Apple Orchard 1980 Fall v1n2 reduced

FALL 1980 THE APPLE ORCHARD PAGE 6
By the Editor
From the fire to the frying pan, to invert a homily.
We didn't know at first if we would really make it, this
second issue of International Apple Core's "Apple
Orchard". But if you, gentle reader, are reading this,
then we indeed did!
There is a fierce competition today, a far cry from
just a very few months ago, among computer
magazines, and even more so, among those devoted
to the Apple computer. There is no question but what,
starting with a 45,000 circulation, that we are going to
make our way to the head of the field. The Apple
Orchard is/will be a DIFFERENT magazine,
encompassing all areas of Apple Computing.
Included in this issue of the Orchard, and in
succeeding issues, will be a separate section known as
CONT ACT, which will contain Application Notes arid
other material furnished to us by Apple Computer,
Inc., to help you better understand and make use of
your Apple. In addition, through the pages of
CONT ACT, you will learn of new Apple Computer,
Inc. products and peripherals, even before they
become widely available. And in this CONT ACT, Barry
Yarkoni offers a look at the Apple Ill and its
"Apple SOS", while another article describes the whys
and hows of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference),
along with some suggested cures.
And that is just one section. Another section will be
devoted to the International Apple Core. One of the
features of this section will be to provide you .with a
listing of the name, address and phone number of
each of the nearly 150 Apple user groups that are
members of the l.A.C. This is a service that will help
new owners find an Apple user group in their vicinity,
plus there are a number of larger groups, national and
international in stature, where membership can be of
benefit. (These are indicated by a* in the listings.) And
in future issues, there will be mention of computer
shows, fairs, etc.
The wealth of information in just these two sections
alone would make a subscription worthwhile, but we
haven't even touched on the feature material. Look at
this issue - starting on Page 7, there is a 14 page special
High Resolution Graphics section - information not
only on how it works, but actual applications, articles
by Bob Bishop, Loy Spurlock and Pete Rowe.
Have you ever . wondered just what goes on when
you type "INIT HELLO, VI" and your disk drive starts
up, sputters, burps and eventually hands you a fresh
diskette you can use to store programs on l.A.C.
secretary Joe Budge takes a look at that process in
Inside Initialization, and President Ken Silverman has
whomped up a mess o' statistics showing the amount
of current drawn by many Apple peripherals in Don't
Overload your Apple.
And still there's more, but the Table of Contents has
to serve some useful purpose. And if we haven't
tempted you by now to whip out your checkbook and
write out a ten dollar subscription check (there's a
form on Page 26), then you better just hand this copy
of the Apple Orchard back to your dealer. And while
you're at it, better turn your Apple back in too,
because it won't be of much use without the Orchard!
But don't touch that dial. . . before you go away, we
want to take the time, and this space, to say a very
special THANK YOU to our Editorial Assistant,
PATRICIA BONER. Without Pat's miles of driving,
untold hours of pasting up, repasting up and then
pasting up some more, plus 1001 other services
beyond the ca ll of duty, neither the first Orchard nor
this one could ever have become reality. Thanks, Pat.
Love 'ya!
And in practically the same breath we want to
welcome Kathryn Hallgrinison as our new assistant.
Kathryn has been determinedly dogging Patricia's
footsteps and will be contributing to the future success
of the Orchard.
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Val. J. Golding
"druthers", go back to the "good old days" No
indeed. For as much as we have already learned, we
have barely scratched the surface of the Apple 11. Every
day, as we continue our exploration, we continue to
learn. And all of this knowledge, in one form or
another, will filter to you, the user, through the pages
of the Apple Orchard and other magazines.
The readers are the real winners!