Byte vol.8 №6 June 1983

Themes
52 16-Blt Designs by Phil Lemmons / Powerful 16-bit microprocessors coupled with greater memoiy capacity and advanced memory-management techniques promise to ?levate the micro to new levels of power and speed. And the winners are the users, n our theme articles you’ll read about what’s new in the 16-bit arena.
54 Sunrise Systems by Bruce Roberts I This Texas-based startup company produces □ortable 8- and 16-bit microcomputer systems that are labeled and marketed by OEMs.
74 The Gavllan Mob Computer by Phil Lemmons / Lightweight, powerful, and jortable. this battery-powered 16-bit computer can go anywhere. And its optional printer its in a standard-size briefcase right along with the computer.
?6 Digital’s Professional 300 Series by Wesley Melling / Owning a 325 or 350 s almost like having a personal minicomputer. They both share rhe PDP-11 instruction ;et and memory management and provide about 90 percent of the throughput of a ’DP-i 1/24
104 A DEC on Every Desk7 by John J. Snyder / A look at Digital Equipment Cor-□oration’s representatives m the microcomputer world.
110 Tight Squeeze: The HP Series 200 Model 16 by John Monahan / How Hewlett Packard crammed a powerful 16-bit microcomputer into one square foot of desk space.
128 Texas Instruments’ 99/2 Bask Computer by Harry Littlejohn and Mark Jander / Software compatible with the 99/4 A. this 16-bit. less-than-S 100 machine makes a good home computer.
138 Implementing Minicomputer Capabilities In a Desktop Microcomputer by Colin Nayler / Multiple users. Xenix, and local-area networks characterize the Altos 586.
150 A Machine for All Processors: The Fujitsu Model 16s by Wayne Cling-ingsmith I Its plug-in processors allow the Model 16s to run a variety of operating systems and applications programs.
168 The Pronto Series 16 by Skip Hansen I An explanation of the design philosophy behind this business-oriented Intel-80186 based microcomputer.
188 A Sleek Import: The Docutel/Ollvettl M20 by Sergio Mello-Grand / A per-;onal computer that marches to the beat of a different drummer—the Z8000.
194 Modular Architecture by Sudha Kavuru I Some insights into designing a modular romputer around the IBM Personal Computer.
208 Digital Research’s DR Logo by Gary Klldall and David Thornburg I This user-friendly language comes of age.
230 An Inside Look at MS-DOS by Tim Paterson / The history of and design decisions behind MS-DOS. how it works, and where it’s going
256 BYTE West Coast: A Guided Tour of Vlsl On by Phil Lemmons / Visicorp’s Bill Coleman discusses in detail the development, workings, and operation of Visi On. the company’s new operating environment.