{"id":33768,"date":"2024-05-20T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=33768"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:40:54","slug":"byte-july-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/byte-july-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Byte (July 1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FByte%2FByte_1982-07&amp;twg_show=Byte_1982-07_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33771\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1190\" height=\"1630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001-1121x1536.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_001-88x120.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FByte%2FByte_1982-07&amp;twg_show=Byte_1982-07_001.jpg\">Byte &#8211; July 1982 <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Byte covered a wide variety of systems over the course of its live form the 1970s until the 1990s. In 1982, the IBM PC was still new and it wasn&#8217;t yet clear that IBM PC compatibility would come to dominate both home and business. The July 1982 issue of Byte is an impressive 500 pages plus and includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Input\/Output Primer, Part 6: Interrupts, Buffers, Grounds, and Signal Degradation<\/b> &#8211; The concluding part of a series on computer interfacing with an emphasis on building your own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computer, Fiction, and Poetry<\/b> &#8211; An article on &#8220;computer assisted literature&#8221;. This concept has come a long way in the days of AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Add Programmable Sound Effects to Your Computer<\/b> &#8211; Building a device to create sound effects with your computer. In this project, the SN76489A sound-generator circuit from Texas Instruments is used as the primary component.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Breaking the Jargon Barrier: Designing Programs for Humanists<\/b> &#8211; Computer jargon is blamed for the lack of computers in the field of archaeology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Microcomputers in the Study of Politics, Predicting Wars with the Richardson Arms-Race Model<\/b> &#8211; How political scientists are using computer. Here, a Pascal program provides insight into two-party conflicts including arms races.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Software Tools for Writers<\/b> &#8211; Software tools for improving you writing. One advantage using a word processor adds is the ability to easily experiment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Historian and the Microcomputer, A Student of the Past Meets the Machine of the Future<\/b> &#8211; How computers have changed historical research methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Simulating Neighborhood Segregation<\/b> &#8211; Using computers in social sciences by creating models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Measuring Attitudes with a PET<\/b> &#8211; A BASIC program for the Commodore PET that measures attitude by giving instructions, asking questions, and measuring your responses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Microcomputers in Cultural Anthropology<\/b> &#8211; Using APL to manage data related to the study of Navajo and other cultures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>User&#8217;s Column<\/b> &#8211; Commentary on the M-Drive (basically a RAM disk), dBASE II version 2.3, a recommendation to learn ADA for high paying DoD jobs, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Upward Migration, Part 2: A Comparison of CP\/M-86 and MS-DOS<\/b> &#8211; A detailed comparison of CP\/M-86 (basically, CP\/M for the IBM PC) and MS-DOS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Using the Model I\/III RS-232C Port<\/b> &#8211; Detailed instructions for building a data communications interface for the RS-232C port of the TRS-80 Model I and III.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Programming the Critical-Path Method in BASIC<\/b> &#8211; Determining the optimal trad-off of project cost and time to completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Computers for Humanity<\/b> &#8211; A look at the West Coast Computer Faire. This year there were lots of games for Atari 8-bit computers, TRS-80s, and Apple IIs. Also, new workstations featuring the Motorola 68000 CPU, specifically the Sage II. S-100 and CP\/M based systems were also still plentiful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"attachment wp-att-33770\" href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=33770\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33770\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1194\" height=\"1635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_005-88x120.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Scion Color System<\/b> &#8211; A graphics system for the S-100 bus that uses multiple boards to achieve color. I guess in a way this could be though of as a very early version of SLI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mediamix&#8217;s ETI^2<\/b> &#8211; Review of a device that allows you to use an IBM Electronic Typewriter as a printer. The cost is $495 for a parallel version and $595 for a serial version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Color Computer Disk System<\/b> &#8211; A 5.25&#8243; disk drive system for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It cost $599 for the first drive and $399 for each additional drive for up to four total drives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>It All Depends on Your Viewpoint<\/b> &#8211; A review of a $650 video terminal from ADDS (Applied Digital Data Systems).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Database Management with Ashton-Tate&#8217;s dBASE II<\/b> &#8211; A review of dBASE II Version 2.02A. dBASE II was one of the most popular and influential database management systems around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Nucleus<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editorial: The Briefcase Computer Market Heats Up<\/b> &#8211; Not yet small enough to really be called &#8220;laptops&#8221; or &#8220;notebooks&#8221;, here we have a look at new &#8220;briefcase&#8221; computers. Some recent models include the Epson HX-20, Toshiba T100, Panasonic Link, the Grid Compass, and there are lots more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about a new file structure (&#8216;skip sequential&#8217;), the Base 2 Printer, computer documentation, VEDIT, the Epson MX-70 printer, RSCOBOL (COBOL for the TRS-80 Model III), and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Book Review: Computer Power and Human Reason<\/b> &#8211; A book that looks at the impact of computers on society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Technical Forum: INS8070 Series Instruction Set Summary<\/b> &#8211; A table featuring the instruction set of National Semiconductor&#8217;s SC\/MP processor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ask Byte<\/b> &#8211; Questions answered about computer controlled irrigation, using the ZX81 for home control, an overheating TRS-80 Color Computer, redefining characters on the Atari 800, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>BYTELINES<\/b> &#8211; Recent computer related news: IBM expected to be shipping 1000 personal computers per day by the third quarter of 1982, TRS-80 Model 16 hits the streets, Apple donates computers to schools, Concurrent CP\/M-86 released, Smalltalk for more computers coming soon, TI cuts prices, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Desk-Top Wonders: Draw Poker for the TI-59<\/b> &#8211; A type in program that implements poker on the TI-59 programmable calculator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Programming Quickies<\/b> &#8211; A BASIC program to generate Huffman Codes for a set of characters and phrases and a technique for idiot proof input in Pascal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>System Notes<\/b> &#8211; A music program that will let you hear a tone and simultaneously displaying it on a musical staff. Written for the RCA VIP. Plus, a hardware modification to allow you to double the vertical resolution on the TRS-80.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What&#8217;s New<\/b> &#8211; The Kaycomp II CP\/M portable computer, MC-1000 series 6502 based single board computers featuring 64KB RAM, new 68000 based computers, Xenix compatible single board computer, version 2 of the JRT System Pascal Compiler for CP\/M, and lots more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33769\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1194\" height=\"1635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Byte_1982-07_508-88x120.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Byte &#8211; July 1982 Byte covered a wide variety of systems over the course of its live form the 1970s until the 1990s. In 1982, the IBM PC was still new and it wasn&#8217;t yet clear that IBM PC compatibility would come to dominate both home and business. The July 1982 issue of Byte is an impressive 500 pages plus and includes: Features The Input\/Output Primer, Part 6: Interrupts, Buffers, Grounds, and Signal Degradation &#8211; The concluding part of a series on computer interfacing with an emphasis on building your own. Computer, Fiction, and Poetry &#8211; An article on &#8220;computer assisted literature&#8221;. This concept has come a long way in the days of AI. Add Programmable Sound Effects to Your Computer &#8211; Building a device to create sound effects with your computer. In this project, the SN76489A sound-generator circuit from Texas Instruments is used as the primary component. Breaking the Jargon Barrier: Designing Programs for Humanists &#8211; Computer jargon is blamed for the lack of computers in the field of archaeology. Microcomputers in the Study of Politics, Predicting Wars with the Richardson Arms-Race Model &#8211; How political scientists are using computer. 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