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Inside BYTE : BYTE Topic Index and Author Guide
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Inside BYTE : BYTE Topic Index and Author Guide
COVER STORY
COVER STORY
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FEATURE The Future of Personal Computing?
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FEATURE The Future of Personal Computing?
NEWS
NEWS
Will QuickTime 1.0's release "raise the bar" on personal computing?
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS Keyboardless Sense
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS Keyboardless Sense
A touchscreen computer that makes sense.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS Macs and PCs: Together at Last
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS Macs and PCs: Together at Last
Farallon's update of an old Mac product encompasses PCs.
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QMS-PS 815 MR and IBM LaserPrinter 10 Model 30,
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QMS-PS 815 MR and IBM LaserPrinter 10 Model 30,
a new crop of desktop PostScript printers emerges
Word for Macintosh 5.0, the latest Word from Microsoft
Toshiba T6400, desktop and portable worlds almost merge
Freelance Graphics for Windows, presentation graphics without pain
Weitek Power for Windows, it claims to be the first Windows adapter card for business applications
Gulliver networks on the road, Power Memory adds RAM to the Power Book, and more.
FEATURES
FEATURES
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The Future of Personal Computing?
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The Future of Personal Computing?
With the PowerPC, IBM and Apple hope to set a new standard.
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Signal Processing for Multimedia
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Signal Processing for Multimedia
By combining a DSP chip and a library of multimedia functions under the control of a low-overhead kernel, AT&T aims to bring the power of DSP to multimedia.
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Applying the Internet
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Applying the Internet
The value of a network lies as much in whom it connects as how.
STATE OF THE ART
STATE OF THE ART
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TOMORROW'S CHIPS Overview: Built for Speed
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TOMORROW'S CHIPS Overview: Built for Speed
Advances in processor chips and architectures are driving the next generation of computing.
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Reshaping the Microchip
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Reshaping the Microchip
The scientists and engineers that brought you the microcomputer revolution are exploring new technologies for building the next generation of chips.
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Support Your Local CPU
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Support Your Local CPU
With standard functions integrated into the CPU, a new class of specialized coprocessors is beginning to appear.
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Resource Guide: Accelerator, Coprocessor, and Multiprocessor Boards
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Resource Guide: Accelerator, Coprocessor, and Multiprocessor Boards
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
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SOLUTIONS FOCUS File Servers Face Off
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SOLUTIONS FOCUS File Servers Face Off
Five high-performance file servers vie for the top spot on tests run with BYTE's new LAN benchmark suite.
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BYTE Lab Product Report: Software in a Supporting Role
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BYTE Lab Product Report: Software in a Supporting Role
They manage files and disks, customize workspaces, and take the drudgery out of maintenance: Praise be utility programs!
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Laser Muscle: Five Printers Built to Handle Networks
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Laser Muscle: Five Printers Built to Handle Networks
The BYTE Lab tests five network printers.
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The Multimedia PC: High-Powered Sight and Sound on Your Desk
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The Multimedia PC: High-Powered Sight and Sound on Your Desk
A look at the first crop of MPC hardware and software.
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Apple's Quadra 900 Sizzles and Dazzles
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Apple's Quadra 900 Sizzles and Dazzles
Apple's new 68040-based Mac reveals outstanding performance and new sound and graphics features.
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REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK
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REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK
A portable Mac, and two ways to access applications from your Unix workstation.
HANDS ON
HANDS ON
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED A Natural Solution
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED A Natural Solution
Object-oriented program methods lend structure to the process of evaluating natural-language sentences.
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(p.247) UNDER THE HOOD How Interrupts Work
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(p.247) UNDER THE HOOD How Interrupts Work
How interrupt processing works in PC systems.
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SOFTWARE CORNER Perl: Not Just for Unix
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SOFTWARE CORNER Perl: Not Just for Unix
A multiplatform utility language, DOS disk utilities, and a Mac file typer.
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BEYOND DOS Cures for C Sickness
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BEYOND DOS Cures for C Sickness
The "Doctor" prescribes three Windows programming toolkits.
[author : Mark J. Minasi]
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NETWORKS LAN Manager Gets a Foot in the Door
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NETWORKS LAN Manager Gets a Foot in the Door
What the new capabilities mean, and how to integrate LAN Manager with NetWare.
[author : Bruce D. Schatzman and Jeffrey H. Lubeck]
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MACINATIONS Designing Macs
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MACINATIONS Designing Macs
A firsthand look at the Mac's new three-dimensional drawing prowess.
[author : Don Crabb]
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THE UNIX /bin My First Network
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THE UNIX /bin My First Network
Learning to set up a TCP/IP Ethernet for PCs running Unix.
[author : David Fiedler]
Tracking memory conflicts; the search for Cyrillic; and when a 40-MB hard drive isn't.
OPINIONS
OPINIONS
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USER'S COLUMN The High End
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USER'S COLUMN The High End
Jerry discusses technology trickle-down.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
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BUSINESS CONNECTION Multimedia Moves Beyond the Hype
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BUSINESS CONNECTION Multimedia Moves Beyond the Hype
Can multimedia succeed as a legitimate business application?
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
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ROUNDTABLE Next-Generation Operating Systems
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ROUNDTABLE Next-Generation Operating Systems
Making sense of PowerOpen, Taligent, Windows NT, OS/2 2.0, and the competing Unix consortia.
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PRINT QUEUE Glitzers Anonymous
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PRINT QUEUE Glitzers Anonymous
Tales of GUIs gone berserk.
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STOP BIT Computers Out of Control
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STOP BIT Computers Out of Control
Obscure errors in software and systems design can result in tragedy.
New Era of Cooperation
LAN defense and Outlook'92 strike chords.
READER SERVICE
READER SERVICE
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Editorial Index by Company
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Editorial Index by Company
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Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
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Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
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Index to Advertisers by Product Category
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Index to Advertisers by Product Category
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