Prices have dropped by a few thousand dollars since we wrote about the first "affordable" CD Recordable (CD-R) drives, which sold, with recording software, for $8995 and up. Other topics covered in this issue: Lotus Improv; interactive TV; SunSelect's WABI technology, for running Windows applications on Unix; fax servers; AT&T's Hobbit; and the EO personal communications systems.
10 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
BYTE reviewed seven memory boards for IBM's new Micro Channel bus. Also reviewed: Word 4.0 for MS-DOS; Agenda, a free-form database manager from Lotus; and HP's Portable Vectra (weight, 16.6 pounds; price, $2495, plus $450 for the optional 1200-bps modem).
15 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
Apple's Lisa computer received a complimentary write-up, but BYTE author Gregg Williams voiced concern over the system's $9995 price tag, saying "...most people would be incredibly interested in a similar but less expensive machine." The first Mac made its public debut about a year later.
20 YEARS AGO IN BYTE
A look at stepper motors, musings on Boolean algebra, and the second in a series of articles about how the brain works (the brain is a great deal more mysterious than a computer) were just some of the stories included in this issue.
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