Byte vol.8 №2 Febrary 1983

Features
33 The Lisa Computer System by Gregg Williams / State-of-the-art hardware and software are combined in this new machine that literally anyone can use.
54 Build a Handheld LCD Terminal by Steve Ciarcia IA single-line display is quite adequate for many troubleshooting and monitoring applications.
68 Apple’s Enhanced Computer: The Apple lie by Robin Moore I For about the same price as the II. the lie gives you a variety of exciting new features and capabilities.
90 An Interview with Wayne Rosing, Bruce Daniels, and Larry Tesler by Chris Morgan, Gregg Williams, and Phil Lemmons I Three key members of Apple’s engineering staff discuss the development of the Lisa computer system.
118 The Enhanced VIC-20, Part 1: Adding a Reset Switch by Joel Swank I How to add a convenient feature to your VIC-20.
130 The World of Standards by Chuck Card, R. Donald Prigge, Josephine L. Walkowicz, and Marjorie F. Hill / The process for producing American National Standards is full of checks and balances.
146 Welcome to the Standards Jungle by Ian H. Witten I An in-depth look at the confusing world of computer connections.
182 A Proposed Floppy-Disk Format Standard by Chuck Card / A brief description of a proposed format that will allow you to interchange disks from several systems.
194 The Proposed ANSI BASIC Standard by Ronald Anderson I The committee asks for your opinion.
203 NAPLPS: A New Standard for Text and Graphics, Part 1: Introduction, History, and Structure by Jim Fleming and William Frezza IA close look at an important and controversial new communications standard. 256 Realizing Graphics Standards for Microcomputers by Fred E. Langhorst and Thomas B. Clarkson III / Use of the Virtual Device Interface graphics system will make portable graphics application software possible.
272 The IEEE Standard for the S-100 Bus by Mark Garetz I Standardization helps manufacturers design compatible components independently.
314 Problem Oriented Language, Part 3: Assembling the Modules by Mark Finger I The final segment of this article describes assembling the modules into a complete programming system.
347 User’s Column: Confessions, Pascal Prime, Wescon, and Perfect Writer by Jerry Pournelle / Our resident critic comments on Wescon and text editors.
392 Shape-Table Graphics for the TRS-80 by Dan Rollins / Draw complex shapes with a single command.
452 Passing Untyped Parameters In UCSD Pascal by Eliakim Widner I An assembler-language function and a “trick” combine in a parameter-passing method.
458 A Terminal Program for the TRS-80 Model III by Ralph L James IA world of information is just a phone call away.
Reviews
302 The Scribble Text Processor by Christopher O. Kern 366 LDOS Utilities by Tim Daneliuk
Nucleus
6 Editorial: Standards: The Love/Hate Relationship
14 Letters
28, 127,370,433, 441 BYTE’s Bits
370, 374 Book Reviews: 68000 Assembly Language Programming; A Practical Introduction to Computer Graphics
371 Technical Forum: The Magic of the Monte Carlo Method
378 System Notes: A High-Resolution Analog-to-Digital Converter for the TRS-80
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