Byte vol.11 №5 May 1986

FEATURES
Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 82
Ciarcias Circuit Cellar: Adding SCSI to the SB 180 Computer.
Part I: Introduction &y Steve Ciarcia…………………………………………………85
This month’s project takes few chips but much explanation.
Programming Project Data Compression with Huffman Coding by Jonathan Amsterdam……………………………………………………………….98
This may be the best aB-around technique for data compression.
Modula-2 As a Systems Programming Language by Ryn C Corbeil and Anne H. Anderson………………………………………………..Ill
The authors describe how particular attributes of Modula-2 helped them develop a real-time multiprocessing operating system in a relatively short time.
Linking Data Flow and Functional Languages by Chris Hankin. David Till, and Hugh Glaser………………………………………….123
Combine the advantages of functional programming and parallel execution to increase executic Easy C by Pete Orlin and John Heat ft………………………………………………..137
Some tips on using this preprocessor can help you write more understandable code.
Programming Insight Subroutine Overlays in GW-BASIC by Mike Carmichael…………………………………………………………………151
With this technique you can store subroutines in a RAM disk and have your BASIC program cal them one by one as they are needed.
THEME: MASS STORAGE
Introductioi ……………………………………………………………………..158
The Evolution of Mass Storage by Leonard Laub…………………………………………161
Follow the development of mass storage media from the e. microcomputer disk systems
CD-ROM Software Development by Bill Zoellick……………………………………….. 177
To get the most out of CD-ROMs, you need to know how they differ from magnetic disks.
The Application Interface of Optical Drives by Jeffrey R. Dulude………………………..193
This article discusses the Issues facing the applications programmer working with write-once disks.
Optical Disk Error Correction by Solomon W. Golomb…………………………………….203
Sophisticated codes allow meda makers to use less osk space for error correction and more for storing data.
A Roundup of Optical Disk Drives by RM Malloy…………………………………………215
Rich describes a variety of recently announced optical storage systems. Tape Backup Systems by Anthony Antonuccio………………………………………….. 227
The “data insurance’ these systems provide is more needed than ever with
Laser Libraries by Norman Desmarais …………………………………………………235
Several large databases are now available on optical disks.