Table of ContentsThe Worlds of UNIX | 42 |
A discussion of the development and future of UNIX introduces the articles that follow |
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Mark Rollins |
The Evolution of UNIX from 1974 to present | 44 |
UNIX in the laste decade: the key ideas that made it evolve, and the idividuals who contributed its growth |
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Ian F. Darwin, Geoff Collyer |
A Conversation with Andrew D. Hall | 58 |
Andy Hall, Director of the Bell Labs System V Development, talks about the future of UNIX |
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Codata 3300, Running Unisoft UNIX | 68 |
Codata offers a reliable implementation of UNisoft UNIX at a moderate price |
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Bruce H. Hunter |
How Portable is C? | 84 |
Avoid some of the most common pointer and data typing proplems that arise when programming with C |
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Michael Tilson |
PFIX86 from Phoenix | 92 |
Phoenix Software has released a symbolic debugger for a standard PC/MS-DOS environment |
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Michael Olfe |
The MS-DOS PROMPT Command has more Power than You Think | 100 |
PROMPT s ore than a simple command -- it will display the current directory path, change the color/graphics display mode, and redefine the keyboard |
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Charles Petzold |
X.25 Communications Protocol | 108 |
Part 3: Learn how to implement X.25 using the Intel 8270 and Western Digital WD2511 chips |
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Eric L. Beser |
Editor's Page | 6 |
Microsystems says goodbye |
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Mark Rollins |
News and Views | 8 |
IBM releases PC/AT; Japan penetrating U.S. PC market |
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Sol Libes |
The S-100 Bus | 12 |
Tips on buying an S-100; safe power switching; slow EPROMs |
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Dave Hardy |
The UNIX File | 16 |
Shows, shell efficiency, and shibboleths |
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Ian F. Darwin |
MS-DOS Window | 24 |
Bulletin Boards for the PC |
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Hank Kee |
Graphics Palette | 30 |
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David McCune |