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Vol.8 n°8 (#82) august 1983

Vol.8 n°8 (#82) august 1983

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p.6 Editorial (p.413 in reprint volume 8)

p.6 Editorial (p.413 in reprint volume 8)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

p.28 Serial-to-Parallel — A Flexible Utility Box (p.422 in reprint volume 8)

p.28 Serial-to-Parallel — A Flexible Utility Box (p.422 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Alan D. Wilcox]

Limited to an RS-232C serial port, the author describes how he built a converter with parallel output, strobe, and handshaking. Included are a schematic and parts list.

p.36 McWORDER — A Tiny Text Editor (p.428 in reprint volume 8)

p.36 McWORDER — A Tiny Text Editor (p.428 in reprint volume 8)

[author : William A. McWorter]

The author finds the use and improvement of this little text editor as much fun as its creation. Written in BASIC, the 54-line program should provide an interesting project for those who enjoy making modifications and extensions.

p.44 Fast Matrix Operations in Forth, Part III (p.433 in reprint volume 8)

p.44 Fast Matrix Operations in Forth, Part III (p.433 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Steven A. Ruzinsky]

In this final installment of the fast matrix operations series, the author demonstrates some applications for the utilities that he defined in his earlier articles. Included are examples of image processing and least squares regression.

p.54 And Still More Fifth Generation Computers! (p.441 in reprint volume 8)

p.54 And Still More Fifth Generation Computers! (p.441 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Richard Grigonis]

In the December 1982 issue, this author outlined his vision of computers in the 1990s. He is back this month with a more detailed discussion of how he thinks future micros will evolve, as well as a description of a fifth-generation workstation.

p.62 RED — A Better C Screen Editor, Part II (p.446 in reprint volume 8)

p.62 RED — A Better C Screen Editor, Part II (p.446 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Edward K. Ream]

Last month, we got a look at RED’s buffer routines. This month the rest of the Small-C screen editor is presented, including the new Small-C I/O library for the buffer routines.

DEPARTMENTS

DEPARTMENTS

p.6 Letters (p.413 in reprint volume 8)

p.6 Letters (p.413 in reprint volume 8)

p.10 Dr. Dobb’s Clinic (p.415 in reprint volume 8)

p.10 Dr. Dobb’s Clinic (p.415 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Dave Cortesi]

Specialist Symbols and I/O Benchmarks for CP/M Plus

p.98 CP/M Exchange (p.470 in reprint volume 8)

p.98 CP/M Exchange (p.470 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Robert Blum]

CP/M Plus Memory Management; Zero Length File Test; and PAUSEIF, QUITIF, and Now SKIPIF

p.108 Software Review: "ACTxx Cross Assemblers" (p.478 in reprint volume 8)

p.108 Software Review: "ACTxx Cross Assemblers" (p.478 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Steve Newberry]

p.111 Book Reviews (p.480 in reprint volume 8)

p.111 Book Reviews (p.480 in reprint volume 8)

Microcomputer Disk Techniques; Microcomputer Design and Construction; Pascal Implementation: The P4 Compiler; Projects in Machine Intelligence for Your Home Computer; A Practical Introduction to Computer Graphics

p.118 Of Interest (p.483 in reprint volume 8)

p.118 Of Interest (p.483 in reprint volume 8)

[author : Michael Wiesenberg]