{"id":34901,"date":"2024-12-30T11:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=34901"},"modified":"2025-01-11T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:45:54","slug":"byte-november-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/byte-november-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Byte (November 1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FByte%2FByte_1985-11_2&amp;twg_show=Byte_1985-11_2_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34902\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001-748x1024.jpg 748w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001-219x300.jpg 219w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001-768x1052.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001-88x120.jpg 88w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_001.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FByte%2FByte_1985-11_2&amp;twg_show=Byte_1985-11_2_001.jpg\">Computer &amp; Video Game Magazines &#8211; Byte &#8211; November 1985 &#8211; &#8211; Cover<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Byte was one of the more successful early computer magazines. It&#8217;s popularity faded away as coverage moved away from more technical subjects and computer became more of a commodity item. It was definitely going strong in 1985 though. The November 1985 issue has over 500 pages and includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ciarcia&#8217;s Circuit Cellar: The World&#8217;s Smallest 1200-bps Modem<\/b> &#8211; Customizing a modem to include answering service, speech synthesis, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Programming Project: An Assembler For VM2<\/b> &#8211; Creating an assembler for the VM2 virtual machine presented in the previous issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Programming Project: Extending Turbo Pascal<\/b> &#8211; Five libraries to extend Turbo Pascal including routines for input\/output, integer handling, string replacement, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>CD-ROMs and Their Kin<\/b> &#8211; Some of the latest developments in optical storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>High and Lows of Parameter Passing<\/b> &#8211; Accessing assembly-language routines from Pascal and FORTRAN programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Programming Insight: Game-Paddle Control Linearity Test<\/b> &#8211; Testing paddle controllers by measuring resistance with the Apple II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"attachment wp-att-34903\" href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=34903\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34903\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004-743x1024.jpg 743w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004-768x1059.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004-1114x1536.jpg 1114w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004-87x120.jpg 87w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_004.jpg 1171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Themes<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Amiga&#8217;s Custom Graphics Chips<\/b> &#8211; An interview with Jay Miner, designer of the Amiga&#8217;s custom graphics chips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Raster Operations<\/b> &#8211; Methods for combining text and graphics, specifically using the PMR 96016 chip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Moving Pictures<\/b> &#8211; System design for rea-time graphics performance using double buffering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>High-Resolution Printer Graphics<\/b> &#8211; Creating high-res printer output by addressing the individual dots used to generate characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The PD7281 Processor<\/b> &#8211; A detailed look at a chip designed for high-speed parallel processing of images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Data GeneralOne<\/b> &#8211; A portable computer featuring a 80C88 CPU, 256KB of RAM (expandable to 512K), one or two 720K 3.5&#8243; disk drives, MS-DOS 2.11 and more starting at $2995.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Sanyo MBC-775<\/b> &#8211; A portable PC compatible computer featuring a 8 MHz 8088 CPU, 256K (expandable to 640K) RAM, two 360K 5.25&#8243; disk drives, and more for $2599.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Five C Compilers for the Macintosh<\/b> &#8211; An overview of C Compilers for the Macintosh including Aztec C, Hippo-C, Mac C, Megamax C, and Software Macintosh C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Magic\/L<\/b> &#8211; A review of this development system that is a descendant of FORTH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IBM&#8217;s Professional Graphics System<\/b> &#8211; A high-resolution 12-inch color monitor (640&#215;480) and matched graphics controller card capable of 256 colors, and various software for the low price of $1295 (display) + $2995 (graphics card).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Juki&#8217;s 6300 Daisy-Wheel Printer<\/b> &#8211; Daisy wheel printers worked like typewriters so they produced high quality output but they were slow and couldn&#8217;t really do graphics. This one would cost you $995.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"attachment wp-att-34904\" href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=34904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34904\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005-741x1024.jpg 741w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005-768x1061.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005-1112x1536.jpg 1112w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005-87x120.jpg 87w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_005.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Kernel<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computing at Chaos Manor: Old Favorites and New Ones<\/b> &#8211; Discussion of the ARPANET, BIX, Zeke, SideKick, SuperKey, the Kaypro 286i, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>According to Webster: Memories<\/b> &#8211; Discussion of Megamax C, future Macintosh computers, the Amiga, the Atari ST, optical disks, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTE U.K.: Living C-Personal<\/b> &#8211; A look at this real-time C debugging environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTE Japan: Comparing Fujitsus<\/b> &#8211; A look at the Fujitsu FM-16B, a sort of update to the Fujitsu FM-11BS, as well as the NEC PC-9801M2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editorial: A Tale of Four Covers<\/b> &#8211; This issue was available with four covers meant to emphasize computer graphics capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Microbytes<\/b> &#8211; Apple introduces a RAM expansion card for the Apple II, 3.5&#8243; disk drive for the Apple II, ImageWriter II printer, Hard Disk 20 for the Mac, and Apple Personal Modem and more; Intel starts selling samples of 80386 processors; and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about computing probabilities, parallel computing, star maps, Dvorak keyboards, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What&#8217;s New<\/b> &#8211; A look at new products including new tools for building expert systems, A FORTH development system for the Atari ST, Paradox database, a 256K expansion for the TRS-80 Color Computer, SideKick for the Macintosh, a bubble memory subsystem from Intel, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ask BYTE<\/b> &#8211; Questions answered about monitor problems, books on business systems, PC-DOS on the Zenith Z-150, XT compatibility on the IBM PC, upgrading RAM on a Macintosh, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Book Reviews<\/b> &#8211; Books reviewed here include Macintosh Revealed Volume One: Unlocking The Toolbox, Advanced Programmer&#8217;s Guide Featuring dBASE III, 16-Bit Modern Microcomputers: The Intel i8086 Family, and Statistical Programs in BASIC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34905\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540-754x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540-754x1024.jpg 754w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540-221x300.jpg 221w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540-768x1044.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540-1130x1536.jpg 1130w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540-88x120.jpg 88w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Byte_1985-11_2_540.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Computer &amp; Video Game Magazines &#8211; Byte &#8211; November 1985 &#8211; &#8211; Cover Byte was one of the more successful early computer magazines. It&#8217;s popularity faded away as coverage moved away from more technical subjects and computer became more of a commodity item. It was definitely going strong in 1985 though. The November 1985 issue has over 500 pages and includes: Features Ciarcia&#8217;s Circuit Cellar: The World&#8217;s Smallest 1200-bps Modem &#8211; Customizing a modem to include answering service, speech synthesis, and more. Programming Project: An Assembler For VM2 &#8211; Creating an assembler for the VM2 virtual machine presented in the previous issue. Programming Project: Extending Turbo Pascal &#8211; Five libraries to extend Turbo Pascal including routines for input\/output, integer handling, string replacement, and more. CD-ROMs and Their Kin &#8211; Some of the latest developments in optical storage. High and Lows of Parameter Passing &#8211; Accessing assembly-language routines from Pascal and FORTRAN programs. Programming Insight: Game-Paddle Control Linearity Test &#8211; Testing paddle controllers by measuring resistance with the Apple II. Themes The Amiga&#8217;s Custom Graphics Chips &#8211; An interview with Jay Miner, designer of the Amiga&#8217;s custom graphics chips. Raster Operations &#8211; Methods for combining text and graphics, specifically using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[486,600,2362],"class_list":["post-34901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-computers","tag-dos","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34901","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=34901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34969,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34901\/revisions\/34969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}