{"id":34625,"date":"2024-11-12T13:57:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=34625"},"modified":"2024-11-21T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:32:29","slug":"byte-august-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/11\/12\/byte-august-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Byte (August 1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FByte%2FByte_1985-08&amp;twg_show=Byte_1985-08_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001-745x1024.jpg 745w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001-768x1055.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001-1118x1536.jpg 1118w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001-87x120.jpg 87w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_001.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FByte%2FByte_1985-08&amp;twg_show=Byte_1985-08_001.jpg\">Byte &#8211; August 1985<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you were interested in in-depth technical coverage then I think Byte was the best multiformat computer magazine around. Eventually, as the market became PC only, Byte would also. The August 1985 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Amiga Personal Computer<\/b> &#8211; An advanced look at the Amiga 1000, the first in the 68000 based Amiga line of computers from Commodore. This is a very detailed preview of the machine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ciarcia&#8217;s Circuit Cellar: Build The BASIC-52 Computer\/Controller<\/b> &#8211; A single board computer designed for running BASIC. It includes an Intel 8052AH-BASIC micro-controller, an 8K BASIC interpreter, and 48K of RAM\/EPROM. Basically, this was designed to act as a controller solving a specifi problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The DSI-32 Coprocessor Board, Part I: The Hardware<\/b> &#8211; A look at the hardware of the DSI-32 co-processor board which includes a National Semiconductor NS32032 CPU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Programming Project: Context-Free Parsing of Arithmetic Expressions<\/b> &#8211; A programming project that will help you create a program that parses normal numerical equations using the correct order of operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=34629\" class=\"attachment wp-att-34629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34629\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004-740x1024.jpg 740w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004-768x1062.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004-1111x1536.jpg 1111w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004-87x120.jpg 87w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_004.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Themes<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Prolog Goes to Work<\/b> &#8211; A look at the Prolog programming language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Logic Programming<\/b> &#8211; Using a procedural programming language to implement logic processing in a computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Declarative Languages: An Overview<\/b> &#8211; A look at the history of programming language with an emphasis on &#8220;declarative&#8221; languages (like LISP). SCHEME, a LISP derivative was what my Intro to Computer Science class used back in the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Program Transformation<\/b> &#8211; A program development methodology presented by a professor at Imperial College in London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Functional Programming Using FP<\/b> &#8211; Creating hierarchical programs without using recursion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A Hope Tutorial<\/b> &#8211; A tutorial on one of the new functional programming languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Tandy 1000<\/b> &#8211; A low cost PC-compatible computer. There would ultimately be many Tandy 1000 models. This first one was like a much better IBM PCjr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IBM Pascal 2.00<\/b> &#8211; A review of IBM&#8217;s Pascal 2.00 programming language. I remember using Pascal in high-school on an IBM PC but I have no recollection what version it was. This would have been like 5 or 6 years later though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Review Feedback<\/b> &#8211; Feedback on reviews of the Compaq Deskpro, Level 5 Research&#8217;s Insight, the HP 110, MultiMate, the MT 160 printer, ITT XTRA, the Juki 6100 printer, hardware benchmarking in general, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=34631\" class=\"attachment wp-att-34631\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000-732x1024.jpg 732w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000-768x1075.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000-86x120.jpg 86w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_277tandy1000.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Kernel<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computing at Chaos Manor: The West Coast Computer Faire<\/b> &#8211; A look at the 10th annual West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTE Japan: COMDEX in Japan<\/b> &#8211; New products seen at COMDEX in Japan include a Fujitsu lap-size portable based on the MBL8086L microprocessor and 128K of RAM, new laser printers, the NEC PC-9801M2\/3 based the 8086-2 CPU at 8MHz and 256K of RAM and supporting CP\/M-86 MS-DOS and PC-UX (though not PC compatible), and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTE U.K.: Declarative Update<\/b> &#8211; A look at the Hope programming system and a couple of new books (Principles of Functional Programming and Introduction to Logic Programming).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>According to Webster: Greetings and Agitations<\/b> &#8211; Coverage of Turbo Pascal 3.0, Copy II Mac, MacTools, MacASM, MacModula-2, Megamax C and QC-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTE West Coast: New Microprocessor Chips<\/b> &#8211; A look at the new 80386 which would eventually dominate new PCs and the 80C86 which is a lower powered CMOS version of the 8086.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTELINES<\/b> &#8211; Mitsubishi at early stages of developing manufacturing technology for 4-megabyte memory devices; IBM pushes back the intro of the &#8220;PC II&#8221;; Apple lays off 1600 people; and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=34628\" class=\"attachment wp-att-34628\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"h\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34628\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005-746x1024.jpg 746w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005-768x1055.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005-1118x1536.jpg 1118w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005-87x120.jpg 87w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_005.jpg 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Columns<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editorial<\/b> &#8211; An overview of what&#8217;s in this issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Microbytes<\/b> &#8211; Sinclair survives bankruptcy; Atari shows CD-ROM device at CES; new products featuring the 65816 processor; C compiler released by Manx Software for the Commodore and 128 Macintosh and Apple II; and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about the Macintosh, expanding Mac memory, Sanyo computers, Apple dealer support, BYTEnet, the MAGIC\/L programming language, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What&#8217;s New<\/b> &#8211; A brief look at new products including Zoomracks (framework for creating database, text and appointment applications), Xecom&#8217;s MOSART 300\/1200-bps modem with voice detection, Tektronix AI Systems running Smalltalk-80, the SAM 3001 AT computer, the System\/36 PC, the Conquest PC Turbo, the Cardco Digi-Cam and S&#8217;more BASIC for the Commodore 64, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Book Reviews<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of Beginning Micro-Prolog, Micro-Prolog: Programming in Logic, A Software Law Primer, and Extraterrestrials &#8211; Science and Alien Intelligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ask BYTE<\/b> &#8211; Questions answered about building a 16-bit C machine, S-100 boards for North Star Horizon users, the Sanyo MBC 555, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, RS-232C on the IBM PC, chaining BASIC programs, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442-731x1024.jpg 731w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442-768x1076.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442-1096x1536.jpg 1096w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442-86x120.jpg 86w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Byte_1985-08_442.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Byte &#8211; August 1985 If you were interested in in-depth technical coverage then I think Byte was the best multiformat computer magazine around. Eventually, as the market became PC only, Byte would also. The August 1985 issue includes: Features The Amiga Personal Computer &#8211; An advanced look at the Amiga 1000, the first in the 68000 based Amiga line of computers from Commodore. This is a very detailed preview of the machine. Ciarcia&#8217;s Circuit Cellar: Build The BASIC-52 Computer\/Controller &#8211; A single board computer designed for running BASIC. It includes an Intel 8052AH-BASIC micro-controller, an 8K BASIC interpreter, and 48K of RAM\/EPROM. Basically, this was designed to act as a controller solving a specifi problem. The DSI-32 Coprocessor Board, Part I: The Hardware &#8211; A look at the hardware of the DSI-32 co-processor board which includes a National Semiconductor NS32032 CPU. Programming Project: Context-Free Parsing of Arithmetic Expressions &#8211; A programming project that will help you create a program that parses normal numerical equations using the correct order of operations. Themes Prolog Goes to Work &#8211; A look at the Prolog programming language. Logic Programming &#8211; Using a procedural programming language to implement logic processing in a computer. Declarative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[61,66,367,2835,2362],"class_list":["post-34625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-1980s","tag-66","tag-byte","tag-magazine","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34679,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34625\/revisions\/34679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}