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1-2-3 spreadsheet program

on IBM PC, random-number generation with (D.T. Modianos,R.C.
      Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

version 2.01 (R. Malloy), AST 69

4th Dimension database manager and application development system (E.
  Shapiro), Oct 269, Nov 244

32-bit BIX forum, July 310, Aug 290

256K Amiga expansion RAM board, construction of (R.F. Retter and A.N.
  Morelli Jr.), Feb 129

386\ASM/LINK version 1.1E assembler package (M. Trask), Aug 224

386 Turbo 80386 accelerator board, review on (D.E. Crabb), Aug 213

8085 Intel microprocessor, simulation of, with Prolog program (A.
  Lane), Aug 161

8086/8088 assembly language, hashing function in, Jan 132

68020 processor

of accelerator boards for Macintosh SE, review on (L.H. Loeb),
      Nov 177

benchmarks on, compared to 80386 processor (BYTE editorialstaff),
      July 101

    BIX comments on, July 310

        refinement of (R. Grehan), Sep 110

of Definicon DSI-780 coprocessor board, review on (D. Thomas),
      Oct 209

68030 processor from Motorola, instruction set design of (T.L.
  Johnson), Apr 153

68881/68882 floating-point coprocessors, IBM 116

68882 math coprocessor from Motorola, first impressions of (T.
  Thompson), Dec 120

80286 processor

80386 accelerator boards replacing (D.E. Crabb), Aug 213

accelerator boards using, review on (R.G.A. Cote), Nov 161

Cheetah Adapter/386 translator board for (J. Shiell), Apr 135

conceptual design flaw of, May 88

protected-mode programming for (J. Barnum), IBM 125

80386 processor

386\ASM/LINK version 1.1E assembler package for (M. Trask),
      Aug 224

of Acer 1100 Model 40E computer (E. McNierney), Nov 153

benchmarks on, compared to 68020 processor (BYTE editorial staff),
  July 101

        BIX comments on, July 310

    refinement of (R. Grehan), Sep 110

and Cheetah Adapter/386 translator board (J. Shiell), Apr 135

of IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (C. Franklin Jr. and R. Grehan),
      Nov 143

Metaware High C compiler for (B. Webster), June 312

    benchmarks on, Nov 109

    review on (M. Trask), Nov 196

of Micro 1 386+ computer (E. McNierney), Nov 153

PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System version 1.01 for (R. Grehan),
      Sep 263

Professional Pascal compiler for (B. Webster), Juen 306

protected mode programming for (J. Barnum), IBM 125

82786 graphics chip from Intel (B. Nicholls), Aug 135







Abbreviation expanders (J. Edwards), AST 110

AboveBoard 286 memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Above Disc virtual memory emulator (J. Pournelle), May 270, Aug 250

Abvent SpaceEdit 1.5 drafting and three-dimensional modeling program
  for Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

Academic Courseware Exchange, Feb 166

Accelerator boards

68020 for Macintosh SE, review on (L.H. Loeb), Nov 177

80286, review on (R.G.A. Cote), Nov 161

BIX comments on, Nov 169, Dec 165

for Macintosh Plus

    BIX comments on, Dec 165

    review on (C. Crawford), Dec 161

Access 386 computer from Advanced Logic Research (B. Webster),
  June 302

review on (S.J. Wszola and C. Franklin Jr.), Feb 215

Access Associates Alegra Memory Box 2-megabyte version (B. Webster),
  June 313

Accounting Software

design features of (G. W. Hedge), AST 47

Finance 10 package (E. Shapiro), AST 35

multiuser, record locking in, AST 50

Acer 1100 Model 40E computer, review on (E. McNierney), Nov 153

Acius 4th Dimension database manager and application development
  system (E. Shapiro), Oct 269, Nov 244

Acorn Archimedes Model A310 ARM computer (D. Pountain)

preview of, Oct 125

software of, Oct 64A-3

Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge development system for IBM-PC,
  review on (E.R. Tello), June 265

ACRTC registers and commands for GT180 color graphics board (S.
  Ciarcia), Jan 85

interleaved design of, Jan 86

Acta outline processor, Jan 371, Feb 300, May 300

Actor 1.0 object-oriented programming language, review on (L.
  Moskowitz), Sep 266

Ada compilers for microcomputers, review on (N.C. Shammas), July 239

Adaptive Tracker program (E. Shapiro), Sep 307

AdaVantage 1.0 Ada language-development environment (N.C. Shammas),
  July 239

Addison-Wesley Publishing

desktop publishing software, May 160, May 162

Puppy Love educational game, Feb 298

True BASIC for Macintosh (S.L. Norman), May 241

Adobe Systems Illustrator art creation program for Macintosh (E.
  Shapiro), May 293

Advanced Logic Research

Access 386 computer (B. Webster), June 302

    review on (S.J. Wszola and C. Franklin Jr.), Feb 215

PC 2/286 computer, speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

Advanced Logic Systems Word Handler 1.6 word processing program,
  review on (M. O'Neil), Apr 257

Advanced Matrix Technology AMT 2002 dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

Advantage!  IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Advantage C++ version 1.1M3 translator, review on (M. Mallett),
  Oct 229

Adventure games

AdySys adventure game writing system (D. Betz), May 125

and interactive fiction (M.A. Buckles), May 135

AdvSys adventure game writing system (D. Betz), May 125

Airus

Detente memory-resident shell program (E. Shapiro), AST 34

Write Now word processing program (E. Shapiro), May 272, AST 34

Aldus desktop publishing software, May 160, May 162

PageMaker 1.0 program (J. Cavuoto), Dec 169

Alegra Memory Box for Amiga, 2-megabyte version (B. Webster), June 313

Algorithms

for calculating area of irregular shapes (R. Stolk and G.
  Ettershank), Feb 135

cyclic redundancy check (J. LeVan), Nov 339

data compression (D. Pountain), June 317

in disk-allocation methods (G. Weissman), IBM 185

in freehand painting programs (D. Pountain), Nov 317

heuristic:  SEE HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS

image processing, introduction to (B.M. Dawson), Mar 169

Karmarkar's (A.M. Rockett and J.C. Stevenson), Sep 146

Lee's, on routing of printed circuit boards (S.E. Belter),
  June 199

Searching

    heuristic, in Prolog, Oct 173, Oct 177

    in text indexing (D. Pountain), Aug 257

    sorting, in text indexing (D. Pountain), July 275

    vector-to-raster (D. Pountain), Sep 177

All Card AT1/M multifunction memory board, review on (J. Angel),
  Jan 324

All Computers All Card AT1/M multifunction memory board, review on
  (J. Angel), Jan 324

Alpha Software

ALPHA/three database management program (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Keyworks 2.0 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

ALPHA/three database management program (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Alphatype desktop publishing software, May 160

Alps America dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

ALR:  SEE ADVANCED LOGIC RESEARCH

ALS Prolog version 1.0, review on (A. Lane), Sep 269

Alsys Ada 1.2 language-development environment (N.C. Shammas),
  July 239

Altsys Fontographer typeface design program (E. Shapiro), May 294

AMAX AT 3000 computer, speed and compatibility test on, Jan 328

American Computer and Peripheral 386 Turbo 80386 accelerator board
  (D.E. Crabb), Aug 213

American Micronics Elephant memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

American Open University on-line credit courses, Feb 184

Amgraf desktop publishing software, May 160

Amiga computers

Amiga 1000

    low-cost image processing with (C. McManis), Mar 191

    Turbo-Amiga expansion chassis for (W. Block), June 235

Amiga A2000

    peripherals of, Mar 97

    preview on (G. Williams, T. Thompson and R. Grehan), Mar 84

BIX comments on, Jan 413, Feb 331, Mar 311, Apr 323, May 325, June
  334, July 291, Aug 273

construction of 256K expansion RAM board for (R.F. Retter and A.N.
  Morelli Jr.), Feb 129

Deluxe Music Construction Set 1.1 music composition program for
  (G. Williams), July 249

DigiView and DigiPaint programs for (B. Webster), Apr 296

Lattice C compiler 3.10 for (B. Webster), Apr 296

Marauder II disk backup program for (B. Webster), Mar 292

MultiFORTH for, Feb 310

PAL expansion chassis for (B.Webster), Apr 290

ProWrite word processing program for (B. Webster), Mar 292

public domain software for (W. Block), Feb 256

Scribble! word processing package for, review on (W. Block),
  Jan 342

Starboard II memory-expansion box for (B. Webster), Mar 291

Amstrad PC1515 IBM-compatible computer (D. Pountain), Feb 287

Anagram solving in C, programming project on (M. Morton), Nov 325

Anchor Automation Lightning f/i modem, review on (S. Satchell),
  May 209

Ancient Art of War at Sea game (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

Anderson Jacobson AJ2400-2H01 modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Andrew Project of Carnegie Mellon University (D. Osgood), Feb 167

bit-mapped text display of (W.J. Hansen), Jan 183

Animation, with CAD-3D 1.0 program, review on (R. DeMaria), Mar 238

Ansa Software Paradox 1.1 database manager (C. Spezzano), AST 77

ANSISYS.C header file in C (D.F. Ridgway), Nov 363

ANSYS-PC/Linear 4.2-A3 finite-element analysis program, review on
  (N.M. Baran), Nov 205

Antic Software

CAD-3D 1.0 three-dimensional modeling program, review on (R.
  DeMaria), Mar 238

Flash communications software, Feb 268

    review on version 1.12 (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Apex Resources DevpacST assembly language development system for Atari
  ST, Jan 371, Feb 268

API application program interface (S.R. Boye and P. Kahn), AST 19

A-Plus integrated windowing software (E. Shapiro), Apr 306

Apollo Computer workstations (P. Robinson), Nov 251

Domain Series 3000, evaluation of (C.D. Weston and G.A. Stewart),
  Feb 85

Apricot Xen-i IBM-compatible computer (D. Pountain), Feb 287

Apparat Limbo I memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Apple computers

Apple II

    BIX comments on, Jan 429, Feb 339, Mar 330

    Laser 128 computer compatible with (V.E. White), Jan 307

    Apple IIe, intrinsic random-number generator of (D.T.
   Modianos, R. C. Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

    Apple IIGS (B.Webster), Jan 367, Feb 303

        review on (P. Chien), Apr 223

        TML Pascal for, Feb 307

    Apple III, intrinsic random-number generator of (D. T.
  Modianos, R. C. Scott, and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

    BIX comments on, Jan 429, Feb 339, Mar 330, July 305, Aug 276,
      Sep 317

    HyperCard, first impressions of (G. Williams), Dec 109

    MacDraw 1.9 drafting program (P. Robinson), July 251

    Macintosh:  SEE MACINTOSH COMPUTERS

    Macintosh Toolbox window system (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

    MultiFinder multitasking operating system (G. Williams),
  Nov 123

    NuBus, compared to IBM Micro Channel (C. Cornejo and R. Lee),
      IBM 83

Applesoft BASIC programs on relaxation method for solving physics
  problems (G. Williams), Jan 113

AppleTalk

overview of, July 164

in Seagate Stanford Ethernet AppleTalk Gateway (H.T. Smith, W.J.
  Armitage and R.J. Duckworth), July 159

Application input drivers (J. Sagan), IBM 143

Application program interface (S.R. Boye and P. Kahn), AST 19

Applied Logic Systems ALS Prolog 1.0, review on (A. Lane), Sep 269

Applied Reasoning PC-Elevator add-in board for IBM-PC, Nov 161, Dec 98

Archimedes Model A310 Acorn RISC machine (D. Pountain)

preview of, Oct 125

software of, Oct 64A-3

Archive system, local area network (M.W. Perry), July 169

ARCNET PC board (J. Pournelle), May 164

Airus Write Now word processing package, Mar 272, AST 34

ARS.C anagram solving program, Nov 328

Art conservation, digital image processing in (J.F. Asmus), Mar 151

Art creation program Illustrator (E. Shapiro), May 293

Artek Ada version 1.25 language-development environment (N.C.
  Shammas), July 239

Artificial intelligence, natural language processing in:  SEE NATURAL 
  LANGUAGE PROCESSING

ASAP Universal base SIX 6.6 database management program (C. Spezzano),
  AST 77

ASCII Pro 1.3 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

AskSAM text-oriented database (E. Shapiro), Apr 306

Assembly language

batch file commands in (W.J. Claff), IBM 159

windowing subroutine for IBM PC Microsoft BASICA in (J.W. Ross),
  IBM 201

Associative memory, Sep 137, Oct 183

bidirectional (B. Kosko), Sep 137

information available on, Sep 144

AST Research

Advantage! IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

AST-3G Model 1 enhanced graphics adapter board, review on (C.H.
Pappas and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

AST-2000 hard disk drive for Macintosh Plus (J. Pournelle),
  Oct 252

AST Premium/286 computer, review on (J. Unger), Aug 207

SixPakPremium (J. Pournelle), Oct 252

A*Star II computer from Wells American

local area network of, June 232

review on (W. Rash Jr.), June 229

Astronomy, Ferret image processing system for (C. Harris), Dec 317

Atari

520ST computer

    clock/calendar circuit for (T.G. Hunkler), June 161

    GEM dialogue-handling techniques for (T.G. Hunkler), June 161

    interface board for cartridge port (T.G. Hunkler), June 161

140ST computer

    hard disk drives for, Feb 234

    review on (D. Menconi), Feb 231

BIX comments on, Jan 415, Feb 333, Mar 316, Apr 328, May 328,
  June 332, July 293, Aug 274

CAD-3D 1.0 three-dimensional modeling program for computers from
  (R. DeMaria), Mar 238

Magic Sac package for computers from, Jan 358, Jan 371, Feb 268, 
  Apr 289

Mega 4 computer

    BIX comments on, Dec 156

    system review on (J. Kent), Dec 153

MultiFORTH for computers from, Feb 310

SH204 hard disk, Feb 234

Star Raiders game, Feb 268

Zoomracks II text-database manager for computers from, review on
  (T. Sperry), June 272

AT Mega Memory memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

AT Multifunction Card for IBM PC AT, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

AT-Plus 1800 computer from QIC Research, review on (S. Miastkowski),
  Mar 209

ATronics International MegaGraph Plus enhanced graphics adapter board,
  review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

AT&T

PC 6300 computer

    intrinsic random-number generator of (D.T. Modianos, R.C.
    Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

    multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

PC 6300 Plus computer, Jan 353, July 259

    speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

TrueVision image processing system, review on (R. Tinney), Mar 215

Attention! memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Austec

RM Forte menu-driven multiwindow program environment, Nov 194

RM/FORTRAN 2.11 FORTRAN 77 language compiler, review on (D.W.
  Burleigh), Nov 187

AutoCAD 2.6 computer-aided design program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

Autodesk

AutoCAD 2.6 CAD program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

AutoSktech 1.0 CAD program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

Automator mi program (D. Pountain), Jan 383

AutoSketch 1.0 computer-aided design program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

AutoSwitch Enhanced Graphics Adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Avant Garde Systems pc-ditto (J. Pournelle), Sep 302, Oct 264

Award Software desktop publishing software, May 160

Awesome I/O card, Dec 101

Aztec C68K-c Macintosh C compiler (J. West), Aug 219







BackComm 1.3 background communications program (R. Fixmer), Aug 229

Background communications programs (R. Fixmer), Aug 229

Back-It program, Jan 361

Back-propagation rule (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

Baen Software Electric Dragon program (J. Pournelle), June 281

Balance scales, mathematics of (R.T. Kurosaka), Feb 319

BAM bidirectional associative memory (B. Kosko), Sep 137

Base-3 number system (R.T. Kurosaka), Feb 319

BASIC

Applesoft BASIC programs on physics problems (G. Williams),
  Jan 113

BIX comments on, Feb 341, Mar 340

calculating area of irregular shape in (R. Stolk and G.
  Ettershank), Feb 135

CONREC contouring subroutine in (P.D. Bourke), June 143

data compression in, based on Nyquist theorem (R.J. Sciamanda),
       Feb 137

hashing function in, Jan 130, Jan 136

Macintosh BASIC compilers, review on (S.L. Norman), May 241

MTBASIC multitasking BASIC compiler, review on (F.D. Davis),
  Jan 336

PCMacBasic (S.L. Norman), May 241

POLYFIT.BAS polynomial curve fitting program in (W.G. Hood),
  June 155

QuickBASIC version:  SEE QUICKBASIC

TM1.BAS Turing Machine simulation in, Nov 352

True BASIC (S.L. Norman), May 241

Turbo BASIC (J. Pournelle), July 268, Aug 243

    pre-release version, Mar 104

    preview on (G.A. Stewart), Mar 101

windowing subroutine for IBM PC Microsoft BASICA (J.W. Ross),
  IBM 201

ZBASIC (S.L. Norman), May 241

zero-knowledge proof method in, Oct 151

Basic Educational Robot Trainer BERT, construction of (K. Brown),
  Apr 113, May 113

Basic I/O System (BIOS)

of IBM PC family of computers, features of (J. Shiell), IBM 173

timing-independent (H.N. Cohen and J. Hanel), IBM 219

Basic Time Enhanced Graphics Adapter board, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

BASICA of IBM PC, windowing subroutine in assembly language for (J.W.
  Ross), IBM 201

Batch files, adding assembly language  programs to (W.J. Claff),
  IBM 159

Batteries Included DEGAS Elite paint program (B. Webster), Apr 296

BDS Model 630/8-E laser printer, review on (A. Little), Mar 217

Beacon Software International Jot! PC-DOS RAM-resident utility,
  Apr 278, AST 103

Benchmarks

on 68020 accelerator boards for Macintosh SE, Nov 179

on 68020 processor, July 101, July 310

    refinement of (R. Grehan), Sep 110

on 68882 math processor, Dec 120

on 80286 accelerator boards, Nov 164

on 80386 accelerator boards, Aug 214

on 80386 processor, July 101, July 310

    refinement of (R. Grehan), Sep 110

on accelerator boards for Macintosh Plus, Dec 164

on Acer 1100 Model 40E computer, Nov 155

on Ada compilers for microcomputers, July 241

on Advanced Logic Research Access 386 computer, Feb 218

on Apple IIGS computer, Apr 226

on Applied Logic Systems ALS Prolog Compiler,Sep 271

on AST Premium/286 computer, Aug 209

on Atari Mega 4 computer, Dec 154

on Atari SH204 hard disk, Feb 234

on Bondwell 8 portable computer, Feb 223

on C language interpreters, June 247

on C++ translators, Oct 232

on Commodore 64C personal computer, May 231

on Compaq Deskpro 386 computer, Feb 218

on Compaq Portable III Model 20 computer, May 222

on Compaq Portable 386 computer, Nov 136

on Data General/One Model 2 laptop computer, Jan 304

on database management programs, AST 80

on dBASE III Plus compilers (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

on Definicon Systems DSI-750+ coprocessor board, Oct 210

on Definicon Systems DSI-780 coprocessor board, Oct 212

on dot-matirix impact printers, Apr 205

on FORTRAN 77 compilers, Nov 192

on GCLISP 286 Developer LISP development environment, Apr 243

on GRIDlite Model 1032 laptop computer, Oct 205

on Hewlett-Packard HP Vectra computer, Apr 219

on high-speed memory boards, Dec 128

on IBM compatible computers, Jan 328, Feb 96

    multidimensional analysis of (R.G. Brookshire), IBM 193

on IBM PC AT, Mar 211, Apr 219

on IBM PC Convertible computer, Feb 223

on IBM Personal System/2 computers

    Model 30, July 221

    Model 50, July 221

    Model 60, July 221

    Model 80, Aug 113, Nov 144

On ITT XTRA/286 ATW computer, Aug 209

on Kaypro 386 computer, Sep 240

on Konan KXP-230Z Drive Maximizer hard disk controller, July 235

on Laser 128 computer system, Jan 308

on laser printers, Mar 220

on Macintosh computers, Apr 104, Oct 198

    and BASIC compilers, May 244

    and C compilers, Aug 223, Nov 109

    and hard disk drives, May 238

    on Macintosh II, Apr 104, Aug 113, Oct 198

    on Macintosh SE, Apr 104, Aug 203

on MetaWare High C 386 1.3 C compiler, Nov 109, Nov 198

on Micro 1 386+ computer, Nov 155

on Modula-2 programming systems, Jan 334

on MTBASIC multitasking BASIC compiler, Jan 338

on NCR PC8 computer, Mar 211

on NEC APC IV computer, Apr 219

on NEC MultiSpeed portable computer, Sep 255

on Pascal compilers for IBM PC, Dec 188

on PC Designs GV-286 computer, Sep 247

on PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01, Sep 265

on PC Scheme 2.0 LISP compiler and development environment,
  Mar 225

on PC's Limited 286MDSU12MDNM computer, June 231

on PC's Limited 386MDSU16MDNM computer, Dec 142

on Proteus 286GT computer, Sep 247

on QIC AT-Plus 1800 computer, Mar 211

on QuickBASIC 2.0 integrated programming environment, Feb 249

on Scribble! word processing software, Jan 343

on spreadsheet programs, AST 72

on Stride 440 computer, Jan 296

on SupraDrive hard disk, Feb 234

on Tandy 3000 HD computer, Apr 219

on text scanners for IBM PC, Apr 235

on Toshiba T1100 Plus portable computer, Feb 223

on Turbo-Amiga expansion chassis for Amiga 1000 computer, June 236

on Victor V286 computer, Mar 211

on Wang LapTop computer, Oct 205

on Wells American A*Star II computer, June 231

on Word Handler word processing program, Apr 258

on word processing programs, AST 56

on Zenith Z-181 portable computer, Feb 223

on Zenith Z-183 portable computer, Dec 146

BERT Basic Educational Robot Trainer, construction of (K. Brown),
  Apr 113, May 113

BERTL, programming in, May 115

Bestinfo desktop publishing software, May 160

Bidirectional associative memory BAM (B. Kosko), Sep 137

Big Mack Twinpack hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E.
  White), May 237

Big Picture display for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

Biomedical studies, image processing in, Mar 146

BIOS

of IBM PC family of computers (J. Shiell), IBM 173

timing-independent (H.N. Cohen and J. Hanel), IBM 219

Bit-mapped imaging, full-page, compared to strip-buffer imaging (B.
  Douglas),  Sep 229

Bit-mapped text editor, data structures in (W.J. Hansen), Jan 183

BiTurbo STATA statistical program, Dec 98

BIX and BYTEnet listings

on 8085 simulation program in Prolog, Aug 168

on adding assembly language programs to batch files, IBM 159

on AdvSys adventure game writing system, May 135

on ANSISYS.C header file in C, Nov 368

on ARS.C anagram solving program in C, Nov 328

on Atari 520ST clock/calendar, June 165

on CADcompiler 1.2 for design of digital circuits (A.W. Crooke),
      June 187

on CARTOG.PAS and WORLD.DAT programs, Dec 329

on COMPRESS.PAS and EXPAND.PAS programs for data compression and 
  expansion, June 319

on CONREC contouring subroutine in BASIC, June 150

on DRAGON.BAS dragon drawing program, Aug 130

on image processing routines, July 118

    in C, Mar 172, Mar 192

on INDEX.PAS indexing program, Aug 260

on INSERT.ASM filter program, IBM 216

on KAREX programs in BASIC, Sep 160

on LINKLIST.PAS program in Apple Pascal, Jan 171

on MODE.ASM, Jan 313

on mouse driver programs, IBM 144

on natural language processing

    in C, Dec 274

    in Turbo Prolog, Dec 261

on PAL compiler, Jan 224

on PALASM programs, Jan 259

on PMODE.ASM protected mode program, IBM 129

on POLYFIT.BAS polynomial curve fitting program in BASIC, June 155

on PROJ3D.BAS program for perspective in three-dimensional
  plotting, Dec 314

on RegionMaker program for Macintosh, Jan 145

on relaxation methods for solving physics problems, Jan 113

on Spy program for investigation and debugging windows programs,
       IBM 110

on STAMPER program, IBM 54

on TM1.BAS Turing Machine simulation program, Nov 352

on USORT.PAS indexing program, July 280

on WINDOW.BAS program, IBM 203

on ZAPAL program for PAL programmer for IBM PC, Jan 263

Black-and-white films, colorization of, Mar 164, Aug 117

Blaise Computing Power Tools Plus 2.00 Turbo Pascal routines library,
  review on (N.C. Shammas), Apr 244

Blast-II 8.0 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Blyth Software Omnis 3 plus 3.24 database management program (C.
  Spezzano), AST 77

BocaRAM AT memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Boca Research BocaRAM AT memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Boeing CALC spreadsheet program version 3.0 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Bondwell 8 portable computer, review on (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

Book reviews

Bach, M.J.  The Design of the UNIX Operating System, Apr 68

Booch, G.  Software Components with Ada: Structures, Tools, and
       Subsystems, Sep 90

Bratko, I.  Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence, Aug 81

Crawford, C.  Balance of Power: International Politics as the
  Ultimate Global Game, May 76

Da Cruz, F.  Kermit: A File Transfer Protocol, May 68

Desarmenien, J., ed. TMDSDEMDNMX for Scientific Documentation, Nov 58

Eyes, D. and Lichty, R.  Programming the 65816 including the 6502,
       65C02, and 65802, Jan 68

Fischer, M.  65816/65802 Assembly Language Programming, Jan 68

Fischler, M.A. and Firschein, O.  Intelligence:  The Eye, the
  Brain, and the Computer, Aug 90

Glossbrenner, A.  How to Look It Up Online, July 90

Harbison, S.P. and Steele, G.L. Jr.  C: A Reference Manual, 2nd
  ed., Nov 51

Haugdahl, J.S.  Inside NETBIOS, July 83

Kleeman, M.  PC LAN Primer, July 86

Knuth, D.E.  Computers & Typesetting, Volumes A to E, Mar 67

Kottwitz, R.L.  The Power User's Manual, May 74

Krantz, D. and Stanley, J.  68000 Assembly Language: Techniques
  for Building Programs, Sep 86

Marcotty, M. and Ledgard, H.  The World of Programming Languages,
  June 84

Marcus, C.  Prolog Programming: Applications for Database Systems,
  Expert Systems, and Natural Language Systems, Dec 52

McDonough, T.R.  The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence:
       Listening for Life in the Cosmos, Oct 90

Mendel, J.M.  Lessons in Digital Estimation Theory, Oct 81

Minsky, M.  The Society of Mind, Oct 84

Murray, W.H. III and Pappas, C.H.  80386/80286 Assembly Language
       Programming, Jan 76

Niblack, W.  An Introduction to Digital Image Processing, Feb 78

O'Brien, B.  Opening Windows, Dec 58

Peitgen, H.O. and Richter, P.H.  The Beauty of Fractals: Images of
       Complex Dynamical Systems, May 67

Poole, L.  Mac Insights, May 72

Press, W.H., Flannery, B.P., Teukolsky, S.A. and Vetterling, W.T.  
  Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, Jan 65

Randall, J.E.  Microcomputers and Physiological Simulation, 2nd
  ed., Nov 52

Roberts, R.A. and Mullis, C.T.  Digital Signal Processing, Dec 51

Robinson, P.R.  Using Turbo Prolog, Aug 84

Ropiequet, S., Einberger, J. and Zoellick, B. eds.  CD ROM 2:
      Optical Publishing, Sep 81

Schildt, H.  Advanced Turbo Prolog, Aug 86

Shaefer, A.T. and Brittain, J.L.  The AutoCAD Productivity Book: 
  Tapping the Hidden Power of AutoCAD, June 81

Smedinghoff, T.J.  The Legal Guide to Developing, Protecting and
       Marketing Software, Feb 76

Snyder, T. and Palmer J. In Search of the Most Amazing Thing:
  Children, Education and Computers, Feb 67

Stallings, W. ed.  Reduced Instruction Set Computers, Apr 65

Sterling, L. and Shapiro, E.  The Art of Prolog: Advanced
  Programming Techniques, Apr 76

Stonebraker, M., ed.  The Ingres Papers: Anatomy of a Relational
  Database System, June 90

Wresch, W.  A Practical Guide to Computer Uses in the
  English/Language Arts Classroom, Feb 70

Booster Pak (J. Pournelle), Nov 225

Borland International

Eureka equation solving program (J. Pournelle), Sep 300

Quattro spreadsheet program, first impressions of (E. Shapiro),
  Nov 119

Reflex file manager 1.1 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Reflex relational database manager 1.01 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

SideKick 1.52A desktop-accessory program (J. Edwards), AST 103

SuperKey 1.03 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

Turbo BASIC (J. Pournelle), July 268, Aug 243

    pre-release version, Mar 104

    preview on (G.A. Stewart), Mar 101

Turbo C compiler (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

Turbo Lightning spelling checker and thesaurus (J. Edwards),
  AST 103

Turbo Modula-2 for GT180 color graphics board (S. Ciarcia), Jan 87

Turbo Pascal:  SEE TURBO PASCAL

Boston Publishing Systems MacPublisher III 1.0 desktop publishing
  software, May 162

Brain-like models, on natural language processing (M. Zeidenberg),
  Dec 237

BrainPower Statview statistical programs for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

British Telecom Research Laboratories Martello FORTH development
  system (D. Pountain), Mar 286

Broderbund Software

Ancient Art of War at Sea game (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

For Comment group-editing program (E. Shapiro), Nov 242

MemoryMate program (E. Shapiro), Sep 307

Print Shop program, Feb 283

Brooklyn Bridge file transfer program (J. Pournelle), June 284

Brother dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Brown Bag Software Homebase 2.5 desktop-accessory program (J.
  Edwards), AST 103

Brown University, Computer use in (D. Osgood), Feb 175

Bureaucracy game (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

Bus interface designs for IBM PC (J.R. Drummond), IBM 225

Byte-by-Byte PAL expansion chassis for Amiga (B. Webster), Apr 290

BYTEnet listings:  SEE BIX AND BYTENET LISTINGS







C Extender program (B. Webster), Feb 314

C language

AdvSys adventure game writing system in (D. Betz), May 125

anagram solving in, programming project on (M. Morton), Nov 325

ANSISYS.C header file in (D.F. Rideway), Nov 363

BIX comments on, Feb 344

C++ translators, review on (M. Mallett), Oct 229

image processing routines in

    for Amiga 1000 computer (C. McManis), Mar 191

    SIMPP simple image processing package (B.D. Dawson), Mar 169

Lattice C compiler (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

Lightspeed C compiler for Macintosh, Jan 371, June 288

    version 2.01 (J. West), Aug 219

Lyrix word processor using (P. Robinson), May 251

Macintosh C compilers, Jan 371, June 288, Aug 219, Nov 109

memory-resident programs in (B. Edginton), Mar 129

MetaWare High C compiler, June 312, Oct 264, Nov 109, Nov 196,
  Nov 200

Microsoft C compiler (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

    version 4.0 (B. Webster), June 312

natural language processing in (H. Schildt), Dec 269

neural network simulation in (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

Novix CPU and FORTH instructions set in design of C compiler
  (D.L.Miller), Apr 177

optimization of C compilers (M. Roberts), Oct 165

pull-down menus in, for IBM PC (J.L. Pinson), May 109

Q&A file manager and word processor using (P. Robinson), May 249

RUN/C language interpreters (J. Unger), June 245

screen utility programs in, review on (J.Robie), Oct 223

software review on C language interpreters (J. Unger), June 245

Wendin Operating System Toolbox 1.08 using, review on (J. Levitt),
       Mar 228

Word Handler 1.6 word processor using (M. O'Neil), Apr 257

C++ translators, review on (M. Mallett), Oct 229

CACI PC Simscript II.5 version 2.01 computer-simulation language,
  review on (Z.A. Karian), July 244

CAD:  SEE COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

Calculating area of irregular shape (R. Stolk and G. Ettershank),
  Feb 135

Calulation processors for IBM PC, Nov 98

California University at Irvine, computer use in, Feb 202

Canon

A-200 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Cat computer, preview on (E. Shapiro), Oct 121

dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

IX-12 text and image scanner for IBM PC, review on (J. McCormick),
  Apr 233

LBP-8 A1 and A2 laser printers, review on (A. Little), Mar 217

Captain 286 memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Carbon Copy Plus telecommunications software

BIX comments on, Dec 184

review on version 4.0 (R. DeMaria), Dec 180

Card/70 IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

Carnegie Mellon University

Andrew Project of (D. Osgood), Feb 172

    bit-mapped text display of (W.J. Hansen), Jan 183

MACH operating system of (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

CARTOG.PAS program, Dec 329

Cat computer from Canon, preview of (E. Shapiro), Oct 121

CCAT Circuit Cellar AT computer, construction of (S. Ciarcia),
  Sep 115, Oct 135

CD-ROM, map storage on (D.F. Cooke), July 129

Central Point Software Laser 128 computer system, review on (V.E.
  White), Jan 307

Cermeteck Microelectronics 2400 SPC modem, review on (S. Satchell),
  May 209

Chained hashing functions (J.C. Snader), Jan 129

Challenger Software Mac 3D 3.0 three-dimensional modeling program for
  Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

Cheetah International

Adapter/386, Apr 135, July 262, Aug 254

Card/70 IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Combo memory-expansion card, May 268, July 262, Nov 232, Dec 124

    review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

Chessmaster 2000 chess program (J. Pournelle), Sep 302

China, computer industry in (J.H. Maier), Dec 301

Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar (S. Ciarcia)

on CCAT Circuit Cellar AT computer, Sep 115, Oct 135

on custom hand-held infrared transmitter and receiver, Feb 101

on GT180 color graphics board, software of, Jan 85

on IC tester

    hardware of, Nov 303

    software and operation of, Dec 283

on ImageWise gray-scale video digitizer (S. Ciarcia), May 95, June
  129, July 113, Aug 117

on laser tag, Apr 109

on trainable infrared Master Controller, Mar 113

Circuits

CADcompiler 1.2 in design of (A.W. Crooke), June 187

Circuit Cellar IC tester (S. Ciarcia)

    hardware of, Nov 303

    software and operation of, Dec 283

computer-aided routing of printed circuit boards (S.E. Belter),
  June 199

programmable array logic devices in design of (T.G. Marshall),
  Jan 247

silicon compilers in design of (S. Trimberger and J. Rowson),
  June 217

simulation of, in Prolog (W. Clocksin), Aug 148

CISC (complex instruction set computer) design, Apr 143

of Fairchild Clipper processor (M. Ackerman and G. Baum), Apr 161

of Motorola MC68030 microprocessor (T.L. Johnson), Apr 143

and WISC writable instruction set computer concept (P. Koopman),
  Apr 187

Citizen America dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

C.Itoh Digital Products dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Clear Lake Research CLR ANOVA 1.1 statistical program for Macintosh
  (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Clipper dBASE compiler, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

Clock/calendar circuit for Atari 520ST (T.G. Hunkler), June 161

CLOCKSET.ASM program for Atari 520ST, June 165

Clock speeds, and timing-independent BIOS (H.N. Cohen and J. Hanel),
  IBM 219

CLR ANOVA 1.1 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

Club AT Maxi-Magic EMS memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Colleges

computer use in (D. Osgood), Feb 165

on-line credit courses of (B.N. Meeks), Feb 183

Color Fox computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Color monitors (D. Pountain), Apr 311

Color printing (N.M. Luft), Sep 162

thermal-transfer process in (J. Gaurdado), Sep 221

Colorization of black-and-white films, Mar 164, Aug 117

Colorizer 1.0 package for Macintosh II, Nov 104

Combo memory-expansion card from Cheetah, May 268, July 262, Nov 232,
  Dec 124

review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

Comic Strip Factory program (E. Shapiro), Sep 310

Commodore

64C personal computer, review on (A.J.W. Mayer), May 229

Amiga computers:  SEE AMIGA COMPUTERS

Communications programs (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

BackComm 1.3 (R. Fixmer), Aug 229

Carbon Copy Plus 4.0 package, Dec 180, Dec 184

HyperACCESS, Nov 238, AST 91

Lotus Express, July 284, Oct 270

of PFS: First Choice 1.0 integrated package (L.D. Allen), Mar 235

SideTalk 1.00B (R. Fixmer), Aug 229

Communications Research Group Blast-II 8.0 communications program
  (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Compaq computers

Deskpro 286

    multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

    speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

Deskpro 386, Nov 137

    as low-end workstation, Nov 252

    review on (S.J. Wszola and C. Franklin Jr.), Feb 215

Portable II, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Portable III model 20, review on (J. Unger), May 221

Portable 386, review on (T. Thompson), Nov 134

CompareRite file comparison program, Oct 256, Oct 270

Compatibility tests on IBM PC AT compatible computers (J.C. Dermody
  and J. Punater), Jan 328

Compilers

Ada, for microcomputers, review on (N.C. Shammas), July 239

BASIC

    for macintosh, review on (S.L.Norman), May 241

    MTBASIC, review on (F.D. Davis), Jan 336

    QuickBASIC 3.0, first impression of (G.M. Vose), Nov 111

MDBOCMDNM

    Lattice C, Apr 296, Oct 264

    for Macintosh, Jan 371, June 288, Aug 219, Nov 109

    MetaWare High C, June 312, Oct 264, Nov 109, Nov 196, Nov 200

    Novix CPU's FORTH instruction set and design of (D.L. Miller),
      Apr 177

dBASE III Plus compilers, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

FORTRAN 77, Dec 97

    review on (D.W. Burleigh), Nov 187

LISP, PC Scheme, review on (W.G. Wong), Mar 223

Modula-2, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

optimization of, heuristic algorithms in (M. Roberts), Oct 165

Pascal, for IBM PC, review on (M. Bridger), Dec 185

Prolog, Applied Logic Systems ALS 1.0 (A. Lane), Sep 269

Complete Answering Machine, Dec 100

Complete PC Complete Answering Machine package, Dec 100

Complex instruction set computer (CISC) design:  SEE CISC DESIGN

Complex mathematics

in Pascal (D. Gedeon), July 121

review of, July 122

COMPRESS.PAS program for data compression, June 319

CompuADD Standard 286-II computer (J. Pournelle), July 262

Compugraphic desktop publishing software, May 160

CompuPro ARCNET PC board (J. Pournelle), May 264

CompuScan PCS 230 text scanner for IBM PC, review on (J. McCormick),
  Apr 233

Computer-aided design

with CAD-3D 1.0 three-dimensional modeling system with animation
       capabilities (R. DeMaria), Mar 238

with CADcompiler 1.2 for design of digital circuits (A.W. Crooke),
       June 187

with CADKEY 2.11 program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

data structures in CAD software (L. Pfortmiller), June 177

with FastCAD 1.10 program, review on (P. Robinson), Dec 178

with Generic CADD low-cost CAD program (J. Pournelle), Apr 275

with IBM PC and compatibles, software for (P.Robinson), Aug 232

IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification for data exchange in
  (R.J. Mayer), June 209

as issue theme (D. Allen), June 175

with Macintosh, CAD programs for (P. Robinson), July 251

Micro Clipper Graphics graphics subsystem improving (C. Weston),
  Sep 257

reducing heat buildup in high-speed printers (K.B. Davenport),
  Sep 209

in routing of printed circuit boards (S.E. Belter), June 199

with silicon compilers (S. Trimberger and J. Rowson), June 217

Computer Associates SuperCalc4 spreadsheet program version 1.0 (R.
  Malloy), AST 69

Computer Elektronik Infosys Mem-AT+ memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Computer Systems Associates Turbo-Amiga expansion chassis, review on
  (W. Block), June 235

Computing Resource Center BiTurbo STATA statistical program, Dec 98

Concurrent PC DOS version 5.0 multiuser multitasking operating system,
  review on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

Concurrent programming in Turbo Pascal (M.S. Krishnamoorthy and S.
  Agnarsson), Apr 127

Conferencing with computers, in education, reader comments on, Feb 186

Connected Education on-line courses, Feb 184

Connectionist models of natural language processing, Dec 227, Dec 237

Conquest Turbo PC, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

CONREC contouring subroutine in BASIC (P.D. Bourke), June 143

Constraint logic programming (C. Lassez), Aug 171

Construction projects

on 256K Amiga expansion RAM board (R.R. Retter and A.N. Morelli
  Jr.), Feb 129

on BERT Basic Educational Robot Trainer (K. Brown), Apr 113,
  May 113

of Ciarcia:  SEE CIARCIA'S CIRCUIT CELLAR

on PAL programmer board for IBM PC (R.A. Freedman), Jan 263

Consulair

MacC Jr. development system for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

MACC/MACC Toolkit version 5.05 Macintosh C compiler (J. West),
  Aug 219

Contouring subroutine in BASIC (P.D. Bourke), June 143

Control logic (P. Koopman), Jan 235

Controllers, remote infrared

for home control system (S. Ciarcia), Feb 101

trainable, for home entertainment equipment (S. Ciarcia), Mar 113

Coprocessors, floating-point (S.S. Fried), IBM 115

Cornucopia Software Whoops! spelling checking and thesaurus program
  (J. Edwards), AST 103

Cost considerations

in 80286 to 80386 upgrade with Cheetah Adapter/386 (J. Shiell),
  Apr 135

in computer-aided design with Generic CADD low-cost CAD program
  (J. Pournelle), Apr 275

in image processing with Amiga 1000 computer (C. McManis), Mar 191

Course Builder program (E. Shapiro), Aug 263

CPU microcoding, compared to hard-wiring (P. Koopman), Jan 235

Creative Digital Mercury Fastmodem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Creative Programming Consultants Vitamin C 3.0 screen utility program
  (J. Robie), Oct 223

Creative Solutions

MacFORTH Plus, Feb 307

MultiFORTH for Amiga and Atari ST, Feb 310

Cricket Software StatWorks 1.2 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S.
  Lehman), July 207

Crosstalk XVI 3.61 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Cruise Control 2.15 cursor control program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Crystalline Creations Nemesis... the Go Master game (J. Pournelle),
  July 270

CSSL Awesome I/O CARD, Dec 101

C-terp 2.22 C language interpreter, review on (J. Unger), June 245

CTS Fabri-Tek Half-Pak #24 modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Curves

an algorithm for calculating area of irregular shape (R. Stolk
  and G. Ettershank), Feb 135

cycloid (R.T. Kurosaka), May 307

modeling of, with fractal geometry (T. Jeffery), Dec 337

POLYFIT. BAS curve fitting program (W.G. Hood), June 155

Customization of software (D. Pountain), Jan 383

C-Worthy Library 1.0 screen utility program (J. Robie), Oct 223

CyberResearch desktop publishing software, May 160

Cyclic redundancy check, table-lookup method of (J. LeVan), Nov 339

Cycloid curves (R.T. Kurosaka), May 307







Daily Wheel calculation processor, Nov 98

Dalin Daily Wheel, Scientific Wheel and Professional Wheel calculation
  processors, Nov 98

DASCH external RAM disk for Macintosh (B. Webster), Mar 298

Data Archive System, local area network (M.W. Perry), July 169

Database management systems

logical-language (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

network-model (D. Kruglinski), AST 25

R:base System V, Apr 255, AST 25

review on (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Zoomracks II program (T. Sperry), June 272

Data compression

Nyquist sampling theorem and BASIC programs on (R.J. Sciamanda),
  Feb 137

run -length encoding for (D. Pountain), June 317

Datacopy PreScript standard (K. Sheldon), Mar 197

Data Description Data Desk Professional 1.04 statistical program for
  Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Data Desk Professional 1.04 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S.
  Lehman), July 207

Data Desk Turbo-101 Enhanced Keyboard (J. Pournelle), Apr 272,
  July 260

Data exchange in computer-aided design, Initial Graphics Exchange
  Specification IGES on (R.J. Mayer), June 209

DataFrame 20 and XP 20 hard disk drives for Macintosh (C. Crawford and
  E. White), May 237

Data General/One computers

laptop Model 2, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 303

multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Data Pacific Magic Sac package, Jan 358, Jan 371, Feb 268, Apr 289

Dataproducts dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Datasouth Computer DS 180 Plus dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

Datastorm ProComm 2.4.2 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Data structures

in bit-mapped text editor (W.J. Hansen), Jan 183

in computer-aided design (L. Pfortmiller), June 177

dynamic, in Apple II Pascal (A. Fernandes), Jan 169

Data Tailor Trapeze spreadsheet program (E. Shapiro), May 296

version 1.0 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Data Transforms desktop publishing software, May 160

Datavue Technical Systems Advanced Personal Computer System (B.
  Webster), Mar 298

Daybreak Technologies Silk spreadsheet program version 1.0 (R.
  Malloy), AST 69

dBASE III Plus compilers, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

Definicon Systems

DSI-750+ coprocessor board, Oct 210

DSI-780 68020 coprocessor board, review on (D. Thomas), Oct 209

DSI-785 68020 coprocessor board (J. Pournelle), Sep 302

DEGAS Elite paint program (B. Webster), Apr 296

Delta learning rule (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

Deluxe Music Construction Set 1.1 music composition program (G.
  Williams), July 249

Design, computer-aided:  SEE COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

Deskpro 286 computer from Compaq

multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

Deskpro 386 computers from Compaq, Nov 137

as low-end workstations, Nov 252

review on (S.J. Wszola and C. Franklin Jr.), Feb 215

Desktop accessory programs, review on (J. Edwards), AST 103

Desktop Express program (E. Shapiro), July 288, Oct 270

Desktop Publishing

with Aldus PageMaker 1.0 program (J. Cavuoto), Dec 169

BIX comments on, Dec 177

with GEM Desktop Publisher 1.0 program (J. Cavuoto), Dec 169

historical development of (J.W. Seybold), May 149

image processing in, PreScript standard on (K. Sheldon), Mar 197

as issue theme (S.J. Wszola), May 148

at MacWorld Exposition (B. Webster), May 279

page-description languages in (J. Barrett and K. Reistroffer),
  May 171

raster-image processor design in (J. Barrett and K. Reistroffer),
  May 171

selection of software for (T. Holmes), May 159

with Xerox Ventura Publisher 1.1 program (J. Cavuoto), Dec 169

DESQview windowing system (J. Pournelle), Sep 290

version 1.3 (J. Pournelle), June 284

version 2.0 (J. Pournelle), Aug 252

    review on (J. McCormick), Sep 281

Dest PC Scan text scanner for IBM PC, review on (J. McCormick),
  Apr 233

Detente memory-resident shell program (E. Shapiro), AST 34

DevpacST assembly language development system for Atari ST, Jan 371,
  Feb 268

Diconix 150 portable ink-jet printer, review on (R.D. Swearengin),
  Feb 239

DigiPaint program for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 292

Digital circuits

design of, with CADcompiler 1.2 (A.W. Crooke), June 187

simulation of, in Prolog (W. Clocksin), Aug 148

Digital Communications Associates IRMA Fastlink modem, review on (S.
  Satchell), May 209

Digital Equipment workstations (P. Robinson), Nov 252

Digital image processing, in art conservation (J.F. Asmus), Mar 151

Digital Research

Concurrent PC DOS version 5.0 multiuser multitasking operating
  system, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

GEM Desktop Publisher 1.0 desktop publishing software (J.
  Cavuoto), Dec 169

Digital Starter Set model railroad (E. Shapiro), Dec 218

Digital street maps

on CD-ROM (D.F. Cooke), July 129

encoding of, July 134

Digitalk Smalltalk/V release 1.2 language and programming environment,
  review on (M. Davis), June 256

DigiView program for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 292

Direct Technology Automator mi program (D. Pountain), Jan 383

Discovery Software Marauder II disk backup program for Amiga (B.
  Webster), Mar 292

Disk-allocation methods (G. Weismann), IBM 185

Disk-backup program Marauder II (B. Webster), Mar 292

Disk-cache programs for IBM PC (W. Bolton), Apr 260

Disks, hard:  SEE HARD DISKS

Displays on IBM PC, fancy, programming techniques for (M.J. Sorens),
  Sep 129

Distributed operating sytems, experimental (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

Dot-matrix impact printers

high-speed, reducing heat buildup in (K.B. Davenport), Sep 209

review on (G.A. Stewart and J.M. Tazelaar), Apr 203

Double Helix database management programs, single and multiuser (C.
  Spezzano), AST 77

Dow Jones Software Desktop Express program (E. Shapiro), July 288,
  Oct 270

DP-Tek Laserport controller, Sep 192

Drafting programs for Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

Dragon drawing programs (W.A. McWorter Jr. and J.M. Tazelaar), Aug 123

Dragonfly software Nota Bene word processing program 2.0, review on
  (P. Robinson), AST 55

Drawing programs

on dragons (W.A. McWorter Jr. and J.M. Tazelaar), Aug 123

freehand (D. Pountain), Nov 317

MacCalligraphy (E. Shapiro), Dec 215

Dreams of the Phoenix 3D Level One version 1.0 three-dimensional
  modeling program for Macintosh (P.Robinson), July 251

Drexel University, computer use in (D. Osgood), Feb 173

DSI:  SEE DEFINICON SYSTEMS

Dynamic data structures in Apple II Pascal (A. Fernandes), Jan 169







Eazy PC computer from Zenith (J. Pournelle), Dec 199

Edinburgh Prolog, compared to Marseille Prolog (R. Malloy), Aug 181

Editing

with bit-mapped text editor, data structures in (W.J. Hansen),
  Jan 183

with For Comment group-editing program (E. Shapiro), Nov 242

Editing Tools program (B. Webster), Feb 314

Educational computing

Academic Courseware Exchange, Feb 166

in Carnegie Mellon University, Jan 183, Feb 172, Nov 291

in colleges (D. Osgood), Feb 165

Course Builder program (E. Shapiro), Aug 263

in elementary and secondary schools, national survey on (H.J.
  Becker), Feb 149

as issue theme (M.C. Gurney), Feb 147

on-line courses (B.N. Meeks), Feb 183

Oyster development system for instructional materials (E.
  Shapiro), Sep 308

potential for interactive technology in (A. Bork), Feb 201

problems in (A. Bork), Feb 201

reader comments on, Feb 186

software in (A. Naiman), Feb 193

in special education, Feb 200

in Stanford University, Feb 167, Feb 202

EFS Formwriter Adapter Card high-speed page printer controller (P.
  Ellison), Sep 225

EGA boards, hardware review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

EGA Paint program (J. Pournelle), Mar 268

EGA Plus enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Electric Dragon program (J. Pournelle), June 281

Electronic Arts

Deluxe Music Construction Set 1.1 music composition program (G.
  Williams), July 249

Star Fleet game, Feb 283

Electronic Form Systems EFS Formwriter Adapter Card high-speed page
  printer controller (P. Ellison), Sep 225

Electronic Information Technology Personal Scanner 2000 text and image
  scanner for IBM PC, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

Electronic Text WordCruncher 4.1 text-indexing and retrieval program,
  review on (R. Rabinovitz), Nov 216

Electronic University Network, Feb 183

Elephant memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Elite 16 memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

E-Machines Big Picture display for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

EMS Expanded Memory Specification 4.0, Dec 130

Encan-Hoshigumi MacCalligraphy painting program (E. Shapiro), Dec 215

Encore modems (J. Pournelle), June 292

review on 2400 HB (S. Satchell), May 209

Enhanced graphics adapter boards, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Entertainment equipment, trainable remote control for (S. Ciarcia),
  Mar 113

Epson

dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Equity I computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Equity III computer

    multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

    speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

GQ 3500 laser printer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

Epyx Games Sub Battle Simulator game (J. Pournelle), Oct 255

Equation solving

with Eureka program, Sep 300, Oct 237

with PRESS Prolog equation solving system (L. Sterling), Oct 177

with TK Solver Plus 1.0 program (G.A. Stewart), Oct 237

Equidistant Cylindrical mapping routines (R. Miller and R. Reddy),
  Dec 329

Equity I computer from Epson, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Equity III computer from Epson

multidimension analysis of, IBM 193

speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

Ericsson computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Ethernet

analysis of problems in, with Sniffer network analyzer (S.
  Spangenberg and R.G.A. Cote), July 191

in Seagate Stanford Ethernet AppleTalk Gateway (H.T. Smith, W.J.
  Armitage and R.J. Duckworth), July 159

Eureka equation solving program (J. Pournelle), Sep 300

review on version 1.0 (G.A. Stewart), Oct 237

Eva enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Everex Systems

Enhancer EV-654 enhanced graphics adapter board, review on (C.H.
  Pappas and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Expediter Turbo Card accelerator board, Nov 161

Magic Card 16 IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash
  Jr.), Jan 318

Evolution Computing FastCAD 1.10 computer-aided design program, review
  on (P. Robinson), Dec 178

Excel spreadsheet program, Jan 371

first impressions of (E. Shapiro), Nov 119

version 1.03 (R. Malloy), AST 69

EXPAND program for data expansion, June 319

Expanded Memory Specification EMS 4.0, Dec 130

Expediter Turbo Card accelerator board, Nov 161

ExperTelligence Common LISP for Macintosh (J. Pournelle), June 286

Expert systems

Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge development system for (E.R.
  Tello), June 265

Personal Consultant Plus 2.0 frame-based expert-system shell,
  review on (E.R. Tello), Oct 242

RuleMaster software package for, review on (M. Van Horn), Jan 341







F77L-Lahey FORTRAN 77 2.2 FORTRAN 77 compiler, review on (D.W.
  Burleigh), Nov 187

Faery Tale Adventure game (J. Pournelle), Sep 302

Fairchild Clipper processor, instruction set design of (M. Ackerman
  and G. Baum), Apr 161

Fastback (J. Pournelle), May 264

FastCACHE accelerator board, Nov 161

FastCAD 1.10 computer-aided design program, review on (P. Robinson),
  Dec 178

Fastcomm 2496B modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

FastTRAP trackball device (E. Shapiro), Dec 216

Ferret image processing system for astronomy (C. Harris), Dec 317

Fifth Generation Systems Fastback (J. Pournelle), May 264

File access, multiuser

programming for (F.D. Davis), July 177

record locking in, AST 50

FileMaker Plus program (E. Shapiro), May 300, Oct 270

version 2.0 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

File management programs

of PFS: First Choice 1.0 integrated package (L.D. Allen), Mar 235

of Q&A version 2.0 (P. Robinson), May 249

review on (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Films, colorization of, Mar 164, Aug 117

Filters and pipes (P. Baker), IBM 215

Finance 10 financial analysis tools (E. Shapiro), AST 35

Financial analysis software

design features of (G.W. Hedge), AST 47

Finance 10 package (E. Shapiro), AST 35

record locking in multiuser systems, AST 50

Finite-element analysis programs for IBM PC, review on (N.M. Baran),
  Nov 205

Firebird Licenses

Laser Author word processing program, review on (M. O'Neill),
  Jan 344

StarGlider game, Feb 267

First CADD 1.0 computer-aided design program (P.Robinson), Aug 232

Flash communications software, Feb 268

review on version 1.12 (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Flash disk-cache program 5.0, review on (W. Bolton), Apr 260

Flash-Up utility program, Dec 101

Floating-point coprocessors (S.S. Fried), IBM 115

Fontasy version 2 from Prosoft, Feb 283

Fontographer typeface design program (E. Shapiro), May 294

For Comment group-editing program (E. Shapiro), Nov 242

Forecast Master time-series forecasting statistical package, review on
  (L. Rosen), Feb 255

Forecasting with Forecast Master package, review on (L. Rosen),
  Feb 255

Forethought FileMaker Plus program (E. Shapiro), May 300, Oct 270

version 2.0 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Forms processing, with EFS Formwriter Adapter Card (P. Ellison),
  Sep 225

FORTH

BIX comments on, Jan 432

as instruction set of Novix NC4016/6016 series microprocessors
  (D.L. Miller), Apr 177

MacFORTH Plus version of (B. Webster), Feb 307

Martello FORTH development system (D. Pountain), Mar 286

FORTRAN

BIX comments on, Nov 195

FORTRAN 77 compilers

    Lahey LP77, Dec 97

    review on (D.W. Burleigh), Nov 187

hashing function in, Jan 132

R:base System V version 1.0 relational database management system
      using (S. Cobb), Apr 255

Foundation Publishing Comic Strip Factory program (E. Shapiro),
  Sep 310

FoxBASE + 2.00 dBASE pseudocompiler, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel),
  Sep 277

Fox Software FoxBASE + 2.00 dBASE pseudocompiler, benchmarks on (M.C.
  Rubel), Sep 277

Fractals (W.A. McWorter Jr. and J.M. Tazelaar), Aug 123

for modeling random curves and surfaces (T. Jeffrey), Dec 337

Frame-based systems

Acquaint 2.4F, review on (E.R. Tello), June 265

Personal Consultant Plus 2.0, review on (E.R. Tello), Oct 242

Freehand painting programs (D. Pountain), Nov 317

Freesoft Red Ryder 9.4 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

FTL Modula-2 for IBM PC, Feb 284, Apr 275

FTL Systems desktop publishing software, May 162

Fujitsu America dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Full-page bit-map imaging, compared to strip-buffer inaging (B.
  Douglas), Sep 229

Full Page Display for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

Functional programming, with Illinois Functional Programming Language,
  Tutorial on (A.D. Robison), Feb 115

Future trends in applications software (O.L. Picher, C.R. Lubrano, and
  R. Theophano), AST 37







Games, adventure

AdvSys system for writing (D. Betz), May 125

and interactive fiction (M.A. Buckles), May 135

Gazelle Systems Back-It program, Jan 361

GCLISP 286 Developer LISP development environment, review on (E.R.
  Tello), Apr 241

GEM Desktop Publisher 1.0 desktop publishing software (J. Cavuoto),
  Dec 169

GEM dialogue-handling techniques for Atari 520ST (T.G. Hunkler),
  June 161

General Computer

HyperCharge 020 accelerator board, review on (L.H. Loeb), Nov 177

HyperDrive FX/20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E.
       White), May 237

General Information Hotline telephone dialing program (E. Shapiro),
  May 294

Generic Software

CADD computer-aided design program (J. Pournelle), Apr 275

    version 2.01 (P. Robinson), Aug 232

FirstCADD 1.0 computer-aided design program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

Genicom dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Genoa Systems Spectra EGA Card Model 4800, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Gimpel Software C-terp 2.22 C language interpreter, review on (J. Unger),
  June 245

Glue print-to-disk driver (E. Shapiro), July 288

G.O. Graphics Desktop publishing software, May 160

Gold Card 21 (J. Pournelle), Oct 251

Gold Hill Computers GCLISP 286 Developer LISP developement
  environment, review on (E.R. Tello), Apr 241

Golden Bow Systems VOPT disk management program (J. Pournelle),
  Sep 302

Golden Common LISP GCLISP 286 Developer LISP development environment,
  review on (E.R. Tello), Apr 241

GQ 3500 laser printer from Epson, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

Graphics

with Circuit Cellar GT180 color graphics board, software of (S.
  Ciarcia), Jan 85

cycloid curves in (R.T. Kurosaka), May 307

with enhanced graphics adapter boards, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Intel 82786 graphics chip (B. Nicholls), Aug 135

with Macintosh and RegionMaker program (H. Katz), Jan 145

Micro Clipper Graphics subsystem, review on (C. Weston), Sep 257

Programmer's Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standard PHIGS (M.
  Plaehn), Nov 275

GraphicWorks program, Feb 295, June 323

Gray-scale video digitizer ImageWise, construction of (S. Ciarcia),
  May 95, June 129, July 113, Aug 117

GRiDlite Model 1032 laptop computer, review on (J. Unger), Oct 202

GT180 color graphics board for SB180 computer, software of (S.
  Ciarcia), Jan 85

Guide hypertext processor, Apr 292, Apr 301, June 290, Aug 266

and Guide Envelope package (E. Shapiro), Aug 266

on Macintosh (E. Shapiro), Sep 310

    review on (W. Hershey), Oct 244

MS-DOS version (E. Shapiro), Sep 310

originator of (E. Shapiro), Oct 272

Guidelines C ++ version 1.1 translator, review on (M. Mallett),
  Oct 229

GV-286 computer from PC Designs, review on (F.D. Davis), Sep 245







H.A.L. Labs Lisa 816 Assembler, Feb 307

HAL spreadsheet program version 2.01 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Half Card 24 modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Half-Pak #24 modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Hammer mapping routines (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

Hand-held infrared transmitter and receiver, custom, Circuit Cellar
  project on (S. Ciarcia), Feb 101

Handscan optical character recognition scanner, review on (J.
  McCormick), Dec 165

Hard 20 Plus hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

Hard disks

Atari SH204, Feb 234

Konan KXP-230Z Drive Maximizer hard disk controller for IBM PC (R.
   Cook and P. Schauble), July 233

for Macintosh, review on (C. Crawford and E. White), May 237

SupraDrive, Feb 234

Hard/Soft Press StarFixer program (E. Shapiro), June 324

Hardware

construction of:  SEE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

design of, with programmable array logic devices (T.G. Marshall),
  Jan 247

programmable:  SEE PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE

reviews on:  SEE HARDWARE REVIEWS

Hardware reviews

on accelerator boards

    80386 (D.E. Crabb), Aug 213

    for Macintosh Plus (C. Crawford), Dec 161

for Macintosh SE (L.H. Loeb), Nov 177

on All Card AT1/M multifunction memory board (J. Angel), Jan 324

on AT&T TrueVision image processing system (R. Tinney), May 215

on Definicon DSI-780 68020 coprocessor board (D. Thomas), Oct 209

on enhanced graphics adapter boards (C.H. Pappas and W.H. Murray),
  Jan 313

on hard disk drives for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

on Information Storage WC 525 write-once optical disk drive (R.
  Malloy), July 231

on ink-jet printers (R.D. Swearingen), Feb 239

on Konan KXP-230Z Drive Maximizer hard disk controller (R. Cook
  and P. Schauble), July 233

on laser printers, Mar 217, Oct 214

on mice (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

on Micro Clipper Graphics subsystem (C. Weston), Sep 257

on multifunction cards for IBM PC AT (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

on text scanners for IBM PC (J. McCormick), Apr 233

on Turbo-Amiga expansion chassis for Amiga 1000 (W. Block),
  June 235

Hard-wiring and microcoding of instruction sets, comparison of (P.
  Koopman), Jan 235

Hashing functions, programming project on (J.C. Snader), Jan 129

Hauppauge Computer Works 386 Motherboard, Nov 102

Hayes Microcomputer Products

Smartcom II 2.1 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Smartmodem 2400B, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Heuristic algorithms

and associative memory, Sep 137, Oct 184

and back-propagation rule (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

as issue theme (G.M. Vose), Oct 148

and neural networks (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

    overview of (G. Josin), Oct 183

optimizing, Oct 165, Oct 188

    applied to compilers (M. Roberts), Oct 165

in PRESS Prolog equation solving system (L. Sterling), Oct 177

for searching in Prolog (P.V. Haley), Oct 173

self-organizing, Oct, 155, Oct 188

and zero-knowledge proofs (P. Wayner), Oct 149

Hewlett-Packard

HP 86 computer, intrinsic random-number generator of (D.T.
  Modianos, R.C. Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

HP LaserJet Series II laser printer, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Oct 214

HP Vectra computer,review on (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

workstations (P. Robinson), Nov 252

Highways and Byways program (E. Shapiro), Feb 295, Dec 216

Hilgraeve HyperACCESS communications program (J. Pournelle), Nov 238

version 3.20 (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Hi-Res Graphics Card (J. Pournelle), Oct 252

Hitachi HD63484 ACRTC registers and commands, for GT180 color graphics
  board (S. Ciarcia), Jan 85

Homebase 2.5 desktop accessory program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Home control system of Circuit Cellar, infrared remote control for (S.
  Ciarcia), Feb 101

Home entertainment equipment, trainable remote control for (S.
  Ciarcia), Mar 113

Hotline telephone dialing program (E. Shapiro), May 294

Howteck Pixelmaster printer (J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 174

HP:  SEE HEWLETT-PACKARD

HyerACCESS communications program (J. Pournelle), Nov 238

version 3.20 (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Hyper-C 4.0 Macintosh C compiler (J. West), Aug 219

HyperCard, first impressions of (G. Williams), Dec 109

HyperCharger 020 accelerator board, review on (L.H. Loeb), Nov 177

HyperDrive FX/20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E.
  White), May 237

Hypertext processor Guide:  SEE GUIDE HYPERTEXT PROCESSOR







IBM

BIX comments on, Aug 286

PC

    Basic I/O (BIOS) features of (J. Shiell), IBM 173

    BIX comments on, Feb 337, Mar 324, Apr 332, May 334, July 296,
      Sep 324, Oct 280

    bus interface designs for (J.R. Drummond), IBM 225

    fancy screen displays on, programming techniques for (M.J.
   Sorens), Sep 129

    internal modems for, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

    intrinsic random-number generator of (D.T. Modianos, R.C.
  Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

    multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

    products compatible with:  SEE IBM PC COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS

PC AT

    multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

    review on (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

    speed and compatibility tests on compatible computers (J.C.
 Dermody and J. Punater), Jan 328

PC Convertible portable computer, review on (J.D. Unger), Feb 215

PC XT, Hauppauge 386 Motherboard for, Nov 102

Personal System/2 computers:  SEE IBM PS/2 COMPUTERS

Proprinter XL dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

RT PC

    as low-end workstation, Nov 252

    in networks, Distributed Services facilities for (J. Levitt),
  IBM 133

    text display on, in Carnegie Mellon University (W.J. Hansen),
 Jan 183

IBM PC compatible products

80286 accelerator boards, review on (R.G.A. Cote), Nov 161

80386 accelerator boards, review on (D.E. Crabb), Aug 213

Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge-development system, review on
  (E.R. Tello), June 265

Actor 1.0 object-oriented programming language (L. Moskowitz),
  Sep 266

Ada compilers, review on (N.C. Shammas), July 239

Advanced Logic Research Access 386 computer (S.J. Wszola and C.
  Franklin Jr.), Feb 215

All Card AT1/M multifunction memory board, review on (J. Angel),
  Jan 324

Amiga A2000 computer, preview on (G. Williams, T. Thompson and R.
  Grehan), Mar 84

Applied Logic Systems ALS Prolog 1.0 (A. Lane), Sep 269

AST Premium/286 computer, review on (J. Unger),Aug 207

Awesome I/O card,Dec 101

background communications programs, review on (R. Fixmer), Aug 229

benchmarks on compatible computers, multidimensional analysis of
  (R.G. Brookshire), IBM 193

BIX comments on, Jan 420

C ++ translators, review on (M. Mallett), Oct 229

calculation processors, Nov 98

Carbon Copy Plus 4.0 telecommunications software package (R.
  DeMaria), Dec 180

Cheetah Adapter/386 translator board (J. Shiell), Apr 135

computer-aided design programs (P. Robinson), Aug 232

CADcompiler 1.2 (A.W. Crooke), June 187

FastCAD 1.10 (P. Robinson), Dec 178

Compaq Deskpro 386 computer (S.J. Wszola and C. Franklin Jr.),
  Feb 215

Complete Answering Machine, Dec 100

Concurrent PC DOS version 5.0 multiuser multitasking operating
  system, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

database management programs, review on (C. Spezzano), AST 77

dBASE III Plus compilers, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

desktop publishing software, May 160

review on (J.Cavuoto), Dec 169

disk-cache programs (W. Bolton), Apr 260

enhanced graphics adapter boards, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

finite-element analysis programs, review on (N.M. Baran), Nov 205

Flash-Up utility program, Dec 101

FORTRAN 77 compilers, review on (D.W. Burleigh), Nov 187

FTL Modula-2, Feb 284

GCLISP 286 Developer LISP interpreter and compiler, review on
  (E.R. Tello), Apr 241

high-resolution software timer (B. Sheppard), Jan 157

INDEX.PAS indexing program, Aug 260

ISI WC 525 write-once optical disk drive, review on (R. Malloy),
  July 231

ITT XTRA/286 ATW computer, review on (J. Unger), Aug 207

Kaypro 386 computer (R. Duncan), Sep 239

Konan KXP-230Z Drive Maximizer hard disk controller (R. Cook and
  P. Schauble), July 233

Lyrix 5.0 word processor (G.R. Allen), May 251

memory-expansion boards, Dec 124, Dec 133

memory-resident programs in C (B. Edginton), Mar 129

mice, review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

Micro Clipper Graphics graphics subsystem (C. Weston), Sep 257

Modula-2 programming systems, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

multifunction cards, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

NCR PC8 computer (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

PAL programmer board, construction of (R.A. Freedman), Jan 263

Pascal compilers, review on (M. Bridger), Dec 185

PC Designs, GV-286 computer (F.D. Davis), Sep 245

PC Simscript II.5 version 2.01 computer-simulation language,
  review on (Z.A. Karian), July 244

PC's Limited 386MDSD16MDNM computer, review on (M.L. Van Name), Dec 141

PFS:First Choice 1.0 integrated package, review on (L.D. Allen),
  Mar 235

portable computers, review on (J.D. Unger), Feb 215

Proteus-286GT computer (F.D. Davis), Sep 245

pull-down menus in C (J.L. Pinson), May 109

Q&A 2.0 file manager and word processor (P. Robinson), May 249

QIC AT-Plus 1800 computer (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

RAM-resident utilities, review on (J. Edwards), AST 103

R:base System V relational database management system (S. Cobb),
  Apr 255

Screen utility programs in C, review on (J. Robie), Oct 223

Smalltalk/V release 1.2 Smalltalk language and programming
  environment (M. Davis), June 256

text scanners, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

and timing-independent BIOS (H.N. Cohen and J. Hanel), IBM 219

Turbo EGA enhanced graphics adapter board, review on (C.H. Pappas
  and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Turbo Pascal toolboxes, review on (N.C. Shammas), Apr 244

United Kingdom, Byte report on (D. Pountain), Feb 287

Victor V286 computer (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

Wendin Operating System Toolbox 1.08, review on (J. Levitt),
  Mar 228

WordCruncher 4.1 indexing and retrieval program (R. Rabinovitz),
  Nov 216

word processing programs, review on (P. Robinson), AST 55

workstations, evaluation of (C.D. Weston and G.A. Stewart), Feb 85

IBM PS/2 computers

Basic I/O (BIOS) features of (J. Shiell), IBM 173

BIX comments on, July 312, Oct 280

first impressions of, June 100

Micro Channel of (J. Shiell), IBM 59

compared to Apple NuBus (C. Cornejo and R. Lee), IBM 83

of Model 50 (S. Ciarcia), Aug 101

Model 30, July 221

review on (C. Franklin Jr.), July 225

Model 50

Micro Channel of (S. Ciarcia), Aug 101

review on (R. Grehan), July 217

Model 60, July 220

Model 80 (J. Shiell), IBM 59

BIX comments on, July 312

compared to Macintosh II, June 104, Aug 113

as low-end workstation, Nov 252

review on (C. Franklin Jr. and R. Grehan), Nov 143

multicolor graphics array and video graphics array of (R. Wilton),
  IBM 67

technical implications of (G.M. Vose), IBM 33

video programming techniques (R. Wilton), IBM 67

IC tester from Circuit Cellar (S. Ciarcia)

hardware of, Nov 303

software and operation of, Dec 283

IEEE 801 local area network standards, July 150

If/Then solutions AI training package (E. Shapiro), Aug 263

IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification for data exchange in
  computer-aided design (R.J. Mayer), June 209

sample of, June 212

Illinois Functional Programming Language, tutorial on (A.D. Robison),
  Feb 115

Illustrator art creation program for Macintosh (E. Shapiro), May 293

Image processing

algorithms in, introduction to (B.M. Dawson), Mar 169

in art conservation (J.F. Asmus), Mar 151

with AT&T TrueVision image processing system, review on (R.
  Tinney), Mar 215

in biomedical studies, Mar 146

in colorization of black-and-white films, Mar 164, Aug 117

in desktop publishing (J. Barrett and K. Reistroffer), May 171

PreScript standard on (K. Sheldon), Mar 197

with Ferret image processing system for astronomy (C. Harris),
  Dec 317

with ImageWise gray-scale video digitizer (S. Ciarcia), May 95,
  June 129, July 113, Aug 117

as issue theme (K. Sheldon), Mar 141

low-cost, with Amiga 1000 computer (C. McManis), Mar 191

at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (K. Sheldon), Mar 143

simple image processing package SIMPP routines in (B.M. Dawson),
  Mar 169

ImageWise gray-scale video digitizer, construction of (S. Ciarcia),
  May 95, June 129, July 113, Aug 117

Inboard 386 80386 accelerator board, review on (D.E. Crabb), Aug 213

Indexing

searching algorithms in (D. Pountain), Aug 257

sorting algorithms in (D. Pountain), July 275

in Turbo Pascal (D. Pountain), July 275

with WordCruncher 4.1 program (R. Rabinovitz), Nov 216

INDEX.PAS indexing program, Aug 260

Infocom Bureaucracy game (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

Information Storage WC 525 write-once optical disk drive, review on
  (R. Malloy), July 231

Information theory (R. Bharath), Dec 291

Infoscribe dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

InfoStructures PopDrop 2.0 program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Infrared remote controllers

for home control system (S. Ciarcia), Feb 101

for home entertainment equipment (S. Ciarcia), Mar 113

Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IGES for data exchange in CAD
  (R.J. Mayer), June 209

sample of, June 212

Ink-jet printers

plastic ink of (J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 174

review on (R.D. Swearengin), Feb 239

Inmos T800 Transputer, IBM 117

Innovation Data Design MacDraft 1.2a drafting program for Macintosh
  (P. Robinson), July 251

Input devices, programming drivers of (J. Sagan), IBM 143

Input/output

basic system (BIOS) of 

of IBM PC family of computers (J. Shiell), IBM 173

timing-independent (H.N. Cohen and J. Hanel), IBM 219

redirection of (P. Baker), IBM 215

INSERT.ASM filter program, IBM 216

Instant-C 2.20 C language incremental compiler, review on (J. Unger),
  June 245

Instruction sets

in CISC (complex instruction set computer) design, Apr 143,
  Apr 161, Apr 187

comparison of microcoding and hard-wiring of (P. Koopman), Jan 235

of Fairchild Clipper processor (M. Ackerman and G. Baum), Apr 161

as issue theme (G.M. Vose), Apr 142

of Motorola MC68030 microprocessor (T.L. Johnson), Apr 153

of Novix NC4016/6016 series microprocessors (D.L. Miller), Apr 177

in RISC (reduced instruction set computer) design (P. Robinson),
  Apr 143

SEE ALSO:  RISC DESIGN

in WISC (writable instruction set computer) design (P. Koopman),
  Apr 187

Instructional uses of computers:  SEE EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING

Intecolor Megatrend 19-inch EGA monitor (J. Pournelle), Aug 254

Intel

8085 microprocessor, simulation of, with Prolog (A. Lane), Aug 161

8255 chip, interface to IBM PC bus (J.R. Drummond), IBM 225

80286 processor:  SEE 80286 PROCESSOR

80386 processor:  SEE 80386 PROCESSOR

80387 floating point coprocessor, IBM 116

82786 graphics chip (B. Nicholls), Aug 135

AboveBoard 286 memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Inboard 386 80386 accelerator board, review on (D.E. Crabb),
  Aug 213

Intelligent Assistant of Q&A database manager and word processor (G.G.
  Hendrix and B.A. Walter), Dec 251

Intelligent databases (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

Intelligent Optics IOC Reader text and image scanner for IBM PC,
  review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

Interactive fiction, and adventure games (M.A. Buckles), May 135

Interface board for Atari 520ST cartridge port (T.G. Hunkler),
  June 161

International Standards Organization Open Systems Interconnection
  Model, July 152

Interupt-processing program in C, memory-resident (B. Edginton),
  Mar 129

Invention Software 

C Extender program, Feb 314

Pascal Extender program, Feb 314

IOC Reader text and image scanner, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

Ion-deposition printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

IRCOMM custom hand-held infrared transmitter and receiver, Circuit
  Cellar project on (S. Ciarcia), Feb 101

IRMA Fastlink modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Irregular shapes, calculating area of (R. Stolk and G. Ettershank),
  Feb 135

IS-2000 program (E. Shapiro), Apr 304

It Figures program (E. Shapiro), AST 35

Itek Graphix desktop publishing software, May 160

ITT XTRA computers

286 ATW, review on (J. Unger), Aug 207

multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328

IX-12 text and image scanner, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233







JANUS/Ada 1.6.1. (D-Pak) Ada language (N.C. Shammas), July 239

Jasik Designs MacNosy 2.0 program (J. Pournelle), June 292

JDL-850 EWS dot-matrix printer,, Apr 205

Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA, development of image processing in
  (K. Sheldon), Mar 143

Jot! PC-DOS RAM-resident utility, Apr 278, AST 103

JURISoft CompareRite program, Oct 256, Oct 270

JustRAM-AT memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124







Kamerman Labs TCS-7000 computer, speed and compatibility tests on,
  Jan 328

KAREX programs in BASIC, Sep 151

Karmarkar's algorithm (A.M. Rockett and J.C. Stevenson), Sep 146

Kaypro

16 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

286i computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

386 computer (J. Pournelle), Sep 289

review on (R. Duncan), Sep 239

PC computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Kensington Microware System Saver Mac (J. Pournelle), Oct 254

Keyboards, Turbo-101 Enhanced Keyboard (J. Pournelle), Apr 272,
  July 260

Keyworks 2.0 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

King's Bishop memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Kinko Academic Courseware Exchange, Feb 166

Knowledge-development system for IBM PC, frame-based, Acquaint 2.4F,
  review on (E.R. Tello), June 265

Konan KXP-230Z Drive Maximizer hard disk controller, review on (R.
  Cook and P. Schauble), July 233

KXP-230Z Drive Maximizer hard disk controller for IBM PC (R. Cook and
  P. Schauble), July 233

Kyocera F-1010 laser printer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214







Lahey Computer Systems

F77L-Lahey FORTRAN 77 2.2 compiler, review on (D.W. Burleigh),
  Nov 187

LP77 FORTRAN 77 compiler, Dec 97

LAN:  SEE LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

Languages

Actor 1.0 object-oriented programming language, review on (L.
  Moskowitz), Sep 266

Ada compilers for microcomputers (N.C. Shammas), July 239

BASIC:  SEE BASIC

C:  SEE C LANGUAGE

FORTH:  SEE FORTH

FORTRAN:  SEE FORTRAN

Illinois Functional Programming Language, Tutorial on (A.D.
  Robison), Feb 115

LISP:  SEE LISP

macro languages (B. Gates), AST 11

Modula-2:  SEE MODULA-2

natural:  SEE NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

page-description, May 171, May 185

Pascal:  SEE PASCAL

PC Simscript II.5 version 2.01 computer-simulation language,
  review on (Z.A. Karian), July 244

Prolog:  SEE PROLOG

Laplink (J. Pournelle), July 286

Laptop computers:  SEE PORTABLE COMPUTERS

LaSalle Micro BackComm 1.3 background communications program (R.
  Fixmer), Aug 229

Laser 128 computer system, review on (V.E. White), Jan 307

Laser Author word processing program, review on (M. O'Neil), Jan 344

LaserLine 6 laser printer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

Laserport controller, Sep 192

Laser printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

BDS Model 630/8-E (A. Little), Mar 217

Canon LBP-8 A1 and A2 (A. Little), Mar 217

and design of raster image processor (J. Barrett and K.
  Reistroffer), May 171

Epson GQ 3500 (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

Hewlett Packard HP Laser Jet Series II (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

Kyocera F-1010 (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

Mannesmann Tally MT-910 (J. Pournelle), Dec 200

Okidata Laserline 6 (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

QMS Kiss (A. Little), Mar 217

Quadram QuadLaser (A. Little), Mar 217

rasterization routines of (D. Pountain), Sep 175

Toshiba PageLaser 12, Dec 97

type design for, Sep 194

Laser tag (S. Ciarcia), Apr 109

Lattice

C compiler (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

version 3.10 for Amiga (B. Webster), Apr 296

SideTalk 1.00B background communications program (R. Fixmer),
  Aug 229

LBP-8 A1 and A2 laser printers, review on (A. Little), Mar 217

LCS liquid crystal shutter printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

Leading Edge Model D computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

LED printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

Lee's Algorithm on routing of printed circuit boards (S.E. Belter),
  June 199

Letraset USA ReadySetGo version 3.0, May 162

Levco

Prodigy 4, Jan 371, May 280

Prodigy Prime (B. Webster), May 280

Prodigy SE accelerator boards, review on (L.H. Loeb), Nov 177

Lexisoft desktop publishing software, May 160

Liberty AT IBMPC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Lifeboat Associates

Advantage C++ 1.1M3 translator, review on (M. Mallett), Oct 229

RUN/C C language interpreters, review on (J. Unger), June 245

Lifetree Software Volkswriter Deluxe Plus word processor, Feb 295

Lightning 4.40B disk-cache program, review on (W. Bolton), Apr 260

Lightning f/i modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Lightspeed C compiler for Macintosh, Jan 371, June 288

version 2.01 (J. West), Aug 219

Lightspeed Pascal (J. Pournelle), June 290

Limbo I memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Linear programming problems, Karmarkar's algorithm on (A.M. Rockett
  and J.C. Stevenson), Sep 146

Linked lists, in dynamic memory allocation in Apple II Pascal (A.
  Fernandes), Jan 169

LINKLIST.PAS program in Apple Pascal, Jan 171

Liquid crystal shutter (LCS) printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

Lisa 816 Assembler (B. Webster), Feb 307

LISP

Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge-development system in muLISP,
  June 265

ExperTelligence Common LISP for Macintosh (J. Pournelle), June 286

GCLISP 286 Developer LISP development environment, review on (E.R.
  Tello), Apr 241

PC Scheme LISP

Personal Consultant Plus expert-system shell in (E.R. Tello),
  Oct 242

review on version 2.0 (W.G. Wong), Mar 223

Listing programs in microProlog (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

Lithp Systems Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge-development system
  for IBM PC, review on (E.R. Tello), June 265

Living Videotext

More idea-and-outline processor, Jan 371, May 304

Ready! memory-resident program (J. Pournelle), May 270

Local area networks

analysis of problems in, with Network General Sniffer (S.
  Spangenberg and R.G.A. Cote), July 191

Data Archive System for (M.W. Perry), July 169

IEEE 802 standards on, July 150

as issue theme (T. Thompson), July 146

Macintosh on Unix network (H.T. Smith, W.J. Armitage and R.J.
  Duckworth), July 159

primer on (D. Lefkon), July 147

programming for multiuser file access in (F.D. Davis), July 177

shared network spreadsheet in (P.R. Horton and M.D. Morris),
  July 185

LoDown 20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

Logic grammars of Prolog (S. Szpakowicz), Aug 185

Logicadd (J. Pournelle), Apr 275

Logical-language databases (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

Logiciel/Eustat Stat80 2.10 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S.
  Lehman), July 207

Logitech

mice, review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

Modula-2/86 Software Development System Release 2.00, review on
  (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

Publisher Mouse (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

Lotus

1-2-3 spreadsheet program

on IBM PC, random-number generation with (D.T. Modianos, R.C.
    Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

version 2.01 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Express communications package (E. Shapiro), July 284, Oct 270

HAL spreadsheet program 2.01 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Manuscript word processing program 1.0, review on (P. Robinson),
  AST 55

Lundeen & Associates WorksPlus Spell spelling correction package (E.
  Shapiro), July 283

Lyrix 5.0 word processor, review on (G.R. Allen), May 251







Mac 3D version 2.0 three-dimensional modeling program for Macintosh
  (P. Robinson), July 251

MacC jr. development system for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

MACC/MACC Toolkit 5.05 Macintosh C compiler (J. West), Aug 219

MacCalligraphy painting program (E. Shapiro), Dec 215

MacDraft 1.2a drafting program for Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

MacDraw 1.9 drafting program for Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

MacFits 1.0 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

MacFORTH Plus programming language (B. Webster), Feb 307

MACH operating system of Carnegie Mellon University (W.A. Mason),
  Nov 291

MacInTax program (J. Pournelle), July 266

Macintosh computers, Apr 98, June 297, June 302

accelerator boards for Macintosh Plus

BIX comments on, Dec 165

review on (C. Crawford), Dec 161

accelerator boards for Macintosh SE, review on (L.H. Loeb),
   Nov 177

BASIC compilers for, review on (S.L. Norman), May 241

BIX comments on, Jan 424, Feb 339, Mar 330, May 340, June 325,
  Aug 279, Sep 318, Oct 275

C compilers for

benchmarks on Macintosh SE and II, Nov 109

review on (J. West), Aug 219

Colorizer 1.0 package for Macintosh II, Nov 104

comparison of Mac Plus, Mac SE and Mac II, Apr 104

DASCH external RAM disk for (B. Webster), Mar 298

database management programs for, review on (C. Spezzano), AST 77

desktop publishing software for, May 162

drafting and three-dimensional modeling programs for (P.Robinson),
  July 251

Guide hypertext processor for, version 1.0, review on (W.
  Hershey), Oct 244

hard disk drives for, review on (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

HyperCard for, first impressions of (G. Williams), Dec 109

IBM Personal System/2 computer Model 80 compared to Mac II,
  June 104, Aug 113

intrinsic random-number generator of (D.T. Modianos, R.C. Scott
  and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

as low-end workstation, Nov 252

MacCalligraphy painting program for (E.Shapiro), Dec 215

MacFORTH Plus for, Feb 307

MacScheme+Toolsmith interactive development environment for,
  Dec 102

Master Tracks Pro MIDI Sequencer 1.10 MIDI sequencer program for
  (D. Swearengin),Nov 212

Multifinder multitasking operating system for (G. Williams),
  Nov 123

programming test with (T. Thompson), Nov 125

preview on Macintosh II (G. Williams and T. Thompson), Apr 85

RegionMaker program for (H. Katz), Jan 145

review on Macintosh II (B.F. Webster), Oct 197

review on Macintosh SE (L.H. Loeb), Aug 201

statistical programs for, review on (R.S. Lehman), July 207

system bus of Macintosh II (C. Cornejo and R. Lee), IBM 83

TaxView Planner for (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

TurboMax upgrade for, May 280, Dec 161

on Unix network (H.T. Smith, W.J. Armitage and R.J. Duckworth),
  July 159

word processing programs for (P. Robinson), AST 55

Laser Author, review on (M. O'Neil), Jan 344

Word 3.0, Jan 395, June 313, AST 55

Word Handler 1.6 (M. O'Neil), Apr 257

WriteNow 1.00, Mar 237, AST 55

Macintosh Toolbox window system (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

MacMemory TurboMax upgrade for Macintosh, May 280, Dec 161

MacNeal-Schwendler MSC/pal 2 version 2.0 finite-element analysis
  program (N.M. Baran), Nov 205

MacNosy 2.0 program (J. Pournelle), June 292

Macro languages (B.Gates), AST 11

Macro utilities, review on (J. Edwards), AST 103

MacScheme+Toolsmith interactive development environment, Dec 102

MacWorld Exposition in San Francisco (B. Webster), May 279

Maestro AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Magic Card 16 IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Magic Sac package for Atari St, Jan 358, Jan 371, Feb 268, Apr 289

Magna Computer Systems desktop publishing software, May 160

MagNet 20X hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

Mainstay Telescape 1.0 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Manager Mouse, review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

Mannesman Tally

dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

MT-910 laser printer (J. Pournelle), Dec 200

Manuscript 1.0 word processing program, review on (P. Robinson),
  AST 55

Manx Aztec C68K-c Macintosh C compiler (J. West), Aug 219

Maps

encoding of, July 134

in Highways and Byways program (E. Shapiro), Feb 295, Dec 216

with Pascal programs (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

sources of software for, July 136

storage on CD-ROM (D.F. Cooke), July 129

Marauder II disk backup program for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 292

Marklin Digital Starter Set model railroad (E. Shapiro), Dec 218

Marseille Prolog, compared to Edinburgh Prolog (R. Malloy), Aug 181

Marshall Pascal compiler 2.01 (M. Bridger), Dec 185

Martello FORTH development system (D. Pountain), Mar 286

Masscomp workstations (P. Robinson), Nov 252

Master Controller trainable infrared remote controller (S. Ciarcia),
  Mar 113

Master Tracks Pro MIDI Sequencer 1.10 MIDI sequencer program, review
  on (D. Swearingen), Nov 212

Mathematics

of balance scales (R.T. Kurosaka), Feb 319

base-3 number system (R.T. Kurosaka), Feb 319

calculation processors for IBM PC, Nov 98

calculating area of irregular shape with BASIC program (R. Stolk
  and G. Ettershank), Feb 135

complex

in Pascal (D. Gedeon), July 121

review of, July 122

cycloid curves (R.T. Kurosaka), May 307

equation solving in:  SEE EQUATION SOLVING

Forecast Master time-series forecasting statistical package,
  review on (L. Rosen), Feb 255

Karmarkar's algorithm on large linear programming problems (A.M.
  Rockett and J.C. Stevenson), Sep 146

Motorola 68882 math coprocessor, first impressions of (T.
  Thompson), Dec 120

polynomial curve fitting (W.G. Hood), June 155

random-number generation

intrinsic, comparative testing of (D.T. Modianos, R.C. Scott and
    L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

in Pascal (B. Wichmann and D. Hill), Mar 127

statistical programs for Macintosh, review on (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

Matrix-line printing (M. Hohneker), Sep 215

Maxam Plus on-line tutorial/shell (J. Pournelle), Dec 200

Maxamedia Maxam Plus on-line tutorial/shell (J. Pournelle), Dec 200

Maxi-Magic EMS memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Maximizer AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

MCI Mail, July 259, July 283

MDRIVER.ASM mouse driver programs, IBM 143

Mega 4 computer from Atari

BIX comments on, Dec 156

review on (J. Kent), Dec 153

MegaGraph Plus enhanced graphics adapter board, review on (C.H. Pappas
  and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Megahaus desktop publishing software, May 160, May 162

MegaScreen II display for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

Megatrend 19-inch EGA monitor (J. Pournelle), Aug 254

Mem-AT+ memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Memory

associative, Sep 137, Oct 183

dynamic, in Apple II Pascal (A. Fernandes), Jan 169

programmable read-only memory, Jan 197, Jan 207

Memory-expansion boards for IBM PC AT 

BIX comments on, Dec 133

review on (B. Nance), Dec 124

MemoryMate program (E. Shapiro), Sep 307

Memory-resident programs in C (B. Edginton), Mar 129

Menus, pull-down, for IBM PC in C (J.L. Pinson), May 109

Mercator mapping routines (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

Mercury Fastmodem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Meridian Software Systems AdaVantage 1.0 Ada language development
  environment (N.C. Shammas), July 239

Meridian Technology Carbon Copy Plus telecommunications software 

BIX comments on, Dec 184

review on version 4.0 (R. DeMaria), Dec 180

Metadigm Metascope debugger for Amiga, Jan 371

Metascope debugger for Amiga, Jan 371

MetaWare

High C compiler, June 312, Oct 264

version 1.3, Nov 109, Nov 196

version 1.4, Nov 200

Professional Pascal for 80386-based systems (B. Webster), June 306

Mice

hardware review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

programming drivers of (J. Sagan), IBM 143

Micro 1

386+ computer, system review on (E. McNierney), Nov 153

accelerator board, Nov 161

MicroBotics StarBoard II memory-expansion box for Amiga (B. Webster),
  Mar 291

Micro Channel of IBM PS/2 computers

compared to Apple NuBus (C. Cornejo and R. Lee), IBM 3

of Model 50 (S. Ciarcia), Aug 101

of Model 80 (J. Shiell), IBM 59

Micro Charts (B. Webster), May 286

Micro Clipper Graphics graphics subsystem, review on (C. Weston),
  Sep 257

Microcoding and hard-wiring of instruction sets, comparison of (P.
  Koopman), Jan 235

Micro Control Systems CADKEY 2.11 computer-aided design program (P.
  Robinson), Aug 232

MicroGraphic Images MegaScreen II display for Macintosh (B. Webster),
  May 280

Micro Illusions Faery Tale Adventure game, Sep 302

Microlink 2400 modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Micro Logic

Micro Charts (B. Webster), May 286

Tornado Notes 1.72 program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Microlytics Word Finder Thesaurus (J. Pournelle), Oct 260

Micromedex computerized clinical information system (J. Pournelle),
  Aug 256

Micron Technology King's Bishop memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

MicroPhone Communications software

version 1.0 (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

version 1.1 (E. Shapiro), Oct 269

MicroPro WordStar programs, Mar 272, Apr 276, Sep 299

Professional version 4.0 (E. Shapiro), Nov 241

version 4 (J. Pournelle), Mar 256, Apr 275, June 284

MicroProlog, database in (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

Microrim r:BASE System V database management program (C. Spezzano),
  AST 77

review on version 1.0 (S. Cobb), Apr 255

Micro-Robotics Scorpion controller (D. Pountain), Mar 279

MicroSmiths TxEd program editor, Jan 371

Microsoft

Access 1.01 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

C compiler (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

version 4.0 (B. Webster), June 312

desktop publishing software, May 160, May 162

Excel spreadsheet program, Jan 371

first impressions of (E. Shapiro), Nov 119

version 1.03 (R. Malloy), AST 69

FORTRAN 4.0 FORTRAN 77 compiler, review on (D.W. Burleigh),
  Nov 187

mice, review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

Multiplan spreadsheet program 3.01 (R. Malloy), AST 69

OS/2 operating system:  SEE OS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM

QuickBASIC:  SEE QUICKBASIC

Windows (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

Windows Software Development 1.03, review on (D. Hart and L.
  Hart), June 250

Word word processing program (P. Robinson), AST 55

version 3.0 (B. Webster), June 313

Works program (E. Shapiro), July 283

MicroSpeed FastTRAP trackball device (E. Shapiro), Dec 216

Micro-Systems Software Scribble! word processing software package,
  review on (W. Block), Jan 342

MicroWay FastCACHE accelerator boards, Nov 161

MIDI sequencer program Master Tracks Pro MIDI Sequencer 1.10, review
  on (D. Swearingen), Nov 212

Migent Pocket Modem portable modem, review on (P. White), Nov 180

Mindscape

GraphicWorks program, Feb 295

version 1.1 (E. Shapiro), June 323

The Uninvited game (J. Pournelle), June 294

Mindset computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

MindWork Software MindWrite 1.0 word processing program (P. Robinson),
  AST 55

MindWrite 1.0 word processing program, review on (P. Robinson), AST 55

Mirror II telecommunications package (E. Shapiro), Sep 307

Mirror Technologies MagNet 20X hard disk drive for Macintosh (C.
  Crawford and E. White), May 237

MIT X Window System (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

Modeling, three-dimensional:  SEE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Modems

for IBM PC, high-speed internal

impairment parameters on, May 213

review on (S. Satchell), May 209

portable

BIX comments on, Nov 183

review on (P. White), Nov 180

Modula-2

FTL Modula-2 for IBM PC, Feb 284, Apr 275

Modula-2/86 Software Development System Release 2.00, review on
  (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

Modula-2PC, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

Native Code Modula-2 for IBM PC, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

reusable software in (H. Oktaba and R. Berber), Sep 123

Turbo Modula-2 for GT180 color graphics board (S. Ciarcia), Jan 87

translating Pascal to, Jan 334

Modular Operating System PC-MOS.386, review on (R. Grehan), Sep 263

Mona Lisa painting, digital image processing in restoration of (J.F.
  Asmus), Mar 154

Monolithic Memories PALASM software

version 1, Jan 224, Jan 247

version 2, Jan 258

Monolithic Systems JustRAM-AT memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

More idea-and-outline processor, Jan 371, Mar 275, May 304

MotherCard 5.0 (J. Pournelle), Oct 251

Motorola

6821 chip interface to IBM PC bus (J.R. Drummond), IBM 225

68020 processor:  SEE 68020 PROCESSOR

68030 processor, instruction set design of (T.L. Johnson), Apr 153

68881/68882 floating-point coprocessors, IBM 116

68882 math coprocessor, first impressions of (T. Thompson),
  Dec 120

Mountain Computer RaceCard 286 accelerator board, Nov 161

Mouse Perfect program (J. Pournelle), Oct 260

Mouse Systems mice, review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas), June 238

Movies, colorization of, Mar 164, Aug 117

MSC/pal 2.0 finite-element analysis program, review on (N.M. Baran),
  Nov 205

MSYSMOUSE.ASM mouse driver program, IBM 143

MT-910 laser printer (J. Pournelle), Dec 200

MTBASIC multitasking BASIC compiler, review on (F.D. Davis), Jan 336

MuLISP Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge development system in,
  June 265

Multicolor grahics array of IBM PS/2 computers (R. Wilton), IBM 67

MultiFinder multitasking operating system for Macintosh (G. Williams),
  Nov 123

philosophy and future of, Nov 129

programming test with (T. Thompson), Nov 125

task switching in, Nov 126

technical notes on, Nov 129

MultiFORTH for Amiga and Atari ST (B. Webster), Feb 310

Multifunction cards for IBM PC AT, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

Multiplan spreadsheet program 3.01 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Multiscan Monitor (J. Pournelle), Mar 268

MultiSpeed portable computer from NEC, review on (D. Satz), Sep 253

Multitasking

with communications programs for IBM PC and compatibles (R.
  Fixmer), Aug 229

with concurrent PC DOS 5.0 multiuser operating system, review on 
  (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

with DESQview 2.00 program (J. McCormick), Sep 281

with Microsoft OS/2 operating system:  SEE OS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM

with MTBASIC BASIC compiler, review on (F.D. Davis), Jan 336

with MultiFinder operating system for Macintosh (G. Williams),
  Nov 123

with PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01 (R. Grehan), Sep 263

with SCO Xenix 386 2.2 operating system (E.J. Lau), Dec 190

Multitech MPF-PC/700 D1 computer, multidimensional analysis of,
  IBM 193

Multiusers

in accounting, record locking in, AST 50

with Concurrent PC DOS 5.0 multitasking operating system, review
  on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

review on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

in local area networks

programming for shared file access in (F.D. Davis), July 177

sharing network spreadsheet (P.R. Horton and M.D. Morris),
    July 185

with PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01 (R. Grehan), Sep 263

with R:base System V version 1.0 relational database management
system, review on (S. Cobb), Apr 255

with SCO Xenix 386 2.2 operating system (E.J. Lau), Dec 190

Music construction program Deluxe Music construction Set 1.1, review
  on (G. Williams), July 249

My Word! word processor (E. Shapiro), AST 33







Nantucket Clipper dBASE compiler, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, development of image processing in (K.
  Sheldon), Mar 143

National Semiconductor NSC810A chip interface to IBM PC bus (J.R.
  Drummond), IBM 225

National Survey of Instructional Uses of School Computers, results of
  (H.J. Becker), Feb 149

Native Code Modula-2 for IBM PC, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

Natural language processing

in C (H. Schildt), Dec 269

connectionist models of, Dec 227, Dec 237

introduction to (K.K. Obermeier), Dec 225

as issue theme (R. Malloy and J.M. Tazelaar), Dec 224

neural-network approach to, Dec 227, Dec 237

with Q&A database manager and word processor (G.G. Hendrix and
  B.A. Walter), Dec 251

resource guide on, Dec 233

with Turbo Prolog NL-DOS natural language interface for DOS (A.
  Lane), Dec 261

NCR

PC 6 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

PC 8 computer, review on (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

NEC

1500 workstation (P. Robinson), Nov 252

APC III computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

APC IV computer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

MultiSpeed computer (J. Pournelle), June 281

review on (D. Staz), Sep 253

P5XL dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

Nemesis... The Go Master game (J. Pournelle), July 270

Network(s)

IBM RT personal computers in, Distributed Services facilities for
  (J. Levitt), IBM 133

local area:  SEE LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

neural:  SEE NEURAL NETWORKS

Network General Sniffer network analyzer (S. Spangenberg and R.G.A.
  Cote), July 191

Network-model database management systems (D. Kruglinski), AST 25

Network Technology desktop publishing software, May 160

Neural networks

and associative memory, Sep 137, Oct 184

and back-propagation rule (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

construction of bidirectional associative memory BAM (B. Kosko),
  Sep 137

in natural language processing, Dec 227, Dec 237

optimizing, Oct 165, Oct 188

applied to compilers, Oct 165

overview of (G. Josin), Oct 183

perceptron model of, Dec 240

self-organizing, Oct 155, Oct 188

simulation in C (W.P. Jones and J. Hoskins), Oct 155

New American PagePlanner desktop publishing software, May 160

Newbury Data dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

reducing heat buildup in (K.B. Davenport), Sep 209

New Directions Software Highways and Byways program (E. Shapiro),
  Feb 295, Dec 216

Newer Technology Attention! memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

New Horizons Software ProWrite word processor for Amiga (B. Webster),
  Mar 292

NeWS network-based window system (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

NewTek DigiView and DigiPaint programs for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 292

New York Institute of Technology on-line credit courses, Feb 184

Nissho Information Systems dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

NL-DOS natural language interface for DOS in Turbo Prolog (A. Lane),
  Dec 261

Northwest Analytical Statpak 3.15 statistical program for Macintosh
  (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Norton Utilities 4.0 (J. Pournelle), May 266

Nota Bene word processing program version 2.0, review on (P.
  Robinson), AST 55

Noumenon IS-2000 program (E. Shapiro), Apr 304

Novix NC4016/6016 series microprocessors, instruction set of (D.L.
  Miller), Apr 177

NuBus of Apple, compared to IBM Micro Channel (C. Cornejo and R. Lee),
  IBM 83

Numerics (S.S. Fried), IBM 115

technique for solving physics problems (G. Williams), Jan 111

Nyquist sampling theorem in data compression (R.J. Sciamanda), Feb 137







Object-oriented programming language Actor 1.0, review on (L.
  Moskowitz), Sep 266

Odesta Double Helix database management programs, single and multiuser
  (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Ogre game (J. Pournelle), Aug 256

Okidata

Laserline 6 laser printer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Oct 214

ML193 Plus printer, Apr 205

ML293 printer (J. Pournelle), July 267

ML294 printer, Apr 205

Okimate 20 printer, Feb 270

Okimate 20 printer, Feb 270

Olympia USA NP 136 dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

Omnis 3 plus 3.24 database management program (C. Spezzano), AST 77

OmniTel Encore 1200HB and 2400HB modems, May 209, June 292

On-line education (B.N. Meeks), Feb 183

Open-addressing technique of hashing (J.C. Snader), Jan 129

Operating systems

Concurrent PC DOS 5.0 multiuser multitasking operating system,
  review on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

distributed, experimental (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

MACH operating system of Carnegie-Mellon Unviersity (W.A. Mason),
  Nov 291

Microsoft OS/2 multitasking operating system:  SEE OS/2 OPERATING
  SYSTEM

MultiFinder for Macintosh (G. Williams), Nov 13

NL-DOS natural language interface for DOS in Turbo Prolog (A.
  Lane), Dec 261

PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01, review on (R. Grehan),
  Sep 263

SCO Xenix 386 version 2.2 multiuser multitasking operating system
  (E.J. Lau), Dec 190

V operating system of Stanford University (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

Wendin Operating System Toolbox 1.08, review on (J. Levitt),
  Mar 228

Optical Character recognition

Saba Handscan scanner, review on (J. McCormick), Dec 165

text scanners for IBM PC (J. McCormick), Apr 233

Optical disk drive, write-once, ISI WC 525, review on (R. Malloy),
  July 231

Optimizing neural network heuristics, Oct 165, Oct 188

applied to compilers, Oct 165

Orange Micro Ragtime program (E. Shapiro), Mar 271

Orchid Technology 

PC Turbo-286e accelerator board, Nov 161

TurboEGA enhanced graphics adapter board, review on (C.H. Pappas
  and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Oregon Software Pascal-2 version 2.1J compiler (M. Bridger), Dec 185

Origin Systems Ogre game (J. Pournelle), Aug 256

Orthographic mapping routines (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

OS/2 operating system (R. Duncan), IBM 49

application types supported by (R. Duncan), Oct 109

description of (E. White and R. Grehan), June 116

design goals of (G. Letwin), June 119

programmer's introduction to (R. Duncan), Sep 101

scheduling methods of, June 122

Osborne 3 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Output Technology OT-700e dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

OverVue database management program 2.0d (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Owl International Guide hypertext processor:  SEE GUIDE HYPERTEXT
  PROCESSOR

Oyster development system for instructional materials (E. Shapiro),
  Sep 308







Page-description languages

in desktop publishing (J. Barrett and K. Reistroffer), May 171

PostScript, May 176

programming in (D.G. Pelli), May 185

PageMaker 1.0 desktop publishing software (J. Cavuoto), Dec 169

Page printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

EFS Formwriter Adapter Card high-speed controller for (P.
  Ellison), Sep 225

photographs reproduced by, Sep 192

type design for, Sep 194

Painting programs

EDGAS Elite (B. Webster), Apr 296

DigiPaint program for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 292

EGA Paint (J. Pournelle), Mar 268

freehand (D. Pountain), Nov 317

MacCalligraphy (E. Shapiro), Dec 215

SuperPaint (E. Shapiro), Feb 296, June 323

PAL (programmable array logic) devices

Byte-by-Byte PAL expansion chassis for Amiga (B. Webster), Apr 290

construction of PAL programmer board for IBM PC (R.A. Freedman),
  Jan 263

designing with, Jan 224

experiences with (T.G. Marshall), Jan 247

evolution of (J.M. Birkner), Jan 208

introduction to (V.J. Coli), Jan 207

PAL 16L8, Jan 209, Jan 223, Jan 247

PALASM development software, Jan 224, Jan 247, Jan 258

selection and programming of (R.A. Freedman), Jan 223

PALASM development software

version 1, Jan 224, Jan 247

version 2, Jan 258

Palomar Software Colorizer 1.0 package for Macintosh II, Nov 104

Panasonic

dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Executive Partner computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Paperback Software

VP-Expert development package (E. Shapiro), June 321

VP-Planner spreadsheet program version 1.3 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Wines on Disk, Jan 361

Paradise Systems

AutoSwitch Enhanced Graphics Adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Hi-Res Graphics Card (J. Pournelle), Oct 252

Paradox 1.1 database management program (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Partner PC 1.5 desktop-accessory program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Pascal

Apple II Pascal, dynamic data structures in (A. Fernandes),
  Jan 169

BIX comments on, Feb 344, Mar 344, Apr 341

complex mathematics in (D. Gedeon), July 121

hashing function in, Jan 130, Jan 138, Jan 142

IBM PC compilers, review on (M. Bridger), Dec 185

Lightspeed Pascal (J. Pournelle), June 290

mapping programs in (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

Marshal Pascal compiler 2.01 (M. Bridger), Dec 185

Pascal-2 version 2.1J compiler (M. Bridger), Dec 185

Professional Pascal for 80386-based systems (B. Webster), June 306

random-number generation routine in (B. Wichmann and D. Hill), Mar
  127

TML Pascal

for Apple IIGS, Feb 307

version 2.0, Jan 371

translated to Modula-2, Jan 334

Turbo Pascal:  SEE TURBO PASCAL

Pascal Extender program (B. Webster), Feb 314

Passport Designs Master Tracks Pro MIDI Sequencer 1.10 MIDI sequencer
  program, review on (D. Swearingen), Nov 212

Password systems, in zero-knowledge proof method (P. Wayner), Oct 149

PBI Software Strategic Conquest Plus game (J. Pournelle), May 276

PBJ AT-Meg memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

PC Designs GV-286 computer, review on (F.D. Davis), Sep 245

Pc-ditto (J. Pournelle), Sep 302, Oct 264

PC-Elevator add-in board for IBM PC, Nov 161, Dec 98

PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01, review on (R. Grehan),
  Sep 263

PC Scan text scanner, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

PC Scheme LISP

Personal Consultant Plus expert system shell in (E.R. Tello),
  Oct 242

review on version 2.0 (W.G. Wong), Mar 223

PC Simcript II.5 version 2.01 computer-simulation language, review on
  (Z.A. Karian), July 244

PC Turbo-286e accelerator board, Nov 161

PC Type Right spelling checker (J. Pournelle), Apr 272

PC's Limited

286MDSU12MDNM computer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), June 229

386MDSU16MDNM computer, review on (M.L. Van Name), Dec 141

AT Multifunction Card, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 318

PCMacBasic BASIC language for Macintosh (S.L. Norman), May 241

PCollier Systems Modula-2PC, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

PCS 230 text scanner, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

PCXFER program (J. Pournelle), Apr 278, May 261

Peak Systems Plus-20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E.
  White), May 237

Perceptron neural network model, Dec 240

Peripheral Land PL20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E.
  White), May 237

Peripheral Marketing 80286 accelerator board, Nov 161

Persoft Referee program 1.0B (J. Edwards), AST 103

Personal Computer Support Group Lightning 4.40B disk-cache program,
  review on (W. Bolton), Apr 260

Personal Scanner 2000 text and image scanner, review on (J.
  McCormick), Apr 233

Personal System/2 computers from IBM:  SEE IBM PS/2 COMPUTERS

Personal TeX desktop publishing software, May 160

Personics SmartNotes 1.4 program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Perspective in three-dimensional plotting (T. Daulton), Dec 307

PFS:First Choice 1.0 integrated package, review on (L.D. Allen),
  Mar 235

Phar Lap Software 386\ASM/LINK 1.1e assembler package (M. Trask),
  Aug 224

PHIGS Programmer`s Hierarchial Interactive Standard (M. Plaehn),
  Nov 275

Phoenix 3D Level One version 1.0 three-dimensional modeling program
  for Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

Photographs, printer reproduction of, Sep 192

Physics problems, relaxation methods for solving (G. Williams),
  Jan 111

Pipes and filters (P. Baker), IBM 215

Pixelmnaster printer (J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 174

Pixelworks Micro Clipper Graphics graphics subsystem (C. Weston),
  Sep 257

PL20hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White), May 237

PLA (programmable logic array) devices, Jan 201, Jan 207

compared to programmable array logic devices (V.J. Coli), Jan 207

PlanPerfect spreadsheet program (E. Shapiro), Nov 119

Plastic ink (J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 174

Plus-20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

PMODE.ASM program, IBM 129

Pocket Modem portable mode, review on (P. White), Nov 180

POLYFIT.BAS polynomial curve fitting program (W.G. Hood), June 155

Polynomial curve fitting (W.G. Hood), June 155

PopDrop 2.0 program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Portable computers

Bondwell 8 (J.D. Unger), Feb 215

Booster Pak for (J. Pournelle), Nov 225

Compaq Portable III model 20, review on (J. Unger), May 221

Compaq Portable 386 computer, review on (T. Thompson), Nov 134

Data General/One Model 2, review on (J. Unger), Oct 202

GRiDlite Model 1032, review on (J. Unger), Feb 215

IBM PC Convertible (J.D. Unger), Feb 215

NEC MultiSpeed, review on (D. Satz), Sep 253

Tandy 1400LT (R. Malloy, G.M. Vose and G.A. Stewart), Oct 100

Toshiba T1100 Plus (J.D. Unger), Feb 215

Wang LapTop, review on (A. Lane), Oct 203

Zenith Z-181, Jan 361

modems for (J. Pournelle), Mar 254

review on (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

Zenith Z-183 (J. Pournelle), Nov 225

review on (J. Unger), Dec 145

Portable modems 

BIX comments on, Nov 183

review on (P. White), Nov 180

Portable STM computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Poseidon Oyster development system for instructional materials (E.
  Shapiro), Sep 308

PostScript page-description language, May 176

products related to, May 188

programming in (D.G. Pelli), May 185

PowerBase database management program version 2.3 (C. Spezzano),
  AST 77

Power Tools Plus 2.00 Turbo Pascal routines library, review on (N.C.
  Shammas), Apr 244

PRD+ 1.4 abbreviation expander (J. Edwards), AST 103

PreScript standard on image processing in desktop publishing (K.
  Sheldon), May 197

PRESS Prolog equation-solving system (L. Sterling), Oct 177

Previews

on Acorn Archimedes Model A310 ARM computer (D. Pountain), Oct 125

on Canon Cat computer (E. Shapiro), Oct 121

on Commodore Amiga A2000 computer (G. Williams, T. Thompson and R.
  Grehan), Mar 84

on Macintosh II (G. Williams and T. Thompson), Apr 85

on Tandon PAC 286 computer (J. Erickson, G.M. Vose and C. Weston),
  May 85

on Turbo BASIC (G.A. Stewart), Mar 101

Print Shop program, Feb 283

Printers

color printer technologies (N.M. Luft), Sep 163

thermal-transfer process in (J. Guardado), Sep 221

and design of raster image processor (J. Barrett and K.
  Reistroffer), May 171

dot-matrix impact, review on (G.A. Stewart and J.M. Tazelaar),
  Apr 203

EFS Formwriter Adapter Card high-speed controller for (P.
  Ellison), Sep 225

high-speed, reducing heat buildup in (K.B. Davenport), Sep 209

Howtek Pixelmaster (J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 174

ink-jet, review on (R.D. Swearingen), Feb 239

as issue theme (G.A. Stewart and J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 162

laser:  SEE LASER PRINTERS

matrix-line technology of (M. Hohneker), Sep 215

page printers (R. Cook), Sep 187

photographs reproduced by, Sep 192

plastic ink of (J.M. Tazelaar), Sep 174

quality of, definition and measurement of (L. Jansson), Sep 199

rasterization routines of (D. Pountain), Sep 175

strip-buffer compared to full-page bit-map imaging technologies
  (B. Douglas), Sep 229

type design for, Sep 194

vector-to-raster algorithms (D. Pountain), Sep 177

Printronix P1013 dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

ProAPP 20 hard disk drive for Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White),
  May 237

Processor clock speeds, and timing-independent BIOS (H.N. Cohen and J.
  Hanel), IBM 219

ProComm 2.4.2 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Prodigy 4, Jan 371, May 280

Prodigy Prime (B. Webster), May 280

Prodigy SE accelerator board for Macintosh SE (L.H. Loeb), Nov 177

Productivity Software PRD+ 1.4 abbreviation expander (J. Edwards),
  AST 103

Professional Pascal for 80386-based systems (B. Webster), June 306

Professional Wheel calculation processor, Nov 98

Profiler high-resolution software timer, Jan 158

Profit Systems Elite 16 memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Program listings

on ANSISYS.C header file in C, Nov 363

on BIX and BYTEnet:  SEE BIX AND BYTENET LISTINGS

on ~Circuit Celler IRCOMM infrared remote controller, Feb 108

on CONREC contouring subroutine in QuickBASIC, June 145

on data compression in BASIC, Feb 138

on GT180 color graphics board, Jan 89

on hashing functions, Jan 136

on KAREX1 program in BASIC, Sep 151

on MSYSMOUSE.ASM mouse driver, IBM 148

on Pascal procedure for handling complex arithmetic, July 126

on POLYFIT.BAS polynomial curve fitting program in BASIC, June 156

on Profiler high-resolution software timer, Jan 158

on USORT.PAS indexing program, July 276

on zero-knowledge proof method in BASIC, Oct 151

Programmable array logic devices:  SEE PAL DEVICES

Programmable hardware

as issue theme (E. White), Jan 195

in microcoding of CPU, compared to hard-wiring (P. Koopman),
  Jan 235

overview of (P. Robinson), Jan 197

PAL devices:  SEE PAL DEVICES

Programmable logic arrays (PLAs), Jan 201, Jan 207

compared to programmable array logic (V.J. Coli), Jan 207

Programmable logic devices (PLDs), Jan 207

EEPLDs, Jan 202

EPLDs, Jan 201

logic notations for, Jan 210

programmable array logic devices:  SEE PAL DEVICES

programmable logic arrays (PLAs), Jan 201, Jan 207

programmable read-only memories, Jan 197, Jan 207

Programmable read-only memory (PROM), Jan 197, Jan 207

programmable array logic compared to (V.J. Coli), Jan 207

Programmer's Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standard PHIGS (M.
  Plaehn), Nov 275

Programming

in Actor 1.0 object-oriented programming language (L. Moskowitz),
  Sep 266

for anagram solving in C (M. Morton), Nov 325

analysis of speed-up techniques in, with high-resolution software
  timer for IBM PC (B. Sheppard), Jan 157

of ANSISYS.C header file (D.F. Ridgway), Nov 363

in BERTL, May 115

for calculating area of irregular shape (R. Stolk and G.
  Ettershank), Feb 135

for complex math in Pascal (D. Gedeon), July 121

concurrent, in Turbo Pascal (M.S. Krishnamoorthy and S.
  Agnarsson), Apr 127

of CONREC contouring subroutine in BASIC (P.D. Bourke), June 143

constraint logic (C. Lassez), Aug 171

on cyclic redundancy check method (J. LeVan), Nov 339

for data compression in BASIC, based on Nyquist sampling theorem
  (R.J. Sciamanda), Feb 137

of dragon drawing programs (W.A. McWorter Jr. and J.M. Tazelaar),
  Aug 123

of dynamic memory allocation (A. Fernandes), Jan 169

of fancy screen displays on IBM PC (M.J. Sorens), Sep 129

functional, with Illinois Functional Programming Language (A.D.
  Robison), Feb 115

of hashing functions (J.C. Snader), Jan 129

of IBM PS/2 video systems (R. Wilton), IBM 67

of input drivers (J. Sagan), IBM 143

of logical-language databases in microProlog (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

of memory-resident programs in C (B. Edginton), Mar 129

for Microsoft OS/2 operating system (R. Duncan), Sep 101

for multiuser file access in local area networks (F.D. Davis),
  July 177

of POLYFIT.BAS polynomial curve fitting program (W.G. Hood),
  June 155

in PostScript page-description language (D.G. Pelli), May 185

protected-mode, switching from real mode to (J. Barnum), IBM 125

of pull-down menus for IBM PC in C (J.L. Pinson), May 109

for random-number generation in Pascal (B. Wichmann and D. Hill),
  Mar 127

of reusable software in Modula-2 (H. Oktaba and R. Berber),
  Sep 123

and testing of intrinsic random-number generators (D.T. Modianos,
  R.C. Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

Progressive Software Finance 10 financial analysis tools (E. Shapiro),
  AST 35

PROJ3D.BAS program for perspective in three-dimensional plotting,
  Dec 314

ProKey 4.0 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

Prolog

8085 microprocessor simulation program in (A. Lane), Aug 161

Applied Logic Systems ALS Prolog 1.0, review on (A. Lane), Sep 269

comparison of Marseille and Edinburgh styles of (R. Malloy),
  Aug 181

and constraint logic programming (C. Lassez), Aug 171

defining digital circuits with (W. Clocksin), Aug 148

heuristic algorithms in

for equation solving (L. Sterling), Oct 177

for searching (P.V. Haley), Oct 173

introduction to (W. Clocksin), Aug 147

as issue theme (R. Malloy and K. Sheldon), Aug 146

logic grammars of (S. Szpakowicz), Aug 185

microProlog form of, database in (C.D.S. Moss), Jan 97

Prolog III (A. Colmerauer), Aug 177

Turbo Prolog, NL-DOS natural language interface for DOS in (A.
  Lane), Dec 261

PROM (programmable read-only memory), Jan 197, Jan 207

programmable array logic compared to (V.J. Coli), Jan 207

Prometheus Products ProModem 1200B/2 modem (J. Pournelle), Oct 256

ProModem 1200B/2 modem (J. Pournelle), Oct 256

Prosoft Fontasy 2 software, Feb 283, May 160

Protected-mode programming, switching from real mode to (J. Barnum),
  IBM 125

Proteus-286GT computer, review on (F.D. Davis), Sep 245

ProVUE Development OverVUE database management program 2.0d (C.
  Spezzano), AST 77

ProWrite word processing program for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 292

PS/2 computers from IBM:  SEE IBM PS/2 COMPUTERS

PS Publishing desktop publishing software, May 162

Pterodactyl Software PCMacBasic BASIC language for Macintosh (S.L.
  Norman), May 241

Public domain

Amiga software in (W. Block), Feb 256

Illinois Functional Programming Language in (A.D. Robison),
  Feb 115

Publisher Mouse (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

Publishing, desktop:  SEE DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Pull-down menus in C for IBM PC (J.L. Pinson), May 109

Puppy Love educational game (E. Shapiro), Feb 298

'Puter Group desktop publishing software, May 160







Q&A software, Feb 280

Intelligent Assistant of (G.G. Hendrix and B.A. Walter), Dec 251

natural language processing capabilities of (G.G. Hendrix and B.A.
  Walter), Dec 251

version 2.0 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

at Chaos Manor (J. Pournelle), Sep 294

review on (P. Robinson), May 249

Write text editor of (J. Pournelle), Oct 260, Nov 225

QEMM 386 Expanded Memory Manager (J. Pournelle), Aug 248

QIC AT-Plus 1800 computer, review on (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

QMS Kiss laser printer, review on (A. Little), Mar 217

Quadboard-AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

QuadEGA+ enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Quadjet color ink-jet printer from Quadram, review on (R.D.
  Swearingen), Feb 239

QuadLaser laser printer, review on (A. Little), Mar 217

Quadram

Liberty-AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Quadboard-AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash
  Jr.), Jan 318

QuadEGA+ enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Quadjet color ink-jet printer, review on (R.D. Swearingen),
  Feb 239

QuadLaser laser printer, review on (A. Little), Mar 217

Quarterdeck

DESQview windowing system (J. Pournelle), Sep 290

version 1.3 (J. Pournelle), June 284

version 2.0, Aug 252, Sep 281

QEMM 386 Expanded Memory Manager (J. Pournelle), Aug 248

Quattro spreadsheet program, first impressions of (E. Shapiro),
  Nov 119

QuickBASIC

CONREC contouring subroutine in, June 145

version 2.0

compared to Turbo BASIC pre-release version, Mar 104

review on (D. Dykstra), Feb 247

version 3.0 (J. Pournelle), Aug 244

version 4.0

first impression of (G.M. Vose), Nov 111

threaded p-code interpreter of, Nov 111, Nov 114

Quicksilver 1.1 dBASE compiler, benchmarks on (M.C. Rubel), Sep 277

Quickview Systems Zoomracks program, Feb 283

review on (T. Sperry), June 272







RaceCard 286 accelerator board, Nov 161

Radian RuleMaster 3.0 expert-system development package, review on (M.
  Van Horn), Jan 341

Radius Accelerator board for Macintosh Plus (C. Crawford), Dec 161

Radius Full Page Display for Macintosh (B. Webster), May 280

Ragtime program (E. Shapiro), May 271

Railroads, model, Marklin Digital Starter Set (E. Shapiro), Dec 218

RAM

construction of 256K Amiga expansion RAM (R.F. Retter and A.N.
  Morelli Jr.), Feb 129

DASCH external RAM disk for Macintosh (B. Webster), Mar 298

review on RAM-resident utilities (J. Edwards), AST 103

Random fractal surfaces (T. Jeffery), Dec 337

Random-number generation

intrinsic, comparative testing of (D.T. Modianos, R.C. Scott and
  L.W.Cornwell), Jan 175

in Pascal (B. Wichmann and D. Hill), Mar 127

Rasterization routines

and design of raster image processor (J. Barrett and K.
  Reistroffer), May 171

and vector-to-raster algorithms (D. Pountain), Sep 117

Rational Systems Instant-C 2.20 incremental compiler, review on (J.
  Unger), June 245

R:base System V database management program (C. Spezzano), AST 77

review on version 1.0 (S. Cobb), Apr 255

Ready! memory-resident program (J. Pournelle), May 270

Real-mode programming, and switching to protected mode (J. Barnum),
  IBM 125

Record locking in multiuser accounting systems, AST 50

Red Ryder 9.4 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) design:  SEE RISC DESIGN

Reed College, computer use in (D. Osgood), Feb 165

Referee 1.0B program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Reflex database management programs

file manager version 1.1 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

relational database manager version 1.01 (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Region data structures, RegionMaker program for creation of (H. Katz),
  Jan 145

RegionMaker program for Macintosh (H. Katz), Jan 145

Relational database management programs

R:base System V (C. Spezzano), AST 77

review on version 1.0 (S. Cobb), Apr 255

review on (C. Spezzano), AST 77

Relay Gold 2.0 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Relay Silver communications program (J. Pournelle), Mar 256

Relax Technology Hard 20 Plus hard disk drive for Macintosh (C.
  Crawford and E. White), May 237

Relaxation methods for solving physics problems (G. Williams), Jan 111

formal derivation of relaxation algorithm in, Jan 112

Remote controllers, infrared

for home control system (S. Ciarcia), Feb 101

for home entertainment equipment (S. Ciarcia), Mar 113

Reusable software in Modula-2 (H. Oktaba and R. Berber), Sep 123

Reviews

on books:  SEE BOOK REVIEWS

on hardware:  SEE HARDWARE REVIEWS

on software:  SEE SOFTWARE REVIEWS

on systems:  SEE SYSTEMS REVIEWS

Revolution Software Cruise Control 2.15 cursor control program (J.
  Edwards), AST 103

RISC (reduced instruction set computer) design (P. Robinson), Apr 143

of Acorn Archimedes A310 computer, preview on (D. Pountain),
  Oct 125

of Fairchild Clipper processor (M. Ackerman and G. Baum), Apr 161

of Motorola MC68030 processor (T.L. Johnson), Apr 153

of Novix NC4016/6016 series microprocessors (D.L. Miller), Apr 177

and WISC (writable instruction set computer) concept (P. Koopman),
  Apr 187

RIX Softworks EGA Paint program (J. Pournelle), Mar 268

RM Forte menu-driven multi-window program environment, Nov 194

RM/FORTRAN 2.11 FORTRAN 77 compiler, review on (D.W. Burleigh),
  Nov 187

Robots

BERT Basic Educational Robot Trainer, construction of (K. Brown),
  Apr 113, May 113

RTX robot arm (D. Pountain), Mar 279

RoseSoft Prokey 4.0 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

Routing of printed circuit boards, computer-aided (S.E. Belter),
  June 199

RR Software JANUS/Ada 1.6.1 (D-Pak) Ada language (N.C. Shammas),
  July 239

RTX robot arm (D. Pountain), Mar 279

RuleMaster 3.0 expert-system development package, review on (M. Van
  Horn), Jan 341

RUN/C C language interpreter (J. Unger), June 245

Run-length endcoding (D. Pountain), June 317







Saba Handscan hand-held optical characteristic recognition scanner,
  review on (J. McCormick), Dec 165

Santa Cruz Operation

Lyrix 5.0 word processor, review on (G.R. Allen), May 251

SCO Xenix 386 version 2.2 multiuser multitasking operating system,
  review on (E.J. Lau), Dec 190

Sanyo MBC-775 computer multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Savant Corporation A-Plus integrated windowing software (E. Shapiro),
  Apr 306

SB180 computer from Circuit Cellar, GT180 color graphics board for,
  software of (S. Ciarcia), Jan 85

ScenicSoft desktop publishing software, May 160

Schools:  SEE EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING

Scientific Reasoning Series, computer use in, Feb 202

Scientific Systems Forecast Master time-series forecasting statistical
  package, review on (L. Rosen), Feb 255

Scientific Wheel calculation processor, Nov 98

SCO Xenix 386 version 2.2 multiuser multitasking operating system,
  review on (E.J. Lau), Dec 190

Scorpion controller (D. Pountain), Mar 279

Screen displays, fancy, on IBM PC, programming techniques for (M.J.
  Sorens), Sep 129

Screen-utility programs, review on (J. Robie), Oct 223

Scribble! word processing software package, review on (W. Block),
  Jan 342

Seagate Stanford Ethernet AppleTalk Gateway (H.T. Smith, W.J. Armitage
  and R.J. Duckworth), July 159

Search routines, hashing functions in (J.C. Snader), Jan 129

Searching algorithms

heuristic, in Prolog (P.V. Haley), Oct 173

in equation-solving system (L. Sterling), Oct 177

in text indexing (D. Pountain), Aug 257

Seaside Software askSAM text-oriented database (E. Shapiro), Apr 306

Seattle Telecom & Data accelerator boards, Nov 161

Security systems of computers, in zero-knowledge proofs (P. Wayner),
  Oct 149

Seikosha America dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Self-organization model of neural networks, Oct 155, Oct 188

Semantic Microsystems MacScheme+Toolsmith interactive development
  environment, Dec 102

SideKick program

Plus version (S.R. Boye and P. Kahn), AST 19

version 1.52A (J. Edwards), AST 103

SideTalk 1.00B background communications program (R. Fixmer), Aug 229

Sigma Designs

Maximizer AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash
  Jr.), Jan 318

SigmaEGA! enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

SigmaEGA! enhanced graphics adapter, review on  (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Silicon Beach Software

SuperPaint program, Feb 296, June 323

World Builder program (E. Shapiro), Aug 264

Silicon compilers (S. Trimberger and J. Rowson), June 217

Silicon Valley Computer Gold Card 21 (J. Pournelle), Oct 251

Silk spreadsheet program 1.0 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Simon and Schuster Webster's New World On-Line Thesaurus (J. Edwards),
  AST 103

SimplSoft Products It Figures program (E. Shapiro), AST 35

SIMPP (simple image-processing package) routines in C (B.M. Dawson),
  Mar 169

Simulation

of 8085 microprocessor with Prolog program (A. Lane), Aug 161

with PC Simscript II.5 version 2.01 language, review on (Z.A.
      Karian), July 244

Sinusoidal mapping routines (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

S&K Technology Strike 1.0 spelling checker and thesaurus (J. Edwards),
  AST 103

Small Business Computers of New England WormStat 1.01 statistical
  program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Small-C compiler, Novix CPU and FORTH instruction set in design of
  (D.L. Miller), Apr 177

Smalltalk language/V release 1.2, review on (M. Davis), June 256

Smartcom II 2.1 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

SmartKey 5.11 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

Smartmodem 2400B, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

SmartNotes 1.4 program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Smudging and spraying in freehand painting programs (D. Pountain),
  Nov 317

Sniffer network analyzer from Network General (S. Spangenberg and
  R.G.A. Cote), July 191

Softaid MTBASIC multitasking BASIC compiler, review on (F.D. Davis),
  Jan 336

SoftKlone Distributing Mirror II telecommunications package (E.
  Shapiro), Sep 307

SoftView

MacInTax program (J. Pournelle), July 266

TaxView Planner for Macintosh (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

Software

8085 microprocessor simulation program in Prolog (A. Lane),
  Aug 161

Acquaint 2.4F frame-based knowledge-development system, review
  (E.R. Tello), June 265

Ada compilers for microcomputers, review on (N.C. Shammas),
  July 239

AdvSys adventure game writing system (D. Betz), May 125

Automator mi program (D. Pountain), Jan 383

Back-It program, Jan 361

BASIC compilers for Macintosh, review on (S.L. Norman), May 241

C language interpreters, review on (J. Unger), June 245

for calculating area of irregular shape, in BASIC (R. Stolk and G.
  Ettershank), Feb 135

communications programs:  SEE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS

for computer-aided design:  SEE COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

Concurrent PC DOS5.0 multiuser multitasking operating system,
  review on (W. Rash Jr.), Mar 226

customization of (D. Pountain), Jan 383

database management:  SEE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

for data compression, based on Nyquist sampling theorem (R.J.
  Sciamanda), Feb 137

Deluxe Music Construction Set 1.1 music composition program,
  review on (G. Williams), July 249

for desktop publishing:  SEE DESKTOP PUBLISHING

DESQview windowing system, June 284, Aug 252, Sep 281, Sep 290

for drafting and three-dimensional modeling on Macintosh, review
  on (P. Robinson), July 251

educational (A. Naiman), Feb 193

Eureka equation solving program, Sep 300, Oct 237

for financial analysis

design features of (G.W. Hedge), AST 47

Finance 10 package (E. Shapiro), AST 35

record locking in multiuser systems, AST 50

finite-element analysis programs for IBM PC, review on (N.M.
  Baran), Nov 205

Flash 5.0 disk-cache program, review on (W. Bolton), Apr 260

Forecast Master time-series forecasting statistical package,
  review on (L. Rosen), Feb 255

FORTRAN 77 compilers, review on (D.W. Burleigh), Nov 187

future trends in (O.L. Picher, C.R. Lubrano and R. Theophano),
  AST 37

GCLISP 286 Developer LISP development environment, review on (E.R.
  Tello), Apr 241

of GT180 color graphics board (S. Ciarcia), Jan 85

Guide hypertext processor, Apr 292, Apr 301, June 290, Aug 266,
  Sep 310, Oct 244, Oct 272

high-resolution software timer for IBM PC (B. Sheppard), Jan 157

Lightning 4.40B disk-cache program, review on (W. Bolton), Apr 260

Macintosh C compilers, review on (J. West), Aug 219

macro languages in (B. Gates), AST 11

Master Tracks Pro MIDI Sequencer 1.10 MIDI sequencer program (D.
  Swearingen), Nov 212

mapping programs, July 136

in Pascal (R. Miller and F. Reddy), Dec 329

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit 1.03, review on (D.
  Hart and L. Hart), June 250

Modula-2 programming systems, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 333

MTBASIC multitasking BASIC compiler, review on (F.D. Davis),
  Jan 336

new architectural approach to design of (B. Gates), AST 11

PALASM development software, Jan 224, Jan 247

Pascal compilers for IBM PC, review on (M. Bridger), Dec 85

PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01, review on (R. Grehan),
  Sep 263

PC Scheme 2.0 LISP compiler and development environment, review on
  (W.G.
 Wong), Mar 223

PC Simscript II.5 version 2.01 computer simulation language,
  review on (Z.A. Karian), July 244

PFS:First Choice 1.0 integrated package, review on (L.D. Allen),
  Mar 235

Power Tools Plus 2.00 Turbo Pascal routines library, review on
  (N.C. Shammas), Apr 244

program listings of:  SEE PROGRAM LISTINGS

programming of:  SEE PROGRAMMING

in public domain, for Amiga (W. Block), Feb 256

Q&A:  SEE Q&A SOFTWARE

QuickBASIC:  SEE QUICKBASIC

RAM-resident utilities, review on (J. Edwards), AST 103

RegionMaker program for Macintosh (H. Katz), Jan 145

on relaxation methods for solving physics problems, in Applesoft
  BASIC (G. Williams), Jan 113

RuleMaster 3.0 expert-system software package, review on (M. Van
  Horn), Jan 341

reusable, in Modula-2 (H. Oktaba and R. Berber), Sep 123

screen-utlity programs, review on (J. Robie), Oct 223

SideKick Plus program (S.R. Boye and P. Kahn), AST 19

Smalltalk/V release 1.2 language and programming environment,
  review on (M. Davis), June 256

spreadsheet programs:  SEE SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS

Spy program for investigating and debugging Windows programs (M.
  Geary), IBM 97

statistical programs for Macintosh, review on (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

terminate-and-stay resident programs, AST 19, IBM 49

TK Solver Plus 1.0 equation solving program, review on (G.A.
  Stewart), Oct 237

Turbo Extender 1.04 Turbo Pascal routines library, review on (N.C.
  Shammas), Apr 244

unusual or unknown programs for MS-DOS computers (E. Shapiro),
  AST 33

Wendin's Operating Systems Toolbox 1.08, review on (J. Levitt),
  Mar 228

WordCruncher 4.1 text-indexing and retrieval program, review on
  (R. Rabinovitz), Nov 216

word processing programs:  SEE WORD PROCESSING PROGRAMS

ZAPAL program for PAL programmer for IBM PC, Jan 263

Software Bottling Flash-Up utility program, Dec 101

Software Channels desktop publishing software, May 160

Software Link PC-MOS/386 Modular Operating System 1.01, review on (R.
  Grehan), Sep 263

Software Masters Flash 5.0 disk-cache program, review on (W. Bolton),
  Apr 260

Software Publishing

desktop publishing software, May 160

PFS:First Choice 1.0 integrated package, review on (L.D. Allen),
  Mar 235

Software Research Technologies SmartKey 5.11 macro utility (J.
  Edwards), AST 103

Software Toolworks Chessmaster 2000 chess program (J. Pournelle),
  Sep 302

Software Ventures MicroPhone communications program

version 1.0 (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

version 1.1 (E. Shapiro), Oct 269

Solution Systems C-Worth Library 1.0 screen utility program (J.
  Robie), Oct 223

Solutions Glue print-to-disk driver (E. Shapiro), July 288

Sony Multiscan (J. Pournelle), Mar 268

Sorting algorithms (D. Pountain), July 275

in indexing (D. Pountain), July 275

Sota Technology MotherCard 5.0 (J. Pournelle), Oct 251

SpaceEdit 1.5 drafting and three-dimensional modeling program for
  Macintosh (P. Robinson), July 251

Space exploration programs, image processing techniques in (K.
  Sheldon), Mar 143

Special education, computer uses in, Feb 200

Spectra EGA Card Model 4800, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H. Murray),
  Jan 313

Spectra Micro Development Hyper-C 4.0 Macintosh C compiler (J. West),
  Aug 219

Speed benchmark tests on IBM PC AT compatibles (J.C. Dermody and J.
  Punater), Jan 328

SpeedStor program (J. Pournelle), Sep 302

Spellin! spelling checker (E. Shapiro), Dec 215

Spelling checker programs, Dec 215

review on (J. Edwards), AST 103

Sperry PC/IT computer

multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

speed and compatibility test on, Jan 328

Spraying and smudging in freehand painting programs (D. Pountain),
  Nov 317

Spreadsheet programs (R. Malloy), AST 69

Borland Quattro (E. Shapiro), Nov 119

Excel, Jan 371, Nov 119, AST 69

Lotus 1-2-3, Jan 175, AST 69

of PFS:First Choice 1.0 integrated package (L.D. Allen), Mar 235

shared, in local area network (P.R. Horton and M.D. Morris),
  July 185

Trapeze, May 296, AST 69

WordPerfect PlanPerfect (E. Shapiro), Nov 119

Spy program for investigating and debugging windows programs (M.
  Geary), IBM 97

Stack machines

Novix NC4016/6016 series microprocessors as (D.L. Miller), Apr 177

and WISC writable instruction set computer concept (P. Koopman),
  Apr 187

STAMPER program, IBM 54

Standards

IEEE 801 local area network standards, July 150

IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification for data exchange in
  CAD (R.J. Mayer), June 209

PreScript proposal on image processing in desktop publishing (K.
  Sheldon), Mar 197

PHIGS Programmer's Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standard (M.
  Plaehn), Nov 275

Stanford Ethernet AppleTalk Gateway Seagate (H.T. Smith, W.J. Armitage
  and R.J. Duckworth), July 159

Stanford University, computer use in, Feb 167, Feb 202

V operating system of (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

StarBoard II memory-expansion box for Amiga (B. Webster), Mar 291

StarFixer program (E. Shapiro), June 324

Star Fleet game, Feb 283

StarGlider game, Feb 267

Star Micronics America dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

Star Raiders game, Feb 268

Stat80 2.10 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Statfast 2.0 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Statistical programs

BiTurbo STATA, Dec 98

Forecast Master package, review on (L. Rosen), Feb 255

on Macintosh, review on (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Statpak 3.15 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Statsoft Statfast 2.1 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

Statview statistical programs for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

StatWorks 1.2 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

STB Systems EGA Plus enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas
  and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Storage Dimensions SpeedStor program (J. Pournelle), Sep 302

Strategic Conquest Plus game for Macintosh (J. Pournelle), May 276

Street maps, digital

on CD-ROM (D.F. Cooke), July 129

encoding of, July 134

Stride 440 computer system, review on (P.A. Sand), Jan 295

Strike 1.0 spelling checking programand thesaurus (J. Edwards),
  AST 103

Strip-buffer imaging, compared to full-page bit-mapped imaging (B.
  Douglas), Sep 229

Studio Software desktop publishing software, May 160

Sub Battle Simulator game (J. Pournelle), Oct 255

Summagraphics SummaMouse, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H. Murray),
  Jan 313

SummaMouse, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Sun Microsystems

NeWS network-based window system (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

workstations (P. Robinson), Nov 251

Sun-3/160, evaluation of (C.D. Weston and G.A. Stewart), Feb 85

Suntek MemPlus AT memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

SuperCalc4 spreadsheet program 1.0 (R. Malloy), AST 69

SuperKey 1.03 macro utility (J. Edwards), AST 103

SuperMac Technology DataFrame 20 and XP 20 hard disk drives for
  Macintosh (C. Crawford and E. White), May 237

SuperPaint program (E. Shapiro), Feb 296, June 323

SupraDrive hard disk, Feb 234

Supreme Company AMAX AT 3000 computer, speed and compatibility tests
  on, Jan 328

Survey on instructional uses of school computers, results of (H.J.
  Becker), Feb 149

Swanson Analysis Systems ANSYS-PC/Linear 4.2-A3 finite-element
  analysis program, review on (N.M. Baran), Nov 205

Symantec Q&A software:  SEE Q&A SOFTWARE

Symmetry Acta outline processor, Jan 371, Feb 300, May 300

Symphony program on IBM PC, random-number generation with (D.T.
  Modianos, R.C. Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

SYSTAT 3.0 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

System reviews

on Acer 1100 Model 40E computer (E. McNierney), Nov 153

on Advanced Logic Research Access 386 microcomputers (S.J. Wszola
  and C. Franklin Jr.), Feb 215

on Apple IIGS computer (P. Chien), Apr 223

on AST Premium/286 (J. Unger), Aug 207

on Atari 1040ST (D. Menconi), Feb 231

on Atari Mega 4 (J. Kent), Dec 153

on Bondwell 8 portable computer (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

on Commodore 64C personal computer (A.J.W. Mayer), May 229

on Compaq Deskpro 386 computer (S.J. Wszola and C. Franklin Jr.),
  Feb 215

on Compaq Portable III Model 20 (J. Unger), May 221

on Compaq Portable 386 computer (T. Thompson), Nov 134

on Data General/One Model 2 (W. Rash Jr.), Jan 303

on GRiDlite Model 1032 laptop computer (J. Unger), Oct 202

on Hewlett-Packard HP Vectra (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

on IBM PC AT (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

on IBM PC Convertible portable computer (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

on IBM PS/2 computers

Model 30 (C. Franklin Jr.), July 225

Model 50 (R. Grehan), July 217

Model 80 (C. Franklin Jr. and R. Grehan), Nov 143

on ITT XTRA/286 ATW (J. Unger), Aug 207

on Kaypro 386 computer (R. Duncan), Sep 239

on Macintosh II computer (B.F. Webster), Oct 197

on Macintosh SE (L.H. Loeb), Aug 201

on Micro 1 386+ computer (E. McNierney), Nov 153

on NCR PC8 (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

on NEC APC IV (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

on NEC MultiSpeed portable computer (D. Satz), Sep 253

on PC Designs GV-286 computer (F.D. Davis), Sep 245

on PC's Limited 286MDSU12MDNM (W. Rash Jr.), June 229

on PC's Limited 386MDSU16MDNM (M.L. Van Name), Dec 141

on Proteus-286GT computer (F.D. Davis), Sep 245

on QIC AT-Plus 1800 (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

on Stride 440 (P.A. Sand), Jan 295

on Tandy 3000 HD (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

on Toshiba T1100 Plus portable computer (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

on Victor V286 (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

on Video Technology Laser 128 computer (V.E. White), Jan 307

on Wang LapTop computer (A. Lane), Oct 203

on Wells American A*Star II (W. Rash Jr.), June 229

on Zenith Z-181 portable computer (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

on Zenith Z-183 portable computer (J.D. Unger), Dec 145

System Saver Mac (J. Pournelle), Oct 254






T1100 Plus portable computer from Toshiba review on (J.D. Unger),
  Feb 221

Table lookup methods

in cyclic redundancy check (J. LeVan), Nov 339

hashing functions in (J.C. Snader), Jan 129

Tandon

PAC 286 computer, preview on (J. Erickson, G.M. Vose and C.
  Weston), May 85

PCA-20 computer, speed and compatibility test on, Jan 328

Tandy

1000 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

1000 HX computer (R. Malloy, G.M. Vose and G.A. Stewart), Oct 100

1000 TX computer (R. Malloy, G.M. Vose and G.A. Stewart), Oct 100

1400 LT laptop computer (R. Malloy, G.M. Vose and G.A. Stewart),
  Oct 100

3000 HD computer, review on (W. Rash Jr.), Apr 217

4000 computer (R. Malloy, G.M. Vose and G.A. Stewart), Oct 100

dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

TRS-80 model III, intrinsic random-number generator ofproducts
  available from, Oct 101

TaxView Planner for Macintosh (J. Pournelle), Dec 212

TCS-7000 computer from Kamerman, speed and compatibility test on,
  Jan 328

Tecmar

Captain 286 memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124

Maestro AT IBM PC AT multifunction card, review on (W. Rash Jr.),
  Jan 318

Tektronix 4696 color ink-jet printer, review on (R.D. Swearingen),
  Feb 239

Tele-286 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Telebit TrailBlazer modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

TeleCat-286 computer from TeleVideo Systems, Jan 353

Telecommunications programs:  SEE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS

TeleLearning Systems Electronic University Network, Feb 183

Telephone dialing program Hotline (E. Shapiro), May 294

TeleRobotics Course Builder program (E. Shapiro), Aug 263

Telescape 1.0 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

TeleSTAR/386, as low-end workstation, Nov 252

TeleVideo Systems

TeleCat-286 computer, Jan 353

TeleSTAR/386, as low-end workstation, Nov 252

Tele-Ware West Above Disc virtual memory emulator (J. Pournelle),
  May 270, Aug 250

Terminate-and-stay resident programs, AST 19, IBM 49

Tesseract Educational Systems MacFits 1.0 statistical program for
  Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

Text adventure games, AdvSys system for writing (D. Betz), May 125

Text processing, with Guide hypertext processor, Apr 292, Apr 301,
  June 290, Aug 277, Sep 310, Oct 244, Oct 272

Text scanners for IBM PC, review on (J. McCormick), Apr 233

Texas Instruments

Omni 880 dot-matrix printer, Apr 205

PC Scheme 2.0 LISP compiler and development environment, review on
  (W.G. Wong), Mar 223

Personal Consultant Plus 2.0 frame-based expert-system shell,
  review on (E.R. Tello), Oct 242

TI-99/4A computer, intrinsic random-number generator of (D.T.
  Modianos, R.C. Scott and L.W. Cornwell), Jan 175

TI Business-Pro computer, speed and compatibility tests on,
  Jan 328

TI Pro-Lite computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Thesaurus programs, review on (J. Edwards), AST 103

Termal-transfer process in color printing (J. Guardado), Sep 221

Think Technologies

Lightspeed C, Jan 371, June 288

version 2.01 (J. West), Aug 219

Lightspeed Pascal (J. Pournelle), June 290

Threaded p-code interpreter of QuickBASIC 4.0, Nov 111, Nov 114

three-dimensional modeling

with CAD-3D program 1.0, review on (R. DeMaria), Mar 238

with Macintosh programs (P. Robinson), July 251

in perspective (T. Daulton), Dec 307

TI:  SEE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

TIMESET.ASM program for Atari 520ST, June 165

Timeworks Partner PC 1.5 desktop-accessory program (J. Edwards),
  AST 103

Timing-independent BIOS (H.N. Cohen and J. Hanel), IBM 219

Timing of software, with high-resolution software timer for IBM PC (B.
  Sheppard), Jan 157

TK Solver Plus 1.0 equation solving program, review on (G.A. Stewart),
  Oct 237

TM1.MAS Turing Machine simulation program in BASIC, Nov 352

T/Maker WriteNow text editor/word processor (J. Pournelle), June 292

review on version 1.0, Mar 237, AST 55

TML Pascal

for Apple IIGS (B. Webster), Feb 307

version 2.0, Jan 371

T.N.T. Software My Word! word processor (E. Shapiro), AST 33

Token-Ring network, analysis of problems in, with Sniffer network
  analyzer (S. Spangenberg and R.G.A. Cote), July 191

Tornado Notes 1.72 program (J. Edwards), AST 103

Torrington Manager Mouse, review on (W.H. Murray and C.H. Pappas),
  June 238

Toshiba

dot-matrix printers, Apr 205

PageLaser 12 laser printer, Dec 97

T1100 Plus portable computer, review on (J.D. Unger), Feb 221

Total Systems Integration TSI-020 Macintosh Plus accelerator board (C.
  Crawford), Dec 161

Touchbase Systems

TravelComm 1200 (J. Pournelle), Mar 254

Worldport 1200 portable modem, review on (P. White), Nov 180

Trackball device FastTRAP (E. Shapiro), Dec 216

Tracker program (E. Shapiro), Sep 307

Trailblaser modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Trainable remote control for home entertainment equipment (S.
  Ciarcia), Mar 113

Trapeze spreadsheet program (E. Shapiro), May 296

version 1.0 (R. Malloy), AST 69

TravelComm 1200 (J. Pournelle), Mar 254

Traveling Software

Booster Pak (J. Pournelle), Nov 225

Laplink (J. Pournelle), July 268

True BASIC for Macintosh (S.L. Norman), May 241

TrueSTAT statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman), July 207

TrueVision image processing system, review on (R. Tinney), Mar 215

Tseng Laboratories Eva enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H.
  Pappas and W.H. Murray), Jan 313

TSI-020 Macintosh Plus accelerator board (C. Crawford), Dec 161

Turbo-101 Enhanced Keyboard (J. Pournelle), Apr 272, July 260

Turbo-Amiga expansion chassis for Amiga 1000 computer (W. Block),
  June 235

Turbo BASIC (J. Pournelle), July 268, Aug 243

pre-release version, compared to QuickBASIC 2.0, Mar 104

preview on (G.A. Stewart), Mar 101

Turbo C compiler (J. Pournelle), Oct 264

TurboEGA enhanced graphics adapter board, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Turbo Extender 1.04 Turbo Pascal routines library, review on (N.C. 
  Shammas), Apr 244

Turbo Lightning 1.00A spelling checking program and thesaurus (J.
  Edwards), AST 103

TurboMax upgrade for Macintosh, May 280, Dec 161

Turbo Modula-2, for GT180 color graphics board (S. Ciarcia), Jan 87

Turbo Pascal

concurrent programming in (M.S. Krishnamoorthy and S. Agnarsson),
  Apr 127

data compression and expansion in, June 318

Power Tools Plus 2.00 Turbo Pascal routines library, review on
  (N.C. Shammas), Apr 244

text-indexing in, July 275, Aug 260

Turbo Extender 1.04 Turbo Pascal routines library, review on (N.C.
  Shammas), Apr 244

version 4.0, Nov 97

Turbopower Software Turbo Extender 1.04 Turbo Pascal routines library,
  review on (N.C. Shammas), Apr 244

Turbo Prolog, NL-DOS natural language interface for DOS in (A. Lane),
  Dec 261

Turing Machine (I. Malitz), Nov 345

compared to modern computers, Nov 346

diagramming of, Nov 348

Turner Hall Publishing Spellin! spelling checker (E. Shapiro), Dec 215

Tweek contact enhancer fluid (J. Pournelle), Apr 270

Type design for laser printers, Sep 194

Typesetting Network desktop publishing software, May 162

TYX desktop publishing software, May 160

TxEd program editor, Jan 371







Uninvited game (J. Pournelle), June 294

Unisys Sperry PC/IT computer, speed and compatibility tests on,
  Jan 328

United Software Industries ASCII Pro 1.3 communications programs (B.N.
  Meeks), AST 91

United Kingdom Byte reports (D. Pountain)

on Automator mi program, Jan 383

on color monitors, Apr 311

on customization of software, Jan 383

on IBM PC compatible products, Feb 287

on Martello FORTH development system, Mar 286

on RTX robot arm, Mar 279

on Scorpion controller, Mar 279

Unitex 150-W power supply and 20-megabyte hard disk kit (J.
  Pournelle), Oct 251

Universal base SIX 6.6 database management program (C. Spezzano),
  AST 77

Universal Machine Intelligence RTX robot arm (D. Pountain), Mar 279

Universal Technical Systems TK Solver Plus 1.0 equation solving
  program,  review on (G.A. Stewart), Oct 237

Unix network, Macintosh on (H.T. Smith, W.J. Armitage and R.J.
  Duckworth), July 159

USORT.PAS indexing program, July 276

USRobotics Microlink 2400 Modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209







V operating system of Stanford University (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

Vector-to-raster algorithms (D. Pountain), Sep 177

VEGA enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and W.H.
  Murray), Jan 313

Ven-Tel Half Card 24 modem, review on (S. Satchell), May 209

Ventura Publisher 1.1 desktop publishing software (J. Cavuoto),
  Dec 169

Vermont Creative Software Windows for Data and Windows for C screen
  utility programs (J. Robie), Oct 223

VersaCAD 5.2 computer-aided design program (P. Robinson), Aug 232

Victor V286 computer, review on (S. Miastkowski), Mar 209

Video-7 VEGA enhanced graphics adapter, review on (C.H. Pappas and
  W.H. Murray), Jan 313

Video digitizer, gray-scale, ImageWise, construction of (S. Ciarcia),
  May 95, June 129, July 113, Aug 117

Video graphics array of IBM PS/2 computers (R. Wilton), IBM 67

Video image processing, with AT&T TrueVision system, review on (R.
  Tinney), Mar 215

Video programming techniques for IBM PS/2 computers (R. Wilton),
  IBM 67

Video Technology Laser 128 computer system, review on (V.E. White),
  Jan 307

Vitamin C 3.0 screen utility program (J. Robie), Oct 223

VM Personal Computing

Relay Gold 2.0 communications program (B.N. Meeks), AST 91

Relay Silver communications program (J. Pournelle), Mar 256

Volkswriter Deluxe Plus word processor (E. Shapiro), Feb 295

VOPT disk management program (J. Pournelle), Sep 300

VP-Expert development package (E. Shapiro), June 321

VP-Planner spreadsheet program 1.3 (R. Malloy), AST 69

Vutek AT Mega Memory memory board (B. Nance), Dec 124







Wang LapTop computer, review on (A. Lane), Oct 203

WC 525 write-once optical disk drive, review on (R. Malloy), July 231

Webster's New World On-Line Thesaurus (J. Edwards), AST 103

Weinberg program (B. Webster), Feb 313

Weitek WTL 1167 chip set, IBM 116

Wells American A*Star II computer

local area network of, June 232

review on (W. Rash Jr.), June 229

Wendin Operating System Toolbox 1.08, review on (J. Levitt), Mar 228

West End Film desktop publishing software, May 160

Western AT computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Western Automation DASCH external RAM disk for Macintosh (B. Webster),
  Mar 298

Western Behavioral Sciences Institute on-line courses, Feb 188

Western Computer Big Mack Twinpack hard disk drive for Macintosh (C.
  Crawford and E. White), May 237

White Crane Systems Brooklyn Bridge file transfer program (J.
  Pournelle), June 284

White Sciences Pagebuilder desktop publishing software, May 160

Whitewater Group Actor 1.0 object-oriented programming language,
  review on (L. Moskowitz), Sep 266

Whoops! spelling checking program and thesaurus (J. Edwards), AST 103

Windows

with assembly language subroutine for IBM PC Microsoft BASICA
  (J.W. Ross), IBM 201

comparison of (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

with DESQview 2.00 program (J. McCormick), Sep 281

with Intel 82786 graphics chip (B. Nicholls), Aug 135

with Microsoft Windows (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

with Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit 1.03 (D. Hart and
  L. Hart), June 250

Spy program for investigating and debugging (M. Geary), IBM 97

with WINDOW.BAS program, IBM 203

with Windows for C 4.12 screen utility program (J. Robie), Oct 223

with Windows for Data 2.05 screen utility program (J. Robie),
  Oct 223

with Windows Excel program, first impression of (E. Shapiro),
  Nov 119

Wines on Disk, Jan 361

WireTap (J. Pournelle), Apr 278

WISC writable instruction set computer design (P. Koopman), Apr 187

Word, word processing program

Macintosh version 3.0, Jan 395, June 313, AST 55

PC version 3.1 (P. Robinson), AST 55

WordCruncher 4.1 indexing and retrieval program, review on (R.
  Rabinovitz), Nov 216

Word Finder Thesaurus (J. Pournelle), Oct 260

Word Handler 1.6 word processor, review on (M. O'Neil), Apr 257

Workman and Associates FTL Modula-2 for IBM PC, Feb 284, Apr 275

WordPerfect

desktop publishing software, May 160

Executive Integrated package (E. Shapiro), Nov 241

PlanPerfect spreadsheet program, first impressions of (E.
  Shapiro), Nov 119

word processing program, Feb 372, Apr 276

version 4.2, review on (P. Robinson), AST 55

Word processing programs

Laser Author, review on (M. O'Neill), Jan 344

Lyrix 5.0 (G.R. Allen), May 251

of PFS:First Choice 1.0 integrated package (L.D. Allen), Mar 235

of Q&A version 2.0 (P. Robinson), May 249

review on (P. Robinson), AST 55

of Scribble! software package, review on (W. Block), Jan 342

Word, Jan 395, June 313, AST 55

Word Handler 1.6, review on (M. O'Neill), Apr 257

WordPerfect, Feb 372, Apr 276, AST 55

Write Now from Airus, Mar 272, AST 34

WriteNow from T/Maker, Mar 237, June 292, AST 55

WordStar programs from MicroPro, May 272, Apr 276, Sep 299

Professional version 4.0 (E. Shapiro), Nov 241

version 4.0 (J. Pournelle), Mar 256, Apr 276, June 284

Wordtech Systems Quicksilver 1.1 dBASE compiler, benchmarks on (M.C.
  Rubel), Sep 277

Works from Microsoft (E. Shapiro), July 283

WorksPlus Spell spelling correction package (E. Shapiro), July 283

Workstations

compared to personal computers in cost and capability (P.
  Robinson), Nov 251

experimental distributed operating systems (W.A. Mason), Nov 291

IBM PC-compatible, evaluation of (C.D. Weston and G.A. Stewart),
  Feb 85

as issue theme (C.D. Weston and E. White), Nov 250

low-end, comparison of (P. Robinson), Nov 251

Programmer's Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standard PHIGS (M.
  Plaehn), Nov 275

resource guide on, Nov 261

window systems of (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

World Builder program (E. Shapiro), Aug 264

WORLD.DAT program, Dec 329

Worldport 1200 portable modem, review on (P. White), Nov 180

WormStat 1.01 statistical program for Macintosh (R.S. Lehman),
  July 207

Writable instruction set computer WISC design (P. Koopman), Apr 187

Write Now word processor from Airus, Mar 272, AST 34

WriteNow word processor from T/Maker, June 292

review on version 1.0, Mar 237, AST 55

Write-once optical disk drive ISI WC 525, review on (R. Malloy),
  July 231

Writing to Read course, computer use in, Feb 202

WYSEpc 286 computer, speed and compatibility tests on, Jan 328







X Window System network-based window system (H.L. Stern), Nov 265

Xenix

BIX comments on, Dec 195

SCO Xenix 386 version 2.2 (E.J. Lau), Dec 190

Xerox

228S workstation (P. Robinson), Nov 252

4020 color ink-jet printer, review on (R.D. Swearengin), Feb 239

6060 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

6085 workstation, evaluation of (C.D. Weston and G.A. Stewart),
  Feb 85

desktop publishing software, May 160

Ventura Publisher 1.1 (J. Cavuoto), Dec 169

PC Type Right spelling checker (J. Pournelle), Apr 272

XMODEM cyclic redundancy check algorithm, table-lookup method for
  calculating (J. LeVan), Nov 339

Xyquest

XyWrite II 3.1 desktop publishing software, May 160

XyWrite III (E. Shapiro), Oct 270

XyWrite III Plus, Nov 97

XxWrite II 3.1 desktop publishing software, May 160

XyWrite III (E. Shapiro), Oct 270

XyWrite III Plus, Nov 97







ZAP-A-PAL IBM PC PAL programmer board, construction of (R.A.
  Freedman), Jan 263

ZBASIC (S.L. Norman), May 241

Zedcor ZBASIC (S.L. Norman), May 241

Zenith

EaZy PC computer (J. Pournelle), Dec 199

PCXFER program (J. Pournelle), Apr 278, May 261

Z-181 portable computer, Jan 361

modems for (J. Pournelle), Mar 254

review on (J.D. Unger), Feb 2212

Z-183 portable computer (J. Pournelle), Nov 225

review on (J. Unger), Dec 145

Z-200 Advanced PC, speed and compatibility test on, Jan 328

Z-241 computer, multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Z-248 computer (J. Pournelle), May 264

multidimensional analysis of, IBM 193

Zero-knowledge proofs (P. Wayner), Oct 149

Zoomracks program, Feb 283

review on (T. Sperry), June 272