Byte vol.12 №2 Febrary 1987

FEATURES
Introduction…………………………………82
Workstations…………………………………85
by Charles D. Weston and George A. Stewart
An evaluation of three models offers a tantalizing glimpse of where personal computers are going.
Ciarcia’s Circuit Cellar:
Build an Infrared Remote Controller …………..101
by Steve Ciarcia
A custom hand-held transmitter and receiver.
Programming Project:
Illinois Functional Programming: A Tutorial……..114
by Arch D. Robison
Construct functional programs with this public domain language.
Build Your Own 256K Amiga Expansion RAM…………129
by Richard F. Retter and Andrew N. Morelli Jr.
Save over a hundred dollars by building your own expansion RAM module.
Programming Insight:
Calculating the Area of an Irregular Shape………135
by Rene Stolk and George Ettershank
A BASIC program for calculating the areas of simple closed curves.
Programming Insight:
Another Approach to Data Compression…………..137
by Robert J. Sciamanda
Use this set of BASIC programs to explore the Nyquist sampling theorem.
THEME: Educational Computing
Introduction…………………………………..146
Using Computers for Instruction………………….149
by Henry Jay Becker
A research scientist looks at the results and implications of the Second National Survey of Instructional Uses of School Computers.
The Difference in Higher Education……………….165
by Donna Osgood
Profiles of five colleges making good on their promise to provide campuswide access to computers.
The Quiet Revolution by Brock N. Meeks……………183
The author takes us inside the electronic university—does it really emulate the traditional classroom?
A Hard Look at Educational Software………………193
by Adeline Naiman
The state of the art in education hardly reflects the technological advances available.
The Potential for Interactive Technology………….201
by Alfred Bork
The future for learning and using technology requires vision and facts.
REVIEWS
Introduction…………………………………..210
Reviewer’s Notebook by Jon Edwards……………….213
The ALR Access 386 and the Compaq Deskpro 386………………………215
by Stanley J. Wszola and Curtis Franklin Jr.
Two high-performance 80386 machines.
Four Portable Computers by John D. Unger………….221
IBM PC-compatible laptops from Toshiba, Zenith, Bondwell, and IBM.
The Atari 1040ST by Dave Menconi…………………231
An excellent value with just a few problems.
Four Ink-Jet Printers by Robert D. Swearengin……..239
Offerings from Diconix, Quadram, Xerox, and Tektronix.