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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
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Whole Earth Software Review No.3, Fall 1984
      1. Software That Ought to Be: BLUE PENCIL
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      2. What Book and Magazine Publishing Can Learn From Software
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      3. Masthead
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      4. About Access
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  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 +
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      2. Organizing Programs as Mind-Extension Tools by Wayne Pendley
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      3. Trolls Under the Bridge Excerpts from Whole Earth’s organizing tool teleconference
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      4. What They Left Out: FRIDAY! and REVELATION
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  3. TELECOMMUNICATING
      1. Software Reviews: APPLE II: PFS:ACCESS, APPLE ACCESS 5 ll, PERSON-TO-PERSON MS-DOS: IN-SEARCH, PFS:ACCESS
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      2. Telecommunicating Update
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  4. WRITING
      1. The Shame of Word Processors by Saul Feldman. Writing tools and telecommunications: most Don't mix well
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      2. Software Reviews: MS-DOS: PC-WRITE, DISPLAY-WRITE 2, PC WRITER
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  5. PROGRAMMING
      1. Software Reviews: CP/M: SMARTKEY MS-DOS: SMARTKEY, PROKEY
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  6. THE INDUSTRY
      1. The Genealogy Project artwork by Larry Gonick: Our first draft of a chart of the roots of software
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      2. Book Reviews: HACKERS, FIRE IN THE VALLEY
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      3. Breaking In by Levi Thomas: How to get an entry job in the microcomputer industry
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      4. Inside by Richard Dalton: Trends, rumors, gossip, and guess-work untainted by the rigors of objective evaluation
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  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
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  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
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      2. Random Access Memory
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  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
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      2. Baby LOGOs by Robert Scarola and Pamela Sharp: APPLE Il: CYBERLOGO TURTLE COMMODORE: TURTLE TOYLAND JR. MS-DOS: TURTLE POWER
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      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
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  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
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      2. The Apple lIc: A beautifully crafted lightweight computer
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      3. First Look at Macintosh Software HABADEX, MICROSOFT MULTIPLAN, MACDRAW, MACFORTH, MAC PASCAL, MACWORLD, ST.MAC, MACTEP
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  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
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      2. Radio Shack Color Computer
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      3. Mindset Computer
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  12. RESPONSE
      1. Response from our readers to the Whole Earth Software Review
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  13. POINT FOUNDATION
      1. Gossip
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      2. Cash Flow Report
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      3. Forthcoming Topics
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      4. How to Write Reviews for the Whole Earth Software Review
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      5. What We Use Ourselves: APPLE II, MS-DOS: COPY II PLUS
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      6. “Or From Computer Literacy”
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