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PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
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PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
SideKick Plus, a major upgrade of Borland's TSR
Manuscript 2.0, Lotus 's word processor enhanced
Friendly Finder, a dBASE file-retrieval program
Focal Point, a Mac HyperCard application
PC WeatherPro, a weather monitor for your PC
Tech*Graph*Pad 2.1, a technical graphing program
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
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Product Focus: Enhanced EGA and VGA Boards [author : Curtis Franklin Jr.]
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Product Focus: Enhanced EGA and VGA Boards [author : Curtis Franklin Jr.]
Should you buy a VGA or will an enhanced EGA suffice for less money?
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The Zenith Z-386 [author : Ed McNierney]
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The Zenith Z-386 [author : Ed McNierney]
Zenith's powerful desktop provides outstanding performance and flawless compatibility.
p.121
NEC PowerMate 2 and HP Vectra ES/12 [author : John Unger]
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NEC PowerMate 2 and HP Vectra ES/12 [author : John Unger]
Two 80286-based AT compatibles that offer high performance and excellent expansion capability.
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The Tandy 1400 LT [author : David Satz]
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The Tandy 1400 LT [author : David Satz]
A low-cost, lightweight laptop with good performance.
p.134
Screening Macintosh II Color Monitors [author : Joel West and Neil Rhodes]
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Screening Macintosh II Color Monitors [author : Joel West and Neil Rhodes]
Three monitors that take advantage of the Mac II's flexible display capabilities .
p.139
Pushing the Mac SE [author : Laurence H. Loeb]
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Pushing the Mac SE [author : Laurence H. Loeb]
A look at two accelerator boards: Do they really double the Mac SE's processing power?
p.145
Trilogy: A New Approach to Logic Programming [author : Alex Lane]
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Trilogy: A New Approach to Logic Programming [author : Alex Lane]
An alternative to Prolog with windows and other interesting twists.
p.155
Excel Extraordinaire [author : Rich Malloy]
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Excel Extraordinaire [author : Rich Malloy]
Microsoft's successful Macintosh spreadsheet shines on the IBM PC AT.
p.157
Microsoft Works [author : Nicholas M. Baran]
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Microsoft Works [author : Nicholas M. Baran]
The flexible exchange of data is this package's real strength.
p.162
Reflex Plus for the Macintosh [author : Charles Spezzano]
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Reflex Plus for the Macintosh [author : Charles Spezzano]
Reflex has evolved into this faster and easier relational database manager.
COLUMNS
COLUMNS
p.169
Computing at Chaos Manor: Transparent Conversions? Hah! [author : Jerry Pournelle]
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Computing at Chaos Manor: Transparent Conversions? Hah! [author : Jerry Pournelle]
A look at QuickBASIC 4.0 and Turbo BASIC, and Jerry presents his awards for 1987.
p.187
Applications Only: Annual Revelations [author : Ezra Shapiro]
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Applications Only: Annual Revelations [author : Ezra Shapiro]
Ezra's yearly look at the products he uses.
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IN DEPTH: Floating-Point Processing
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IN DEPTH: Floating-Point Processing
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Avoiding Coprocessor Bottlenecks [author : by Mauro Bonomi]
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Avoiding Coprocessor Bottlenecks [author : by Mauro Bonomi]
Memory mapping helps overcome bandwidth problems between the CPU and floating-point coprocessor.
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The Intel 80387 vs. The Weitek 1167 [author : Tom Thompson]
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The Intel 80387 vs. The Weitek 1167 [author : Tom Thompson]
p.207
Programming the 80387 Coprocessor [author : Prakash Chandra]
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Programming the 80387 Coprocessor [author : Prakash Chandra]
A look at the key differences between this floating-point unit and the earlier 8087 and 80287.
p.217
Floating-Point Survival Kit [author : Pete Wilson]
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Floating-Point Survival Kit [author : Pete Wilson]
An overview of floating-point arithmetic, standards, benchmarks, and high-performance designs.
p.229
How to Get Better Floating-Point Results [author : Carl Byington]
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How to Get Better Floating-Point Results [author : Carl Byington]
A look at the trade-offs involved in emulating floating-point hardware, and the implications for programmers.
p.243
Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: The BCC180 Multitasking Controller Part 3: Memory Management and Windowing [author : Steve Ciarcia]
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Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: The BCC180 Multitasking Controller Part 3: Memory Management and Windowing [author : Steve Ciarcia]
The BCC 180's multitasking BASIC compiler can operate on a variety of hardware.
p.249
Better Bit-Mapped Lines [author : Jerry R. Van Aken and Carrell R. Killebrew Jr.]
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Better Bit-Mapped Lines [author : Jerry R. Van Aken and Carrell R. Killebrew Jr.]
Bresenham's line algorithm provides a quick way for your computer to draw a straight line.
p.255
Focus on Algorithms: Multicolumn Paged Text [author : Dick Pountain]
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Focus on Algorithms: Multicolumn Paged Text [author : Dick Pountain]
This program will help you to explore desktop-publishing software technology.
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It's All in the Symbols [author : Merrill Cornish]
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It's All in the Symbols [author : Merrill Cornish]
We are beginning to suspect that the "things" that can be represented by numbers might be in the minority.
p.273
System Calls in Modula-2 [author : Richard Rankin]
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System Calls in Modula-2 [author : Richard Rankin]
Pascal's successor gives you easy control over your PC's BIOS and DOS functions.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS
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Editorial: Not Just for the Macfaithful
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Editorial: Not Just for the Macfaithful
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Circuit Cellar Feedback
p.42
Circuit Cellar Feedback
READER SERVICE
READER SERVICE
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Editorial Index by Company
p.322
Editorial Index by Company
p.325
Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
p.325
Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
p.327
Index to Advertisers by Product Category
p.327
Index to Advertisers by Product Category
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 328
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 328
PROGRAM LISTINGS
PROGRAM LISTINGS
From BIX: see 278
From BIX: see 278
From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764
From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764
On disk or in print: see card after 296
On disk or in print: see card after 296
