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Whole Earth Software Review No.3, Fall 1984

“Software has new versions all the time; why can’t a book?”

Sections:
  1. Organizing
  2. Telecommunicating
  3. Writing
  4. Programming
  5. The Industry
  6. Playing
  7. Managing
  8. Learning
  9. Hardware
  10. Cheap Glory
  11. Response
  12. Point Foundation
Whole Earth Software Review No.3, Fall 1984
      1. Software That Ought to Be: BLUE PENCIL
        1
      2. What Book and Magazine Publishing Can Learn From Software
        4
      3. Masthead
        5
      4. About Access
        6
  2. ORGANIZING
      1. Organizing Tools by Tony and Robbie Fanning: The best “‘little boxes’’ (file managers), “bigger boxes’’ (database management systems), and “‘garbage bags’’ (text organizers) APPLE II: PFS:FILE, PFS:REPORT, PFS:SOLUTIONS, DB MASTER 4 PLUS, VERSAFORM, DBASE II, DATAFAX, SUPERFILE, THINKTANK CP/M: DBASE Il, DBPLUS, CONDOR Ill, SUPERFILE, NOTEBOOK MS-DOS: PFS:FILE, PFS:REPORT, PFS:SOLUTIONS, OFFIX, PC-FILE Ill, VERSAFORM, DBASE II, QUICKCODE, DBPLUS, R:BASE 4000, R:BASE EXTENDED REPORT WRITER, CONDOR Ill, ASAP FIVE, SEQUITUR, DATAFAX, SUPERFILE, THINKTANK HP 150: PFS:FILE, PFS:REPORT, OFFIX, PERSONAL CARD FILE, R:BASE 4000, R-BASE EXTENDED REPORT WRITER TRS-80 MODEL 100: DATA +, SORT2 +
        7
      2. Organizing Programs as Mind-Extension Tools by Wayne Pendley
        28
      3. Trolls Under the Bridge Excerpts from Whole Earth’s organizing tool teleconference
        30
      4. What They Left Out: FRIDAY! and REVELATION
        37
  3. TELECOMMUNICATING
      1. Software Reviews: APPLE II: PFS:ACCESS, APPLE ACCESS 5 ll, PERSON-TO-PERSON MS-DOS: IN-SEARCH, PFS:ACCESS
        37
      2. Telecommunicating Update
        41
  4. WRITING
      1. The Shame of Word Processors by Saul Feldman. Writing tools and telecommunications: most Don't mix well
        42
      2. Software Reviews: MS-DOS: PC-WRITE, DISPLAY-WRITE 2, PC WRITER
        48
  5. PROGRAMMING
      1. Software Reviews: CP/M: SMARTKEY MS-DOS: SMARTKEY, PROKEY
        50
  6. THE INDUSTRY
      1. The Genealogy Project artwork by Larry Gonick: Our first draft of a chart of the roots of software
        52
      2. Book Reviews: HACKERS, FIRE IN THE VALLEY
        58
      3. Breaking In by Levi Thomas: How to get an entry job in the microcomputer industry
        60
      4. Inside by Richard Dalton: Trends, rumors, gossip, and guess-work untainted by the rigors of objective evaluation
        65
  7. PLAYING
      1. Software Reviews: APPLE Il: BC.’S QUEST FOR TIRES, HEROISM IN THE MODERN AGE, THE ARCADE MACHINE ATARI: B.C.’S QUEST FOR TIRES, QIX, THE ARCADE MACHINE COLECO ADAM, COMMODORE: BC’S QUEST FOR TIRES MS-DOS: B.C.’S QUEST FOR TIRES, PITS AND STONES, HEROISM IN THE MODERN AGE, EXECUTIVE SUITE
        69
  8. MANAGING
      1. When You Come to the Barnraising, Bring Your Micro edited by Joe Troise. Software for builders and architects: APPLE II: THE MASTER BUILDER, SUNPAS, EXACT DIMENSIONS MS-DOS: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, SUMPAS, AUTOCAD, EXACT DIMENSIONS TRS-80 MODEL Ill: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFT WARE
        74
      2. Random Access Memory
        81
  9. LEARNING
      1. Languages for Thinking About Thinking: Eleven LOGOs Compared by Jim McCauley. APPLE Il: KRELLS LOGO, TERRA-PIN LOGO, APPLE LOGO, APPLE LOGO TOOLKIT, APPLE LOGO Il, SPRITE LOGO ATARI: ATARI LOGO CP/M: TLC LOGO COMMODORE: COMMODORE LOGO MS-DOS: DR. LOGO, IBM LOGO, PC LOGO
        82
      2. Baby LOGOs by Robert Scarola and Pamela Sharp: APPLE Il: CYBERLOGO TURTLE COMMODORE: TURTLE TOYLAND JR. MS-DOS: TURTLE POWER
        90
      3. Using LOGO, Making Science by Robert Scarola. Students learn about patterns in nature from patterns in LOGO APPLE II, ATARI, MS-DOS, COMMODORE: DELTA DRAWING
        92
  10. HARDWARE
      1. The Best User’s Guides edited by Art Kleiner Eleven books on how to use your computer; four books on how to use software; two magazines; and praise for six manuals
        99
      2. The Apple lIc: A beautifully crafted lightweight computer
        104
      3. First Look at Macintosh Software HABADEX, MICROSOFT MULTIPLAN, MACDRAW, MACFORTH, MAC PASCAL, MACWORLD, ST.MAC, MACTEP
        106
  11. CHEAP GLORY
      1. Software Reviews: APPLE II: DRUM-KEY, METATRAK II ATARI: MOVIEMAKER, ATARILAB COMMODORE: COMMANDER ULTRATERMINAL, VICMODEM, MUSICALC I, COMMODORE BONUS PACK, MUSIC MACHINE TRS-80 MODEL 100: MINIVC
        113
      2. Radio Shack Color Computer
        115
      3. Mindset Computer
        121
  12. RESPONSE
      1. Response from our readers to the Whole Earth Software Review
        123
  13. POINT FOUNDATION
      1. Gossip
        128
      2. Cash Flow Report
        130
      3. Forthcoming Topics
        130
      4. How to Write Reviews for the Whole Earth Software Review
        131
      5. What We Use Ourselves: APPLE II, MS-DOS: COPY II PLUS
        132
      6. “Or From Computer Literacy”
        132
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