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In the Queue (table of contents)
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In the Queue (table of contents)
Themes
Themes
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Videotex Brings the World to Your Doorstep [author : Rich Malloy]
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Videotex Brings the World to Your Doorstep [author : Rich Malloy]
Essentially an enhancement of existing technologies, videotex will bring into your home or place of business a host of services and conveniences, such as shopping and banking. Videotex's potential is enormous, but a few problems must be worked out before it reaches the mass market. Our theme articles address some of these problems and look at the possibilities videotex presents.
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Videotex: Science Fiction or Reality? [author : Darby Miller]
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Videotex: Science Fiction or Reality? [author : Darby Miller]
An overview of the fledgling videotex industry.
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Prestel: The Basis of an Evolving Videotex System [author : Graham Hudson]
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Prestel: The Basis of an Evolving Videotex System [author : Graham Hudson]
The pioneering videotex system is flexible enough to adopt anticipated technological advances.
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NAPLPS Standard Graphics and the Microcomputer [author : Leo Lax and Mark Olson]
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NAPLPS Standard Graphics and the Microcomputer [author : Leo Lax and Mark Olson]
The authors discuss incentives for adopting the NAPLPS standard and what NAPLPS means for microcomputer users.
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Privacy and Videotex Systems [author : Richard M. Neustadt]
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Privacy and Videotex Systems [author : Richard M. Neustadt]
The potential for abusing personal information is that much greater with two-way systems.
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Graphics Artistry On Line [author : Martin Nisenholtz]
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Graphics Artistry On Line [author : Martin Nisenholtz]
The Telidon videotex workshop from the National Endowment for the Arts explores a new medium for artistic expression.
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Commentary: Personal Computers and Videotex [author : Rich Malloy]
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Commentary: Personal Computers and Videotex [author : Rich Malloy]
The different worlds of personal computers and videotex complement each other in exciting ways.
Features
Features
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Build the RTC-4 Real-Time Controller [author : Steve Ciarcia]
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Build the RTC-4 Real-Time Controller [author : Steve Ciarcia]
A 4-bit single-chip microcomputer from Texas Instruments comes preprogrammed for timed automatic control.
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The Microsoft Mouse [author : Chris Peters]
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The Microsoft Mouse [author : Chris Peters]
Someone let the mouse out of the bag.
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Benchmarking the lntel 8086 and 8088 [author : Gregg Williams]
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Benchmarking the lntel 8086 and 8088 [author : Gregg Williams]
The 8086 is faster than the 8088, but there's more than execution speed to consider when selecting a computer.
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Visi On's Interface Design [author : Dr. George Woodmansee]
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Visi On's Interface Design [author : Dr. George Woodmansee]
Design philosophy behind Visicorp's integrated software.
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Voice Lab, Part 1: A System for Digital Speech Synthesis and Analysis [author : John E. Hoot]
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Voice Lab, Part 1: A System for Digital Speech Synthesis and Analysis [author : John E. Hoot]
Modular routines make this speech synthesis and a [lalysis system useful for application programming and experimentation.
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Parallel I/O Ports for H-89 Computers [author : Ronald La Claustra]
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Parallel I/O Ports for H-89 Computers [author : Ronald La Claustra]
You can add 64 input/output ports plus a Centronics-type printer interface to your Heath-/Zenith-89 computer.
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The Touch of Color [author : David M. Dacus]
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The Touch of Color [author : David M. Dacus]
Add a new, inexpensive keyboard to Radio Shack's Color Computer.
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BYTE West Coast: Improving the User Interface at Digital Research [author : Phil Lemmons and Barbara Robertson]
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BYTE West Coast: Improving the User Interface at Digital Research [author : Phil Lemmons and Barbara Robertson]
Digital Research's vice-president of Commercial Systems Divison, Gordon Eubanks, describes three different general approaches that his company is taking to improve the user interface.
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The 8086-An Architecture for the Future, Part 2: Instruction Set [author : Stephen A. Heywood]
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The 8086-An Architecture for the Future, Part 2: Instruction Set [author : Stephen A. Heywood]
The 8086 lets you easily construct compact programs.
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User's Column: Interstellar Drives, Osborne Accessories, DEDICATE/32, and Death Valley [author : Jerry Pournelle]
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User's Column: Interstellar Drives, Osborne Accessories, DEDICATE/32, and Death Valley [author : Jerry Pournelle]
A medley of miscellanea from our microcomputer maven.
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The 8088 Connection [author : Dan Rollins]
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The 8088 Connection [author : Dan Rollins]
Interfacing IBM PC BASIC to machine language programs.
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Squeezing Memory from the Apple with Pascal [author : Jill David]
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Squeezing Memory from the Apple with Pascal [author : Jill David]
Using Apple Pascal's Segmentation facilities and a few other techniques, you can write bigger programs than you might have thought possible.
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Control Your Environment with the Atari 400/800 [author : David Alan Hayes]
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Control Your Environment with the Atari 400/800 [author : David Alan Hayes]
A combination of hardware and software enables your computer to monitor and influence your surroundings.
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The Practical EEPROM [author : Louis Wheeler]
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The Practical EEPROM [author : Louis Wheeler]
For less than the price of an EPROM eraser, you can buy an EEPROM that doesn't need one.
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Add High-Level Logical Structure to Your FORTH Assembler [author : Victor Joseph Grazi]
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Add High-Level Logical Structure to Your FORTH Assembler [author : Victor Joseph Grazi]
Some extensions to your FORTH assembler package can make your assembly-language programs more readable and easier to write.
Reviews
Reviews
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BUBDISK [author : Peter Callamaras]
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BUBDISK [author : Peter Callamaras]
A bubble-memory device gives the Apple II 128K bytes of nonvolatile memory.
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Commodore 64 [author : Stan Wszola]
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Commodore 64 [author : Stan Wszola]
Sprite graphics, good sound, and a $595 price tag make Commodore's new computer a versatile machine.
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The Strobe Plotting System [author : Jack L. Bishop]
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The Strobe Plotting System [author : Jack L. Bishop]
A low-cost plotter for graphs and charts.
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CP/M Plus [author : Mark Dahmke]
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CP/M Plus [author : Mark Dahmke]
This new disk operating system is faster and more efficient than CP/M.
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Quadram Corporation's MX700 [author : Curtis P. Feigel]
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Quadram Corporation's MX700 [author : Curtis P. Feigel]
This video terminal lets you view the equivalent of two typewritten pages, side by side, on a single screen.
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Alcor Pascal and Advanced Development Package [author : Rowland Archer Jr.]
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Alcor Pascal and Advanced Development Package [author : Rowland Archer Jr.]
This package runs on the TRS-80 Models I and III and under CP/M.
Nucleus
Nucleus
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Editorial: A Statement of Purpose
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Editorial: A Statement of Purpose
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BYTE Game Contest #2: The Winners
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BYTE Game Contest #2: The Winners
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Programming Quickies: Redefining the Apple Keyboard
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Programming Quickies: Redefining the Apple Keyboard
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Book Review: The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence. Volume I
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Book Review: The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence. Volume I
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Clubs and Newsletters
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Clubs and Newsletters
