Table of Contents| It's a Database, It's an Editor, It's a Language -- It's dBASE II | 56 |
| A database management tool and a programming language, dBASE II is groomed for programmers and nonprogrammers alike |
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| Bruce H. Hunter |
| Using WordStar to Create Mailmerge-Compatible dBASE II Files | 66 |
| Overcome the problem of unwanted spaces between words when you create a WordStar document with a dBASE II file |
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| Paul W. Heiser |
| Banish Gremlins from your Interfaces | 70 |
| Learn to use the various CP/M-based software packages in combination as one creative tool |
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| Alan Simpson |
| Datestamp you dBASE II | 74 |
| A technique to pass the date to dBASE from any realtime clock without the irritation of keying in |
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| Edward Heyman |
| RSX: The Resident System Extension in CP/M Plus | 78 |
| The RSX will extend the operating system, implement debuggers, and enable the user to create novel and exciting utilities |
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| Ronald G. Fowler |
| Ways to Keep You Cool | 86 |
| S-100 mainframes that are fully professional inside and out, and designed with an accent on both performance and safety |
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| Dave Hardy, Ken Jackson |
| CP/M Disk Parameter Tables | 90 |
| Because the DPB and DPH specify how data is stored on disk, setting them up involves sensitive decisions about the disk subsystem |
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| Richard Rodman |
| Display Manager | 96 |
| A productivity tool from Digital Research that is ideal for the programmer who intends to write marketable software |
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| Alan Simpson |
| Deblocking in CP/M 2.2 | 100 |
| The mechanics of the blocking/deblocking algorithm, and a guide for hackers who want to implement the BDS at home |
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| Richard I. Silverman |
| Microsystems Reviews: AUTODEX | 107 |
| A front-end, menu-driven utility that will satisfy all your indexing needs |
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| Bob Kowitt |
| The Versatile Turbo Pascal | 110 |
| A complete program development package for both beginners and professionals, at price that's a steal |
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| David W. Carroll |
| Editor's Page | 9 |
| A response to the criticism of the IEEE: A guest editorial |
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| Robert G. Stewart |
| News and Views | 12 |
| P-CP/M in beta test, Large LCD screen introduced, IBM drops Josephson device project, Osborne news, The war of the windows |
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| Sol Libes |
| The S-100 Bus | 16 |
| Diagnostic hardware for front panel-less S-100 machines |
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| Dave Hardy |
| The CP/M Bus | 22 |
| While MS-DOS is approaching the power of UNIX, CP/M is still the same OS familiar to 8080 and Z80 programmers |
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| Anthony Skjellum |
| The UNIX File | 32 |
| "To use UNIX well, you must undestand not only how to use the programs, but also how they fit into the environment" - Kerighan & Pike |
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| Ian F. Darwin |
| From the Sidelines | 40 |
| The battle for the personal computer market |
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| Hank Kee |
| Letters to the Editor | 50 |
| This month... trouble on a static RAM board, a new version of MP/M 8-16, and a special treat for CP/M hackers |
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| Software Directory | 116 |
| Autocode I, REBOS, Quickcode, dUTIL, Quickscreen, dGRAPH, CPL: Computer Phone Link, W$L: Wall Street Link |
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| New Products | 120 |
| Z8 Basic 8-channel A/D converter, Trasien overvoltage supresor for home electronics, Klee-Line conditioner, AC line filter and trasient surge supressor, Conditional power strip prevents unexplained data loss, Transient voltage surge suppressor, Surge Sponge protects RS-232 interface, Line-Saver uninterruptible power system |
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