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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[author : Keith Coye and Alvin Grossman]

How does one decide what to use when Unking micros and mainframes? Follow the evolution of one project through evaluation criteria, hardware and software selection, configurations, applications, and future direction.

[author : Leslie Brooks]

"Communications is a very large, very deep swamp, and it contains many alligators. If you jump in with no preparation you will get eaten alive." Join the author as he examines a number of common communications protocols - what they can do and why or why not to use them, as well as a word on accuracy.

[author : Ron Coleman]

This relatively unknown, yet powerful, set of network utilities is now available on most of today's Unix micro machines. Learn about their potentials, as well as their pitfalls.

[author : Jim Fleming]

The VPC is a system for integrating timesharing and personal computer systems. The author describes this software-implemented system, including some discussion of design tradeoffs, as well as some illustrative code.

[author : Ted Rohling]

The Private Area Branch Exchange is now a prime candidate for use as a local area network. Take a look at what a PABX is and whether or not it is the LAN of the future.

[author : Robert S. Broughton]

The author examines some aspects of how to upload files to systems that will not allow installation of programs such as MODEM7 and how to get BASIC to read the status of your microcomputer's hardware.

[author : Michael McKillip]

The author describes some of the problems and tradeoffs that were involved in designing this 1200-baud S-100 modem, as well as a few of its features. It presents an interesting look into the modem board development process.

System Languages; Keep Talking; Move Over, Ray

Bringing up CP/M Plus: Implementation and User Report.

Friday! SAL/80, Filebase, Oubliette

C Programming Guide, Microcomputer Graphics Techniques and Applications, Introduction to Numerical Computation in Pascal, Automation of Reasoning

PC-DOS Close Function, The Microsoft Assembler, Highly Recommended Software

Reader feedback and further discussion of C layout standards