Powerful 16-bit microprocessors coupled with greater memory capacity and, advanced memory-management techniques promise to elevate the micro to new levels of power and speed. And the winners are the users. In our theme articles you'll read about what's new in the 16-bit arena.
[author : Phil Lemmons]
This Texas-based startup company produces portable 8- and 16-bit microcomputer systems that are labeled and marketed by OEMs.
[author : Bruce Roberts]
Lightweight powerful, and portable, this battery-powered 16-bit computer can go anywhere. And its optional printer fits in a standard-size briefcase right along with the computer.
[author : Phil Lemmons]
Owning a 325 or 350 is almost like having a personal minicomputer. They both share the PDP-11 instruction set and memory management and provide about 90 percent of the throughput of a PDP-11/24.
[author : Wesley Melling]
A look at Digital Equipment Corporation's representatives in the microcomputer world.
[author : John J. Snyder]
How Hewlett-Packard crammed a powerful 16-bit microcomputer into one square foot of desk space.
[author : John Monahan]
Software compatible with the 99/4A. this 16-bit, less-than-$100 machine makes a good home computer.
[author : Harry Littlejohn and Mark Jander]
Multiple users, Xenix, and local-area networks characterize the Altos 586.
[author : Colin Nayler]
Its plug-in processors allow the Model 16s to run a variety of operating systems and applications programs.
[author : Wayne Clingingsmith]
An explanation of the design philosophy behind this business-oriented Intel-80186 based microcomputer.
[author : Skip Hansen]
A personal computer that marches to the beat of a different drummer-the Z8000.
[author : Sergio Mello-Grand]
Some insights into designing a modular computer around the IBM Personal Computer.
[author : Sudha Kavuru]
This userfriendly language comes of age.
[author : Gary Kildall and David Thornburg]
The history of and design decisions behind MS-DOS, how it works, and where it's going.
[author : Tim Paterson]
Visicorp's Bill Coleman discusses in detail the development workings, and operation of Visi On, the company's new operating environment.
[author : Phil Lemmons]
Integrated circuits from Oki Semiconductor compress digitized speech data efficiently.
[author : Steve Ciarcia]
Yet another portable computer vies for a place in the executive briefcase.
[author : Stan Wszola]
Our redoubtable critic reports on his journey from Chaos Manor to the Eighth West Coast Computer Faire.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Special MC68000 instructions allow programmers to write complicated code quickly and compactly.
[author : Thomas W. Starnes]
How to create ciphertext using methods based on the Bazeries Cylinder's time-proven cryptographic principles.
[author : Rinaldo F. Prisco]
Introducing a scheme for searching and updating sorted data efficiently.
[author : W. D. Maurer]
Avoid complex hardware by using software strategically.
[author : David J. Lilja]
Our intrepid columnist shoots from the hip and takes a little flak.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
The advanced 8086 microprocessor overcomes the limitations of previous designs.
[author : Stephen A. Heywood]
This program package lets an Apple II handle the programming tasks for a variety of software-development tasks.
[author : Marvin L. DeJong]
A color-graphics display system for the Apple II.
[author : Jon N. Swanson]