Quarterdeck "X-tends" DOS with Desqview/X.

Compatibility Is King in 1-2-3 for Windows. Windows and Mac versions offer backward compatibility.

p.42 Full Page Pivot, a "flippy" monitor brings new dimensions to Windows

QuickC for Windows, for developing Windows programs

Toshiba T2200SX, powerful notebooks get lighter and smaller

SyDOS 88 and Transportable 90, a new generation of high-capacity removable drives

ScanJet IIc, a rugged, reliable, and low-cost 24-bit scanner

BeyondMail, E-mail software offers built-in intelligence

More than 50 new hardware and software products.

An innovative combination of technologies lets you build expert systems even when you don't have an expert.

Ergonomic design can make using personal computers safer and more productive.

The Common Business Oriented Language is far from dead.

RISC is giving the latest generation of printers the punch it needs.

Technologies old and new are changing the look of desktop color printing.

Phase-change ink-jet color printing combines brilliant color with the ability to print on plain paper.

Thermal-transfer and dye-diffusion printing expand your desktop color printing options.

Will electron-beam printing capture the high-volume market?

The BYTE Lab evaluates nine low-cost PostScript printers.

The BYTE Lab puts 12 V.32/V.42bis modems-all under $800-to the test.

Visual Basic and Realizer offer programmers an alternative to C for creating Windows programs.

A look at six Super VGA boards priced under $400.

A new program produces PC-based color separations.

The firstborn son of the Hewlett-Packard and Apollo merger.

A Mac monitor with a twist, 486SXs, and 386SX upgrade chips.

The internals of the AppleTalk Filing Protocol.

How do hard drives pack more and more capacity into smaller and smaller packages?

Free E-mail programs, an E-mail interface, and an error-code identifier.

Barry offers sage advice-and a free utility-for NetBIOS programmers.

[author : Barry Nance]

DOS 5.0 meets Windows 3.0.

[author : Mark J. Minasi]

When it comes to portable computers, Apple's second attempt is a winner.

[author : Don Crabb]

You can have fast access to worldwide resources.

[author : David Fiedler]

The 16550 UART and environment problems.

Jerry looks at the latest version of Q&A.

[author : Jerry Pournelle]

Be prepared for second-guessers when proposing a LAN spec.

[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]

Is expandability a real need or merely a marketing ploy?

Gordon Bell's new book tells of high-tech winners and losers.

John Perry Barlow, cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, tells his story.

Data Lifeboats

Working smarter, Mac Video, and Roundtable reaction.