Softalk Magazine - Volume 4

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.

September 1983

V4.01 Softalk Magazine cover, September 1983

Volume

4

Issue

1

Total pages

308

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Lisa Speeds to the Top

Issue highlights

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.

V4.01 Softalk Magazine cover, September 1983
V4.01 Softalk Magazine contents, September 1983

October 1983

V4.02 Softalk Magazine cover, October 1983

Volume

4

Issue

2

Total pages

320

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2

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Observing Astronomical Apples

Issue highlights

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.

V4.02 Softalk Magazine cover, October 1983
V4.02 Softalk Magazine contents 1, October 1983
V4.02 Softalk Magazine contents 2, October 1983

November 1983

V4.03 Softalk Magazine cover, November 1983

Volume

4

Issue

3

Total pages

336

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Detective Story

Issue highlights

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.

V4.03 Softalk Magazine cover, November 1983
V4.03 Softalk Magazine contents 1, November 1983
V4.03 Softalk Magazine contents 2, November 1983

December 1983

V4.04 Softalk Magazine cover, December 1983

Volume

4

Issue

4

Total pages

416

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1

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Stocking Stuffers - Holiday Gift Guide

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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.

V4.04 Softalk Magazine cover, December 1983
V4.04 Softalk Magazine contents 1, December 1983
V4.04 Softalk Magazine contents 2, December 1983

January 1984

V4.05 Softalk Magazine cover, January 1984

Volume

4

Issue

5

Total pages

272

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Apple Leaders Preview 1984

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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.

V4.05 Softalk Magazine cover, January 1984
V4.05 Softalk Magazine contents 1, January 1984
V4.05 Softalk Magazine contents 2, January 1984

February 1984

V4.06 Softalk Magazine cover, February 1984

Volume

4

Issue

6

Total pages

256

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Macintosh! The Factory: Apple's Super-High-Tech Coup

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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.

V4.06 Softalk Magazine cover, February 1984
V4.06 Softalk Magazine contents 1, February 1984
V4.06 Softalk Magazine contents 2, February 1984

March 1984

V4.07 Softalk Magazine cover, March 1984

Volume

4

Issue

7

Total pages

240

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Dancing Apples

Issue highlights

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.

V4.07 Softalk Magazine cover, March 1984
V4.07 Softalk Magazine contents 1, March 1984
V4.07 Softalk Magazine contents 2, March 1984
V4.07 Softalk Magazine page 238, March 1984

April 1984

V4.08 Softalk Magazine cover, April 1984

Volume

4

Issue

8

Total pages

224

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The Labors of Apple: Monitoring Babies Before Birth

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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.

V4.08 Softalk Magazine cover, April 1984
V4.08 Softalk Magazine contents 1, April 1984
V4.08 Softalk Magazine contents 2, April 1984
V4.08 Softalk Magazine page 218, April 1984
V4.08 Softalk Magazine page 154, April 1984
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V4.08 Softalk Magazine page 156, April 1984
V4.08 Softalk Magazine page 157, April 1984

May 1984

V4.09 Softalk Magazine cover, May 1984

Volume

4

Issue

9

Total pages

208

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Apples All Over the World

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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.

V4.09 Softalk Magazine cover, May 1984
V4.09 Softalk Magazine contents 1, May 1984
V4.09 Softalk Magazine contents 2, May 1984
V4.09 Softalk Magazine page 206, May 1984

June 1984

V4.10 Softalk Magazine cover, June 1984

Volume

4

Issue

10

Total pages

192

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Computable Catamarans

Issue highlights

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.

V4.10 Softalk Magazine cover, June 1984
V4.10 Softalk Magazine contents 1, June 1984
V4.10 Softalk Magazine contents 2, June 1984
V4.10 Softalk Magazine page 109, June 1984

July 1984

V4.11 Softalk Magazine cover, July 1984

Volume

4

Issue

11

Total pages

128

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Scouting with Apples

Issue highlights

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.

V4.11 Softalk Magazine cover, July 1984
V4.11 Softalk Magazine contents 1, July 1984
V4.11 Softalk Magazine contents 2, July 1984
V4.11 Softalk Magazine page 127, July 1984

August 1984

V4.12 Softalk Magazine cover, August 1984

Volume

4

Issue

12

Total pages

128

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2010 Apples in Hollywood

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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.

V4.12 Softalk Magazine cover, August 1984
V4.12 Softalk Magazine contents 1, August 1984
V4.12 Softalk Magazine contents 2, August 1984
V4.12 Softalk Magazine page 123, August 1984