Cover Story
p.30 The Apple Macintosh Computer
[author Gregg Williams]
The firm that brought forth the Lisa now offers mouse-window-desktop technology in an under-$2500 system.
p.58 An Interview: The Macintosh Design Team
[author Phil Lemmons]
The "wizards" behind the Macintosh discuss the design goals and philosophy that influenced the development of Apple's new computer.
Columns
p.88 Build the Circuit Cellar Term-Mite ST Smart Terminal, Part 2: Programming and Use
[author Steve Ciarcia]
The supplied standard control software supports several character attributes and various configuration options.
p.113 User's Column: Chaos Manor Gets Its long-Awaited IBM PC
[author Jerry Pournelle]
Of mice and men, Eagles, Shirley, the ol' mailbag, and much more.
p.147 BYTE West Coast: A Business Computer, a Business Program, and More on Voice Recognition
[author Ezra Shapiro]
Recent developments on the computing scene raise some questions about perceived industry trends.
Themes
p.158 Benchmarks and Performance Evaluation
[author Bruce Roberts]
This month's articles discuss benchmarks, their limitations, and alternative methods of product evaluation.
p.160 Don't Bench Me In
[author Jerry Houston]
Benchmarks are a popular way to compare both hardware and software. But how meaningful are they?
p.168 Beyond MIPS: Performance Is Not Quality
[author John M. Carroll and Mary Beth Rosson]
Two users observe that there's more to overall system quality than speed of operation.
p.175 Software Performance Evaluation
[author Brian Boyle]
This article presents some helpful guidelines borrowed from a successful hardware model.
p.193 The Art of Benchmarking Printers
[author Sergio Mello-Grand]
An exhaustive set of benchmarks helps you determine how fast your printer really is.
p.218 Benchmarking FORTRAN Compilers
[author Avram Tetewsky]
The author offers insights into determining which compiler creates the fastest code.
p. 227 Benchmark Confessions
[author Peter Marvit and Mohandas Nair]
Understanding the background and intentions of benchmarks is the key to interpreting the results.
p.235 The Word-Processing Maze
[author Andrea Lewis]
How to find your way through all those "new" features.
p.243 Evaluating Word-Processing Programs
[author Arthur Naiman]
A 100-point checklist simplifies the decision-making process.
Reviews
p.251 Reviewer's Notebook
[author Rich Malloy]
A plotter from Hewlett-Packard, a Mannesmann Tally printer, and two software packages for the IBM PC are featured in this month's notes.
p. 252 ProDOS
[author Rob Moore]
Apple computer presents a powerful new operating system for Apple II computers.
p.267 Knowledgeman
[author James W. Walker]
A new, fully integrated management system offers full database and spreadsheet capabilities in one package.
p. 278 The IBM CS-9000 Lab Computer
[author Thomas R. Clune]
A closer look at IBM's "other" microcomputer.
p. 292 The Rixon R212A Intelligent Modem
[author Chuck Weger]
This device can emulate the Hayes Smartmodem and do a few other tricks besides.
p. 303 Savvy
[author Peter V. Caliamaras]
This easy-to-use system actually learns from you.
p. 308 The Micro-Sci Gameport III for the Apple III
[author William J. Purpura and Paula K. Purpura]
With this card in place, your Apple III can run most Apple II game software.
p.310 The Videx Ultraterm
[author Peter V. Callamaras]
Easy to install and use, the Ultraterm video-display card enables the Apple II to display up to 160 columns or 48 lines.
p. 318 Apple Disk Emulators: Axlon, Legend, Pion, and Synetix
[author Michael W. Gilbert]
Four RAM disk emulators for the Apple II allow faster execution times for applications requiring numerous disk accesses.
Features
p.84 Apple Announces the Lisa 2
[author Gregg Williams]
Macintosh compatibility is a key feature of the new Lisa.
p. 331 IBM/Apple Communication
Robert Jones' Sending text files between Apples and IBM PCs is easy with these simple programs.
p. 342 A Low-Cost, Low Write-Voltage EEPROM
[author Joe D. Blagg]
Seeq Technology's $10 EEPROM can be programmed in your computer with simple and inexpensive circuitry.
p.346 Foot Control
[author Dennis M. Pfister]
Adding a foot-operated Control key to your keyboard simplifies control sequences.
p.349 Inside a Complier: Notes on Optimization and Code Generation
[author Kaare Christian]
A look at Pascal/MT+86 and Pascal-86 show s you how to evaluate these and other compilers.
p.370 Writing Device Drivers for MS-DOS 2.0 Using Tandon TM100-4 Drives
[author J. Eric Roskos]
The increase in flexibility can be worth the added effort.
p.383 Deciphering Word Games
[author Mark C. Worley]
Two BASIC programs can help you solve cryptograms and anagrams.
p.388 Five Original Graphics
[author Robert Sussman and Ted Sussman]
Improving on the Spirograph.
p.395 Bubbles on the S-100 Bus, Part 2: The Software
[author Louis Wheeler]
Making Micropolis MDOS and CP/M work on a bubble-memory board.
p.416 Calculating Overhead Costs by Computer
[author G. Truman Hunter]
A simple, foolproof arithmetic procedure determines the distribution of indirect costs quickly and accurately
Nucleus
p.4 Editorial: The Compatibility Craze
p.7 MICROBYTES
p.12 Letters
p.428 Programming Quickie
p.436 Technical Forum
p.438 Ask BYTE
p.446 Software Received
p.457 Event Queue
p.466 Books Received
p.469 Clubs and Newsletters
p.472 BYTE 's User to User
p.478 Book Review
p.481 What's New?
p.541 Unclassified Ads
p.542 BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Box, BOMB Results
p.543 Reader Service

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