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Inside BYTE : BYTE Topic Index and Author Guide
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Inside BYTE : BYTE Topic Index and Author Guide
COVER STORY
COVER STORY
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STATE OF THE ART Network Management
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STATE OF THE ART Network Management
NEWS
NEWS
Developments in pen computing, Mac cloning, and more.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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The 386 Gets a Competitor
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The 386 Gets a Competitor
AMD' s innovative 386 "clone" chip sparks controversy.
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Sony's Portable News
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Sony's Portable News
A Unix workstation for the field.
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Tandon NB 386sx Notebook,
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Tandon NB 386sx Notebook,
features power-saving technology
SideKick 2.0, Borland's upgrade works with Paradox
Desktop TV, multimedia from A View Technology
Persuasion 2.0, Aldus's quick way to do a business presentation
PixeiView PC, Mirror Technologies introduces the first affordable large-screen monitor
WSP-200, almost the world's smallest printer
A cache-convertible controller, video frame grabber, desktop mappers, a task switcher, and more.
FEATURES
FEATURES
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The Multilingual Edge
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The Multilingual Edge
A look at systems that translate human languages.
A look at the latest language to come out of Niklaus Wirth's workshop.
How content-addressable memory chips and other special memories can speed searches and solve surprising problems.
STATE OF THE ART
STATE OF THE ART
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NETWORK MANAGEMENT Introduction
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NETWORK MANAGEMENT Introduction
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Mixing and Matching LANs
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Mixing and Matching LANs
The thorniest network management problem is how to tie different networks together.
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Dynamic and Distributed
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Dynamic and Distributed
Managing distributed systems in general, and doing it from a centralized location in particular, are major problem areas.
Providing centralized LAN-based services often involves major changes at each client's workstation.
SNMP versus CMIP: Are they really more similar than different?
A look at IBM's network management tools.
Don't get caught with your network down.
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RESOURCE GUIDE Network Management Sources
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RESOURCE GUIDE Network Management Sources
Your guide to producers of network management products.
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
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PRODUCT FOCUS Please, Mister Postman
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PRODUCT FOCUS Please, Mister Postman
The BYTE Lab tests nine E-mail packages for Mac and PC LANs.
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Ethernet's 32-bit Players
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Ethernet's 32-bit Players
EISA Ethernet adapters break LAN performance bottlenecks.
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Newtek's Video Toaster Makes Professional Video Affordable
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Newtek's Video Toaster Makes Professional Video Affordable
"Desktop video" now a reality.
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A Wallet-Friendly Mac That Delivers Performance
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A Wallet-Friendly Mac That Delivers Performance
The high-performance Mac Ilsi.
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Quick Relief for Windows Programming
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Quick Relief for Windows Programming
Winpro/3 automates Windows 3.0 programming.
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Powerfusion Provides the Glue for Networking DOS and Unix
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Powerfusion Provides the Glue for Networking DOS and Unix
One answer to the dilemma of interconnecting DOS and Unix LANs .
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2-D and 3-D Mac CAD for Less Cost
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2-D and 3-D Mac CAD for Less Cost
DesignCAD's new Mac program offers fast 2-D and 3-D design.
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V-ATE Revs Up PC Diagnostics
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V-ATE Revs Up PC Diagnostics
Vista Microsystems offers more than standard power-on self-test cards.
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REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK
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REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK
Two new Mac products take voice input and digital video a step forward.
HANDS ON
HANDS ON
Valuable details about MS-DOS.
Making Windows 3.0 work on a network.
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Lossless Data Compression
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Lossless Data Compression
An explanation of two compression algorithms.
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UNDER THE HOOD The IDE Hard Disk Drive Interface
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UNDER THE HOOD The IDE Hard Disk Drive Interface
Soon to be the AT standard?
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BEYOND DOS: WINDOWS AND OS/2 Windows Programming Made Easy
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BEYOND DOS: WINDOWS AND OS/2 Windows Programming Made Easy
Automating Windows.
[author : Martin Heller]
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MACINATIONS The Business Macintosh
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MACINATIONS The Business Macintosh
Don looks at Mac business simulation.
[author : Don Crabb]
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THE UNIX /bin Tricks of the Unix Gurus
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THE UNIX /bin Tricks of the Unix Gurus
Some powerful hints for work and fun.
[author : David Fiedler]
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NETWORKS In Praise of Remote Procedure Calls
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NETWORKS In Praise of Remote Procedure Calls
RPCs harness the power of the client/server architecture.
[author : Barry Nance]
PostScript, a dying disk, and a little panic.
OPINIONS
OPINIONS
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USER'S COLUMN Desktop Publishing Fever
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USER'S COLUMN Desktop Publishing Fever
Jerry looks at some new games, including Chris Crawford's Balance of the Planet, Mac software and hardware, and simulation software.
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
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BUSINESS CONNECTION Whose Enterprise Is It?
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BUSINESS CONNECTION Whose Enterprise Is It?
Make sure that your enterprise network needs are indeed your own.
[author : Wayne Rash Jr.]
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ROUNDTABLE Why Doesn't Software Work?
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ROUNDTABLE Why Doesn't Software Work?
BYTE columnists, staff, and contributors debate the issues.
Of Hard Disks and Redesigns
Readers react to relational databases, software quality control, and Jerry Pournelle.
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PRINT QUEUE More Mathematical People
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PRINT QUEUE More Mathematical People
Two new books look at the lives of math whizzes and their work.
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STOP BIT Open Season on Unix?
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STOP BIT Open Season on Unix?
"Open, schmopen, just give me something that works," says one of BYTE's Unix aficionados.
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 382
Inquiry Reply Cards: after 382
PROGRAM LISTINGS
PROGRAM LISTINGS
From BIX: Call (800) 227-2983
From BIX: Call (800) 227-2983
From BYTEnet: Call (617) 861-9764
From BYTEnet: Call (617) 861-9764
On disk: See card after 218
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