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This new battery-powered machine has 752K bytes of RAM and ROM and has built-in software including Lotus 1-2-3.

The BASIC and C compilers for this Z8000 card boost the performance of the IBM PC.

Substituting a macro for the executable part of a word reduces overhead in subroutine-threaded languages.

An introduction to the language endorsed by the Department of Defense.

With the introduction of this version, Pascal becomes an interpreted language.

While waiting for your printer to finish your latest enormous listing, you can build a buffer that eliminates the wait.

This project lets your Apple display real-time weather maps on a high-resolution screen.

This program permits more cells than some commercial spreadsheets and is written in Microsoft BASIC.

More and more universities in America are using personal computers as tools for education and communication.

Using the theatrical stage as a metaphor, this development environment makes it easier to write educational software.

Two types of graphics-based educational software go beyond computer-aided instruction.

A psychologist ponders the relationship between computer-based systems and human social systems.

Above all, languages must show simplicity, power, compatibility, and cognitive richness.

An anthropologist describes the selection and "hardening" of a portable computer for use in field research.

Personal computers need to talk to minicomputers and mainframes in universities, and this protocol lets them do so.

A hands-on, interactive museum uses personal computers to teach science through experience.

A personal computer simulates a classic experiment and teaches the concepts of cardiac function.

Whitesmiths, Q/C, and Supersoft Cs get a close examination.

This game requires a sense of strategy and dexterity.

Compatible with the IBM PC, the Chameleon Plus merits serious consideration but does have some drawbacks.

This voice input and output system for the TI Professional comes under the scrutiny of an experienced user.

The author compares this version of Modula-2 for the Apple with familiar Apple Pascal.

A RAM-based data-management system that exploits the IBM PC's color monitor wins the praise of an old hand at databases.

Readers react to previous reviews.

Jerry celebrates a new hard disk, examines the Apple-Franklin decision, and romps through an assortment of new hardware and software.

Jerry's readers write, and he replies.

SoftOffice's gestation was difficult, but this package provides icon-based integrated software at low overhead.