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From: jr@foros1.UUCP (John Rogers)
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Subject: TOC for Microsystems (Aug-84, vol 5 # 8)
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 03:20:50 EDT
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Keywords: networking, TurboDOS, NAPLPS, UNIX, multiprocessing on S100 bus

Table of Contents for Microsystems, Aug-84 (vol 5 number 8)

ARTICLES:	"Philosophy of Local Area Networking" by Leo Harty.

		"For Networks and Multiuser Systems - TurboDOS" by Ron
		Fowler.

		"The Networking Capabilities of TurboDOS" by Michel Simon
		and William Poole.

		"Graphics Subroutines in C for NAPLPS" by Dave McCune.

		"Declarative Languages Under UNIX" by John Malpas and
		Kathy O'Leary.  [YACC, MAKE, and Prolog.  I guess the
		idea of "language" depends on your point of view; I
		certainly wouldn't classify MAKE as a language.]

		"The NCR Personal Computer" by David Fournier.

		"Mindset: Fast High-Resolution Graphics" by Christopher
		Hatton.

		"TurboDOS Spans the [North Star] Horizon" by Karl Sterne.

		"Leverage Database Manager" by Ian F. Darwin.  [The
		Leverage list manager, for many versions of UNIX, $385.]

COLUMNS:	"The S100 Bus" by Dave Hardy.  [Multiprocessing on the
		S100 bus; max 16 processors per bus; list of companies
		selling boards/systems.]

		"The MS-DOS Window" by Hank Kee.  [XT/370, direct memory
		mapping.]

		"The UNIX File" by Ian F. Darwin (ihnp4!darwin!ian).
		[Various uses of the "sort" command; using "tr" for simple
		ciphers; getting a carriage return into L.sys]

		"The CP/M Bus" by Randy Reitz.  [Double density disks -
		lots of technical info on how to start using them.]

		"The Graphics Palette" by Dave McCune.  [X3.64 graphics
		has possibilities, but standard is pretty vague.]

		"In The Public Domain" by Chris Terry.  [reviews of
		books that discuss public domain software - "Computer
		Communications Techniques", "Microcomputer Communications:
		A Window on the World", "The Complete Handbook of Personal
		Computer Communications", "Free Software for the IBM PC",
		"A Guide to Free Software".]

				Happy hacking!
-- 
				JR (John Rogers)
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