Features

p.20 Recurrence In Numerical Analysis

[author James J Davidson]

Recurrence can be used to simplify the calculation of Bessel functions.

p.36 Build a Low-Cost Logic Analyzer

[author Steve Ciarcia]

Turn your computer into a powerful diagnostic tool.

p.64 A-L BYTE Guide to The National Computer Conference and Chicago

Up-to-date information on the conference, the city, and much more.

p.66 Digital Minicassette Controller

[author James Kahn]

Use an intelligent peripheral controller to lighten the load on your computer system.

p.102 Programming the Game of Go

[author Jonathan K Millen]

Even though Go is much harder than chess, a microcomputer Go program can produce surprisingly good play.

p.122 Build Your Own Turing Machine

[author James Willis]

Three different practical versions of this theoretical tool produce the same output.

p.150 A Closer Look at the TI Speak & Spell

[author Peter Vernon]

The author expands on Michael Rigsby's September 1980 BYTE article.

p.218 An Introduction to Data Compression

[author Harold Corbin]

Information can be transmitted and stored using fewer data bits by appropriate techniques.

p.252 Build an Intercomputer Data Link

[author Mike Wingfield]

Using this software, systems based on the 6800 microprocessor can communicate with other systems.

p.290 Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics, Part 2

[author Franklin C Crow]

Software to display solid objects without hidden lines and surfaces.

p.348 PADDLES: interfacing with Modular Breadboards

[author Roger J Combs and Paul Field]

Designing and implementing breadboard circuits is greatly eased with the use of these standardized modules.

Reviews

p.46 The MicroAce Computer

[author Delmar Searls]

p.94 A Reformatter for CP/M and IBM Floppy Disks

[author John Lehman]

p.188 Three Versions of APL

[author Gregg Williams]



Nucleus

p.6 Editorial: Future Trends in Personal Computing

p.10, 302 BYTE's Bugs

p.12 Letters

p.32, 34 Programming Quickles: Apple Name-Address: A Graphic Execution Display

p.98, 304, 310, 314 Technical Forum

MicroShakespeare Revisited or Kilobard

An ADM-3 Emulator for the Hazeltine 1500

Challenger Writes on Comprint

On the Use of Fourier Transforms to Explore Biological Rhythms

p.148 System Notes : A Relocatable Bootstrap for the Tarbell Disk Controller

p.158 Clubs and Newsletters

p.186 Cartoon

p.212 BYTELINES

p.328 Ask BYTE

p.332 Event Queue

p.338 Books Received

p.344 Software Received

p.345 BYTE's Bits

p.359 What's New?

p.414 Unclassified Ads

p.415 BOMB, BOMB Results

p.416 Reader Service

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