Byte vol.12 №10 October 1987

FEATURES 99
A Programmer’s Introduction to OS/2…………101
by Ray Duncan
Writing your first OS/2 application.
The New Generation:
A Closer Look…………………………….110
by Richard Grehan
Some surprises about the relative speeds of 80386 and 68020 machines.
Ciarcia’s Circuit Cellar:
Build the Circuit Cellar AT Computer, Part 1: AT Basics…………………………..1 IS
by Steve Ciarcia
A faster, smaller, and more efficient 100 percent compatible AT CPU board.
Programming Project:
Crafting Reusable Software in Modula-2………..123
by Hanna Oktaba and Rene Berber
Careful program design results in safe, reusable program libraries.
Programming Insight:
Teaching Old Screens New Tricks……………..129
by Michael J. Sorens
Create fancy screen displays for your homegrown programs.
Constructing an Associative Memory…………..137
by Bart Kosko
This nonlinear neural network runs on your PC.
Karmarkar’s Algorithm ……………………..146
by Andrew M. Rockett and John C. Stevenson
A method for solving large linear programming problems.
THEME: Printer Technologies
161
Introduction………………………………. 162
Color Printing………………………………..163
by Naomi M. Luft
If the growth cf color printing has been slower than expected, it isn’t for lack of technologies.
Vector-to-Raster Algorithms…………………..177
by Dick Fountain
Disguising vector information as raster data.
Page Printers……………………………….187
by Rick Cook
New developments will help reduce cost and improve resolution.
Print Quality ………………………………199
by Lars Jansson
Rating printer technologies requires a set of objective definitions for print quality.
Engineering Close-Ups:
Taming the Hot Heads…………………………209
by Keith B. Davenport
Using CAD to design more efficient print heads.
Matrix-Line Printing…………………………215
by Mark Hohneker
This alternative to a serial moving-head design uses an eight-inch-wide bank of print hammers.
Color Thermal-Transfer Printing………………..221
by Julio Guardado
This process is simple in principle but challenging in its implementation.
Designing a High-Speed Page Printer Controller…..225
by Phil Ellison
This design proves that the controller doesn’t have to bottleneck the printing system.
Strip-Buffer vs. Full-Page Bit-Map Imaging……..229
by Bert Douglas
This approach minimizes memory requirements.
REVIEWS 235
Reviewer’s Notebook………………………….236
by Cathryn Baskin
The Kaypro 386………………………………239
by Ray Duncan This machine delivers two to three times the performance of the IBM PC AT.