Features p.18 Writing with a Data-Base Management System [author Edward E Brent Jr] word-processing systems work fine after you know what you're going to say, but a data-base management system can help you get it all together. p.36 Switching Power Supplies, An Introduction [author Steve Ciarcia] You can experiment with a simple design for a nonisolated single-ended switching voltage regulator p.48 Fundamentals of Relational Data Organization [author Joel Neely and Steve Stewart] How you can apply a set of mathematically elegant principles to the organization of your data base p.62 Build a Bar-Code Scanner Inexpensively [author Bradley W Bennett] In one package, Hewlett-Packard has incorporated the optical heart of a scanner system p.84 The Microcomputer as a Laboratory instrument [author Daniel Cosgrove] The microcomputer can become a Standard laboratory instrument for running experiments and analyzing the results. p.97 Data-Base Management Systems: Powerful Newcomers to Microcomputers [author Michael Gagle, Gary J Koehler, and Andrew Whinston] A brief introduction to data-base systems leads to a look at how one microcomputer implementation works p.174 DIF: A Format for Data Exchange between Applications Programs [author Candace E Kalish and Malinda F Mayer] Software Arts proposes a solution to the problem of inaccessible data. p.208 A Survey of Data-Base Management Systems for Microcomputers [author Kathryn S Barley and James R Driscoll] Data-base management systems are becoming a popular software item. Check this survey for the one that interests you p.236 PDO: A Data Manager for Beginners, Don't Reinvent the Wheel [author Paul Swanson] A well-known technique makes a good compromise between speed and ease of programrnrsg p.312 The Atari Tutorial, Part 3: Player-Missile Graphics [author Chris Crawford] The Atari player-missile system allows you to move game figures across the screen quickly and easily-even in BASIC p.370 Toward a Structured 6809 Assembly Language, Part 1: An Introduction to Structured Assembly Language [author Gregory Walker] The problem with tne goto Construct is that it is too general a proqramming form. p.384 PROLOG, A Step Toward the Ultimate Computer Language [author Ron Ferguson] This high-level language approaches English in ease to use p.400 PS-A FORTH-Like Threaded Language, Part 2 [author Valo G Motalygo] PS overcomes some of the problems FORTH has with low-revel word definition p.472 Linking a Pascal Microengine to a Cyber 170 [author Steven M Sedlet and Jonathan Dust] A simple file-transfer process combines the best of both worlds p.493 Information Hiding In Pascal, Packages and Pointers [author Michael B Feldman] Hiding unnecessary details improves high-level programming Reviews p.76 Reversal, Othello for the Apple II [author Mark Friedman] p.126 The Exatron Stringy Floppy Data-Storage System [author Keith Carlson] p.138 The Datahandler from Miller Microcomputer Services [author Allyn Richardson] p.152 Microsoft Softcard [author Mark Pelczarski] p.166 CourseWare Magazine [author Elaine Holden] p.264 Orchestra-80 [author Elizabeth Cooper and Yvon Kolya] p.274 Apple II File-Management Systems [author Ken Blochowiak] p.342 ENHBAS [author Mahlon G Kelly] p.434 Five Spelling-Correction Programs for CP/M-Based Systems [author Phil Lemmons] Nucleus p.6 Editorial: Can We Agree on Standards? p.10 Letters p.8, 308 BYTE'S Bits p.134 BYTE Comment: Reviewing the Microcomputer Revolution p.302 BYTELINES p.364 Ask BYTE p.409 Languages Forum: A View from the Lectern: What's Wrong with Technical Writing Today? p.413 Technical Forum: Where Am I? A Proposal for a New Microprocessor Instruction p.414 Programming Quickies: WRITELONG. A Pascal Simulation of Long-Integer Output p.449 User's Column p.458, 463 Book Reviews p.464 Software Received p.465 Clubs and Newsletters p.466 Event Queue p.490 Books Received p.499 System Notes: A Voice for the Apple II without Extra Hardware p.505 What's New? p.558 Unclassified Ads p.559 Reader Service p.560 BOMB. BOMB Results