Byte vol.7 №1 January 1982

Features
26 The Atari Tutorial Part 5: Scrolling by Chris Crawford / Coarse and fine scrolling, both horizontally and vertically, let the display screen become a window for viewing large amounts of data.
36 A Closer Look at the IBM Personal Computer by Gregg Williams I The Personal Computer is a versatile microcomputer that can be used in almost any application.
72 Analog Interfacing In the Real World by Steve Ciarcia I Learn how to design and build economical analog interfaces.
100 MIKBUG and the TRS-80, Part 2: A File Transfer and Debugging Package by Robert Labenski I Use your TRS-80 as a file-transfer terminal and debugging monitor for a 6800 system.
132 User’s Column: Operating Systems, Languages, Statistics, Pirates, and the Lone Wolf by Jerry Pournelle / Straight talk on a variety of new products from a hard-to-please computer user.
160 Build a Joystick A-to-D Converter for the TRS-80 Model I or III, Second In a Series by William Barden, Jr. IA hardware/software project to make your TRS-80 “sensitive” to the analog world.
190 Troubleshooting with Electronic Signatures by Kenneth M. Piggott IA “free-running”’ microprocessor can help to fix a malfunctioning computer system.
216 Memory Expansion for the ZX-80 by Hilton K. Ernde I Upgrade your Sinclair ZX-80 for under S200 with a 16 K-byte memory-expansion project.
239 An 8080-Based Remote Appliance Controller by David C. Staehlin IBSR X-IO strikes again.
304 Clocked Interrupts for the COSMAC Elf by Gary H. Price I Hardware and software provide video-display and variable-period interrupts.
344 COSMAC EPROM Programmer by Dan Rubis I How to build a low-cost EPROM programmer based on an RCA 1802 microprocessor.
366 An Apple Talks with the Deaf by Ned W. Rhodes I With the hardware and software described here, you can pick up the phone and wish a deaf friend a good day.
397 An Effective Text-Compression Algorithm by David Cortesi I Reduce the size of text files by identifying common pairs of letters.
410 Structured Programming In BASIC by Mark Sobell I An introduction to the principles of structured programming with examples in Cromemco 32 K Structured BASIC 420lhe GEOSAT Program by Steve Emmett / How to tell if your location is suitable for a satellite-receiving antenna.
Reviews
123 The RCA VP-3301 Data Terminal by Tim Daneliuk
332 SD Systems’ Z80 Starter Kit by Wayne Angevine
Nucleus
6 Editorial: Of IBM, Operating Systems, and Rosetta Stones
14 Letters
114, 206, 433 Technical Forum: Floppy-Disk Performance, Analyze Audio by Visualizing; Z80 Starting Address, One Jump Further
118 Education Forum: AC Motor Control: Simple Algorithms and Hardware
186 Programming Quickies; Thirty More Days to a Faster Input
234, 324, 436 System Notes Accidental Reset Protection for the Apple II; Add a Peripheral Interface Adapter to Your Apple II; SOFTIM, A Software Timer
296 BYTELINES
387 Books Received
388 Event Queue
393 Clubs and Newsletters
394 Software Received
404 Ask BYTE
416 Product Description: CMOS: Memory with a Future. Ideas Behind CompuPro’s RAM I 7
440 What’s New?
494 Unclassified Ads
495 Reader Service
496 BOMB, BOMB Results