Terry Ashton of Computerland of Portland, who also hosted the initial meeting. We are happy to see that their membership now numbers in the 30’s. Their dues and program rate structure approximate sours, and we anticipate a good deal of interaction…

Bytes From The Apple

As usual, we are down to the wire again as it comes time to write this column. We are still receiving applications from all over the country as we pass the 110 mark in membership, and we would also at this time like to extend a special welcome to our first overseas member, Paul Moortgat who lives in Nieuwkerken, Belgium! There are many special features for new members in this issue, and we would like to refer you to the…

Meeting Minutes

The meeting got off to a prompt start at 7:25 (after the secretary arrived, ed.) and the minutes were approved as stated in the May issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E..  There were 24 members present. (Note the continuing increase). Val started the usual introductions around the room….and some names are now becoming familiar.  And then it was on to business. Val announced, that a tentative agreement been reached with Softech, Inc., to sell memberships and software to the club on a greatly…

Member Bulletin

June 1978 To all A.P.P.L.E. Members: please note that our library now has a LCOS (Limited Cassette Operating System) for all of our cassette based programs.

Our Thanks to Randy Wigginton

We must thank Randy Wiggington of Apple Computer, Inc. for letting us bug him (no pun inteded) both by mail and by phone, and whose help was invaluable in helping to prepare the special Applesoft issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E Magazine (1978 June Issue)

A.P.P.L.E. Reviews

By Val J. Golding At the top of the list is Apple Computer’s new Basic programming manual. This falls just short of being a masterpiece. It is well written and easy to understand, even for a novice like this writer and is printed in a small, easy to handle spiral binding. It starts by introducing simple Basic commands in program format and in each simple program, goes on to bring a new command into action. If you have not yet…

Meeting Minutes

18 April 1978 Meeting Time: 1905 Place: Omega Stereo in Bellevue The meeting was held at Omega Stereo in Bellevue. Val Golding called the meeting to order at 7:05 and led the introductions to the 22. members present. Mike Thyng read the March minutes, which were then approved. Val reported he had contacted a Sottech representative concerning club use of their software.  They appear to be willing to work with us on royalties, and we voted to ask Val to…