Table of Contents| |
| Features | |
| Introduction | 96 |
| Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: Understanding Linear Power Supplies | 98 |
| Proper design brings simplicity and reliability |
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| Steve Ciarcia |
| The Visual Mind and the Macintosh | 113 |
| MacPaint provides a tool for thinking |
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| Bill Benzon |
| A Glimpse into Future Television | 135 |
| A technology envolving in parallel with personal computers |
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| Joseph S. Nadan |
| Microsoft Macintosh BASIC Version 2.0 | 155 |
| More Mac support and true parameter-passing subprograms |
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| Gregg Williams |
| The Apple Story, Part 2: More History and the Apple III | 155 |
| An interview with Steve Wozniak |
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| Gregg Williams, Rob Moore |
| Unterruptable Power Supplies | 167 |
| Devices to save you from losing data in the dark |
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| William Rynone |
| An Introduction to Fiber Optics, Part 2: Connections and Networks | 197 |
| Optical fibers are becoming practical for use in applications such as local networks |
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| Richard S. Shuford |
| Algorithms for Variable-Precision Calculator | 211 |
| A pseudocode is used to describe the logic behind the algorithms |
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| Paul A. Nilson |
| Audio-Frequency Analyzer | 223 |
| Build IBM PC accessories to analyze your stereo |
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| Vince Banes |
| Font Design for Personal Workstations | 255 |
| Better fonts mean greater legibility and productivity |
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| Charles Bigelow |
| Expert Systems - Myth or Reality? | 275 |
| Artificial intelligence is being applied |
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| Bruce D'Ambrosio |
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| Reviews | |
| Introduction | 286 |
| Reviewer's Notebook | 289 |
| Rich Malloy |
| The HP 110 Portable Computer | 290 |
| A small package with powerful capabilities |
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| Mark Haas |
| Gifford's MP/M 8-16 | 305 |
| Here's a no-nonsense S-100 system |
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| Charles H. Strom |
| Lotus's Symphony | 317 |
| Real and rational advances over 1-2-3 |
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| Dick Pountain |
| MagicPrint | 329 |
| A print processor with true proportional spacing |
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| Alan R. Miller |
| The Hewlett-Packard ThinkJet Printer | 337 |
| A compact, portable, and innovative printer |
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| Mark Haas |
| The TI Omni 800/Model 855 Printer | 345 |
| ROM-based cartridges provide a variety of fonts |
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| Mark Haas |
| Review Feedback | 353 |
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| Kernel | |
| Introduction | 361 |
| Computing at Chaos Manor: The Fast Line | 363 |
| Orchild's PCturbo 186, Documentation, Macrotech's MI-286, More Support Problems, STB RIO Plus Board, The Tax Shelter Eater, Excel's Aris, SuperDex Revisited and Aston-Tate's dBASE III |
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| Jerry Pournelle |
| Chaos Manor Mail | 393 |
| Jerry Pournelle |
| BYTE U.K: The Amstrad CPC 464 | 401 |
| The home computer in the U.K. |
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| Dick Pountain |
| Circuit Cellar Feedback | 413 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
| BYTE West Coast: Light Touches | 415 |
| Macs, Mice, and Laser Disks |
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| John Markoff, Phillip Robinson |
| Mathematical Recreations: The Fundamental Counting Principle | 425 |
| Counting without enumerating |
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| Michael W. Ecker |
| BYTE Japan: The New and the Old | 429 |
| Denser Chips, NEC PC-8401A, Casio LCS-2400, Fujitsu FM-11BS and Piracy |
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| William M. Raike |
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| Editorial: Autonomous Weapons and Human Responsibility | 6 |
| Phil Lemmons |
| Microbytes | 9 |
Optical Disks Move Toward Reality
Compact Discs as Read-Only Memory for PCs
New Chips Will Find Uses in Image Processing
Portable Computer Feature 80 by 25 Displays
Display Technology
COMDEX: New 2400-bps Modems
Users May Find Surprises in Apple Insurance
NANOBYTES |
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| Letters | 14 |
| Fixes and Updates | 33 |
Feedback:
Solution Doesn't Wash
Carrol Touch Technology Relocates
Byte's Bugs:
Patch Now Quilt (September 1984)
Bugs in Real-Time Graphics (September 1984)
Bang is Dud (August 1984)
Symbolic Changes (August 1984)
Book Gets Wrong Name (August 1984) |
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| What's New | 39, 440 |
Texas Instruments Adds Brifcase Portable (ProLite)
Rom Unveils Computer/Telephony Systems (Cedar)
Okidata Introduces $268 Color Printer (Okimate 20)
PC-Compatible Seequa Cobra Features 16-Bits Expansion Bus
Video for the Mac (Mentaur Technologies Composite Video Adapter)
Juki Announces $299 Daisy-Wheel Printer (Juki 6000)
Device for Macintosh Uses Removable 5-Megabyte Catridges (Iomega Mac Bernoulli Box)
Thesys Offers 5-Megabyte RAM Expansion System for $3495 (Fastfile)
Whitechapel Workstation Displays 1024 by 800 Pixels (MG-1)
Gifford MC-186 Expands to Multiuser MS-DOS System
HyperDrive Internal Hard Disk for the Macintosh (General Computer Company)
Netoworking Operating System for IBM PC (Waterloo Microsystems Port)
MicroPro Enhances WordStar (WordStar 2000) |
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| Ask BYTE | 48 |
| Steve Ciarcia |
| Clubs & Newsletters | 59 |
| Book Reviews | 65 |
The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit
Information Systems Security
Microprocessors: Hardware, Software, and Design Applications |
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| Anthony Townsend, Annette Hinshaw, Alan Finger |
| Event Queue | 83 |
| Books Received | 435 |
| Unclassified Ads | 493 |
| BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Box, BOMB Results | 494 |
| Reader Service | 495 |