[author : Marlin Ouverson] #Edito

Extract : «  And where will it lead?

That was the question posed in Dr. Dobb’s Journal, Volume III. It was a time when a body of microprocessor knowledge had been accumulated, but the number of persons with access to and understanding of that knowledge was extremely small. Manufacturing techniques were being perfected, but costs were still high. The bandwagon was rolling, but no one was holding the reins.

At least, that's the way it appeared.

Dr. Dobb's Journal was born in a time of chaos. Some fantastic new machines had been bred in basement test tubes. The problem was how to optimize their potential? Then a handful of radical-thinking idealists produced Tiny BASIC and a publication in which to communicate the good news. More good things have been cropping up since then, and now the magazine serves as a broad forum for the micro community. [...]  »