Table of ContentsIBM and Its Personal Computers | 1 |
Phil Lemmons |
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INTRODUCTION: The Array of IBM Personal Computers | 9 |
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Matching Machines to Computing Requirements | |
IBM Personal Computers at a Glance | 10 |
IBM Forecast: Market Dominance | 30 |
IBM's array of follow-up products and enhancements for the PC means it is here to stay. |
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Michael Killen |
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STALWARTS:The IBM Personal Computer, PC XT, Portable and PCjr. | 41 |
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Machines Within the Machines: Operating Systems | |
A Tale of Two Operating Systems | 42 |
Confused about virtual memory operating system in the new XT/370? Compare it to Microsoft's PC-DOS. |
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Charles Daney |
The Future of UNIX on the IBM PC | 59 |
With Unix available for the XT, the question is not how to emply it, but how soon. |
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Ralph A. Phraner |
Five Window Managers for the IBM PC | 59 |
Multiple windows, mouse pointing devices, and multitasking envornments for your IBM PC. |
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John Markoff |
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Manners of Speaking: Programming Languages | |
Two Logos for the IBM PC | 91 |
Two Logos, one by Digital Research and another from IBM, share many features, but choosing the better package proves difficult. |
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Morton Goldberg |
The Logical Record Keeper: PROLOG on the IBM | 125 |
This very high-level language makes it easy to program knowledge-itensive tasks. |
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James L. Weiner |
An Introduction to PC Assembly Language Programming | 134 |
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William J. Claff |
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Ways of Writing: Applications and Programming | |
Technical and Business Graphics on the IBM PC | 155 |
A quick look at some spreadsheets and graphics packages in a crowded field. |
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Jack Bishop |
Word Processing Revisited | 165 |
A review of five new versions of familiar WP packages for the IBM PC - WordStar, Word, pfs:Write, MultiMate, and FinalWord. |
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Janet Cameron |
Update on Six Database Managers | 187 |
A comparison of six popular DBMSs for the IBM PC. |
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Dave Kruglinski |
Evaluating 8087 Performance on the IBM PC | 197 |
Saving time in engineering and business is easy if you choose the right translator. |
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Stephen S. Fried |
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EXTRA POWER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS: IBM's XT/370, 3270 PC, and S9000 | 209 |
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The Micro as Mainframe/The Mainframe as Micro | |
The IBM XT/370 Personal Computer | 210 |
A qualified success, IBM's XT/370 represents a genuine advance in desktop computing. |
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Ernest Sabine |
Number Crunching on IBM's New S9000 | 218 |
IBM joins with MIT's Nanional Magnet Lab to develop spectrometers for imaging systems. |
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David J. States |
The Mainframe Connection: IBM's 3270 PC | 231 |
High-quality graphics and multihost communications characterize IBM's 3270 PC. |
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Larry Augustin |
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Maximizing the PC Family: Communications and Compability | |
Modems: The Next Generation | 238 |
New modems, with call-progress signal detection, alternate voice and data using smart interfaces. |
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Mark Klein |
Moving Data Between PCs and Mainframes | 248 |
Moving shared data around once you access it is still a problem in an industry without standards. |
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Jay Siegel |
Testing for IBM PC Compability | 256 |
Determining how compatible a computer is compared to the IBM PC has now been simplified with two new programs. |
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Robert A. Stillman Jr. |
What's New | 266 |