Volume 1 of Softalk Magazine was published September 1980 through August 1981, chronicling a pivotal year in Apple microcomputing. Approximately 650 pages were published in the magazine's first full year of publication. The Project is currently missing the November and January issues. The available issues consist of 584 pages of information-rich content.
Exec Apple: John Couch. Dealing with DOS. Meet the Man Who Conquered a Contract. The Basic Con Job.
Exec Personal: The VisiCalc People. Disk Rebel: The Mystical, Magical Loading Machine. Pirate, Thief. Who Dares to Catch Him? Apples and the Handicapped: New Road to Independence. The Softalk Bestseller List of Software.
Uniforms by Apple, Apple and a senior outfit the UCLA band; Blind Pathfinder in Alaska, Louise Rude holds a /ob usually reserved for the sighted, and an Apple can help; The All-American Apple Music Machine, An in-depth look at Apple as a synthesizer, and reviews of three music systems that make it one; Numbers Making Music, no hardware is required for this music program that is actually a complete language; Apples' Adventures in Utopia, Rock stars Todd Rundgren and Roger Powell talk about their Apples - one for art and one for music; Exec Mountain - Theirs is a Hard — and Now Soft — Life, Mountain Hardware becomes Mountain Computer and expands into software; The Ivory Keyboard: A Direct Line to Apple Music - A close look at the AlphaSyntauri keyboard music input for the Apple; plus the usual columns, departments, and Bestseller lists.
Exec M&R: Pioneer in Peripherals for Micros. Intelligent Stocking Stuffers. An Eye for the Apple. Christmas Spirits for Holiday Hosts.
Big Apple Gives Little Apple the Business: Apples are selling like hotcakes in New York City—many to megabusinesses; Robot War: Strategy for Learning - Revolutionary concept in gaming software teaches logic and programming through fun; Softalk's First Annual Most Popular Software Poll - Readers have a chance to air their opinions of the all-time top ten in popular software; Disk Drive Doctor Moves East - A very special person, Mike Cornblith deals in Apple service and general good will; Exec California Pacific: Quiet, thoughtful Al Remmers has made his software company a howling success; plus regular monthly columms, departments, and Bestseller lists, etc.
Exec On-Line Systems. The Pascal Path. The Apple and Cable TV: Growing Up Together. Computer Living: The Apple as Homemaker. The Miraculous Modem. Portrait of a Programmer.
The Women of Apple. The New Look of Character. Exec Apple: Jean Richardson. Women at Work with Apples.
Profile of a Programmer: Nasir. The Most Popular Program Ever - Results. Where Does the Money Go? Exec Microsoft: Adventure with an Expanding Apple. A Seafaring Apple: The Mazatlan Regatta. A Self-Taught Programmer Insures His Future. The Newest Face at Summer Camp is Apple's.
[csf-folk:dude-happy-right]Exec Edu-Ware. Applefest '81. Where Does the Money Go? - Finale. Taking Apples for Granted. On Planting Seeds in Our Schools: An Essay. Sesame Place. A Flight Plan for Teaching. The Schoolhouse Apple: From Minnesota to Florida. Harley Software: A Family Affair. The Miraculous Modem, Part 2. Give Your Apple a Videotape Machine.
Exec Apple: New President Mike Markkula. Fair Days. At 3.3, VisiCalc Spawns a Family. An Apple for Leslie. Going Forth. Five more Features plus the usual Departments.
Exec Strategic Simulations. The Shirter's Computer T Party. What Are Those People Doing with an Apple on the Roof?
Exec Southwestern Data Systems. Two Eggs, 1/2 Cup Milk, and a Large Scoop of Computer Science. An Apple Goes to Prison. Robots! Plus three Features and usual Departments.