A picture of me (June 2001)

William V. R. Smith CEO Artsci Publishing. 1980 to present Partner in Softape Company - 1978 - 1980        (Worlds 1st Apple software developer) Founder/partner of SofTALK, 1980-1985         first Apple magazine. AA Degree, 1977 from Los Angeles Valley College. Accounting &Computer Science Tutor for LAVC 1976-1977 High School - class of '74 John Burroughs High. Grade School - Saint Finbar, Burbank. Amateur radio operator, N6MQS since 1985 Owner of DM-04 repeater system (Los Angeles)         (224.20, 448.54, 1282.90 MHz         123 PL all machines) Contact me here

New The History of Softape/Artsci

BOOKS

Radio/Tech Modifications (all 22 editions)-still in print
U.S. Repeater MapBook (16 editions)-still in print
Amateur HamBook (3 editions)-Out of Print
Lost User Manuals (2 editions)-Out of Print - online only
Riding the airwaves with Alpha & Zulu (2 editions)-Out of Print

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

Card Games - Epson HX-20 Computer bundle software, 1983 (over 10,000 copies)
Business tools - Epson HX-20 Computer bundle software, 1983 (over 10,000 copies)
Magic Memory - Apple //e Database Program, 1983 (over 20,000 copies)
Calendar Magic - Apple //e Calendar creater, 1984 (over 10,000 copies)
Solitaire Poker - Apple //e Poker Slot machine game, 1979 (over 10,000 copies)

ARTICLES

Simpletons guide to PL Decoding - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Grid Squares - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Worked all states - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Quickie Antennas - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Emergency Antennas - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Transmitter Range - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Quarter wave antennas (PDF)- Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Amateur Freq. Bands - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to N-Connectors - Amateur radio Trader, 199-20006
Simpletons guide to Coax Cables - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to Quad Antennas - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to PL Connectors - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
Simpletons guide to World Time - Amateur radio Trader, 1996-2000
TAD Award, 73 Magazine, 1988
Basic Solutions - 24 monthly articles Softalk, 1979,1981
Basic Solutions - BasiCALC - Softalk, 1979
The Automatic Dress Pattern - Interface Age, 1978

Web Sites

On-Line Repeater Database - All fifty states, 1996,2013 -
RFSearch Search Engine , 2000, 2013 -
Chemical Industry Search Engine , 2000, 2001 -
Artsci Publications on-line catalog , 1996,2013 -
Alpha Beauty E-commerce Beauty Web Site , 1996,2013 -
Joy Beauty E-commerce Beauty Web Site , 1996,2013 -
Diamond Beauty E-commerce Beauty Web Site , 1996,2013 -
Planet Beauty E-commerce Beauty Web Site , 1996,2013 -