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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[author : Greg Blackham]

Greg examines three critical issues related to software portability: the operating system, the hardware, and the compiler.

[author : Donnalyn Frey]

The confusion over Unix system standards doesn’t mean you have to put off writing software until the dust settles. Donnalyn presents a strategy that prevents you from getting left behind when/if a standard eventually emerges.

[author : Ray Duncan]

OS/2’s built-in I/O drivers may not provide all the power you need. Ray shows how to bypass OS/2 to take direct control of peripheral devices.

[author : Chris Derossi]

With MultiFinder the world changed; Chris describes the new landscape and how to keep from being led astray.

[author : Scott Robert Ladd]

Undocumented DOS functions aren’t exactly for the faint of heart. But, as Scott suggests, there are times when the payoff makes the risks worthwhile.

[author : Andrew Chalk]

Andrew shows you how to manipulate EGA/VGA video controller registers for moving the viewing window a pixel at a time in any direction.

[author : Marvin Hymowech]

Marvin is with us once again, this time with a Brief macro version of his spiffy function finder for revising C source code.

[author : Ernie Tello coordinated by Ron Copeland]

Ernie Tello looks at the latest version of C_Talk from CNS — an implementation of C in a Smalltalk-like environment.

[author : Al Stevens]

Al discusses menu structuring, file management, and text searching along with an implementation of a context-sensitive help facility.

[author : Kent Porter]

Kent introduces Xref, a symbolic cross-reference utility that uses some unusual data structures.

[author : Michael Swaine]

Michael presents some general principles for classifying parallel processing algorithms.

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[author : Michael Swaine]

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