PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
Toshiba 3-in-One P321SLC, a color dot-matrix printer.
Illustrator 88, PostScript drawing gets better
AppleCD SC, a new CD-ROM drive
Super PC-Kwik and Poly Boost II, two great caching programs
Tickler/2, a powerful personal scheduler
Zortech Comm Toolkit, some eye-opening programs
EXPERT ADVICE
EXPERT ADVICE
p.101
Computing at Chaos Manor: Stick Shift or Automatic?
p.101
Computing at Chaos Manor: Stick Shift or Automatic?
Jerry takes a look at Windows and Sprint.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
p.119
Applications Plus: Sprint with Caution
p.119
Applications Plus: Sprint with Caution
Ezra tests Borland's new word processor.
[author : Ezra Shapiro]
p.129
Down to Business: Be Secure, Not Sorry
p.129
Down to Business: Be Secure, Not Sorry
Your computers and data need protection from accidents and malice.
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
p.133
Macinations: MS-DOS, MiniFans, Math, and Mice
p.133
Macinations: MS-DOS, MiniFans, Math, and Mice
These tools make the Mac a multifaceted machine.
[author : Don Crabb]
p.139
(p.137) OS/2 Notebook: The Good News and the Bad News
p.139
(p.137) OS/2 Notebook: The Good News and the Bad News
There's a price to pay for all OS/2's features.
[author : Mark Minasi]
p.143
COM1: Back to the Future Again
p.143
COM1: Back to the Future Again
Prodigy may be the breakthrough computer conferencing system.
[author : Brock N. Meeks]
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
p.151
Borland Beefs Up Its Languages
p.151
Borland Beefs Up Its Languages
Turbo C and Turbo Pascal get upgrades, but the big news is an assembler and a debugger.
[author : Rick Grehan and Tom Thompson]
p.157
Presentation Manager and LAN Manager
p.157
Presentation Manager and LAN Manager
A graphical interface and network support carry OS/2 well beyond the traditional DOS environment.
[author : Steve Apiki and Stanford Diehl]
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
p.164
Product Focus: 80386s for the Masses
p.164
Product Focus: 80386s for the Masses
Twenty 80386-based clones offering a revolutionary feature-affordability.
[author : Steve Apiki and Stanford Diehl]
Dell's System 310 provides optimized performance at a minimized price.
[author : John Unger]
The Amstrad PPC640 and the Epson Equity LT have little in common beyond portability.
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
p.194
Bringing the Outside World into a Macintosh
p.194
Bringing the Outside World into a Macintosh
A look at five low-end scanners that bring text and graphics to the Mac.
[author : Laurence H. Loeb]
C_Talk provides powerful object extensions to C in a Smalltalk-like environment.
[author : Namir Clement Shammas]
p.209
Turbo Prolog Revisited
p.209
Turbo Prolog Revisited
Version 2.0 is a cut above the original version with enhanced database and graphics features.
[author : Alex Lane]
p.215
D the Data Language
p.215
D the Data Language
An alternative to dBASE for developing custom applications.
[author : Pam Oppenheim]
p.223
Suit Yourself with Sprint
p.223
Suit Yourself with Sprint
A high-end word processor that you can customize.
[author : Lamont Wood]
IN DEPTH
IN DEPTH
p.234
Introduction: Hypertext
p.234
Introduction: Hypertext
After 43 years, hypertext applications are coming out of research labs and into the market.
[author : Janet Fiderio]
p.247
From Text to Hypertext
p.247
From Text to Hypertext
Convert on-line printed documents into hierarchically structured hypertext.
[author : Mark Frisse]
p.255
The Right Tool for the Job
p.255
The Right Tool for the Job
Hypertext offers an ideal model for the systems design process.
[author : Michael L. Begeman and Jeff Conklin]
p.268
Hyper Activity Hypertext products, services, and information.
p.268
Hyper Activity Hypertext products, services, and information.
FEATURES
FEATURES
p.270
PC Power, Part 1: Power Protection
p.270
PC Power, Part 1: Power Protection
Just what do those power protection devices do, and how well do they do it?
[author : Mark Waller]
HANDS ON
HANDS ON
p.283
Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: A Supercomputer, Part 1
p.283
Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: A Supercomputer, Part 1
Steve discusses the basics of multiprocessing.
[author : Steve Ciarcia]
p.293
Some Assembly Required: Floating-Point without a Coprocessor, Part 2
p.293
Some Assembly Required: Floating-Point without a Coprocessor, Part 2
Getting numbers to and from a binary floating-point mathematics package.
[author : Rick Grehan]
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS
p.6
Editorial: The Russians Are Coming
p.6
Editorial: The Russians Are Coming
READER SERVICE
READER SERVICE
p.338
Editorial Index by Company
p.338
Editorial Index by Company
p.340
Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
p.340
Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
p.342
Index to Advertisers by Product Category
p.342
Index to Advertisers by Product Category
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 344
PROGRAM LISTINGS
PROGRAM LISTINGS
From BIX: see 232
From BIX: see 232
From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764
From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764
On disk or in print: see card after 312
On disk or in print: see card after 312