The Apple Blossom Volume 1, Number 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the premier issue of The Apple Blossom, and was only 4 pages long. However, I was able to cram quite a few stories into that first issue. To read them, click on the story title. Feel free to print and pass these articles around, and if you are in a User Group and would like to reprint articles in your newsletter, please feel free to do so. I only ask that you give me credit, and that you send me a copy of that issue for my archives (and to show off to others!). This was sent out to teachers because, as we all know, the Apple II series of computers has had a long and productive relationship with schools. Our hope with this periodical is to keep you informed about happenings in the Apple II world, and to let you realize that there is still a lot of life left in your computer. This premier issue has articles on AppleWorks 5, DiscQuest, Quick Click Calc and Apple II related periodicals, as well as a brief look at new products for the Apple II, some of which will be reviewed in future issues. If you have any questions, relating to the periodical, or of a technical nature, please send your questions to: Steve Cavanaugh, editor, The Apple Blossom, 1117 Maple St., Wilmington, DE 19805================= While you may not be able to say the name five times fast, this new spreadsheet, currently at version 1.2, from the ByteWorks, will be able to handle your data as quickly as you are able to input it. Quick Click Calc is a new spreadsheet for the II GS , from the hands of Mike Westerfield, author of the ORCA programming series for the Apple II. It is a standard "desktop" application, and it brings one of the newest features of computing to the Apple IIGSÜPublish and Subscribe. If you haven't used this feature up until now, it is basically copy-and-paste on steroids. You can publish information from one document (say your computer lab budget) and subscribe to that information (which is stored in an "edition" file) in another file (perhaps the overall school budget). If changes are made to the original file, then the data will be automatically updated when you open the subscribing file.Quick Click Calc is also a full business graphics program, and can create colorful charts in 3 dimensions.The price for Quick Click Calc is a modest $60.00, and it is recommended that you have a harddrive and 2 MB of RAM for smoothest operation. You can order it direct from The ByteWorks at (505) 898-8183. If you have any questions, give them a call, or e-mail Mike Westerfield at MikeW50ecember of 1993, support for the Apple II has not ceased. Last year saw new software and hardware for the computer, and 1995 promises more of the same. In many ways, the platform is only now maturing, and its capabilities are just being utilized.======================== mode) DiscQuestd seaching on topic words. Hypertext links to graphics, sound and other articles is supported.luded: Programming the IIGS with the toolbox, a comparison of laser printers compatible with the Apple II, and reviews of Financial Genius and Quick Click Calc. II Alivermation, news, tech questions and answers, and original programming and graphics. The subscription price is under $9.00 per month. You can call them at 800-831-2694 to request a trial subscription. Resource Central (also known as ICON, the International Computer Owners Network) whom you can call at (913) 469-6502 publishes Stack Central ystems is still publishing software and reselling products by other Apple II vendors. AppleWorks 5.0 is Shipping ngle layout format in the database, sharing of data between databases and wordprocessors without the database needing to be opened and more. Complete information is available from Quality Computers, who took over responsibility for AppleWorks and AppleWorks GS from Claris in the Fall of 1992. Quality Computers is a major provider of educational technology, which publishes a free quarterly magazine devoted to educational computing called Enhance.cintosh version, you can even exchange stacks between the two. With HyperMover, a pair of stacks for the GS and the Mac, a Stack can be disassembled on one platform, copied to disk, and then reassembled on the other.What can HyperCard GS do for you? Well, as one of the premier HyperMedia authoring tools available, you can create presentations, manage data, and even interface with CD-ROMs and LaserDisc players. And, because the IIGS has a composite video port, you can even record your stacks onto video tape, for a portable presentation.