Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth Software Review No.1, Spring 1984

“This magazine is a book-in-progress. The book is the Whole Earth Software Catalog, first edition to appear late in 1984, published by Doubleday. Its subject is everything having to do with personal computers. Its function is to evaluate the best of what’s available for personal computers.”

Sections:
  1. Writing
  2. Mcmicro
  3. Inside
  4. Telecommunicating
  5. Programming
  6. Learning | Playing
  7. Business
Whole Earth Software Review No.1, Spring 1984
      1. A Software Taxonomy—Stewart Brand
        4
      2. The Software Dating Game—Richard Dalton
        6
  2. WRITING
      1. Writing Tools: Whole Earth recommends: WordStar; WordPerfect; Volkswriter Deluxe; Wordvision; Microsoft Word; Newword; Apple Writer Ile; Word Juggler; HomeWord; Quick Brown Fox; Radio Shack Model 100; The WORD Plus; Punctuation + Style.—Stewart Brand
        8
      2. The Transparent Onion—Peter McWilliams, Arthur Naiman, Steven Levy, Charles Spezzano, Woody Liswood, Barbara Elman, Fred Davis, Robert Purser, Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes, Louis Jaffe, Robert Cowan, Darrell Icenogle, Anthony Weston, Richard Dalton and Art Kleiner. Edited by Stewart Brand
        22
      3. Fifteen Word Processing Commandments—Charles Spezzano
        38
      4. Word Processing Computers as Remedial Writing Tools—Richard Wanderman
        40
      5. And Now, Something Completely Different Microwriter’s Keyboard Alternative.—Richard Dalton
        42
      6. Of Mice and Cheese
        44
      7. REVIEWS: PC Mouse, VisuALL and Microsoft’s mouse.—Matthew McClure
        44
      8. FEATURED PROGRAM: OFFIX Something for Everyone—Charles Spezzano
        47
  3. McMICRO
      1. Why The IBM PC is a Lousy Standard for the Industry—Richard Dalton
        50
      2. Playing Hardball—Charles Spezzano
        54
      3. Bringing the IBM PC Up to Snuff Enhancing the bare-bones PC.—Frederic E. Davis
        56
      4. Keyboards for the PC Key Tronic and Colby keyboards as options to IBM’s.—Matthew McClure
        60
      5. The Lookalike/Actalike/Workalike Club: Price, performance and staying power need to be considered with IBM’s competitors.—Richard Dalton
        63
      6. My Daily Affairs with a Compaq—Dave Smith
        64
  4. INSIDE
      1. INSIDE: Trends, rumors, gossip and guesswork.
        65
      2. Corona Data Systems PC—Ken Milburn
        70
      3. Columbia MPC—Ken Milburn
        72
      4. The Seequa Chameleon—Richard Dalton
        72
      5. HP 150: the Magic Touch—Barbara Robertson
        73
  5. TELECOMMUNICATING
      1. The Next Phone Company A new national computer communications system —what it can mean to you.—Art Kleiner
        77
      2. RAM: Thoughts often have a life of their own in Random Access Memory.
        87
      3. Mr. Download: An Interview with Bill von Meister The wizard behind The Source and other information services births a new video game concept — with uncertain future impacts.—Matthew McClure
        88
  6. PROGRAMMING
      1. Starting FORTH The useful FORTH language for neophytes.—Louis Buscaglia-Zeppa
        97
  7. LEARNING | PLAYING
      1. Introduction—Barbara Robertson
        98
      2. Games and Learning for Children—Ann McCormick Piestrup, Ph.D
        99
      3. REVIEWS: Hey Diddle Diddle; Rocky’s Boots.
        99
      4. The New Space Invaders —is Computer-Video Technology Pushing the Family out of the Home?—Edna Mitchell, Ph.D
        103
      5. REVIEWS: Pinball Construction Set; Ms. Pac-Man; M.U.L.E.
        103
      6. Entertainment in Educational Software—Doug Carlston
        106
      7. REVIEW: Flight Simulator.
        106
      8. Computer Games Make Reading Fun—Timothy R. Hornberger and Ellen V. Whitford
        109
      9. REVIEWS: Magic Spells; Planetfall.
        109
      10. Mail-Order Buying Primer How to find unusual products and values. What to avoid.—James Stockford
        112
      11. REVIEWS: Caverly’s Guide to Direct Mail Advertisers; Wilson’s Computer Business; Conroy La Point; Guenther Computer Products; 800-Software; Inmac; Total Access.
        112
      12. Public Domain Software for CP/M and IBM PC Systems: A world of “‘free’’ software...some of it’s excellent.—Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes
        118
      13. Bush Computer Furniture A do-it-yourself approach to organizing computers.—Jack Powers
        124
  8. BUSINESS
      1. Why and How this Magazine is Non-Profit Historic and current reasons for this unusual approach; our financial statement.—Stewart Brand
        125
      2. What We Use Ourselves
        128
      3. REVIEWS: Champion; Word Challenge.
        128
      4. Computer Literacy: How to access computer books.
        131
More Whole Earth Software Review
Summer 1984
June 1984
Fall 1984
Fall 1985