IBM's latest offering provides powerful hardware with a split personality.
[author : BYTE Staff]
Build your own SonarTape to measure distances from 1½ to 35 feet using sound waves.
[author : Steve Ciarcia]
You can write a driver to adapt a Microsoft mouse for use with this popular interactive software package and other programs.
[author : John Doolittle]
The muMath/muSimp package lets you build 200-digit crypotographic keys on an Apple.
[author : Charles Kluepfel]
When you want to analyze haphazard occurrences, some random-number generators may be more useful than others.
[author : Charles A. Whitney]
A BASIC program illustrates abstraction techniques that let you manipulate data structures without concern for the type of data that will populate these structures.
[author : Gary F. Simons]
There's more than one way to manage information.
[author : Rich Krajewski]
Integrating database and editing functions simplifies the creative process.
[author : Ezra Shapiro]
Two DayFlo designers describe the internal workings of a free-form word-oriented database.
[author : Robert W. Atkins and Walter L. Mazur]
Using your computer to track down information doesn't have to be expensive.
[author : Matthew Lesko]
This information-oriented operating system has a built-in relational database and multiuser capabilities.
[author : Rick Cook and John Brandon]
An engineer discusses kits, components, and expansions for the IBM PC.
[author : Roy M. Matney]
The technology continues to develop, and erasable media may soon be available.
[author : Edward S. Rothchild]
This survey of 47 database-management programs may lead you to the system you need.
[author : George Bond]
BYTE's product-review editor comments on XyWrite, two IBM compatibles, and more.
[author : Rich Malloy]
Adaptability is the system's greatest strength.
[author : Alex Pournelle]
This IBM PC-compatible portable packs its own printer.
[author : Rich Malloy]
Lifetree Softwares new package for the IBM PC is a serious word processor that's easy to use
[author : Stevanne Ruth Lehrman]
Both these word processors, intended for home use, are cheaper and simpler to use than those designed for the office, and both run on the Apple II series.
[author : Keith Carlson]
Two natural-language query programs for the IBM PC attempt to simplify the task of data retrieval.
[author : George Bond]
Find out how the menu-driven program compares to two command-driven programs.
[author : Bill Jacobson]
Readers respond to previous reviews.
Jerry resolves a difficulty with his CompuPro 8/16 and goes on to report on a wide array of hardware and software.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Jerry's readers write, and he replies.
Two California-based editors comment on homebrew electronic mail, some integrated software, and other tidbits.
[author : John Markoff and Ezra Shapiro]
Highlights from the Japanese computing scene include news on the Hitachi CMOS 68000, the Brother EP-44, and the Casio FP-6000.
[author : William M. Raike]
Two artificial-intelligence languages offer alternatives to LISP and Prolog.
[author : Dick Pountain]