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Vol.15 n°7 july 1990

Vol.15 n°7 july 1990

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COVER STORY

COVER STORY

p.138 Laser Printers Get Personal

p.138 Laser Printers Get Personal

The era of the personal laser printer is upon us, with this vanguard of Series II compatibles leading the way.

NEWS

NEWS

p.19 MICROBYTES

p.19 MICROBYTES

Late-breaking technology and industry reports from the BYTE news staff.

p.42 WHAT'S NEW

p.42 WHAT'S NEW

Product snapshots of recent hardware and software announcements.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

p.110 SHORT TAKES

p.110 SHORT TAKES

Turbo C++ another landmark product from Borland

HyperCard 2.0, Apple greatly improves version 1.2

Plus, Spinnaker offers true multiplatform compatibility

DaynaFile, lets the NeXT Computer use floppy disks

FrameMaker 2.0, Frame Technology's version for the Mac

p.116 WINDOWS SHOPPING: 3.0 Applications Take Shape

p.116 WINDOWS SHOPPING: 3.0 Applications Take Shape

A look at the first crop of Windows 3.0-compatible applications.

p.133 Notebook Newcomer

p.133 Notebook Newcomer

The VH-286 from Airis offers features, power, and low cost.

REVIEWS

REVIEWS

p.160 The New 486s: Are Faster FPUs Enough?

p.160 The New 486s: Are Faster FPUs Enough?

Spear and Dyna Micro's 25-MHz i486-based systems capitalize on the chip's integrated FPU.

p.167 Power Servers

p.167 Power Servers

File servers from Zenith and Storage Dimensions face off.

p.174 Personal Iris: The Dream Maker

p.174 Personal Iris: The Dream Maker

A living-color look at the Silicon Graphics Personal Iris 4D/25.

p.186 C++, Plus

p.186 C++, Plus

Zortech's C++ 2.0 may make an OOP believer of you yet.

p.196 The Personal Network

p.196 The Personal Network

Organize companywide information into personal views with Lotus Notes.

STATE OF THE ART

STATE OF THE ART

p.202 COMPUTING WITHOUT KEYBOARDS Introduction

p.202 COMPUTING WITHOUT KEYBOARDS Introduction

p.205 Smoke and Mirrors

p.205 Smoke and Mirrors

In an industry as new as ours, it's too early to rest on our collective laurels.

p.215 Living in a Virtual World

p.215 Living in a Virtual World

Head-mounted devices and stereoscopic viewers help add sound, sight, and touch to your computerized toolkit.

p.225 The Spoken Word

p.225 The Spoken Word

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon report on voice interfaces for computers.

p.237 Telltale Gestures

p.237 Telltale Gestures

A look at devices that will change how you manipulate 3-D design applications.

p.238 Coming Soon to a CAD Lab Near You

p.238 Coming Soon to a CAD Lab Near You

3-Draw lets you sketch out your ideas in 3-D.

p.243 Sign Here, Please

p.243 Sign Here, Please

Interactive tablets enable free-form communication between you and your computer.

p.252 From Hand to Mouth

p.252 From Hand to Mouth

A sampling of recent developments in user interfaces.

FEATURES

FEATURES

p.256 The World According to Micros

p.256 The World According to Micros

Need to know some exotic geographic facts? Try one of these 24 world atlas packages.

p.271 3-D Graphics, from Alpha to Z-Buffer

p.271 3-D Graphics, from Alpha to Z-Buffer

The dedicated memory of graphics workstations speeds up their ability to render in three dimensions.

p.305 The BYTE VIP Awards

p.305 The BYTE VIP Awards

BYTE's readers have chosen a host of hardware and software as Very Important Products.

HANDS ON

HANDS ON

p.283 UNDER THE HOOD Reach Out and Touch Your Data

p.283 UNDER THE HOOD Reach Out and Touch Your Data

Three input devices, ranging from $100 to $15,000, let you "hand it to computers."

p.293 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED PostScript Insider Secrets

p.293 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED PostScript Insider Secrets

Don Lancaster, a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution, reveals PostScript tricks for better output.

DEPARTMENTS

DEPARTMENTS

p.6 Spotlight : Growth, Change and 3-D Interfaces

p.6 Spotlight : Growth, Change and 3-D Interfaces

A new source of European computer information, and a "virtual environment" expert.

p.10 Editorial: The Software Story of the Year

p.10 Editorial: The Software Story of the Year

p.34 Letters, Ask BYTE, and Fixes

p.34 Letters, Ask BYTE, and Fixes

Of archives and Coke-can comparisons.

PERSPECTIVES

PERSPECTIVES

p.356 CHAOS MANOR MAIL

p.356 CHAOS MANOR MAIL

p.358 PRINT QUEUE Zen and the Art of Assembly

p.358 PRINT QUEUE Zen and the Art of Assembly

A remarkable series of books argues that assembly programming is easier than learning to play the piano.

p.360 STOP BIT Quest for a Mouseball

p.360 STOP BIT Quest for a Mouseball

One man's journey in search of an elusive IBM mouseball.

READER SERVICE

READER SERVICE

p.347 Editorial Index by Company

p.347 Editorial Index by Company

p.348 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers

p.348 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers

p.350 Index to Advertisers by Product Category

p.350 Index to Advertisers by Product Category

PROGRAM LISTINGS

PROGRAM LISTINGS

From BIX: See 280

From BIX: See 280

From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764

From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764

On disk: See card before 169

On disk: See card before 169

INTERNATIONAL SECTION

INTERNATIONAL SECTION

begins after page 64

begins after page 64

EXPERT ADVICE

EXPERT ADVICE

p.65 COMPUTING AT CHAOS MANOR Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of CD-ROMs

p.65 COMPUTING AT CHAOS MANOR Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of CD-ROMs

Jerry examines new CD-ROMs of classics, including the Bible and Shakespeare's works.

[author : Jerry Pournelle]

p.81 THE UNIX /bin Go Ahead, Make My Day

p.81 THE UNIX /bin Go Ahead, Make My Day

Tips on installing freely available Unix software.

[author : David Fiedler]

p.87 DOWN TO BUSINESS Up Close and Personal

p.87 DOWN TO BUSINESS Up Close and Personal

Personal organizers let you calculate, compute, and transfer data on the fly.

[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]

p.91 MACINATIONS CAD: The Mac Can Do That?

p.91 MACINATIONS CAD: The Mac Can Do That?

With processing power galore and large monitors, Don proves that the Mac can deliver.

[author : Don Crabb]

p.97 OS/2 NOTEBOOK Free at Last!

p.97 OS/2 NOTEBOOK Free at Last!

Thanks to OS/2's new memory architecture, you no longer have to squeeze code into 64K-byte segments.

[author : Mark J. Minasi]

p.105 NETWORKS Networks Shouldn't Be This Hard

p.105 NETWORKS Networks Shouldn't Be This Hard

Getting PCs up and running on a LAN is too much of a hassle.

[author : Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings]