Byte vol.12 №13 1987

65 PRODUCTS IN PERSPECTIVE
67 What’s New
97 Short Takes
Turbo Pascal 4.0
XyWrite III Plus
Daily Wheel, Scientific Wheel, and Professional Wheel
Hauppauge 386 Motherboard
Colorizer 1.0
109 The New Generation:
MPW Compiler Lets Mac Il’s 68020 Shine
by the BYTE Editorial Staff
The numbers are revealing… and deceiving.
First Impressions
111 QuickBASIC 4.0
by G. Michael Vose
QuickBASIC finally delivers on the promise of its name.
119 Three New Spreadsheets
by Ezra Shapiro
Products from Borland, Microsoft, and WordPerfect get set to take on the industry leader, Lotus 1-2-3.
123 MultiFinder for the Macintosh
by Gregg Williams
Apple’s new multitasking operating system for the Macintosh computers.
Reviews
134 The Compaq Portable 386
by Tom Thompson
Compaq’s second-generation 80386 portable provides power in a small package.
143 The IBM PS/2 Model 80
by Curtis Franklin Jr. and Richard Grehan
A tower of power from IBM.
153 Acer 1100 and Micro 1 386 +
by Ed McNiemey
Two 80386 personal computers that combine power and affordability.
161 80286 Accelerators
by Raymond GA Cote
Eleven products from three categories: replacement, switcher, and multiprocessor boards.
169 BIX Product Focus: Accelerator Boards
by Curtis Franklin Jr.
BIX users talk about what they want from accelerator boards (and accelerator-board manufacturers).
177 Accelerator Boards for the Macintosh SE
by Laurence H. Loeb
Two 68020 plug-in boards that enhance the capabilities of the Mac SE.
180 Traveling Modems
by Pete White
These two units pack all the standard features in a very small size.
187 Three FORTRAN 77 Compilers
by David W. Burleigh
These compilers bring mainframe features to 8086-and 80286-based microcomputers.
196 High C 386
by Matt Trask
A C compiler for the 80386 world.
205 ANSYS-PC/Linear and MSC/pal 2
by Nicholas M. Baran
Two finite-element programs for the IBM PC.
212 MasterTracks Pro MIDI Sequencer
by Donald Swearingen
A MIDI-based music sequencer for the Macintosh.
216 WordCruncher
by Rubin Rabinovitz
A text-retrieval program that rivals the mainframes’.
Columns
225 Computing at Chaos Manor:
On the Road to Karlsruhe
by Jerry Poumelle
A trip to Germany gives a new hard disk portable its first road test.