Table of Contents
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| Features | |
| Introduction | 84 |
| Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: Build the SB180 Single-Board Computer, Part 1: The Hardware | 86 |
| This computer reasserts 8-bit computing in a 16-bit world |
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| Steve Ciarcia |
| Programming Project: An Analysis of Sorts | 104 |
| How to choose one sorting algorithm over another |
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| Jonathan Amsterdam |
| The DSI-32 Coprocessor Board, Part 2: The Software | 116 |
| Plug a 32-bit microcomputer into your IBM PC |
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| Trevor G. Marshall, George Scolaro, David L. Rand, Tom King, Vincent P. Williams |
| An Algorithm for Disk Caching with Limited Memory | 129 |
| Efficient disk buffering for a small system |
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| Brian McKeon |
| Astrophysical Number Crunching | 141 |
| My experiences with a progression of "personal" computers across the years |
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| A. G. W. Cameron |
| Two Generalized Floating-Point Representations | 154 |
| Dynamic allocation of range and precision fields in FP numbers |
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| David Salomon |
| Turbo Pascal Drives the Mouse | 161 |
| A handy procedure to interface the Microsoft Mouse with Pascal |
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| John Figueras |
| IBM Compability for the NEC APC III | 171 |
| This patch lets the APC III run IBM PC software |
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| Herbert Stein |
| Programming Insight: Build a Travesty Tree | 183 |
| A tree data structure improves search time for travesty generation |
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| Peter Wayner |
| Programming Insight: Printing Pascal Graphics | 193 |
| A simple subroutine dumps Apple Pascal graphics to any Epson MX-series printer |
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| Kelly W. Davis |
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| Themes | |
| Introduction | 226 |
| EGO: A Homebuilt CPU, Part 1: The Software | 229 |
| This homemade CPU sports a clever instruction set |
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| Clifford Kelley |
| The Quarter-Meg Atari 800XL | 247 |
| Upgrade your 8-bit microprocessor to 256K bytes and add a RAM disk |
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| Claus Buchholz |
| A Parallel-to-Serial Printer Port Adapter | 257 |
| Build this $35 adapter and use your parallel port for serial devices |
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| Howard Austerlitz |
| Add Function Keys to Your Microcomputer | 263 |
| Expand your parallel keyboard |
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| Mark Hanslip |
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| Reviews | |
| Introduction | 272 |
| Reviewer's Notebook | 275 |
| Glenn Hartwig |
| The Kaypro 16 | 276 |
| A low-cost portable compatible with the IBM PC |
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| Steve McMahon |
| The Osborne 3 | 284 |
| A midsize, no-frills portable |
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| Donna Osgood |
| WordStar 2000 | 291 |
| WordStar's first offspring is easy to use but somewhat slow |
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| Malcolm C. Rubel |
| XyWrite II Plus | 297 |
| Word processing from the command line |
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| Rubin Rabinovitz |
| Filevision | 305 |
| A graphic example of data management on the Macintosh |
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| Scott L. Norman |
| DB Master for the Macintosh | 311 |
| An easy-to-use database manager with a few flaws |
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| Jeffrey M. Jacques |
| Paradise Modular Graphics Card | 321 |
| A multifunction color/graphics card for the IBM PC |
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| Harry Krause |
| The RAMDISK-64 | 325 |
| Fast disk access on the Commodore 64 at a reasonable price |
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| Warren Block |
| Keyport 717 | 331 |
| An alternative to the standard Apple keyboard |
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| David L. Salahi |
| Review Feedback | 335 |
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| Kernel | |
| Introduction | 344 |
| Computing at Chaos Manor: PCs, Peripherals, Programs, and People | 347 |
| Excel, Switcher, Integrated Software, Write-Hand-Man, GRAF 2.0, True BASIC, Gato, Zenith Advanced PC, Omni-Reader, Squire, Incunabula and By Fire and Sword |
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| Jerry Pournelle |
| Chaos Manor Mail | 382 |
| Jerry Pournelle |
| BYTE U.K.: Seventh Anniversary of Microcomputing | 385 |
| A brief history of U.K. computing and a look at the Husky Hunter |
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| Dick Pountain |
| BYTE Japan: A History of Japan's Microcomputers | 395 |
| TLCS-12, µCOM-4, -8, -16, NEC 700, TK-80, MZ-80, PC-8001, and a new idea: A software vending machine |
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| William M. Raike |
| According to Webster: West Coast Faire, Mac Stuff and the Amiga | 401 |
| Computer Faire, Ericsson Portable, AT&T UNIX PC, Mac RAM Upgrades, BMUG, Apple, Amiga and TeamMate |
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| Bruce Webster |
| Mathematical Recreations: π, e, and All That | 409 |
| Sneaking up on transcendental numbers |
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| Robert T. Kurosaka |
| Circuit Cellar Feedback | 416 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
| BYTELINES | 418 |
| Sol Libes |
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| Editorial: Ten Good Years | 6 |
| Phil Lemmons |
| Microbytes | 9 |
Optical Discs, Image Scanners, Laser Printers at NCC
Motorola Asks FCC to Allow Radio-Based LANs
Epson, ABC, and Indesys on FM Radio
NANOBYTES |
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| Letters | 14 |
| Fixes and Updates | 33 |
Conversion Algorithm Bug (March 1985)
"In Brief" Error (March 1985)
AI Book Available
Alternative Approaches to Structured BASIC Programming
Systems Transfer Documents Between Word Processors |
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| What's New | 37, 431 |
Application Environment for Apple IIe (Information Appliance SwyftCard)
Spreadsheet Bridges 1-2-3, dBASE (Paperback Software VP-Planner)
Corvus Cheetah Uses 68010
8300 Model Seven UNIX Processor (Megadata)
HP Disks (Hwelett-Packard HP 9154A, HP 9142A)
Large-Format Plotter for Micron (IOLine Corporation LP3700 Plotter)
LISP Interpreter and Compiler (Levien Instrument BYSO LISP)
Modem Adapts to Phone Quality (Digital Communications Assciates DCA Fastlink)
Interactive Satellite Dish (Equatorial Communications C-200) |
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| Ask BYTE | 44 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
| Clubs & Newsletters | 54 |
| Book Reviews | 57 |
A Computer & Communications Network Performance Analysis Primer
Applied Programming Techniques in C
Diagramming Techniques for Analysts and Programmers
Introduction to Computer Engineering |
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| Mark Klein, Phil Hughes, Bonnie L. Walker, Brian Edginton |
| Event Queue | 80 |
| Unclassified Ads | 485 |
| BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Box, BOMB Results | 486 |
| Reader Service | 487 |
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