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Vol.17 n°2 february 1992

Vol.17 n°2 february 1992

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p.4 Contents

p.4 Contents

p.6 Inside BYTE : BYTE Topic Index and Author Guide

p.6 Inside BYTE : BYTE Topic Index and Author Guide

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

p.96 FEATURE The Future of Personal Computing?

p.96 FEATURE The Future of Personal Computing?

NEWS

NEWS

p.23 MICROBYTES

p.23 MICROBYTES

Will QuickTime 1.0's release "raise the bar" on personal computing?

p.36 FIRST IMPRESSIONS Keyboardless Sense

p.36 FIRST IMPRESSIONS Keyboardless Sense

A touchscreen computer that makes sense.

p.39 FIRST IMPRESSIONS Macs and PCs: Together at Last

p.39 FIRST IMPRESSIONS Macs and PCs: Together at Last

Farallon's update of an old Mac product encompasses PCs.

p.42 QMS-PS 815 MR and IBM LaserPrinter 10 Model 30,

p.42 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

p.52 WHAT'S NEW

p.52 WHAT'S NEW

Gulliver networks on the road, Power Memory adds RAM to the Power Book, and more.

FEATURES

FEATURES

p.96 The Future of Personal Computing?

p.96 The Future of Personal Computing?

With the PowerPC, IBM and Apple hope to set a new standard.

p.105 Signal Processing for Multimedia

p.105 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.

p.111 Applying the Internet

p.111 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

p.122 TOMORROW'S CHIPS Overview: Built for Speed

p.122 TOMORROW'S CHIPS Overview: Built for Speed

Advances in processor chips and architectures are driving the next generation of computing.

p.137 Reshaping the Microchip

p.137 Reshaping the Microchip

The scientists and engineers that brought you the microcomputer revolution are exploring new technologies for building the next generation of chips.

p.151 Support Your Local CPU

p.151 Support Your Local CPU

With standard functions integrated into the CPU, a new class of specialized coprocessors is beginning to appear.

p.158 Resource Guide: Accelerator, Coprocessor, and Multiprocessor Boards

p.158 Resource Guide: Accelerator, Coprocessor, and Multiprocessor Boards

REVIEWS

REVIEWS

p.162 SOLUTIONS FOCUS File Servers Face Off

p.162 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.

p.178 BYTE Lab Product Report: Software in a Supporting Role

p.178 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!

p.198 Laser Muscle: Five Printers Built to Handle Networks

p.198 Laser Muscle: Five Printers Built to Handle Networks

The BYTE Lab tests five network printers.

p.217 The Multimedia PC: High-Powered Sight and Sound on Your Desk

p.217 The Multimedia PC: High-Powered Sight and Sound on Your Desk

A look at the first crop of MPC hardware and software.

p.229 Apple's Quadra 900 Sizzles and Dazzles

p.229 Apple's Quadra 900 Sizzles and Dazzles

Apple's new 68040-based Mac reveals outstanding performance and new sound and graphics features.

p.233 REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK

p.233 REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK

A portable Mac, and two ways to access applications from your Unix workstation.

HANDS ON

HANDS ON

p.237 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED A Natural Solution

p.237 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED A Natural Solution

Object-oriented program methods lend structure to the process of evaluating natural-language sentences.

p.249 (p.247) UNDER THE HOOD How Interrupts Work

p.249 (p.247) UNDER THE HOOD How Interrupts Work

How interrupt processing works in PC systems.

p.257 SOFTWARE CORNER Perl: Not Just for Unix

p.257 SOFTWARE CORNER Perl: Not Just for Unix

A multiplatform utility language, DOS disk utilities, and a Mac file typer.

p.259 BEYOND DOS Cures for C Sickness

p.259 BEYOND DOS Cures for C Sickness

The "Doctor" prescribes three Windows programming toolkits.

[author : Mark J. Minasi]

p.265 NETWORKS LAN Manager Gets a Foot in the Door

p.265 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]

p.271 MACINATIONS Designing Macs

p.271 MACINATIONS Designing Macs

A firsthand look at the Mac's new three-dimensional drawing prowess.

[author : Don Crabb]

p.277 THE UNIX /bin My First Network

p.277 THE UNIX /bin My First Network

Learning to set up a TCP/IP Ethernet for PCs running Unix.

[author : David Fiedler]

p.288 ASK BYTE

p.288 ASK BYTE

Tracking memory conflicts; the search for Cyrillic; and when a 40-MB hard drive isn't.

OPINIONS

OPINIONS

p.67 USER'S COLUMN The High End

p.67 USER'S COLUMN The High End

Jerry discusses technology trickle-down.

[author : Jerry Pournelle]

p.85 BUSINESS CONNECTION Multimedia Moves Beyond the Hype

p.85 BUSINESS CONNECTION Multimedia Moves Beyond the Hype

Can multimedia succeed as a legitimate business application?

[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]

p.91 ROUNDTABLE Next-Generation Operating Systems

p.91 ROUNDTABLE Next-Generation Operating Systems

Making sense of PowerOpen, Taligent, Windows NT, OS/2 2.0, and the competing Unix consortia.

p.342 PRINT QUEUE Glitzers Anonymous

p.342 PRINT QUEUE Glitzers Anonymous

Tales of GUIs gone berserk.

p.344 STOP BIT Computers Out of Control

p.344 STOP BIT Computers Out of Control

Obscure errors in software and systems design can result in tragedy.

p.10 EDITORIAL

p.10 EDITORIAL

New Era of Cooperation

p.14 LETTERS

p.14 LETTERS

LAN defense and Outlook'92 strike chords.

READER SERVICE

READER SERVICE

p.340 Editorial Index by Company

p.340 Editorial Index by Company

p.337 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers

p.337 Alphabetical Index to Advertisers

p.338 Index to Advertisers by Product Category

p.338 Index to Advertisers by Product Category

Inquiry Reply Cards: 335

Inquiry Reply Cards: 335

PROGRAM LISTINGS

PROGRAM LISTINGS

From BIX: Call (800) 227-2983

From BIX: Call (800) 227-2983

p.341 From Demolink: See ad on page 341

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