p.6 EDITORIAL
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
p.16 RECURSIVE IMAGES
[author : Steven Janke]
What do recursive drawing, iterated function systems, and fractal geometry have in common? They all play a part in producing realistic looking natural objects.
p.24 SAVING AND RESTORING VGA SCREENS
[author : Ben Myers]
Use the VGA graphics controller and sequencer address registers for saving and restoring graphic screens.
p.32 PORTING UNIX TO THE 386: A STRIPPED-DOWN KERNEL
[author : William Frederick Jolitz and Lynne Greer Jolitz]
386BSD's basic kernel incorporates a unique "recursive" paging feature that leverages resources and reduces complexity.
p.42 A COFF FILE LOADER FOR THE 34010
[author : Don Morgan]
Here's a Common Object Format File loader for the 34010 that's small enough for embedded applications, yet powerful enough to download fully-linked C and assembly language programs.
EXAMINING ROOM
p.50 MASM'S CHANGING FACE
[author : Mike Schmit]
Compared to previous versions, Microsoft's recently released Macro Assembler 6.0 embodies some ambitious changes.
PROGRAMMER'S WORKBENCH
p.62 A C++ PCX FILE VIEWER FOR WINDOWS 3
[author : Paul Chui]
This file viewer—implemented as a C++ class—creates a Windows 3 bitmap object from a PCX file.
COLUMNS
p.105 PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS
[author : Michael Swaine]
Michael embarks on a two-part interview with Bob Jarvis, author of Wizard C—the precursor to Turbo C.
p.113 C PROGRAMMING
[author : Al Stevens]
This month's installment of D-Flat presents event and message mechanisms.
p.123 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING
[author : Jeff Duntemann]
Jeff continues his examination of UARTs and explains how to detect the presence of a serial port.
p.133 GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING
[author : Michael Abrash]
VGA's undocumented Mode X supports page flipping, makes off-screen memory available, has square pixels, and increases performance by as much as four times.
p.141 PROGRAMMER'S BOOKSHELF
[author : Andrew Schulman]
Andrew weighs his options when examining Windows 3 programming books.
DEPARTMENTS
p.8 LETTERS
[author : you]
p.168 SWAINE'S FLAMES
[author : Michael Swaine]
PROGRAMMER'S SERVICES
p.160 OF INTEREST
[author : Tami Zemel]