THE BYTE SUMMIT
THE BYTE SUMMIT
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Editorial: BYTE's 15th Anniversary Summit
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Editorial: BYTE's 15th Anniversary Summit
What it is, why we're doing it.
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Welcome to the BYTE Summit
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Welcome to the BYTE Summit
Sixty-three of the most creative and influential people in the industry discuss their perspectives on the microcomputer industry of the future.
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15 Years of Bits, Bytes, and Other Great Moments
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15 Years of Bits, Bytes, and Other Great Moments
A look at key events in BYTE, the computer industry, and world history during the last 15 years.
NEWS
NEWS
Late-breaking technology and industry reports from the BYTE news staff.
Product snapshots of recent hardware and software announcements.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
RasterOps Accelerator, speeds up Macintosh graphics
Backpack, MicroSolutions lets you add a drive easily
Legacy, a word processor for Windows 3.0 from NBI
Norton Utilities 5.0, a new version with mixed blessings
HardFacts, information on 6000 hardware products
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The NEC ProSpeed SX/20: Take It and Leave It
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The NEC ProSpeed SX/20: Take It and Leave It
This 13-pound laptop can double as a powerful desktop system.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
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Word Processors That Build Character
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Word Processors That Build Character
The BYTE Lab evaluates 15 WYSIWYG word processors for the Mac and the PC.
Digital Equipment makes a play for the serious workstation user with its revved-up DECstation.
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Windows 3.0 Software Tool for End Users
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Windows 3.0 Software Tool for End Users
Asymetrix's TooLBook lets you create Windows 3.0 applications without learning C.
The Mac Ilfx is a powerful number cruncher in the Mac or Unix environment.
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Two Different Approaches to Mac Portability
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Two Different Approaches to Mac Portability
The Outbound and Dynamac take opposing approaches.
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Open Desktop: Relief for the Unix-Wary
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Open Desktop: Relief for the Unix-Wary
SCO's Open Desktop may be the shrink-wrapped Unix that DOS users have been waiting for.
Lotus finally gets graphical with 1-2-3/G.
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9600-bps Modem Brings Apple Networks Closer Together
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9600-bps Modem Brings Apple Networks Closer Together
Thanks to its Apple Talk connector, Shiva's NetModem V.32 can serve as a shared network modem and an internetwork router.
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New Floppy Drive Puts 20-MB Disk in Your Pocket
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New Floppy Drive Puts 20-MB Disk in Your Pocket
Q/Cor's new floppy disk drive leads the 20-megabyte vanguard.
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Strictly for Personal Information
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Strictly for Personal Information
A roundup of seven personal information managers shows that there is a way to get organized.
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Speaking OS/2's Native Language
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Speaking OS/2's Native Language
Object-1 speaks to OS/2's Presentation Manager in object-oriented terms.
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Dual-Page Duel: Two High-Resolution Monitors Square Off
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Dual-Page Duel: Two High-Resolution Monitors Square Off
New high-resolution monitors from Cornerstone and Radius aren't just for desktop publishing.
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Flashdisk: Not Your Father's RAM Disk
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Flashdisk: Not Your Father's RAM Disk
Digipro's Flashdisk plugs up to 8 megabytes of nonvolatile memory into any available 16-bit slot.
FEATURES
FEATURES
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Personal Computing in Eastern Europe
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Personal Computing in Eastern Europe
Behind the crumbled Iron Curtain lie lands of high-technology disarray-and opportunity.
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The Creation of the IBM PC
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The Creation of the IBM PC
Design choices that culminated in the machine that conquered the microcomputer world.
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Alternative Operating Systems, Part 2: From a Tiny Kernel...
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Alternative Operating Systems, Part 2: From a Tiny Kernel...
When you're building a real-time operating system, it helps to start small.
Professional sound capabilities, once the exclusive domain of high-end recording studios, are now available to PC users.
HANDS ON
HANDS ON
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UNDER THE HOOD Of Monitors and Emissions
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UNDER THE HOOD Of Monitors and Emissions
What's being done about magnetic fields from monitors?
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Virtually Virtual Memory
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Virtually Virtual Memory
A memory management system for MS-DOS that lets you break the 640K-byte barrier.
DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS
A look at the future and a stroll down memory lane.
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Editorial: Happy Anniversary!
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Editorial: Happy Anniversary!
We've thrown you a party.
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Letters, Ask BYTE, and Fixes
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Letters, Ask BYTE, and Fixes
BYTE readers predict the future.
PERSPECTIVES
PERSPECTIVES
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PRINT QUEUE Images Beget Images
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PRINT QUEUE Images Beget Images
Visualization is a volume that challenges our notions of visual reality.
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STOP BIT Litigation vs. Innovation
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STOP BIT Litigation vs. Innovation
Mitch Kapor argues against litigation as a business tactic.
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 512
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 512
PROGRAM LISTINGS
PROGRAM LISTINGS
From BIX: See 466
From BIX: See 466
From B)"TEnet: Call (617) 86 1-9764
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REGIONAL SECTION
REGIONAL SECTION
EXPERT ADVICE
EXPERT ADVICE
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COMPUTING AT CHAOS MANOR Fifteen Years and Counting
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COMPUTING AT CHAOS MANOR Fifteen Years and Counting
Jerry looks back at 15 years of BYTE.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
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THE UNIX /bin Future History
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THE UNIX /bin Future History
Looking at business software from the last 15 years and the next 15.
[author : David Fiedler]
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MACINATIONS The Place to Be for DTP
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MACINATIONS The Place to Be for DTP
Talking to professional desktop publishers reveals surprising facts about desktop publishing on the Macintosh.
[author : Don Crabb]
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DOWN TO BUSINESS Moving Down to Micros
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DOWN TO BUSINESS Moving Down to Micros
Powerful decision-support systems, once used only on mainframes, are now migrating to micros.
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
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OS/2 NOTEBOOK Mastering OS/2 Threads
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OS/2 NOTEBOOK Mastering OS/2 Threads
Mastery of OS/2 threads taxes developers but rewards users.
[author : Douglas A. Hamilton]
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NETWORKS Unite or Die
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NETWORKS Unite or Die
Three developing application areas must unite before LANs can become a part of everyday life in the 1990s.
[author : Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings]