Softalk Magazine was published September 1980 through August 1984, chronicling pivotal years in Apple microcomputing, in particular, and affordable microcomputing, in general. Over 9,100 pages were published in the magazine's four full years of publication. The Project is currently missing the November and December issues of 1980, and the September, November and January issues of 1981. The available issues consist of 8,710 pages of information-rich content.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Volume 3 of Softalk Magazine was published September 1982 through August 1983, chronicling a pivotal year in Apple microcomputing. In total, 3,350 pages of information-rich content was published in the magazine's third full year of publication.
Exec SofTech: Specialists in Portability. The Jeppson Disassembler for the Apple III. Apples Join the Jet Set. Heigh-Ho, Come to the Fair. Quick and Easy Animation. Word Processing: Sex and the Executive Secretary. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Infocom: Adventures in Excellence. Have an Apple Split - Split-screen on the Apple?. Word Processing for Movies and Popes. The Us Festival: Steve Wozniak Throws a Party. The Bank Shot That Always Scores. Apples in the Sun.
Exec Software Publishing Corporation: In the Front File, Personally. It’s III O’Clock and All’s Well. A Dream of Walking. These Turkeys Are Raised on Apples. Apples on the Campaign Trail. The Magical Metamorphosis: DOS PIE to Apple CP/M. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec TG Products: A Merry Business and a Joystick Too. The New Levels of Applesoft. ha! A Visit with the Muppets. Stocking Stuffers - The Third Annual Softalk Holiday Gift Guide. Once Upon an Apple.
Exec SubLogic: On a Wing And a Player. What Was 1982’s Most Popular Program? Ptaming the Pterodactyl. Programmer for Hire: Have Apple, Will Travel. Apple on the Phone: Telecommunications in Toto. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Penguin: A Chilly Visit to Tuxedo Junction. The Cat That’s the Apple’s Meow. It’s Here: The New Apple IIe. Dial-Your-Match: The Heart of an Apple. Patching Apple III Pascal. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists. NOTE: The Lisa computer made its debut in a Feature in this issue.
Exec Adventure International: The Saga of Scott Adams. Apple on the Phone. DOS Be Nimble, DOS Be Quick. Can Computer Art Be Fine Art? You Bet! (AKA Pixelated Painter - Fine Artist for the Future on the cover) Modula-2: Blazing a Trail. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Business Solutions: Jumping with Jack. The Programs You Like Best. The Oakland A’s Are Pitching Apples. An Apple Is an Apple Is an Apple (AKA Pat Carroll on Tour with Her Apple on the cover). The Professor and His Micro Pals. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Syntauri: Sounds of Success. State of the Art: Professional Music Systems for Apples. III Bits. Herbie Hancock: Future Music. IInd Grade Chats: Custom Menu Generator. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Amdek: Window on the Future. By George, It’s a Computer! An Apple among the Champions (AKA Kabor+++: Showing with Apples on the cover). Syncopated Apple III. In Search of the Sixth Sense. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Datamost: Growing Up in the Software Maze. The Continuing Adventures of Janek Kaliczak. The IIe’s Super-Res Secret. Great Games Are Good for You (AKA The Architecture of Good Games on the cover). The III That Thinks It’s a II Plus Plus. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Continental: In the Forefront of the Revolution. House and Computer. The Robots Come Home. Fly Me to the Moon. A Shady Business: Urban Forestry. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Volume 4 of Softalk Magazine was published September 1983 through August 1984, chronicling a pivotal year in Apple microcomputing. In total, 3,028 pages of information-rich content was published in the magazine's fourth and final year of publication.
Exec BPI: Lisa’s First Abacus. Apple Soft Brushes for Double Hi-Res. Lisa: Up Close and Personal (AKA Lisa Speeds to the Top on the cover). Learning To Type, Uniquely. Apples in Space — For the Masses. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Beagle Bros: It’s a Dog's Life. Who Will Win the Videotex Game? Backtalk. Debut: The Graphics Page. Hardtalk: Printing Out Has Its Epson Downs. Debut: Keys to the World. Observing Astronomical Apples. IInd Grade Chats: Help! It’s Another Kit! From Slow Tickers to Fast News: A Visit with Dow Jones. A Spooler for the Apple III: Serious Work. DOS Filing Made Easy. Newspeak. Storytalk: "Arcade Man". Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Avant-Garde Creations: The Dynamic Zone. The Public Domain of CP/M Software. Adventures with WPL. The Crime-Fighting Apple (AKA Detective Story on the cover). The $64K Question — Are You Hip to Computerese? Backtalk. DOS Files, Part Two: Filing Made Easy. Taking It to the Streets. Hardtalk: An Evening with Remarkable Characters. Making Software Fit the Company — The Custom Connection. Getting To Know Your Stocks. Newspeak. Storytalk: In the Forest of the Night. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Hayden Software: From Sargon to Sixteen Bits. Welcome to Art Linkletter’s Apple Party! Hardtalk: Boxing the Bugaboos. Stocking Stutters - The Fourth Annual Softalk Holiday Gift Guide. Apples Loom over the Weaving World. Newspeak. Storytalk: “M.A.C. Gate: Fat Men Can Not Jump down Chimneys”. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Learning Company: Booting Up Kids’ Minds. It’s New and Improved and Never Needs Winding: Apple III Plus. Vote! For 1983’s Most Popular Program. New Apple DOS Isn’t Strictly for the Pros. Teachers Teaching Teachers. Back in the Old Pascal Patch. Backtalk: The Wizard and Princess of Coarsegold; Apple’s Education Foundation Takes a New Tack. The Futurological Congress: Peering Cautiously Forward (a Month or Two) (AKA Apple Leaders Preview 1984 on the cover). TV Programmer On Top Down Under. The Amazing Softalk Articles Index. Newspeak. Storytalk: A Feeling of Electricity in the Air. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Human Systems Dynamics: A Quieter Revolution. Hey, Mac! Apple’s New Computer is a Winner. The Amazing, Automated Macfactory (AKA Macintosh! The Factory: Apple's Super-High-Tech Coup on the cover). Is the Software Industry Ripe for Representation? Hardtalk: Where Is the Program That Can Print Every Which Way But Loose? Backtalk: Louise Rude’s Second Sight. Marketalk Reviews Index: September 1980 Through December 1983. Newspeak. Storytalk: ‘Misplaced Friends,’ Part One. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Exec Sensible Software: Uncommonly Good Company. Just Think: The Unification of Mankind through the Unification of Physics. Gotta Dance! Terpsichorean Apple Takes Center Stage (AKA Dancing Apples on the cover). Apple Tree Ancestors. Backtalk: Modem Futures Through a Hayes. The Apple II Mouse That Roars Up Mountains. Marketalk Reviews Index: September 1980 through December 1983. Newspeak. Storytalk: Misplaced Friends, Part Two.
Debut: Softly Comment. Exec Quality Software: At Home in Apple Manor. The Most Popular Software of 1983 and All-Time. Born To Compute: Apples Monitor Perinatal Babes. Picking Up the Tab. Storytalk: Sherlock Holmes and the Analytical Engine. Micros Burn Rubber, or, Hot Rod Apples in Hell. Backtalk: EduWare under a Peachtree; The Computerman of Folsom Goes Free. Newspeak. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Softly Comment. Exec Apple Computer International. The Elfin IIc: Light, Tiny, and Sweet. Special Section: Apples All Over the World. Apples Down Under. Personal Computing in the Old World. Apples in Germany. Apples in Tunisia. Apples in Canada. Selling Software from Sicily to Sydney. Newspeak.
Softly Comment. Exec Sweet Micro: The Sound of Success. The Effects of Apples on Real-Time Videos. Backtalk. Expanding the Unexpandable IIc. Cats in the Water (AKA Computable Catamarans on the cover). Storytalk: "MAC. Gate and the Musique Concrete." Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Softly Comment. Exec Haba Systems: Fame for the Fun of It. How Apple Put Training on a Disk. Boy Scout Apples. Vegas Apples Are Beyond Belief. Plus the usual Features and Departments including multi-category Bestseller lists.
Softly Comment. Exec Electronic Arts: Software Construction Company. IInd Grade Chats: A Catalog of Values. Apples Roar: Hollywood Pros Produce with Micros. 2010 Apples: Cupertino and beyond the Infinite (AKA 2010 Apples in Hollywood on the cover). Backtalk: Broderbund Rallies; Dave McFarling Never Says No. Excavations of the Hidden Mind.