Byte vol.9 №12 December 1984

FEATURES
Introduction…………………………………………………100
The Data GeneraJOne by Gregg Williams and Ken Sheldon…………….102
This battery-powered portable offers remarkable power per pound.
Ciarcias Circuit Cellar: The Lis ner 1000 by Steve Ciarcia………..110
Steves low-cost high-performance speech-recognition system uses the General Instruments SPIOOO chip.
A Go Board for the Macintosh by Bruce F. Webster…………………125
The ancient strategy game finds a new setting in MacFORTH.
A Travesty Generator for Micros by Hugh Kenner and Joseph O’Rourke.. 129 Nonsense imitation requires clever text processing.
The Pick Operating System, Part 2: System Control by Ricfc Cook and John Brandon…………………………………132
The concluding article of this series covers programming capabilities and control elements.
AG AT A Soviet Apple II Computer by Leo D. Bores. M.D…………….134
More than 25 years after Sputnik, the Soviets bring out an Apple 11.
THEME: NEW CHIPS
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Introduction to Semiconductors by Alan R Miller………………….143
A professor discusses what they are and how they work.
The MC68020 32-bit Microprocessor by Paul E Groepler and James Kennedy……………………………159
The latest member of Motorola’s 68000 family includes on-board cache and virtual memory.
The Xtar Graphics Microprocessor by Terry Coleman and Skip Powers… 179 I\vo Xtar executives tell how this chip set draws filled-in polygons at superhigh speed.
RISC Chips by John Markoff…………………………………….191
RISC means longer programs but faster execution.
Gallium Arsenide Chips by Phillip Robinson………………………211
A new semiconductor technology offers blazing speed.
The 80286 Microprocessor by Paul Wells………………………….231
Intel’s marketing manager for special programs, a former engineer, writes on the head of the iAPX 286 family.
The PF474 by Steve Rosenthal…………………………………..247
This coprocessor is optimized to perform string-search operations on text files.
REVIEWS
Introduction…………………………………………………258
Reviewer s Notebook by Rich Malloy……………………………..261
The HP 150 Computer by Mark Haas………………………………..262
The 8088-based touchscreen computer.
The Columbia Multipersonal Computer-VP by Peter V Callamaras………276
An IBM PC-compatible, transportable system.
Leading Edge and MultiMate by C | Puotinen……………………….287
TWo word-processor programs for the IBM PC.
polyFORTH and PC/FORTH by Ernie Tello……………………………303
Two FORTH development systems for the IBM PC.
Samna Word 111 by Rubin Rabinovilz………………………………319
A word processor for the IBM PC.
The Mannesmann Tally Spirit 80 Printer by Mark J. Welch……………335
The Brother HR-15 Letter Quality Printer by Peter V. Callamaras……341
Review Feedback……………………………………………….348
Readers respond to previous reviews.
KERNEL
Introduction……………………t……………………………….359
Computing at Chaos Manor: NCC Reflections by Jerry Pournelle………….361
Can hobbyists survive in an industry dissolving in hype?
Chaos Manor Mail conducted by Jerry Pournelle………………………..381
BYTE West Coast. New Developments by John Markoff. Phil Robinson, and Ezra Shapiro……………………..387
Three West Coast editors report on a dBASE compiler, new printer technology.
pfs:Plan. and how to make the Macintosh talk.
BYTE Japan: Technology Shock by William M. Raike……………………..401
Our Tokyo correspondent discovers some surprising U.S. trends.
BYTE U.K.: A Plethora of Portables by Dicfc Pountain………………….413
A whole family of Apricots and a pocket computer from Psion are in the news
Mathematical Recreations: Toggling Functions by Michael W. Ecker.. 425
This month’s recreation involves an eccentric jailer’s strange way of granting amnesty.
Circuit Cellar Feedback conducted by Steve Ciarcia……………………430
Steve answers project-related queries from readers
Editorial: The Myth of the Iso-Techie……………..6
MICROBYTES…………………9
Letters…………………..14
Fixes and Updates………….33
WHAT’S New……………39, 520
Ask BYTE………………….48
Clubs and Newsletters………59
Book Reviews………………65
Event Queue……………… 83
Books Received……………495
Application Nofe………….505
Unclassified Ads………….573
BYTE’s Ongoing Monitor Box.
BOMB Results…………….574
Reader Service……………575