Softalk Magazine - Volume 2

Volume 2 of Softalk Magazine was published September 1981 through August 1982, chronicling a pivotal year in Apple microcomputing. Approximately 2,140 pages were published in the magazine's second full year of publication. The Project is currently missing the September, November and December issues. The available issues consist of 1,752 pages of information-rich content.

September 1981

V2.01 Softalk Magazine cover, September 1981

Volume

2

Issue

1

Total pages

116

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Megabuck Apples

Issue highlights

Exec Hayes Microcomputer Products, About Time and Apples, II at the Top: Profile of an Apple-Loving Executive, Megabuck Apples, Applefest '81: First Time's Charm, Applesoft Accelerated: The New Compilers... plus all the regular Features and Departments

V2.01 Softalk Magazine cover, September 1981
V2.01 Softalk Magazine contents, September 1981

October 1981

V2.02 Softalk Magazine cover, October 1981

Volume

2

Issue

2

Total pages

148

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Talking with Dolphins: John Lilly and His Apples

Issue highlights

Exec Softsel: Software Distribution Leader. Apple Diagnoses Shatter Traditional IQ Testing. Talking with Dolphins: John Lilly and His Apples. The GameMaster: A House of Games by Modem. The Solar System by Apple: Solar Home Design. An Apple Joins the Navy: Supersonic Flight Simulator. Plus three Features and the ususal Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.

V2.02 Softalk Magazine cover, October 1981
V2.02 Softalk Magazine contents page, October 1981

November 1981

V2.03 Softalk Magazine cover, November 1981

Volume

2

Issue

3

Total pages

190

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Apples in the Forest Service

Issue highlights

Exec Broderbund: Saga, Star Craft, and Family = Success, A Man of the Future—Steve Beck, Apples among the Acorns with U.S. Forest Service, An Apple in Psychotherapy, Telecommuting: Is the Central Office Almost Obsolete?, The New Applesoft Compilers: What For?... plus the regular Features and Departments

V2.03 Softalk Magazine cover, November 1981
V2.03 Softalk Magazine contents, November 1981

December 1981

V2.04 Softalk Magazine cover, December 1981

Volume

2

Issue

4

Total pages

208

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Cover story

Holiday Gift Guide

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Exec Micro Lab: Software with Care, Holiday Gift Guide, Microcomputer Pioneers Look at Tomorrow, Who's Minding the Store?, Fortran for the Apple... plus the regular Features and Departments

V2.04 Softalk Magazine cover, December 1981
V2.04 Softalk Magazine contents, December 1981

January 1982

V2.05 Softalk Magazine cover, January 1982

Volume

2

Issue

5

Total pages

176

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Buckminster Fuller: Wisdom for Now and Tomorrow

Issue highlights

Important Announcement: Softalk Changes Its Distribution Policy. Buckminster Fuller: Wisdom for Now and Tomorrow. Exec Lotus: A New Caper for Mitch Kapor. LISP—To Boost Your Apple's IQ. Hands across the Ice: Eskimos and Their Apples. The New Spellers: Teaching Your Apple To Spell. Plus four Features (two Debut) plus usual Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.

V2.05 Softalk Magazine cover, January 1982
V2.05 Softalk Magazine contents page, January 1982

February 1982

V2.06 Softalk Magazine cover, February 1982

Volume

2

Issue

6

Total pages

188

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Heavy Traffic and Apples in the Sky

Issue highlights

Exec Muse: Through Robots and Castles to Electronic Business. Apples See, Hear, and Touch for Those Who Can't. Heavy Traffic and Apples in the Sky. Conferences Grow on Trees. Visions of an Apple IV: One Stockholder's Fantasy. Plus five Features and usual Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.

V2.06 Softalk Magazine cover, February 1982
V2.06 Softalk Magazine contents, February 1982

March 1982

V2.07 Softalk Magazine cover, March 1982

Volume

2

Issue

7

Total pages

188

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Apples in the Front Lines at West Point

Issue highlights

Exec Stoneware: They Try Harder. Go On and Interrupt Your Apple. Word Processors: Rob Swigart Talks about His Apple Writer III. Apples in the Front Lines at West Point. Taming Your Apple III

V2.07 Softalk Magazine cover, March 1982
V2.07 Softalk Magazine contents page, March 1982

April 1982

V2.08 Softalk Magazine cover, April 1982

Volume

2

Issue

8

Total pages

212

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Apple in Outer Space

Issue highlights

Exec Howardsoft: A Taxing Profession? Yes and No. Word Processors: Civic Leader Claims His WP Is Letter Perfect. Sunflowers in Space (AKA Apple in Outer Space on cover). The Changing Character(s) of the Apple III. The Speed Sector. Home Finance Roundup.

V2.08 Softalk Magazine cover, April 1982
V2.08 Softalk Magazine contents, April 1982

May 1982

V2.09 Softalk Magazine cover, May 1982

Volume

2

Issue

9

Total pages

228

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The Horse's Apple

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Exec Synergistic: An Odyssey to Apventure. Softrek: How Software Is Born and Raised. Word Processors: Zardax Works for Social Services. The Horses' Apple. Fritz the Cat Has an Apple III. Have You Ever Seen a Gideon Apple? Plus 8 Features (three debut) and usual Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.

V2.09 Softalk Magazine cover, May 1982
V2.09 Softalk Magazine contents page, May 1982

June 1982

V2.10 Softalk Magazine cover, June 1982

Volume

2

Issue

10

Total pages

220

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Richard Bach on Apple Power

Issue highlights

Exec Interactive Structures: Interfacing Present and Future. Apple's Apples: On the Way to the Promised Land. Richard Bach: On Power, Apples, and Freedom. Word Processors: Multilingual Apple Speaks for ScreenWriter. The Life and Times of Rocky Clark. Programming His Way to a Pulitzer: Mike Berlyn. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.

V2.10 Softalk Magazine cover, June 1982
V2.10 Softalk Magazine contents page, June 1982

July 1982

V2.11 Softalk Magazine cover, July 1982

Volume

2

Issue

11

Total pages

196

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The Apples of Summer

Issue highlights

Exec Sirius: Reaching for the Stars. The Brave New World of the Turtle. The Apples of Summer - Baseball Drafts a Shrewd Rookie. The Apple III Workshop: It Isn't Easy Street. The Sporting Life — A Software Review. Word Processing: Lessons Loud and Clear

V2.11 Softalk Magazine cover, July 1982
V2.11 Softalk Magazine contents page, July 1982

August 1982

V2.12 Softalk Magazine cover, August 1982

Volume

2

Issue

12

Total pages

196

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Cover story

The Apple Farm

Issue highlights

Exec Sir-tech: Wizzing to the Top. Peeking and Poking the Apple III. Down on the 0l' Apple(run) Farm. Word Processing: An Active Guy on an Easy Writer. Exploring the Exploratorium: Museum of the Future. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.

V2.12 Softalk Magazine cover, August 1982
V2.12 Softalk Magazine contents page, August 1982