Table of Contents
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| Feautures | |
| Introduction | 84 |
| Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: Build the SB180 Single-Board Computer, Part 2: The Software | 86 |
| This computer reasserts 8-bit computing in a 16-bit world |
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| Steve Ciarcia |
| EGO: A Homebuilt CPU, Part 2: The Hardware | 101 |
| How the hardware decodes and executes instructions |
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| Clifford Kelley |
| Programming Project: Building a Computer in Software | 112 |
| The realization of one software hacker's dream os designing a computer |
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| Jonathan Amsterdam |
| Skycam: An Aeral Robotic Camera System | 122 |
| A microcomputer provides the control to add three-dimensional mobility to TV and motion picture cameras |
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| Lawrence L. Cone |
| Programming Insight: Simulating the Normal Distribution | 137 |
| A BASIC routine for bell-curve sampling |
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| Arthur G. Hansen |
| Programming Insight: IBM PC Joystick Control Using Turbo Pascal | 143 |
| In-line assembly code provides high resolution |
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| James P. McAdams |
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| Themes | |
| Introduction | 148 |
| Why Models Go Wrong | 151 |
| You must take care in applying the principles of logic, statistics, and measurement |
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| Tom R. Houston |
| The Problem of Overfitting Data | 167 |
| A mathematical model for balancing the number of parameters and the degree of fit |
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| Wallace E. Larimore, Raman K. Mehra |
| Testing Large-Scale Simulations | 183 |
| Using a discrete simulation language to develop large programs |
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| Otis F. Bryan, Michael C. Natrella |
| Analyzing Goverment Policies | 199 |
| Economic modeling with Lotus 1-2-3 |
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| Ross M. Miller, Alexander S. Kelso Jr. |
| Simulating the Arms Race | 213 |
| In this model, military competition is based on weapons stockpiles |
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| Michael D. Ward |
| EPIAID | 225 |
| This series of programs helps construct models of disease from real-world epidemics |
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| Andrew G. Dean |
| Predicting Arson | 239 |
| Micros become a new weapon in the fight against arson |
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| Royer Cook |
| Fighting Fire with Technology | 249 |
| The dBASE II database-management system goes to work in community-action service |
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| Bruce Dillenbeck |
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| Reviews | |
| Introduction | 254 |
| Reviewer's Notebook | 257 |
| Glenn Hartwig |
| The Ericsson Personal Computer | 258 |
| Highlighting IBM PC compability and ergonomics |
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| John D. Unger |
| The Stearns Desktop Computer | 264 |
| Options and support may not outweigh inflexibility |
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| Wayne Rash Jr. |
| The Portable STM Personal Computer | 270 |
| An IBM PC-compatible portable with innovative features |
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| R. Jeyaraman |
| BetterBASIC | 277 |
| A powerful language with a few quirks |
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| Art Huston |
| TLC-LISP | 287 |
| A fully featured LISP implementation |
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| William G. Wong |
| GPSS/PC | 295 |
| Discrete-event simulation on the IBM PC |
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| Zaven A. Karian |
| The Toshiba P1340 Printer | 305 |
| This fast high-density dot-matrix printer has few type fonts available |
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| Rich Malloy |
| Review Feedback | 310 |
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| Kernel | |
| Introduction | 312 |
| Computing at Chaos Manor: The Lord of the Manor Moves Upstairs | 315 |
| Kaypro 286i, AT&T UNIX PC, Printer Optimizer, Mousestick, Ampro Little Board, Quickscreen, XyWrite, BIX and Borland |
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| Jerry Pournelle |
| Chaos Manor Mail | 343 |
| Jerry Pournelle |
| According to Webster: Commodore's Coup | 347 |
| Amiga, Lattice C, Aztech C, ClickOn Worksheet, ClickArt, ClickArt/Publications, ClickArt/Letters, ClickArt/Effects, Mac Spell Right, Dow Jones and Omega Research |
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| Bruce Webster |
| BYTE U.K.: Computers As Consultants | 367 |
| Two exprestsystem shells from the U.K. |
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| Dick Pountain |
| BYTE Japan: The Tokyo Microcomputer SHow | 381 |
| The NEC PC-98XA, NEC PC-9801U2, 286 XENIX System V, the HP-9807 and a new Hitachi drive |
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| William M. Raike |
| Circuit Cellar Feedback | 388 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
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| Editorial: Building BIX with Micros | 6 |
| Phil Lemmons |
| Microbytes | 9 |
AI Influences Database-Management Program
Sony, Toshiba Prepare High-Density 3½-inch Disks
Color-Graphics Output Approaches Photographic Quality
Laptop Computers Linked to Two Airline Incindents
Novix Ships NC4000P Beta-Board
Nanobytes |
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| Letters | 14 |
| Fixes and Updates | 33 |
Update: More on Amiga
BYTE's Bugs: Pseudorandom Bugs (October 1984), Additional References (June 1985), Address Correction (July 1985), Correcting at Overnight (August 1985), Last Shall Be First (August 1985)
BYTE's Bits: New Phone Number for BYTEnet |
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| What's New | 37, 395 |
Powerful High-Resolution Graphics Add Ons (SIGGRAPH show)
MicroPro Adds Low-End Word Processor (Easy)
BASIC Compiler from Microsoft (QuickBASIC)
Tape Controllers from Sigen (T-36, T-44)
Pop-up Outline Processing (Living Videotext's Ready!)
Tools for Turbo Pascal (Quinn-Curtis)
Touchpad Integrated with Keyboard (Key Tronic Touch Pad Keyboard)
Digital Joystick for CAD/CAM (CH Products Microstick) |
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| Ask BYTE | 44 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
| Clubs and Newsletters | 54 |
| Book Reviews | 57 |
Computer Culture: The Scientific, Intelliectual, and Social Impact of the Computer
Numerical Methods for Engineers
Undestanding the Apple IIe
Digital Computers Fundamentals |
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| Kenneth W. Kerber, Michael O'Neill, Rick Grehan, John V. Olson |
| Event Queue | 80 |
| Unclassified Ads | 453 |
| BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Box, BOMB Results | 454 |
| Reader Service | 455 |
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