COVER STORY
COVER STORY
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The BYTE Awards [author : the BYTE Staff]
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The BYTE Awards [author : the BYTE Staff]
The best and the brightest of products and technologies in 1989.
PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
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
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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Apollo Shrinks the Workstation Price Tag [author : Ben Smith]
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Apollo Shrinks the Workstation Price Tag [author : Ben Smith]
Apollo introduces the world's most affordable workstation.
EXPERT ADVICE
EXPERT ADVICE
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Computing at Chaos Manor: A Matter of Style and Grammar [author : Jerry Pournelle]
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Computing at Chaos Manor: A Matter of Style and Grammar [author : Jerry Pournelle]
Seeking a new word processor, and it's upgrade time at Chaos Manor.
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The Unix /bin: Answers to Some Good Questions [author : David Fiedler]
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The Unix /bin: Answers to Some Good Questions [author : David Fiedler]
Our columnist answers the most commonly asked questions, including "Which Unix for you?"
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Down to Business: Cheap and Easy Publishing [author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
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Down to Business: Cheap and Easy Publishing [author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
You may not need all the bells and whistles to look like a pro.
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Macinations: The Big Four for Mac Databases [author : Don Crabb]
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Macinations: The Big Four for Mac Databases [author : Don Crabb]
A survey of the four top relational database development systems.
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OS/2 Notebook: A First Look at HPFS [author : Mark J. Minasi]
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OS/2 Notebook: A First Look at HPFS [author : Mark J. Minasi]
OS/2 1.2's new High Performance File System allows bigger, faster, and safer hard disk drives.
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Net Works: AppleTalk Phase 2 and You [author : Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings]
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Net Works: AppleTalk Phase 2 and You [author : Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings]
How will AppleTalk Phase 2 affect your LAN? The answer depends on what you're using and what your needs are.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
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Product Focus: Just What the Hard Disk Doctor Ordered [author : Stan Wszola, Howard Eglowstein. and Tom Thompson]
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Product Focus: Just What the Hard Disk Doctor Ordered [author : Stan Wszola, Howard Eglowstein. and Tom Thompson]
The BYTE Lab looks at 14 hard disk utilities that can protect against data loss and optimize your hard disk.
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Sizing Up the Cube [author : Tom Thompson and Ben Smith]
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Sizing Up the Cube [author : Tom Thompson and Ben Smith]
The NeXT Computer-advanced features, fair performance.
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Born to Travel [author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
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Born to Travel [author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
XT-class laptops from GRID and Sharp offer the right mix of features for computing en route.
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Hard Drivin' Mac [author : Rick Grehan]
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Hard Drivin' Mac [author : Rick Grehan]
Utility software distinguishes 300-megabyte Mac hard disk drives from MicroNet, Racet, and Jasmine.
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PostScript in the Palm of Your Hand [author : Howard Eglowstein]
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PostScript in the Palm of Your Hand [author : Howard Eglowstein]
Pacific Data's new cartridge gives HP Lasedet II printers easy PostScript compatibility.
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Mac Adapters Embrace Ethernet [author : Stanford Diehl]
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Mac Adapters Embrace Ethernet [author : Stanford Diehl]
Apple, Asante Technologies, and Compatible Systems adapters give Macs an easy entree into swift Ethernet networks.
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Mainframe Math on a PC [author : Peter Wayner]
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Mainframe Math on a PC [author : Peter Wayner]
Macsyma, the grande dame of computer algebra, is finally available for PCs.
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Glockenspiel Puts C++ to Work [author : Andrew Schulman]
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Glockenspiel Puts C++ to Work [author : Andrew Schulman]
CommonView applies C + + to graphical user interface programming.
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Develop Advanced Expert Systems [author : Rodd Halstead]
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Develop Advanced Expert Systems [author : Rodd Halstead]
Gold Hill's new expert-system shell works with Microsoft Windows.
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New Tricks for Your Laser Printer [author : G. Michael Vose]
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New Tricks for Your Laser Printer [author : G. Michael Vose]
Dan Bricklin's PageGarden takes laser printing beyond most application programs.
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Reviewer's Notebook
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Reviewer's Notebook
A compilation of brief reviews and updates to previously published evaluations.
IN DEPTH
IN DEPTH
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Introduction: THE STATE OF CHIPS
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Introduction: THE STATE OF CHIPS
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Farewell to Chips? [author : Bob Ryan]
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Farewell to Chips? [author : Bob Ryan]
Semiconductor technology is approaching its theoretical and practical limits. Where do we go from here?
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The High-Octane Semiconductor [author : Phillip Robinson]
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The High-Octane Semiconductor [author : Phillip Robinson]
Chip makers move gallium arsenide from curiosity to practicality.
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A Marriage Made in Silicon [author : Bob Ryan]
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A Marriage Made in Silicon [author : Bob Ryan]
BiCMOS proves that good things come in pairs.
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Creating Custom Chips [author : Trevor Marshall]
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Creating Custom Chips [author : Trevor Marshall]
EPLDs are fast becoming the device of choice for fast turnaround or rapidly changing design tasks.
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Semiconductor Sources
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Semiconductor Sources
Your guide to the companies with the latest and greatest.
FEATURES
FEATURES
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State of the BBS Nation [author : Lamont Wood and Dana Blankenhorn]
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State of the BBS Nation [author : Lamont Wood and Dana Blankenhorn]
Whatever your electronic appetites, you can feed them on a BBS.
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The Mac State of Mind [author : Daniel W. Rasmus]
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The Mac State of Mind [author : Daniel W. Rasmus]
A look at some expert-system shells and AI languages for your Macintosh.
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Expert Systems and HyperCard [author : Ron Evans]
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Expert Systems and HyperCard [author : Ron Evans]
HyperCard can be ideal for creating knowledge-based systems.
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Configuring Parallel Programs, Part 2 [author : Dick Pountain]
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Configuring Parallel Programs, Part 2 [author : Dick Pountain]
The Netherlands has a C compiler for parallel processing with the INMOS transputer.
HANDS ON
HANDS ON
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Under the Hood: Math Coprocessors [author : L. Brett Glass]
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Under the Hood: Math Coprocessors [author : L. Brett Glass]
A look at what they do, and how they do it.
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Some Assembly Required: Stroke-Character Graphics
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Some Assembly Required: Stroke-Character Graphics
Rick Grehan
Using stroke characters in PC graphics mode.
DEPARTEMENTS
DEPARTEMENTS
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Editorial: Project Notify
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Editorial: Project Notify
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Letters, Ask BYTE, and Fixes
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Letters, Ask BYTE, and Fixes
READER SERVICE
READER SERVICE
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Editorial Index by Company
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Editorial Index by Company
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Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
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Alphabetical Index to Advertisers
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Index to Advertisers by Product Category
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Index to Advertisers by Product Category
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 412
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 412
PROGRAM LISTINGS
PROGRAM LISTINGS
From BIX: See 232
From BIX: See 232
From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764
From BYTEnet: call (617) 861-9764
On disk: See card after 272
On disk: See card after 272
