Table of Contents
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| Features | |
| Introduction | 100 |
| The Data General/One | 102 |
| A 10-pound battery-powered portable that's fully compatible with the IBM PC |
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| Gregg Williams, Ken Sheldon |
| Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: The Lis'ner 1000 | 110 |
| Build a low-cost, high-performance speech-recognition system |
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| Steve Ciarcia |
| A Go Board for the Macintosh | 125 |
| Explore the capabilities of the Mac and MacFORTH with this computerized game |
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| Bruce Webster |
| A Travesty Generator for Micros | 129 |
| Nonsense imitation can be disconcertingly recognizable |
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| Hugh Kenner, Joseph O'Rourke |
| The Pick Operating System, Part 2: System Control | 132 |
| Programming capabilities and control elements |
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| Rick Cook, John Brandon |
| AGAT: A Soviet Apple II Computer | 134 |
| The Russians' first microcomputer is a bad copy of the Apple |
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| Leo D. Bores |
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| Theme: New Chips | |
| Introduction | 140 |
| Introduction to Semiconductors | 143 |
| What they are and how they work |
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| Alan R. Miller |
| The MC68020 32-bit Microprocessor | 159 |
| The latest member of Motorola's 68000 family includes on-board cache and virtual memory |
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| Paul F. Groepler, James Kennedy |
| The Xtar Graphics Microprocessor | 179 |
| The graphics chip set draws filled-in polygons at superhigh speed |
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| Terry Coleman, Skip Powers |
| RISC Chips | 191 |
| RISC means longer programs but faster execution |
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| John Markoff |
| Gallium Arsenide Chips | 211 |
| A high-speed IC material gest ready to go |
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| Phillip Robinson |
| The 80286 Microprocessor | 231 |
| A close looks at Intel's 32-bit iAPX 286 chip |
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| Paul Wells |
| The PF474 | 247 |
| A coprocessor for string comparison |
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| Steve Rosenthal |
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| Reviews | |
| Introduction | 258 |
| Reviewer's Notebook | 261 |
| Rich Malloy |
| The HP 150 Computer | 262 |
| Easy to use but difficult to program |
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| Mark Haas |
| The Columbia Multipersonal Computer-VP | 276 |
| IBM PC compability on a budget |
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| Peter V. Callamaras |
| Leading Edge and MultiMate | 287 |
| Dedicated word processor programs might not be for everyone |
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| C. J. Puotinen |
| polyFORTH and PC/FORTH | 303 |
| Two FORTH development systems for the IBM PC |
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| Ernie Tello |
| Samna Word III | 319 |
| Taking on the dedicated word processors |
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| Rubin Rabinovitz |
| The Mannesmann Tally Spirit 80 Printer | 335 |
| A low-cost dot-matrix printer that's Epson-compatible |
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| Mark J. Welch |
| The Borther HR-15 Letter-Quality Printer | 341 |
| The basic print mechanism is simple, yet solid |
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| Peter V. Callamaras |
| Review Feedback | 348 |
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| Kernel | |
| Introduction | 359 |
| Computing at Chaos Manor: NCC Reflections | 361 |
| Apology, Hype Merchants, Endangered Species?, NCC, Puzzled Bell, Zenith Z-150, Sreen Test, TI APPETIZER, Keyboard Mystery, More Macthoughts, In Love with Love, Boosting Borland, Tutsim and Eagle Scout |
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| Jerry Pournelle |
| Chaos Manor Mail | 381 |
| Jerry Pournelle |
| BYTE West Coast: New Developments | 387 |
| The dBASE Compiler package, new printer technology, pfs:Plan, and talking Macintoshes |
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| John Markoff, Phillip Robinson, Ezra Shapiro |
| BYTE Japan: Technology Shock | 401 |
| Comparisons, Vectorio II, NEC computers, C batches and pipes |
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| William M. Raike |
| BYTE U.K.: A Plethora of Portables | 413 |
| Apricots and the Organizer |
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| Dick Pountain |
| Mathematical Recreations: Toggling Functions | 425 |
| The Slobbovian Amnesty and the Eccentric Jailer |
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| Michael W. Ecker |
| Circuit Cellar Feedback | 430 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
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| Editorial: The Myth of the Iso-Techie | 6 |
| Phil Lemmons |
| Microbytes | 9 |
IBM Annouces Productivity, Business Software
Integrated Software for UNIX
Language Standardization to Continue
Voice Communications Added to IBM PC
Mutual Broadcasting Offers Data Broadcasting via Radio
VisiCorp, Software Arts Settle Suit, Offer New Packages
Apple Reduces IIc, Raises IIe Prices
Smith-Corona Unveils Low-Cost Printer
NANOBYTES |
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| Letters | 14 |
| Fixes and Updates | 33 |
Laserdiscs Here Today and With Us Tomorrow
Videodisc Replication Service
A Computer on (Almost) Every Desk
Call for Aid Answred
Database Describes 50,000 Packages, Offers All for Sale
Program Update for Spreadsheet
Televisions As Monitors (July 1985)
Logic Errors Mishandles Listings (August 1985)
Capacitor Mislabeled (July 1985)
Bugs Play Tricks with Listing (July 1985)
Bugs Bite Buffers (June 1985) |
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| What's New | 39, 520 |
IBM Graphics Displays, adapters Improve Resolution (Professional Graphics Controller)
Graphics Software (IBM Personal Computer Graphical Kernel System)
Interface Hardware (IBM Personal Computer GRIB Adapter)
Desk Accessories from Software arts (Spotlight)
Apple Announces 512K Macintosh, Software, Upgrade
MacStation Organizes Macintosh and Peripherals (MicroRain)
Factfinder: Free-Form Filing on the Macintosh (Forethough)
Tandy 1200 is PC XT Compatible
Gould Colorwriter Plotters
Cermentek Modem Reduces Change of Unauthorized Access (Cermek Security Modem)
quic-Stor-Plus Expansion Unit (Alloy Computer Products) |
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| Ask BYTE | 48 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
| Clubs and NEwsletters | 59 |
| Book Reviews | 65 |
Modula-2 for Pascal Programmers
Data Compuression: Techniques and Applications, Hardware and Software Considerations
The Handbook of Microcomputer Interfacing
The Porgrammer's Guide to LDOS/TRSDOS Version 6 |
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| David D. Clark, Michael O'Neill, Petr Beckmann, Terry Kepner |
| Event Queue | 83 |
| Books Received | 495 |
| Application Note: Wordstar as a Programming Tool | 505 |
| Put the power and flexibility of WordStar to work when you program |
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| Vincent Alfieri |
| Unclassiefied Ads | 573 |
| BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Box, BOMB Results | 574 |
| Reader Service | 575 |
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