Byte vol.8 №11 November 1983

Columns
36 Build the H-Com Handicapped Communicator by Steve Ciarcia / The Intel 8748 is the basis for a scanning communicator that users can control with just one switch.
52 BYTE West Coast: California Hardware by Barbara Robertson / A look at four new products, from a portable computer to bubble-memory boards.
65 User’s Column: The Latest from Chaos Manor by Jerry Pournelle I This month’s potpourri begins with a discussion of disk formats.
Themes
76 Inside the IBM PC by Gregg Williams I IBM’s famed Personal Computer spawned the largest group of third-party vendors the microcomputer industry nas ever seen and single-handedly enabled microcomputers to assume a greater percentage of the world’s computat<onal tasks. This month’s tneme artic’es explore the ubiquitous machine from a* wide variety of angles.
78 IBM PCs Do the Unexpected by Steven S. Ross / The IBM PC can conquer a fascinating array of scientific, business, and educational tasks.
88 IBM’s Estridge by Lawrence J. Curran and Richard S. Shuford I In an interview with BYTE’s editors, tne pres.dent of IBM’s Entry Systems Division talks about standards, the PC’s simplicity, and a desire not to be different.
99 Enhancing Screen Displays for the IBM PC by Tim Field / With a program ca’led Screen, you can take full advantage of the capabilities of both monochrome and color displays and adapt them to your own needs.
121 POKEing Around in the IBM PC, Part 1: Accessing System and Hardware Facilities by Hugh R. Howson / How to use BASIC’s PEEK and POKE commands to realize the speed and flexibility of machine-‘anguage code without sacrificing the convenience of a high-level language.
135 Could 1,000,000 IBM PC Users Be Wrong? by Frank Gens and Chris Christiansen I Everyone knows the IBM PC nas nad a profound effect on the personal computer market. But what direction will it take m the future?
144 Big Blue Goes Japanese by Richard Willis I Tne capabilities of IBM Japan’s new 5550 Multistation will make it a formidable competitor in the red-not Japanese market.
168 Expanding on the IBM PC by Mark J. Welch / A survey of expansion boards including 17 fact-fi’led tables.
188 Installable Device Drivers for PC-DOS 2.0 by Tim Field / A look at tne importance of device drivers and now they work with the PC.
199 A Communications Package for the IBM PC by Richard Moore and Michael Geary I How one company’s communications software package evolved as a result of user feedback.
211 A Graphics Editor for the IBM PC by Charles B. Duff / A graphics editor called GLYPHE makes drawing with the PC’s graphics characters fun as well as efficient.
232 Comparing the IBM PC and the Tl PC by Bobbi Bullard I They may look a‘ike, but each of these computers has its own special features.
247 Technical Aspects of IBM PC Compatibility by Charlie Montague, Dave Howse, Bob Mikkelsen, Don Rein, and Dick Mathews / The IBM PC’s success paved the way for IBM PC-compatible computers. But it takes more than an 8088 board to create a plugcompatible machine. Tne authors explain why.
254 The Making of the IBM PC by Brian Camenker / Tne success of the 70-year-old Internationa- Business Machines Corporation can be explained in one word: marketing. 257 Concurrent CP/M by Joe Guzaitis / This operating system efficiently uses computer and operator resources.