Blasts From The Past

August 1997 / Bits / Blasts From The Past

5 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
We discussed parallel-processing issues, such as shared memory and cache-coherency architectures. A summary of Digital Equipment's Alpha CPU was written by its co-developer. A review of OS/2 2.0 found gold in that there OS, but it required more digg ing than most users were willing to do. Also covered: Paradox 4, CorelDraw 3, Adobe Illustrator 4, DSPs, and the Mac LC II.
10 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
Editorials and features pondered the meaning of, and the difficulty of cloning, IBM's Micro Channel. An ad featured a 2400-bps modem selling for $445. We reviewed the 68000-based Mac SE ($3698) in addition to two 286-based ATs and two 386 accelerator cards for AT clones.
15 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
We devoted numerous articles to the Logo progr amming language. In our Letters column, readers debated the merits of Unix and CP/M. One reader even suggested that Unix, C, and Pascal are excellent teaching tools but perhaps not good for commercial projects.
20 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
Controlling small DC motors with analog signals and the APL programming language were two of the topics in this issue.

August 1992
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August 1987
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August 1982
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My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it is theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.

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