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The Best of Ottalini #2

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-02a and -02b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.

These are Dave Ottalini’s best Apple /// newsletters and articles from the 1987 issues of the WAP Journal. Here’s the table of contents:

TRAIL.COLUMNS (1987)

January

  • Sourceware products
  • Forth for the ///
  • SOS update

February

  • New Co-Chairman
  • Phase /// Update
  • Al Bloom joins WAP

March

  • /// EZPs upgrade
  • Business Basic on the GS

May

  • 3EZP Upgrade Dies
  • On Three News
  • Meeting and SIG notes

June

  • Troubleshooting
  • Titan Card problems

July

  • /// SIG Moves
  • Tip of the Month
  • Go Forth
  • ThreeWorks

September

  • Farewell to Richard Rowell
  • News from Sun Systems

October

  • Phase /// preview
  • ProFile for the office
  • New PD disks

November

  • Phase /// highlights and lowlights
  • New GS Basic
  • HyperCard

December

  • A look back at the year
  • Music on the ///

Other Articles:

A Plus: Article about the Apple ///
Taking apart the Apple /// demo program
Latest versions of Apple /// drivers
Kidword ///: A word processing program for the little folks
Latest versions of Apple /// programs
Bibliography of the /// Magazine for 1986
Bibliography of the /// Newsletter
What’s on the new member disk

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The Best of Ottalini 2

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The Best of Ottalini #3

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-03a and -03b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.

These are Dave Ottalini’s best Apple /// newsletters and articles from the 1988 issues of the WAP Journal. Here’s the table of contents:

TRAIL.COLUMNS (1988)

January

  • New products discussed: SOS Driver Optimizer & Graphics card

February

  • New PD disks discussed
  • Future disks
  • WPL program “PD.CON”

March

  • D.A. Datasystems puts programs into the public domain

April

  • Has Frank Moore Returned?
  • More news from Lt. Sykora

May

  • More Public Domain Disks
  • /// SIG’s New Helper

June

  • ThreeWorks update
  • Apple /// News

July

  • Sykora Software Update
  • On Three News
  • Sun Remarketing

August

  • Menu.Maker Continued
  • Menu.Maker Take Two
  • New PD Disk

September

  • More On Three News
  • Sykora Software
  • July SIG Meeting

October

  • Apple /// News
  • Another Graphics Board
  • Music MIDI Driver

November

  • Where Do I Find Parts For My Apple ///?

December

  • History of the WAP /// SIG
  • /// SIG Christmas List

Other Articles:

The Legacy of Daryl Anderson
Taylor Pohlman on GS Basic (Parts 1 & 2)
Bibliography of On Three for 1987
TAU.PD.CON: WPL program used for PD development

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The Best of Ottalini #3

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The Best of Ottalini #4

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-04a and -04b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.

These are Dave Ottalini’s best Apple /// newsletters and articles from the 1989 issues of the WAP Journal. Here’s the table of contents:

TRAIL.COLUMNS (1989)

January

  • Happy New Year
  • Robert Lissner on 3EZ Pieces

February

  • Reprint of January with comments on WAP 10th Anniversary

March

  • Telecommunications News
  • TerminALL operation
  • On Three

April

  • Spring maintenance tips
  • On Three News
  • PD Disks

May

  • A Visit to On Three
  • Apple Users Group International

June

  • Pascal Menu.Maker
  • Other PD Disks
  • Desktop Publishing on the ///

July

  • The Lisa Shop
  • On Three discontinues 800 number & BBS dies

August

  • New ThreeWorks update
  • PD Disks

September

  • Telecom Month at the WAP /// SIG
  • Bob Consorti moves

October

  • ThreeWorks update
  • Parallel printers
  • PublishIt!2 problems

November

  • PD Offerings
  • Kudos and comments
  • Power Supplies

December

  • A look back at 1989 and…
  • … A look forward to 1990
  • On Three news

Other Articles:

Best Public Domain disks for the holidays
Using the WAP TCS
Bargains for Apple ///ers in hardware and software
A history of 3EZ Pieces, an integrated Apple /// program
Finding parts for the Apple ///
More on finding Apple /// information
Apple Announces New Micro Line

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The Best of Ottalini #5

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-05a and -05b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.

These are Dave Ottalini’s best Apple /// newsletters and articles from the 1990 issues of the WAP Journal. Here’s the table of contents:

TRAIL.COLUMNS (1990)

January

  • The Year Ahead
  • Repairs
  • Color Monitors for the ///

February

  • More on Repairs
  • Joe Dobrowolski
  • Prodigy commentary

March

  • WAP 10 year anniversary
  • National Apple Users Group Conference

April

  • 24-pin printers
  • Keyboards

May

  • Happy Birthday SARA!
  • On Three moves
  • ThreeWorks update

June

  • How to be a power user on the ///
  • Dealing with Sticky Keys

July

  • SIG survey results
  • Titan ///+//e update

August

  • 100th PD disk
  • Apple /// Donation Program
  • Mentor Program

September

  • More on the Mentor program
  • IIGIF
  • Apple /// to MAC

October

  • SCSI on the ///
  • On Three News
  • Pair Software News

November

  • CD ROM Drives
  • On Three News
  • Donation Program

December

  • Disk Drive Maintenance
  • End of the Year
  • PD Disks

Other Articles:

Color monitors and the Apple ///
Desk Top Publishing in Emulation Mode
On Three Bibliography for 1989
A new RGB circuit for the /// (by D. D. Meisel)

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Podcast, Show notes

Episode 6: Don Williams at Phase III

The Phase III conference was organized by the Third Apple User Group in Chicago, held October 2-4, 1987. Dave Ottalini located and digitized his audio recordings of some of the sessions at that conference, and provided them to us. We have been cleaning them up as best we can, and will release them here on the podcast feed.

Don Williams had a long history at Apple, which he describes a bit in this talk. He is the author of Desktop/Plan, later sold on to VisiCorp, and was the founder of the APDA (Apple Program Developers Association). He worked at Apple doing software design from about September 1979 until early 1982, and then returned in early 1983 for another year, as National Accounts Sales Manager. The talk here is actually the second talk he gave, a more impromptu reminiscing about the marketing and sales of the Apple ///. Earlier in the conference, Don had a scheduled talk, also about the history of the Apple ///. The audio of that talk will require more work, so it will be posted to the feed later on. As it turned out, Don was not aware of the Phase III conference until he ran into his neighbor, Rupert (Robert) Lissner (author of 3 E-Z Pieces), who was very concerned about what he was going to talk about at the conference. In the end, Lissner did not attend the conference, and Williams went instead, with about two days’ notice. But we are all glad he did, even if it would have also have been nice to have heard from Lissner.

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Episode 5: Dave Ottalini

In this episode, Mike and Paul had the opportunity to speak with Dave Ottalini, co-founder of the Apple /// Special Interest Group of the Washington Apple Pi user group. The entire episode is devoted to this conversation. And stay to the very end for an extremely interesting announcement!

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The Best of Ottalini Bonus!

In 1992, Dave Ottalini published so much great /// content in the WAP Journal, they needed an extra disk to hold it all!

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-08a and -08b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.  Or you can grab them below.

Note: These disks also include a couple of programs for the Apple ///, so you’ll want to grab the disk images too!

Here’s the table of contents:

Articles (1992)

  • Mainframe Batch Printing on the Apple ///
  • LaserJets and legal terms: The Apple /// at work
  • IBM: Should You Make the Switch?
  • Updating the Pascal MENU.MAKER Program
  • Apple /// Systems
  • On Disk Drives and Apples
  • Dealing with Driver Space Limitations
  • An Open Letter to John C. Dvorak
  • Apple Hardware Lubrication
  • Designer Disks for the Apple ///
  • Some Tricks of the Trade
  • New SARA Adventures
  • SOS vs. MS DOS
  • A Brief Review of StemWriter
  • The Apple StyleWriter and the ///
  • The Apple /// System Configuration Program (SCP)
  • Little-Known Utilities for the System Utilities
  • Apple // Family Used Computer Guide (May Prices)
  • Apple // Family Used Computer Guide (July Prices)

PD.LIBRARY

  • /// SIG PD Library additions by various months in 1992

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The Best of Ottalini #8

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-09a and -09b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.  Or you can grab them below.

These are Dave Ottalini’s best Apple /// newsletters and articles from the 1993 issues of the WAP Journal/  Here’s the table of contents:

On the Trail of the Apple /// Newsletters (1993)

  • JANUARY: SuperDrive Driver; Future Apple /// Projects
  • FEBRUARY: Software Development Fund; Paul Campbell; John Lormartine
  • MARCH: Software Development Fund; Printer Problems
  • APRIL: Software Development Fund; Lost Classics Project
  • MAY: Software Development Fund; Apple /// Information
  • JUNE: Software Development Fund; Video Problems; File Transfers
  • JULY: Threes Company BBS; Software Development Fund; ATUNC
  • AUGUST: Software Development Fund; Threes Company BBS; Titan Support
  • SEPTEMBER: Threes Company – WAP; Software Development Fund; ASCIDIF
  • OCTOBER: BOS3; Meeting News; Internet News
  • NOVEMBER: (Updated version of the October newsletter)
  • DECEMBER: BOS3 On Sale Now!; Honor Roll; Apple /// Forever
  • PD.LIBRARY: /// SIG PD Library additions for February through June: TICTOCK clock calibration utility; The Best of Ottalini 1992 disks; /// SIG Member List; Jeppeson Codefile Utility for changing Apple /// filetypes; Apple ///+ / 512K Memory Diagnostics disk; Dr. Al Bloom’s Pascal Utilites; boot disks for the Titan ///+II and ///+//e card sets; SOSTRAN

Extras

  • Parallel Printers and the Apple ///
  • ProFile Low Level Formats
  • Micro Courier Tips
  • Miscellaneous Apple /// Software Tips
  • My First Apple
  • File Transfer Between an Apple /// and an MS-DOS Computer
  • An Open Letter to Two Alive Magazine

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The Best of Ottalini #8

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The Best of Ottalini #9

This PDF is the extracted text of files on disks included in the Washington Apple Pi’s Apple /// public domain collection, specifically APPLE-3-WAP-wap-10a and -10b. They are available on the WAP Apple /// DVD, or at your favorite file repository.  Or you can grab them below.

These are Dave Ottalini’s best Apple /// newsletters and articles from 1994, as selected by WAP.  Here’s the table of contents:

On the Trail of the Apple /// Newsletters

  • JANUARY 1994: BOS3; TCS; Paul Campbell News
  • FEBRUARY 1994: Garage Sale; DAR
  • APRIL 1994: SIG Meeting; DARing Along
  •  MAY 1994: ///ers From the Past; Detroit Doings; Word Juggler
  •  JULY: Apple /// emulation on a MAC; Software Development Fund
  • SEPTEMBER: A visitor from Japan; Com Manager Update; Internet Qs
  •  OCTOBER: Bob Consorti Projects; Parallel Printers; On Lamp Repairs
  •  NOVEMBER: The WAP Move; Linders Keeps Dave Honest; Where Do I Find… ?
  •  DECEMBER: Happy Holidays; Software Development Project; ///’s Co. WAP
  • PD.LIBRARY: /// SIG PD Library additions for January and May

Other Articles

  • ProFile of a Hard-Learned Lesson
  • Doing a Hard Format on a ProFile
  • Apple /// DISK.ON.OFF Using the Monitor
  • Setting Your Clock on the Apple ///
  • Disk Cleaning and Speed Adjustments
  • How to Align the A143 MicroSci Drive
  • Apple /// to Mac, The Hard Way
  • DAR: Apple /// Disk Archive and Retrieval
  • Q&A Column
  • Apple /// on the Internet: Where the Listserver Is
  • Paul’s News: The Latest Adventures of Co-Chair Paul Campbell

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The Best of Ottalini #9

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