The best and the brightest of products and technologies in 1989.
[author : the BYTE Staff]
Portable Mainframe, Opus Systems introduces the first portable RISC workstation
LapLink Mac III, move files from one Mac to another with this program from Traveling Software
Intelligent Graphics Controller 20, Hewlett-Packard's powerful dedicated graphics processor
Gray F/X, Xerox Imaging Systems offers a gray-scale raster editor
Fax96, simple and low-COST faxing from Fremont Communications
Apollo introduces the world's most affordable workstation.
[author : Ben Smith]
Seeking a new word processor, and it's upgrade time at Chaos Manor.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Our columnist answers the most commonly asked questions, including "Which Unix for you?"
[author : David Fiedler]
You may not need all the bells and whistles to look like a pro.
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
A survey of the four top relational database development systems.
[author : Don Crabb]
OS/2 1.2's new High Performance File System allows bigger, faster, and safer hard disk drives.
[author : Mark J. Minasi]
How will AppleTalk Phase 2 affect your LAN? The answer depends on what you're using and what your needs are.
[author : Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings]
The BYTE Lab looks at 14 hard disk utilities that can protect against data loss and optimize your hard disk.
[author : Stan Wszola, Howard Eglowstein. and Tom Thompson]
The NeXT Computer-advanced features, fair performance.
[author : Tom Thompson and Ben Smith]
XT-class laptops from GRID and Sharp offer the right mix of features for computing en route.
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
Utility software distinguishes 300-megabyte Mac hard disk drives from MicroNet, Racet, and Jasmine.
[author : Rick Grehan]
Pacific Data's new cartridge gives HP Lasedet II printers easy PostScript compatibility.
[author : Howard Eglowstein]
Apple, Asante Technologies, and Compatible Systems adapters give Macs an easy entree into swift Ethernet networks.
[author : Stanford Diehl]
Macsyma, the grande dame of computer algebra, is finally available for PCs.
[author : Peter Wayner]
CommonView applies C + + to graphical user interface programming.
[author : Andrew Schulman]
Gold Hill's new expert-system shell works with Microsoft Windows.
[author : Rodd Halstead]
Dan Bricklin's PageGarden takes laser printing beyond most application programs.
[author : G. Michael Vose]
A compilation of brief reviews and updates to previously published evaluations.
Semiconductor technology is approaching its theoretical and practical limits. Where do we go from here?
[author : Bob Ryan]
Chip makers move gallium arsenide from curiosity to practicality.
[author : Phillip Robinson]
BiCMOS proves that good things come in pairs.
[author : Bob Ryan]
EPLDs are fast becoming the device of choice for fast turnaround or rapidly changing design tasks.
[author : Trevor Marshall]
Your guide to the companies with the latest and greatest.
Whatever your electronic appetites, you can feed them on a BBS.
[author : Lamont Wood and Dana Blankenhorn]
A look at some expert-system shells and AI languages for your Macintosh.
[author : Daniel W. Rasmus]
HyperCard can be ideal for creating knowledge-based systems.
[author : Ron Evans]
The Netherlands has a C compiler for parallel processing with the INMOS transputer.
[author : Dick Pountain]
A look at what they do, and how they do it.
[author : L. Brett Glass]
Rick Grehan
Using stroke characters in PC graphics mode.