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COMPUTER LITERACY BOOKSHOPS, INC.
NEW BOOK BULLETIN
SUMMER 1993
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The New Book Bulletin gives you short reviews of noteworthy new books
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Titles are selected for review from the hundreds of new computer and
electronics books published every month. Our staff and customers
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advertising fluff. We try to help you make sense of the avalanche of
computer books cascading off the presses. Which ones are useful for
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Macintosh
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Telecommunications: The Macintosh Modem Book
Stephen Taylor, MIS Press, 374 pp., $19.95
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Demystifies much of the confusing terminology,and
explains the different resources availible online. In addition,
there are numerous practical tips for working in a Macintosh
and non-Macintosh environment. -DH Order no. BD464056
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Inside Macintosh: QuickTime
Apple Computer, Addison-Wesley, 600 pp., $29.95
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Both a teaching and a reference guide. Covers getting started
with QuickTime and the basics on use and functions. --TP
Order no. BD474347
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BMUG' s Quicker QuickTime
Judith L. Stern/Robert A. Lettieri, BMUG Inc., 88 pp., $12.95
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This beginner book/disk set takes you from " What is
QuickTime?" to " Making Movies." Disk contains two movies
and the QuickTime extensions to help explain some of the
concepts in the book. --WG Order no. BD520419
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QuickTime How-To Book
Sam Miller/Arno Harris, Sybex, 411 pp., $29.95
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Covers the basics from installing QuickTime to producing
an interactive production. Disk has QuickTime movies, sound-
only movies, animations, etc. --MM Order no. BD507801
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Desperately Seeking Solutions:
A Troubleshooting Guide to the Mac
Erica Kerwien, Hayden, 493 pp., $29.95
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Learn how to prevent hardware and software problems, cure
viruses, solve storage problems (both SCSI and floppy),
diagnose system problems (including peripherals, software,
and hardware). Disk contains a disinfectant (for killing
viruses), and a SCSIProbe (for troubleshooting hard disks).
Also included: a " Don' t Panic" troubleshooting map which you
can hang by your Mac.--MM Order no. BD508119
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Mac Power Toolkit
Maria Langer, Hayden, 428 pp., $29.95
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Compares 234 Mac utility programs in 65 categories; for
instance, seven file compressors. Lots of useful software�so
no games, but some of these utilities are fun. Comes with two
disks containing 37 shareware and freeware programs. The
author is a long-time Mac pro who runs the Electronic Pen,
one of the oldest Mac BBSs. --VE Order no. BD508130
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HyperProgramming: Building Interactive Programs with
Hypercard
George Coulouris/Harold Thimbleby, Addison-Wesley, 405 pp.,
$30.25
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A fresh, exciting book for aspiring Hypercard programmers,
designers, and developers. A retreat from the " dictionary"
style of programming references, this book uses a tutorial
approach with lots of examples and projects. The chapters on
graphical and animation techniques are particularly good.
Disk includes many of the sample stacks discussed in the text.
--TO Order no. BD447470
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Think C Programming for the Macintosh Using Simulator C
Dan Parks Sydow, Prima/St. Martin' s Press, $49.95
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Finally, an understandable C programming tutorial! Written
for someone with beginning to intermediate programming
experience, this book/disk lets you read the chapters in the
book and then view and interact with Simulator C. Chapters
include text, graphics, windows and more. --WG Order no.
AS528596
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Symantec C++ Programming for the Macintosh
Neil Rhodes/Julie McKeehan, Brady, 683 pp., $39.95
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A detailed examination of the Symantec C++ environment
(from source file creation to debugging), as well as a general
over-view of C++ and object-oriented techniques. Disk gives
source code to sample programs. --KO Order no. BD501946
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Computer Trivia Crossword Puzzle Answers
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To help celebrate Computer Literacy Bookshops'
10th birthday this year, we conducted the
World' s Toughest Computer Trivia Contest Crossword Puzzle.
Your responses were very entertaining. We got phone calls. We
got e-mail. We got letters.
Some people thanked us for the fun. Some people wanted
hints. Some people wanted to argue.
One man wrote, " Your list of definitions contains at least one
mistake. In 4 Horizontal, San Jose has no Jobs Street and no
Wozniak Street, and neither of those names has the required
six letters. But Saratoga (not San Jose) has a Scully Avenue;
this fits the space, but John Scully is by no means a cofounder
of Apple."
We appreciate his hard work, but our answer is correct. We
stand by all of them, with the possible exception of one
hyphen. (See notes.)
Now we are pleased to announce the winners.
The first place winner is Gary Tom of Tandem Computers,
Cupertino, CA. Mr. Tom scored an impressive 43.5 answers
right out of a possible 49. (For that half point, see the answer to
40 Horizontal.)
Close behind in second place with 41 correct answers is K.
Vivekanand Rau of Sunnyvale, CA.
Our third place winner lives in Sterling, Virginia: Rusty
Allen, who got 38.5 right.
Contratulations to you all!
DIAGONAL
1 First large-scale digital computer: ENIAC; Everybody got this
right.
2 First commercial computer: UNIVAC;this, too.
3 Name of slab in 2001: TYCHO MAGNETIC ANOMALY-1;
There was minor controversy.
Should a hyphen or a space go before the '1' ? Our puzzle may
be in error here.
6 Chip pioneer used to have Von in name: The electronics giant
founded in the 1800s by inventor and scientist Von SEIMENS.
12 Backups go here: OFFSITE, of course. Slightly less than half
of you got this right.
13 Invented Ethernet: Robert METCALFE invented it exactly
20 years ago.
16 Most efficient cables are made of this: GLASS.
18 Some cache memories do this to eliminate
inconsistencies between main and cache
memory: Our toughest question--NOBODY answered
SNARF, which some ISA cache subsystems do by capturing
data from the system bus while the bus master writes it to
main memory.
19 Only building you see as you drive into IBM
HQ in Armonk: GUARD BOOTH.
21 Changing height to convey data: Okay, we know the N.Y.
Times doesn' t allow 2-letter words. We did, and were
complimented by entrants on this tricky definition of
amplitude modulation, or AM.
29 Only company besides IBM & Microsoft with
source code for MS-DOS, OS/2 & Windows: A tough one. Only
the first-place winner knew about CITRIX.
33 Planned scam: RUSE.
42 Middle of Gates' first compiler: To get this, you had to know
two facts. The first compiler Bill Gates sold was BASIC, and
the " S" in BASIC stands for SYMBOLIC.
43 Intel CEO' s real name: We thought this would be easy, but
it turned out to be the question that separated the top of the
heap from everyone else. Our top two winners got this right
and no one else did. Andrew Grove first came to the U.S. with
$20 in his pocket and his Hungarian name, Andras GROF.
45 A bit: BINARY DIGIT.
HORIZONTAL
4 SJ street named for Apple cofounder: WOZ WAY, to recognize
Mr. Wozniak' s philanthropy.
8 State with most UNIX users: Everyone got CA.
9 BITnet' s bit: Our most controversial answer. We got letters,
e-mail, and phone calls insisting that the BIT in BITnet
stands for " Because Its Time". Maybe, but some books say
BECAUSE ITS THERE, so we stand by our answer.
10 Company that invented laser printer: Our research couldn'
t find this name. Someone suggested we call legendary author
and computing pioneer Donald Knuth. He knew. It was
invented in 1960, and first written up in the Penrose Annual
for 61-62, which was so amazed that it bound into each book a
sample sheet from the British RANK XEROX.
15 Developed first desktop word processing, screens with
windows, groupware; holds
patent on mouse: Douglas ENGELBART
17 May have some letters: AN for alphanumeric.
20 Part of software which credits everyone who
built it (2 words): GANG SCREEN.
23 Venture capitalist Perkins worked for this co.: HEWLETT-
PACKARD.
25 Company that invented pixel phasing: An honorable
mention to Bruce D. Lofland of Lenexa, Kansas, the only
person who answered MEGATECH of San Diego.
26 Went from primary contractor to primaries: H. Ross
PEROT, of course.
27 Made many minis in Maynard: DEC founder Ken OLSEN.
28 Not sawtooths: Smooth waves are SINES.
32 First computer with off-the-shelf client/server OS:
TANDEM NONSTOP.
34 Designer of Colossus mainframe: FORBIN
38 Non-printing character that stops a function: CONTROL
character.
39 Computing' s biggest dad and son: The WATSONS of IBM.
40 Im: This is the standard abbreviation for IMAGINARY PART
OF. No one got it all, but we gave a half-point credit for any
answer with the word IMAGINARY in it.
41 Now-big company started in dorm room instead of garage:
DELL Computers.
44 Earthly attraction amount: 1G.
46 Transmit signals to satellites at will: ALOHA.
VERTICAL
5 Another consortium: ACE.
7 Laser printer parts that fuse toner to paper: FIXING
ROLLERS. Less than half got this.
11 Father of supercomputing: Seymour CRAY.
14 Co-developed first commercial computer: John
MAUCHLEY
15 The other co-developer: J. Presper ECKERT.
22 MS-DOS warm boot command: A trick, but half of you got it
right: THERE IS NONE.
24 First desktop publishing service bureau: Only our first-
place winner correctly named TECHART of San Francisco.
30 Makes connections bigger than LANs: Wide- area nets from
Ungermann-Bass, UB.
31 It threatened Enterprise: Only one-third of you watch
enough Star Trek to know the evil computer NOMAD.
34 Guards one part of a net or program from
another' s damage: FIREWALL.
35 Found first bug: Everybody except one person knew it was
Grace HOPPER. He should be properly embarrassed.
36 Link devices sequentially: DAISYCHAIN.
37 Non-linear optical: NOL.
46 And no substance (2 words): ALL STYLE.
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UNIX
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A Student' s Guide To UNIX
Harley Hahn, McGraw-Hill, 632 pp., $24.95
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Similar to Sobell' s Practical Guide to UNIX books, this one
teaches a new user the basics about editing with vi, working
with files, traversing directories and communicating through
mail. Unlike Sobell' s books, this is also quite useful for
experienced UNIX users. It covers filters, gets into the C-shell,
shows how to use the Internet more effectively and lists
Usenet Newsgroups. Useful for all UNIX users but is written
for Berkeley Unix and focuses on the C-shell. --LS Order no.
AS477070
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POSIX FORTRAN 77: Language Interfaces, IEEE Standard
1003.9-1992
IEEE, 181 pp., $42.00
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Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface
(API). Documents standardized interfaces to the ISO/IEC
9945-1: 1990 system services through a FORTRAN 77
language interface. --TR Order no. BD494190
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POSIX Ada Language Interfaces:
IEEE Standard 1003.5-1992
IEEE, 305 pp., $62.50
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Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface
(API). This standard provides an Ada binding for the
interfaces specified in ISO/IEC 9945.1:1990 (IEEE Std 1003.1-
1990, " POSIX.1 {2}". --TR Order no. BD494185
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UNIX Power Tools
Peek/O' Reilly/Loukides, O' Reilly/Bantam, 1,162 pp., $59.95
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This book plus CD-ROM is like a 1960s movie spectacular: So
big it took two publishers and three top authors three years to
produce! More pages than Ben-Hur! Huge book of little-known
but impor-tant tips and techniques for power users,
programmers and administrators. Covers everything UNIX
except communications. An astonishing amount of time-
saving and can' t-live-without-it info you won' t find elsewhere.
CD has 169 public domain programs. --VE Order no.
AS497494
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Taking the Next Step: Buyer' s Guide to NeXTSTEP Computing
Seth Ross/Daniel Kehoe, Albion, 164 pp., $29.95
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A unique decision-maker' s guide to this trendy operating
environment. The first 87 pages are primarily overview. The
rest is an annotated survey of products, companies,
publications, etc. --DD Order no. BD535960
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NeXTSTEP Programming:
Concepts and Applications
Alex Duong Nghiem, Prentice Hall, 604 pp., $36.00
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Clear intro to programming the Intel version of NeXTSTEP
by building 3 simple applications. Assumes you know C and
UNIX basics. --VE Order no. BD510820
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1993 SCO Directory:
The Guide to Hardware, Software and Services for the SCO
Environment
Santa Cruz Operation, 1,728 pp., $49.95
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3-volume set describes more than 4,800 products and
services for SCO Unix and Xenix and tells where you can go for
more information. Each volume is also available separately. --
VE Order no. BD524240
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1993 SCO Directory Volume 1: Hardware, Enabling
Technologies, Services
Santa Cruz Operation, 650 pp., $19.95
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Nearly 2,000 products, services and publications for/about
SCO UNIX and XENIX, cross-referenced by type, provider
name, product name and key words. --VE Order no. BD524256
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1993 SCO Directory Volume 2: Horizontal Business
Applications
Santa Cruz Operation, 528 pp., $19.95
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1,350 software packages for general categories (graphics,
project mgmt., spreadsheets, word processing, mail,
publishing, databases, multimedia), accounting, financial
mgmt., engineering and scientific applications, all cross-
indexed. --VE Order no. BD524261
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1993 SCO Directory Volume 3: Industry-Specific Business
Applications
Santa Cruz Operation, 552 pp., $19.95
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Nearly 1,500 SCO UNIX and XENIX software packages
grouped into 31 industry categories and cross-referenced. Use
with Volume 2, because additional industry-specific packages
tucked under V.2 headings. --VE Order no. BD524277
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SCO UNIX System V
System Administrator' s Guide
Santa Cruz Operation, Prentice Hall, 826 pp., $36.00
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A repackaged System Administrator' s Guide (with
minimal changes) and Hardware Configuration Guide
(updated), from the official SCO UNIX documentation. If you
need an extra copy of the official docs, then by all means pick
this up. Covers SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Version 4.
--KO Order no. BD502384
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Mastering Solaris 2.1
Brent Heslop/David Angell, Sybex, 899 pp, $39.95
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This hands-on guide explains SunSoft' s operating system,
including Solaris 2 for x86. Written in an easy-to-follow style,
it discusses how to use DeskSet tools as well as SunOS and
Korn Shell commands. Packed with customization tips, it also
includes a reference to all commands, with examples. --SW
Order no. BD455518
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ToolTalk Service:
Inter-Operability Solution
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 350 pp., $30.00
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ToolTalk is an inter-application message service from
SunSoft, selected as part of the COSI standard. This volume
covers how the ToolTalk service works and the requirements
for set-up and maintainence. Also covers how to modify your
application to send messages addressed to processes or
ToolTalk objects. --TP Order no. BD503215
More new titles from SunSoft:
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Solaris Porting Guide
Goodman/Goyal/Massoudi, SunSoft Press, 790 pp., $49.00
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Order no. BD491912
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Solaris OpenWindows
Deskset Reference
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 343 pp., $32.00
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Order no. BD491960
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Solaris OpenWindows User' s Guide
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 311 pp., 32.00
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Order no. BD491980
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Solaris Desktop Integration Guide
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 203 pp., $42.00
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Order no. BD491975
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Programming Under Mach
Joseph Boykin et al., Addison-Wesley, 490 pp., $42.95
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The first substantial book on the Mach operating system.
This technical reference includes a complete introduction and
step-by-step approaches (with examples) for a thorough
coverage of Mach programming concepts. Especially stressed
in this book are the implementation of multithreaded
programs, IPC, Mach virtual memory including details of
Eternal Memory Management and Mach' s C threads and P
threads. --TimB Order no. BD494101
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UNIX System V Network Programming
Stephen A. Rago, Addison-Wesley, 722 pp., $44.95
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A practical reference for network programming in UNIX
System V Release 4. Rago concentrates on illustrative
examples rather than theory. Discusses facilities built on top
of the STREAMS subsystem such as Transport Layer
Interface (TLI) library, networking protocols, Service Access
Facility (SAF), BSD socket interface, Data Link Provider
Interface (DLPI), STREAMS module and multiplexing. The last
chapter is a project design of a SLIP (Serial Line IP) package for
UNIX SVR4, both the user-level and kernel-level components. --
TN Order no. BD507230
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Networking Applications on UNIX System V Release 4
Michael Padovano, Prentice Hall, 544 pp., $44.00
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SVR4 has many networking tools. Through shell script and
C program examples, Padovano shows how to tie them
together. He sees security problems as the greatest threat to
networks, and shows how to minimize the risk. The author
worked at USL on the development of SVR4' s new network
features. --WM Order no. BD523074
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Miscellaneous and Interesting
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Hard Drive (a techno-thriller)
David Pogue, Diamond Books, 288 pp., $4.99
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The evil virus started as part of an industrial espionage plan.
Little did people know... within weeks, the virus would spread
to thousands of computers all over the world; disabling not
only computers in the home and industries, but also wiping
out military computers and distorting hospital data. The
scariest part is that it could be happening right now. Great
summertime reading! --CC Order no. BD530370
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The Green PC: Making Choices
That Make A Difference
Steven Anzovin, Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, 248 pp., $9.95
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From suggestions on how to extend the life of your PC to
obtaining educational software and recycled disks, this book
provides insight on the impact personal computers are having
upon the environment (" 115 million personal computers in
the world today"), and offers a variety of methods to help
consumers minimize the effects of PC use on the environment.
Basic focus is on " choices that make a difference." Subjects
covered include recycling foam packaging to health concerns in
the workplace. Lists many Green-PC and general
environmental resources. --MMc Order no. BD512130
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OS/2 2.1 Unleashed
David Moskowitz et al., Sams, 1,134 pp., $34.95
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12 authors, including some from inside IBM, provide lots of
undocumented shortcuts and features. Mostly for users and
administrators, with good REXX tips and basic C++ info for
programmers. Disk includes TE/2 communications program,
an alternative shell, graphics conversion utility, 5 more. --DR
Order no. BD495849
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Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry,
Captured Your Dollars and Enslaved Your Children
David Sheff, Random House, 445 pp., $24.50
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The fruit of two years' research by a journalist, and more of
an expos�than a company profile. It relays the personalities,
sociology and the unflattering side of Nintendo. Well written
and difficult to put down. --WG Order no. BD523666
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Children' s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the
Computer
Seymour Papert, Basic Books, 241 pp., $22.50
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Author of Mindstorms and creator of the LOGO language,
Papert describes the potential of computers for learning (not
just for drill and practice) and for transforming the nature of
school. Drawing from his own studies with children, he shows
how to enhance exploration and collaborative projects while
encouraging diversity and new ways of knowing (e.g.,
experiencing math). Those interested in the relationship
between children and computers will value this important
work. Papert holds the Lego Chair for Learning Research at
MIT. Recommended! --TR Order no. BD478561
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Kid Pix Around the World
Barbara Chan, Addison-Wesley, 96 pp., $12.95
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Introduces children to the arts and traditions of 20 cultures
with short stories and explanations. Gives Kid Pix painting
and drawing projects for each. Book works with Mac, DOS and
Windows. --MMc Order no. BD507115
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Guided Wave Optics
Alan Rolf Mickelson, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 254 pp., $59.95
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Based on a postgrad course, this book emphasizes the basic,
unifying concepts
of this rapidly growing field. Mickelson concentrates on tying
concepts together to give a good representation of " the big
picture," covering slab wave guides, Fermi levels, optical fibers,
and integrated optics. --TO Order no. BD479151
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Study and Research Guide to Computer Science:
Profiles of Universities in the USA
Tolle/Yasner/Pieper, Springer-Verlag, 175 pp., $19.95
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A handy reference guide with detailed profiles of the 40 best
U.S. universities for computer science. Includes a listing of
faculty in different research areas and departments. An
overview of computer equipment used within each department
and institution is provided for students and researchers. --BL
Order no. BD521742
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Lindenmayer Systems
Grzegorz Rozenberg/Arto Salomaa, Springer-Verlag, 514 pp.,
$98.00
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Already L systems are used to model biological
development of organisms, as well as computer graphics and
the combinatorics of words. This compilation of research
papers contains an introductory article co-authored by
Lindenmayer himself. --TO Order no. BD499225
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Design to Reduce Technical Risk
AT&T, McGraw-Hill, 752 pp., $60.00
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By Bell Labs with the U.S. Navy. Gives detailed
recommendations for product development of complex
hardware and software with the goal of reducing the risk of
failure, based on the Packard Commission findings on how
some companies develop products more successfully than
others. Provides templates to meet the new DoD 5000 series
for technical risk assessment. --VE Order no. BD513176
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Designer Photoshop: From Monitor to Printed Page
Rob Day, Random House, 250 pp., $30.00
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Covers a wide variety of PhotoShop topics, including
integrating PhotoShop with other programs like Adobe
Illustrator. By going through full design examples, it teaches
electronic printing concepts like halftoning, color separations
and output.
--DH Order no. BD503042
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Nanotechnology Playhouse
Christopher Lampton, Waite Group, 131 pp., $23.95
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Fun intro/demo to nanotechnology. Disk explores size of
scale, various nanoma-chines and their components. Forward
by K. Eric Drexler. --TR Order no. BD517605
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Legal Care For Your Software.
10th Anniversary Edition
Daniel Remer/Robert Dunaway, RDS Publishing,
352 pp., $39.95
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Two attorneys who specialize in intellectual property
protection, contracts and corporate law in the computer
industry discuss legalities of object code, source code,
innovative programming methods, software projects still in
development, nondisclosure, contracts law and patent
protection. Also covers royalities, obligations to correct bugs,
contracts on how a product is to be marketed, disclaimers and
warranties. Comes with samples contracts (forms can be used
as is, or modified). Includes disk. --TR Order no. BD520712
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" I write code" T-shirt ComputerWear, $14.95
Black shirt with white type. Extra Large only. Order no.
AS508077
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Design' s Impact On Logistics
AT&T, McGraw-Hill, 228 pp., $42.00
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Written by AT&T in conjunction with the Department of the
Navy, this book explains the Logistics Support Analysis (LSA)
process used to design logistics systems. It starts with
overviews and progresses to details. Lists the fields you need in
records and the structures of fields, but avoids specific
algorithms. Provides guidelines to comply with the new DoD
5000 series for defense acquisition. --VE Order no. BD513181
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Fuzzy Thinking:
The New Science of Fuzzy Logic
Bart Kosko, Hyperion/Little, Brown, 318 pp., $24.95
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Clear explanations of fuzzy logic, uncertainty, paradoxes,
fuzzy systems and sets. Provides historical development of
fuzzy thinking, and brings in stories from Kosko' s own
development. Reviews fuzzy applications/products currently in
use. An accessible introduction to fuzzy thinking, strong in
conveying the logic side of things. --TR Order no. BD514824
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Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer
Technology--and How It Is Changing Our World
McNeill/Freiberger, Simon & Schuster, 320 pp., $22.00
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Overview of fuzzy concepts and history. Goes into more detail
on the industry � products and applications of the
technology, and key entrepreneurs in U.S., Japan, and
globally. --TR Order no. BD498620
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Networking and Communications
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Satellite Systems: Principles & Technologies
Bruno Pattan, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 406 pp., $69.95
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Covers orbits, launch mechanics, international launch
vehicles and facilities, propulsion, controls, on-board power,
telemetry, frequency management, Earth stations, etc. Useful
if you work with communications or space flight, and great fun
if you are interested in satellites or space travel. --VE Order no.
AS516423
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Networking Standards: A Guide to OSI, ISDN, LAN, and MAN
Standards, 2nd ed.
William Stallings, Addison-Wesley, 646 pp., $46.95
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Thoroughly covers computer communications standards
that fall within the field of OSI. Clearly written, by an authority
in this field. --TimB Order no. BD473343
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Using C-KERMIT
Da Cruz/Gianone, Prentice Hall, 514 pp., $35.00
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The long-awaited complete quide to this feature-packed
communications program. It gives you everything you need to
know about using Kermit. Explicitly covers all major platforms
and how to work with them. Complete examples and
demonstrations of all Kermit abilities. Co-authored by Frank
Da Cruz, the Kermit creator himself. Do not confuse with the
classic Kermit Protocol book. --SW Order no. BD510793
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Open Systems and IBM:
Integration and Convergence
Pamela Gray, McGraw-Hill, 272 pp., $40.00
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Examines IBM' s position and strategy in the open systems
movement. Reviews the emergence of opens systems in
relation to UNIX, AIX, SAA, networking and distributed
computing, open applications and integrated information
systems. A comprehensive analysis. --RD Order no. BD51327
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Telecommunications Network
Design Algorithms
Aaron Kershenbaum, McGraw-Hill, 368 pp., $57.95
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Covers network design (voice and data), analytic techniques
for verification and feasibility, and design comparisons. --AD
Order no. BD477196
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The Complete NetWare Construction Kit: A Professional Blueprint for
Designing, Installing and Managing LANs
David Clarke IV, Wiley, 483 pp., $34.95
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Phase I covers data communication, LAN, Novell and
NetWare fundamentals. " Building NetWare LANs: Analysis
and Design" comprises phase II. Hardware and NetWare
version 2.2, 3.11 and 4.0 installation is discussed in phase III.
Aspects of NetWare management such as directory structure,
system configuration, users and groups,
maintenance/troubleshooting conclude the book. --RD Order
no. AS493726
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Live Wired: A Guide to Networking Macs
James K. Anders, Hayden, 427 pp., $29.95
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Clear, informative exposition of networking,
hardware/software network tools, concepts and protocols
using NetPICT diagrams developed by the author. This
nontechnical volume for the networking neophyte covers
networking fundamentals, Macintosh networking,
multivendor networks and network design. Ethernet, Token
ring, bridges and routers, protocol levels, gateways, LANs,
WANs and Appletalk are clearly diagrammed and explained
with NetPICT and examples, as are Mac/UNIX/DOS
interconnections. Includes disk with NetPICT diagramming
symbols plus a library of product info. --RD Order no.
AS508145
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Internet Passport: NorthWestNet' s Guide to Our World
Online
Jonathan Kochmer/NorthWestNet, NorthWestNet,
516 pp., $39.95
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This great guide for Internet users covers the same topics
(but more comprehensively) as Krol' s Whole Internet plus
many more, all in a well-organized, easy-to-follow style.
Includes step-by-step sample sessions with screen shots,
walking you through anonymous ftp and other procedures.
Includes many subjects like the Internet in K-12 education and
the Internet and supercomputing. Appendix tells how to set up
your own campuswide info system. --VE Order no. BD535630
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Protocol Reference Guides
Mark Miller, DigiNet, $5.95 each
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Helpful 81/2 x 11-inch, double-sided laminated guides
designed for internetwork troubleshooting.
Architectures and
Network Management
Data Communication
EIA-232-D interface, null modem wiring, 9 to 25 pin
adapter, ASCII chart, modem commands. Order no. BD538714
TCP/IP
IP and TCP header and IP address formats; ARP/RARP,
ICMP and UDP headers; TENET, SMTP & FTP commands; RFC
index. Order no. BD538720
GOSIP
Version 2 architecture, protocols and standards. Order no.
AS538735
SNMP
Get, GetNext, Set, Response and Trap formats; MIB-II
object tree. Order no. BD538819
SNMP Version 2
New PDU formats, transport mappings, SMI/MIB
enhancements. Order no. BD538830
RMON MIBS
Ethernet and token ring Remote Monitoring Management
Information Base object trees. Order no. BD538824
LANs
LAN Cabling - Order no. BD538646
Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 - Order no. BD542998
FDDI - Order no. BD538651
Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 - Order no. BD538667
AppleTalk - Order no. BD538672
Banyan VINES - Order no. BD538688
DECnet Phase IV - Order no. BD538693
Novell NetWare - Order no. BD538709
WANs
ATM - Order no. BD538740
Frame Relay - Order no. BD538756
SONET - Order no. BD538777
SMDS - Order no. BD538782
ISDN - Order no. BD538761
X.25 - Order no. BD538798
Physical Layer - Order no. BD538803
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SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP:
The Practical Guide to Network-Management Standards
William Stallings, Addison-Wesley, 625 pp., $45.95
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Provides an overview of general network-management
concepts and technology, followed by an in-depth look at the
two dominant families of network-management standards:
SNMP ('basic' SNMP, secure SNMP, and SNMP version 2) for
TCP/IP-based networks, and CMIP (including CMIS) for OSI
systems management. --KO Order no. BD507199
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Data Network Design
Darren L. Spohn, McGraw-Hill, 778 pp., $59.00
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Explains the options involved in setting up a data network,
from a site-wide connection to a nationwide connection. Details
network protocols such as ATM, SONET, X.25 packet
switching and more, as well as connecting the different
technologies. Covers all phases of building a network, from
planning and acquisition, to operation and maintenance. --DH
Order no. BD513286
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Network Programming under
VMS/DECNet Phases IV and V
Edward Toupin, QED, 264 pp., $39.95
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This " how-to" book gives VAX C programmers a basic
understanding of low-level DECNet programming on
VAX/VMS. Gives the basics on VMS system service calls. Shows
how to use Ethernet frames. Covers TIPC and TIPC emulation,
and peer-to-peer considerations. Sample code includes a
client/server implementation. The prose is sometimes dense,
but it presents useful information that you could previously
find only by digging and trial-and-error. --VE Order no.
AS514143
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Software Engineering
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Exploiting Chaos: Cashing in on the Realities of Software
Development
Dave Olson, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 239 pp., $35.95
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Beyond object-oriented programming lies the application of
chaos theory to s/w development. The author demonstrates
how you can use chaos features such as self-similarity and
unpredictability to write better software. Covers OOP, CASE
tools and other techniques to show how to apply chaotic
process manipulation in development environments. --AD
Order no. BD478886
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Software Metrics: A Practitioner' s Guide to Improved Software
Development
K.H. Moller/D.J. Paulish, IEEE, 257 pp., $39.95
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Describes 'best practices' in software metrics and quality
techniques and shows you how companies in Europe and
North America are implementing successful software metrics
programs. --DR Order no. BD501506
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Handbook of Logic in Computer Science
From Oxford University Press, this important,
comprehensive six-volume set elucidates the logical constructs
of computer science, one of the foundational disciplines of
computing.
Based on the first two volumes, the series will be an
excellent, rigorously definitive masterpiece.
Volumes 3 to 6 are forthcoming, and will cover semantic
structures, semantic modelling, specification and verification,
and logical methods. --RD
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Handbook of Logic in Computer Science. Volume 1,
Background: Mathematical Structures
Abramsky/Gabbay/Maibaum, eds., Oxford University Press,
827 pp., $125.00
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Covers background math extensively used in computer
science. Includes valuation systems and consequence
relations, recursion theory, universal algebra, basic category
theory, topology, model theory and computer science.
Chapters are monographic in scope. Mathematical
sophistication is assumed. Order no. BD484004
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Handbook of Logic in Computer Science. Volume 2,
Background: Computational Structures
Abramsky/Gabbay/Maibaum, eds., Oxford University Press,
571 pp., $98.00
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Covers background logic and mathematics. Topics include
term rewriting systems, Lambda calculi with types, elements
of algorithmic proof, designing a theorem prover, modal and
temporal logics. Order no. BD484010
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Client/Server Computing
Dawna Dewire, McGraw-Hill, 339 pp., $40.00
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Certainly the most complete client/server book, this covers
it all, from theory to hands-on use, including most aspects of
planning, implementation and maintenance. What sets this
book apart is that it names names and pulls no punches,
comparing all major hardware and software products you
might use in a c/s environment�so many that it takes 10
pages just to list the trademarks! You' ll find a lot of answers in
this valuable handbook. --VE Order no. BD476852
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Software Reengineering
Robert S. Arnold, editor, IEEE Computer Society,
675 pp., $75.00
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Analyzes process and software reengineering principles
beginning with context and definition, through strategies and
reengineering economies, technology, code reuse and reverse
engineering to design and object recovery. Concluding papers
analyze knowledge-based program reengineering. Includes
case studies, references and an annotated bibliography. --RD
Order no. BD504533
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Inside ADW and IEF:
The Promise and Reality of CASE
John Stone, McGraw-Hill, 276 pp., $39.95
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The only independent book covering KnowledgeWare' s ADW
or Texas Instruments' IEF tools. Not a nuts & bolts manual,
but strategic info for MIS pros using those products or any
CASE tools. Uses true horror stories as warnings. The only
book that tells what sales pitches software sales reps give you
and what to watch out for. --VE Order no. BD449567
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Quality Software Management,
Volume 2: First-Order Measurement
Gerald Weinberg, Dorset House, 346 pp., $42.95
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To produce quality software, you must measure to see how
well you do and what to change. But what do you measure?
Weinberg tells how to select what to measure, how to measure
your selections (including such seeming intangibles as
emotional significance), and how to apply your measurements.
He includes actual examples, and some of the clearest
explanation ever on how to run a software quality program. A
worthy follow-up to the first volume. --VE Order no. BD506085
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Writing Solid Code
Steve Maguire, Microsoft Press, 256 pp., $24.95
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Explains Microsoft' s techniques for developing bug-free C
programs and provides practical approaches to prevent and
automatically detect errors. Focuses on analysis and
exposition of not-so-obvious coding errors in the sample code
provided. Gives you answers to the questions 'How could I have
automatically detected this bug?' and 'How could I have
prevented this bug?' Covers programmer attitudes as well as
debugging methods. A particularly revealing chapter, "
Treacheries of the Trade", should be required reading for all C
maniacs. The author has been a professional programmer for
seventeen years and draws heavily (and candidly) on actual
coding problems and practices at Microsoft. --RD Order no.
AS510369
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Objects In Action:
Commercial Applications of
Object-Oriented Technologies
Paul Harmon/David A. Taylor, Addison-Wesley,
232 pp., $25.95
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Case studies of the 19 object-oriented projects (in
manufacturing, software development, sales/service,
government, admin and medicine) that won the Object
World/OMG/Computerworld contest for the best and most
cost-saving uses of OO technology. A clearly-written,
stimulating exposition of the sometimes surprising benefits of
OOT. --VE Order no. BD507225
The
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Object Game
Peter Coad, Object International, $45.00
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The fastest and most fun way to learn " object think", this
game for 1 to 4 people includes playing boards, game pieces,
whistles, a ball and a humorous 67-minute videocassette,
starring Coad (co-author of the best-selling book/disk Object-
Oriented Programming). Painlessly teaches a whole group of
people about objects and classes in less than 90 minutes! --VE
Order no. BD542715
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Code Complete: A Practical
Handbook of Software Construction
Stephen McConnell, Microsoft Press, 857 pp., $35.00
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Presents effective software development practices for
problem definition, requirements analysis, implementation
planning, design, construction and integration, testing,
maintenance and enhancements. Discusses data control,
quality improvement and software craftsmanship. Source code
is in C and Pascal, replete with " key point" notes and more
importantly with " coding horror" analyses. Excellent; highly
recommended as a text for advanced C courses and for
programmers involved with structuring quality software
projects. --RD Order no. BD474394
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Concurrent Programming
Alan Burns/Geoff Davies, Addison-Wesley, 377 pp., $29.95
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A good introduction to concurrency presented via a teaching
language, Pascal-FC (Functionally Concurrent), which
suppports the major primitives in the book and examples.
Pascal-FC is portable and a compiler is available. Discusses
process representation/interaction, synchronous message
passing, remote invocation, semaphores, conditional critical
regions and monitors. Describes a unified model and
concurrency architectures. The authors favor an intuitive
rather than a rigorous mathematical approach to
concurrency.
--RD Order no. BD494735
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Object Oriented Interface Design:
IBM Common User Access (CUA) Guidelines
IBM, Que, 708 pp., $29.95
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This is the official guide to CUA design and implementation
under IBM' s SAA standards, used by both Windows and
OS/2. Part 1, the CUA design guide, is for software and
interface designers. It presents models, goals and key
components of a user interface. Part 2, the CUA reference for
application programmers, is an overview and CUA component
descriptions. Extremely useful appendices include " Applying
CUA Concepts to Touch Input and Multimedia User
Interfaces", " CUA and National Language Support" and
translations of terms into 16 languages. --MM Order no.
AS522479
Companion book and disk:
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Object-Oriented Programming
Peter Coad/Jill Nicola, Yourdon Press, 582 pp., $45.00
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Order no. BD491514
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Compiling Parallel Loops for High Performance Computers:
Partitioning, Data Assignment and Remapping
David Hudak/Santosh Abraham, Kluwer, 159 pp., $65.00
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Elegantly presents compile time techniques as a step to
developing software to support efficient parallel programs.
CPR algorithims and ADP techniques are also introduced. --
GC Order no. BD498510
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Application Programming in CTOS
William Limkemann, Prentice Hall, 276 pp., $32.00
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The only book on programming Convergent Technologies
Operating System (CTOS) apps. Uses C and Pascal code,
emphasizing user interface, file system, printing, multiple
processes and parameter passing. The author has ten years of
CTOS programming experience. --RD Order no. BD498373
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The World of Standards: An Open Systems Reference Guide, 2nd
edition
88open Consortium, 251 pp., $12.95
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A wonderful, and inexpensive, compendium of thumbnail
overviews of all the different standards and standards-making
bodies. Best of all, it gives contact information for getting your
hands on the standards! --DD Order no. BD538630
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Yourdon Systems Method:
Model-Driven Systems Development
Yourdon, Inc., Prentice Hall, 682 pp., $48.00
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Not a text or a " how-to" guide, but a reference book for
serious developers of large structured systems. Covers the
Yourdon Method in more detail than any other book, especially
Yourdon' s approach to modeling, specifications, defining
relationships and breaking complex problems into smaller, do-
able chunks. Includes entity life-cycles and abstract data
methods with YSM--which, with other additions, let you keep
control with development methods that are more flexible--or,
as the book puts it, " more relaxed". --VE Order no. BD523095
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Software Engineering
Productivity Handbook
Jessica Keyes, editor, McGraw-Hill, 651 pp., $54.50
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This ambitious book/disk' s goal is to be the definitive work
on software productivity. In a way, it succeeds; other books
explore topics in more depth, but no one volume covers as
many important subjects as this. The first 26 chapters (by
Keyes and 36 experts such as Ed Yourdon, Roger Pressman
and Watts Humphrey) are a mix of original articles and
reprints. The remaining 43 chapters give abstracts of
important techniques and methodologies (including corporate
processes of AT&T, HP, DEC and Motorola), plus IEEE
standards and Baldridge Award requirements. Disk contains
forms, worksheets and guidelines. --VE Order no. BD477149
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Multimedia and Virtual Reality
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Digital Nonlinear Editing: New Approaches to Editing Film and
Video
Thomas A. Ohanian, Focal Press, 348 pp., $49.95
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Nonlinear editing--the editing of film or sound regardless of
the sequence in which it was created--is greatly enhanced by
digital processing. This book addresses both on- and off-line
editing, and hardware considerations for videotape, laser disc
and digitally-based systems. Also includes basic editing
techniques, storage device considerations and a section about "
The Human Side of the Nonlinear Editing Experience". There
are discussions of JPEG, MPEG and hardware-aided data
compression. --MMc Order no. BD517191
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Adventures in Virtual Reality
Tom Hayward, Que, 258 pp., $31.95
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Takes you step-by-step through VR to help you gain
perspective on the subject. This book is wonderful for brushing
up, as well as for the first timer to VR. You can have fun playing
the fast-paced 3-D flight simulator that flies over the Grand
Canyon. The disk has 3-D objects you can explore and
manipulate, games to play, and things to learn. --MM Order
no. AS522490
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Multimedia Computing: Case Studies from MIT Project Athena
Matthew Hodges/Russell Sasnett, Addison-Wesley, 324 pp.,
$32.95
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The heart of this book is a close look at ten actual multimedia
applications built with the Athena Muse authoring language
(co-designed by Hodges). There is also a 5-chapter overview of
multimedia, especially in business and education. Concludes
with 10 chapters covering technical issues, and how you can
apply Athena Muse to them. Includes a coupon for a free
videocassette. --VE Order no. BD473406
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Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and
Video
Ralf Herrtwich, ed., Springer-Verlag, 403 pp., $59.00
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33 papers from the 22nd International Workshop on the
title topic. Addresses performance degradation, real-time
support, synchronization, communications, FDDI, ATM,
client/server needs, forward error correction and other issues
for IBM PC, RS/6000, OS/2, AIX, UNIX, Sun, Ethernet, X
Windows and special-purpose multimedia systems. --VE
Order no. BD490919
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Understanding Hypermedia: From Multimedia To Virtual
Reality
Bob Cotton/Richard Oliver, Phaidon, 159 pp., $24.95
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Covers new media technology and applications: CD-ROM,
HDTV, CDI, CDTV, electronic publishing, dynabooks, games,
museum uses, POI (Point of Information), POS,
training/education, financial data display and analysis, etc.
Discussion on issues of data complexity and developing new
metaphors. A far-reaching overview of the new media mix,
appropriately stuffed with color photos and screen shots. --
MMc/TR Order no. BD515566
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Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality
Karie Jacobson, ed., Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group,
275 pp., $9.95
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From the 50s to the 90s, this provocative book gathers some
of the best VR fiction--a genre evolving along with our actual VR
technology. Some stories are new/unpublished. Authors
include Ray Bradbury (" The Veldt"), John Varley, Jonathan
Lethem, Michael Kandel, Michael Swanwick and William
Gibson, M.Shayne Bell, Douglas Adams, Marc Laidlaw, George
Zebrowski, Vonda McIntyre, Philip K. Dick, Daniel Pearlman,
Pat Cadigan, J.G. Ballard, and Gerald Page. 6-page
bibliography lists VR lit from as far back as 1909. --TR Order
no. AS517338
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Microsoft Windows
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Windows NT: The Complete Reference
Allen Wyatt, McGraw-Hill, 590 pp., $29.95
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Guide for users and system administrators walks you gently
through NT basics, with extra details on things that are new,
such as the complex security system. Points out differences
between NT and 3.1. Includes a complete command dictionary
(with explanatory notes on each command), installation tips
with instructions on switching from DOS, UNIX and OS/2, and
an appendix on the Configuration Registry, the tricky but
time-saving replacement for config.sys files. --VE Order no.
AS493030
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Lafore' s Windows Programming
Made Easy
Robert Lafore, Waite Group Press, 610 pp., $29.95
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Skillfully-organized book and disk teaches Windows
programming in C, one clear step at a time. By the end of the
book, you handle graphics, memory management, print
programs and debugging, and can build fully-functional
applications. Disk has templates and sample programs.
Requires Turbo C++ for windows or Borland C++ for Windows.
--VE Order no. BD517689
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Windows 3.1 Bible
Fred Davis, Peachpit Press, 1,128 pp., $28.00
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The most complete Windows user' s guide; a perfect book for
all skill levels. Tips,tricks, shortcuts, undocumented features,
and add-on products are all covered. Includes a coupon for a
free " Windows Game Book" and a disk packed with usefull
utilities. --TomB Order no. BD486132
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Windows NT Application Programming
William Murray III/Chris Pappas, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 680
pp., $39.95
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A basic introduction to programming for Windows NT.
Discusses Windows NT concepts and terminology, use of
resources (icons, menus, fonts, etc), and developing
applications via the use of increasingly complex examples.
Disk includes source code . --KO Order no. BD493250
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Developing Online Help For Windows
Boggan/Farkas/Welinske, Sams, 462 pp., $39.95
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Comprehensive book about creating online help with the
Windows 3.1 Help compiler. Begins with the design of a
windows help system. Shows how to create the topic and help
files. Concludes with the methodology, tools and useful
techniques. Figures show window layouts from the user' s
standpoint. Command-structured, minimal code is used. Disk
has Word .DOT templates with macros for creating Help files,
sample files, plus bitmaps of buttons and dingbats. --RD Order
no. AS508240
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Microsoft Foundation Class Primer
Jim Conger, Waite Group, 834 pp., $29.95
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The definitive guide to the MFC library shows how to use
these functions to create Windows programs. Detailed
coverage of writing DLLs and application controls (buttons,
boxes, menus, windows). Basic knowledge of C or C++
programming in Windows is recommended. The book
differentiates between Windows 3.x and Windows NT, and
shows how MFC makes it easier to port programs. --SK Order
no. AS517673
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Windows Custom Controls
William Smith/Robert Ward, R&D, 530 pp., $40.00
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The only book on Windows custom controls helps you create
your own, whether you use the finished, ready-to-use custom
controls provided or code new ones. This book is for
experienced Windows programmers who have built lots of
standard controls and dialog boxes. The code for all controls is
included, plus a support library that can significantly reduce
the code you need to make a new control.
--SK Order no. BD497783
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Windows Internals: The Implementation of the Windows
Operating System
Matt Pietrek, Addison-Wesley, 525 pp., $29.95
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A detailed look at the inner workings of Windows. Explains
(via C pseudo-code derived from disassembled Windows
programs) start up and shutdown, processes (creation and
termination), memory management, windowing and
messaging systems, applications scheduling, the GDI
(Graphics Device Driver Interface), and dynamic linking. --KO
Order no. BD507068
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Mainframes/Minis
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MVS I/O Subsystems: Configuration Management and
Perform Analysis
Gilbert Houtekamer/Pat Artis, McGraw-Hill, 419 pp., $50.00
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Focuses on software and hardware used to support I/O in
the MVS environment, specifically low-level request queueing
and processing. Emphasizes measurement, modeling and
analysis of I/O systems. Subsystem hardware and software
services, cached control units, expanded storage exploitation,
characterization of I/O subsystem workloads, GTF trace and
RMF/SMF analysis are discussed as are modeling and
performance prediction techniques. Intended for MVS system
administrators and analysts. --RD Order no. BD415208
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SAA: Common Programming Interface
Martin/Chapman/Leben, Prentice Hall, 397 pp., $50.00
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The fourth in a series of books by Martin on IBM' s SAA.
Gives an overview of third and fourth generation languages
used tocreate SAA-compliant applications including the CPI
Application Generator Interface and Procedure Language
Interface (REXX). Describes data access interfaces (Database,
Query, Resource Recovery and Repository). Covers
networking, SNA, LU6.2 and CUA, CCS and CPI
implementations. Clearly explains SAA CPI with examples and
diagrams. --RD Order no. BD498368
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ASO: Automated Systems
Operation for MVS
Trevor Eddolls, McGraw-Hill, 241 pp., $44.95
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Intended for MIS or operations managers. Discusses
automating key MVS data center activities: scheduling, print
distribution, system monitoring, batch operation, CICS, help
desk, network and remote operations. Also discusses
management, security, benefits and the future of automated
system operations. The author is a consultant and editor of
the VM, VSE and VSAM Updates publications. --RD Order no.
AS476962
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VM/CMS: A Survival Guide
James Potter, Bridge Learning, 592 pp., $39.95
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Tutorial introduction to the use of IBM' s VM/CMS for
COBOL programmers. Chapters present keystroke-by-
keystroke tutorials on VM/CMS, XEDIT, REXX, EXEC2, VSAM,
KERMIT, CMS files and VM customization. Gives the steps
needed to run a COBOL program and use COPY libraries, but
doesn' t explain compiling and linking. Appendices include
REXX/EXEC2 error codes. Disks contain exec files and
tutorials. A good lab manual and tutorial for users and
students who interface with VM/VMS at the beginning level. --
RD Order no. BD519864
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Programming Languages
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ROMable Microsoft C Handbook
Jim Kelsey/Byyrne Mayer, Ironman, 124 pp., $39.95
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A guru' s guide for firmware developers--all the ins and outs
of using Microsoft C for ROM-based applications, with only
rare need for more exotic expensive software tools. An AT
system BIOS and several expansion ROM applications are
used as illustrations of the process. --DD Order no. BD535960
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Microsoft Visual C++
Run-Time Library Reference
Microsoft, Microsoft Press, 688 pp., $35.00
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Introduces the library and its variables, constants and types.
Describes all library routines included with Microsoft C/C++
7.0. To ease the task of porting programs between operating
systems and compilers, the description of each run-time
library routine includes a compatibility section, covering ANSI,
UNIX, DOS, QuickWin, and Windows. --SK Order no. BD510437
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C++: An Introduction for
Experienced C Programmers
Rex Jaeschke, CBM Books, 236 pp., $30.00
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Clearly-written, excellent book, if you need to get started with
C++ quickly. It deals with all the essentials, avoiding more
advanced features to help make an easy transition to C++.
Contains problems with solutions. --SK Order no. BD501396
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VAX C Programmer' s Guide
Jay Shah, McGraw-Hill, 509 pp., $40.00
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Guide, reference and tutorial for C in the VAX/VMS
environment. Begins with an overview of VAX/VMS. Continues
with program structure, debugging, VAX procedures and call
standards, RMS files, run-time library, DECnet and C, VAXset
management tools and VMS products and features. The
integration and use of C with VAX/VMS is clearly explained,
documented and very good. VAX C and ANSI C variances exist
but are not specifically highlighted. --RD Order no. BD449730
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C++ Strategies And Tactics
Robert B. Murray, Addison-Wesley, 282 pp., $30.95
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Advantageous programming strategies help C++
programmers build programs which are elegant, fast and easy
to understand and maintain. Covers many C++ idioms,
techniques, and pitfalls which you may encounter when
coding. --TN Order no. BD473317
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PC Magazine Visual Basic Programmers' Guide to the Windows API
Daniel Appleman, Ziff-Davis, 1,020 pp., $34.95
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Most everything written on Windows APIs is for C
programmers. Much of it is useless for Visual Basic developers.
This book starts with a Windows programming overview from
a VB point of view, then moves to references on 700+ functions
tested for use with VB, arranged by subject with plenty of
explanations. A section on the VB-to-Windows interface gives
you enough info so you can take a C language specification for
any DLL and write a VB interface for it. Disk gives you
programming utilities and source code. --VE Order no.
AS496947
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Visual C++ Programming
Steve Holzner, Brady 508 pp., $39.95
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Introduction to Visual C++ explains C++ from elementary to
advanced levels with overviews of classes, objects, function
overloading, memory use, inheritance, defaults, I/O class
libraries and virtual functions. Windows topics are discussed.
Includes chapters on debugging and the Multi Document
Interface. Uses Microsoft Foundation Class library (MFC).
Familiarity with C is assumed. Very good clear explanations,
figures and sample code constructs. --RD Order no. BD508077
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No Bugs!
Delivering Error-Free Code in C and C++
David Thielen, Addison-Wesley, 206 pp., $ 24.95
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Covers methodology and procedures used to trap and
eliminate bugs from programs written in C and C++, based on
a comprehensive view of the overall application and the need
for extensive product testing and error trapping during
development. Extensive C code examples demonstrate the use
of debug macros. Demonstrates C statements such as assert,
printf, enter and exit via 'tricks' . One of the few books
specifically devoted to debugging C applications based on
actual practice, not on vague theoretical debugging hints. --RD
Order no. BD473799
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Electrical Engineering
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C/OS: The Real-Time Kernel
Jean Labrosse, Prentice Hall, 266 pp., $30.00
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The author, the designer of uC/OS, provides a detailed
design implementation of his " portable, ROMable, preemptive,
real time, multitasking kernel" for embedded microprocessors.
Order no. BD497867
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Verilog HDL Reference Card
Sutherland HDL Consulting, 20 pp., $7.95
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From a company that conducts Verilog training, this
reference is as complete as the other, lists a few more reserved
keywords--and costs half as much. --GC Order no. BD524214
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Quick Reference for Verilog HDL
Rajeev Madhavan/Cadence, Automta, 26 pp., $15.00
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Official reference from a company affiliated with Cadence is
slicker, spiral bound and gives more examples than
Sutherland' s. --GC Order no. BD524282
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Structured Logic Design with VHDL
Armstrong/Gray, Prentice Hall, 482 pp., $55.00
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This new book on computer-aided digital design using VHDL
describes the language in detail and provides plenty of actual
design examples using VHDL. The approach follows three
different design levels (algorithmic, register and gate level) and
illustrates the design of combinational and sequential logic.
Also provides a chapter on algorithmic synthesis. --SM Order
no. AS491671
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Microcomputer Engineering
Gene H. Miller, Prentice Hall, 544 pp., $62.95
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This text examines the fundamentals of hardware and
software organization. The Motorola 68HC11EVB is used as
the training tool, and a near-complete tutorial on the operation
and use of Motorola' s training board is included as an
appendix. Although not electrically deep, the digital aspects of
system design are conceptually clear. A well-written book on
system design is hard to find, and one that focuses on a non-
Intel chip even more so. This book satisfies both criteria well. --
TM Order no. BD429933
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Logic Synthesis & Optimization
Tsutomu Sasao, ed., Kluwer, 375 pp., $92.00
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Textbook presentation of papers from the 1992 Int' l
Symposium of Logic Synthesis and Microprocessor
Architecture. Topics range from two/multi-level optimization to
asynchronous circuits to FPGA design and EXOR logic
synthesis. Many digital logic books cover optimization of logic
circuits, yet none does as thorough a job as this one. Please
note: the optimizations presented in the book do not take into
account glitch control in digital circuits--the papers focus on
minimizing the number of elements in a circuit. --TM Order no.
AS504088
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Introduction to Parallel Processing
Bruno Codenotti/Mauro Leoncini, Addison-Wesley,
272 pp., $30.95
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Introduces parallel computation in a logical, technical
algorithmic manner. Discusses computational complexity,
parallel computational models, algorithms, archtectures and
VLSI from hardware and software standpoints. --RD Order no.
AS494720
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Semiconductor Device Modeling
With SPICE, 2nd edition
Giuseppe Massobrio/Paolo Antognetti, McGraw-Hill, 479 pp.,
$55.00
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The only book on SPICE that describes the device models
themselves. This second edition features updated and
expanded coverage of SPICE and SPICE-based programs to
simulate and predict the perfomance of circuits. Covers
semiconductor devices: PN junctions, BJTs, JFETs, MOSTs,
MESFETs, ISFETs, SCR-thyristors. --TP Order no. BD513710
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Intel' s SL Architecture:
Designing Portable Applications
Desmond Yuen, Intel/McGraw-Hill, 329 pp., $39.95
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This detailed reference provides guidelines for designing a
portable computer based on Intel' s 486 SL and 386 SL CPUs.
Covers System Management Mode, power management,
bus/memory interfacing, writing an SL BIOS. Includes disk
with utility programs, sample code ands schematics for a
notebook computer design.
--KO Order no. BD477018
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Pentium Processor User' s Manuals
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Volume 1:
Pentium Processor Data Book
Intel, 246pp., $25.95
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Order no. BD534112
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Volume 2: 82496 Cache Controller and 82491 Cache SRAM
Data Book
Intel, 425 pp., $27.95
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Order no. BD534128
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Volume 3: Architecture and Programming Manual
Intel, 812 pp., $27.95
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Order no. BD534133
The official documents on Intel' s hot (literally!) new
microprocessor. Volume 1 covers the " bare metal"--Pentium
hardware (pin descriptions, electrical specs, bus cycles).
Volume 2 describes Pentium' s cache/memory support chips,
along with a detailed look at bus signals, memory ready/write
cycles, etc. Volume 3 is the programmer' s guide, and includes
an instruction set reference, plus sections on compatibility,
optimization and system programming. --KO
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Mobile Robots:
Inspiration to Implementation
Anita Flynn/Joseph Jones, A.K. Peters, 349 pp, $39.95
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An excellent robot builders' manual with all the basics!
Covers design and construction of mobile robots--sensors,
actuators, power supplies, and intelligence systems. Shows
how to build two simple robots (TuteBot and Rug Warrior)
along with more sophisticated techniques. Based on research
at the Mobot Lab at MIT. Appendices give schematics and
interface electronics, a program of behaviors, a list of suppliers
for parts, and a roster of magazines, journals and BBSs
devoted to robotics. --TR Order no. BD427590
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Introduction to Digital Logic Design
John P. Hayes, Addison-Wesley, 815 pp., $60.95
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For those just starting with digital logic design. Coverage
ranges from the purpose of digital systems to numbering
systems to combinational/sequential logic, and applying all
these concepts in an overview of system architecture. It doesn'
t cover the electrical characteristics of certain design elements
(i.e. propagation delays), yet it does present their effect on the
system as a whole. --TM Order no. BD494850
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Design Of Microprocessor-Based Systems
Nikitas Alexandridis, Prentice Hall, 541 pp., $63.95
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Most systems design books focus on a particular
microprocessor (and its family support chips). However,it can
be advantageous to compare two different architectures side-
by-side. Although this book is not a comparative study of the
Intel and Motorola system architectures, it does allow such a
perspective. Covers topics from architecture/system concepts
to bus transfers and industry system busses to memory
management and interrupt processing. Processors covered
are the Intel 80x86 (up to the i486) family and the Motorola
(up to the 68040) family of microprocessors. A survey that is
long overdue, this is perfect for those wondering what makes
the Intel and Motorola systems so different (and similar) in
design. --TM Order no. BD511294
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PowerPC 601:
RISC Microprocessor User' s Manual
Motorola/IBM, 794 pp., $9.95
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Essential for hardware and software developers working
with this hot new IBM/Motorola/Apple chip, giving the
architecture of the user instruction set, virtual environment
and operating environment. Since MPC601 bridges the
POWER and PowerPC architecture, this manual also explains
how MPC601 differs from PowerPC. --VE Order no. BD541638
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PowerPC Tools: Development Tools for PowerPC
Microprocessors
Motorola/IBM, 144 pp., $9.00
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Catalogs 60 products for software and hardware developers
who work with this new IBM/Motorola/Apple chip: software
generation and debug tools, system development tools,
operating systems, board-level products, training. --VE Order
no. AS541596
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Computer Arithmetic Algorithms
Israel Koren, Prentice Hall, 210 pp., $52.00
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A good reference for basic computer arithmetic. By focusing
on the algorithms involved, the author gives hardware
independent solutions to the material, including simple and
optimized arithmetic, the IEEE floating point standard,&
trigonometric and other elementary functions. --DH Order no.
AS491666
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Hard Disk Secrets
John Goodman, IDG Books, 562 pp., $39.95
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Technical details and tidbits of information on hard disks,
including components (read/write heads, stepper motors),
interfaces (ST412/ST506, ESDI, IDE, SCSI), and performance
issues (effects of sector interleave and head skewing). Takes
aim primarily at DOS folk (with 120 pages devoted to SpinRite,
a DOS disk utility program), although hard disk users of all
computer persuasions may find some of the non-DOS specific
material valuable. Includes disk containing hard disk utilities
for IBM PCs. --KO Order no. BD497165
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ISA & EISA Theory & Operation
Edward Solari, Annabooks, 490 pp., $89.95
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Comprehensive coverage of PC system architecture and bus
cycles, with extra info on add-on cards. Much useful reference
material. Looks at systems from a hardware point of view
(down to connector pin specs) as compared with the other
authoritative books on the subject (i.e. the PC System
Architecture series from MindShare Press, which applies more
of a programming point of view). --VE Order no. BD498944
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Security
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INFOSEC Handbook: An Information Systems Security
Reference Guide, 2nd ed.
Arca, 254 pp., $29.95
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The most complete reference for computer security. Lists
acronyms, definitions, related standards, and guidelines.
Provides the only integration of TCSEC requirements and
their interpretations, broken down for easier use. --DD Order
no. AS531352
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Managing Microcomputer Security
Robert Snoyer/Glenn Fischer, eds.,
Business One/Dow Jones Irwin, 431 pp., $50.00
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The only book that presents a clear, comprehensive and
focused security assessment for the personal computer and
workstation environment. Reviews
microcomputer/workstation hardware, software, networking
security and disaster recovery. Includes case studies, legal
security aspects, check lists, security evaluations and
assessment procedures. Intended for users and managers
responsible for computer security at home or at work. --RD
Order no. BD506730
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Security Architecture
for Open Distributed Systems
Sead Muftic et al., Wiley, 280 pp., $65.00
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Presents design, details and principles of a global integrated
security system. Describes security mechanisms, services and
protocols, integrated security architectures and secure
network applications. Includes an analysis of the ISO/OSI
standard for security architecture and the design of the
Comprehensive Integrated Security System. Based on vol. 2 of
the report of the CEC COST-11 Ter Project " Security
Mechanisms for Computer Networks". --RD Order no.
AS480990
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Databases
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Advanced Topics in DB2
Blaine Lucyk, Addison-Wesley, 510 pp., $43.95
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Great book for experienced DB2 database administrators,
with many how-to solutions not in IBM' s manuals. No
theories here, just practical DB2 and SQL management. The
section on performance is by itself worth the price of the book.
Good backup and recovery tips, including a surprising trick to
restore dropped tables. Includes code for 7 utility programs. --
VE Order no. BD507251
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Help!
Paradox for Windows
Lisa Biow, Ziff-Davis, 1,042 pp., $27.95
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The most informative of the first books on Paradox for
Windows. It works both as a teaching tool and as a serious,
well-indexed reference, covering even advanced features and
the ObjectPAL language. If the many possibilities of Paradox
for Windows overwhelm you, try this book before resorting to
sledgehammers. --VE Order no. BD496931
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FoxPro 2.5 Advanced
Developer' s Handbook
Pat Adams/Jordan Powell, Brady, 871 pp., $49.95
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This book/disk gives more of the info developers--not end
users--actually need than any other so far. For example, what
is your first step in building a FoxPro app? This book says
your first step is to get a signed letter of agreement and a
retainer fee from your client, and provides a sample agreement.
Now that is real-world programming. Other strong points
include damaged file recovery, good tips on Rushmore opti-
mization, multi-user systems and networking. Could use more
on underlying structures. Appendices include a directory of 21
add-on tools, error messages, trouble-shooting and the IRS 20
Questions�which taxmen ask every consultant who gets
audited. Disk includes code from the book plus two utilities. --
VE Order no. BD469185
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Object-Oriented Databases
Dimitris Chorafas/Heinrich Steinmann, Prentice Hall, 318
pp., $33.00
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How can object orientation be used in databases? This book
answers that question. First the authors review theoretical
considerations in software engineering and in database
management--giving short shrift to relational DBMS. After
clearly establishing OODB benefits, they profile the leading
object DBMS software products in the U.S. and Japan. --VE
Order no. BD493438
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Temporal Databases:
Theory, Design, and Implementation
Abdullah Uz Tansel et al., eds., Benjamin Cummings, 633 pp.,
$54.95
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Pioneering book on temporal databases databases for
storing and querying data that varies with time�is a collection
of 23 papers plus introductory sections. The papers present
theoretical issues (especially math) in-depth for relational
extensions and non-relational variants, introduce six
temporal SQLs and touch on implementation. No index. --VE
Order no. BD507267
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Solutions for Networked Databases: How to Move from
Heterogeneous Structures to Federated Concepts
Dimitris Chorafas/Heinrich Steinmann,
Academic Press, 320 pp., $59.95
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Some theory, but mostly presents the latest standards and
actual solutions that provide cross-database connectivity for
networked databases. Based on a research project involving 85
organizations in North America, Japan and Europe. Only
touches on distributed databases, but gives good info on
schemata and protocols, including Japanese efforts, ANSI SQL
and IRDS. The last third of the book covers real-life
applications, such as IBM' s DRDA, DataLens and the
Multivendor Integration Architecture (MIA) initiated by
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone with IBM, DEC, Hitachi,
Fujitsu and NEC. --VE Order no. BD520430
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Enterprise Database Connectivity:
The Key to Enterprise Applications
on the Desktop
Richard Hackathorn, Wiley, 326 pp., $39.95
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A clearly-written, hands-on book for software developers and
data managers who need to connect and downsize database
applications. Gives the most understandable descriptions of
IBM' s DRDA, OSI' s RDA and Microsoft' s ODBC, and tells the
differences between them. Covers process management
(transaction control, concurrency, security), client/server
issues and other topics. --VE Order no. BD480764
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Flights Of Fantasy
Christopher Lampton, Waite Group, 556 pp., $34.95
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The first book detailing how to create a simple flight
simulator on the IBM PC. Introduces graphics programming
using Borland C++. The various modules (scenery, sound,
flight simulator, control interface) each receive due treatment.
Includes a disk with source code and executables.--WM Order
no. AS484711
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Super VGA Graphics:
Programming Secrets
Steve Rimmer, Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, 580 pp., $36.95
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Information on graphics hardware and software, including
graphic files, color graphics, display fonts, printing SVGA
graphics, animating a mouse and cursor, writing animated
games. Code is in C and assembly. Much of the information is
new, some previously published in the author' s three prior
volumes on bit-mapped graphics programming. Disk has
programs and sample code. --RD Order no. BD512277
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Human-Computer Interfaces
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Things That Make Us Smart
Donald Norman, Addison-Wesley, 290 pp., $22.95
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Norman not only shows how poor design can make things
nearly impossible to use, but also gives examples of good
inventions, like charts, graphs and vertical file cabinets, and
shows how they make us smarter. Norman is an Apple Fellow
and the author of The Design of Everyday Things. --CC Order
no. AS506918
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Usability Engineering
Jakob Nielsen, Academic Press, 358 pp., $ 39.95
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Covers usability testing, assesment methods beyond
testing, usability lifecycle, heuristics, and standards. Shows
how to improve user interfaces and avoid familiar problems
(e.g. having users frequently request changes, leaving out
important tasks, users not understanding their own needs,
and poor user-analyst communication). Discusses the
importance of distinctive user interfaces in a world of
increasingly open systems, and international user interface
standards. 14 pages of exercises let you experiment with the
methods covered in the book.
--TR Order no. BD524319
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Developing User Interfaces
Deborah Hix/Rex Harston, Wiley, 381 pp., $34.95
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Gives a methodology and process of ensuring and developing
product usability through user-centered design. Presents
user/computer interaction design guidance and standards.
Explains interaction styles such as windows, menus, forms
and boxes. Demonstrates User Action Notation (UAN, a task-
oriented notation) for the design process. --RD Order no.
AS510044
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GUI Guide:
International Terminology for the Windows Interface
Microsoft, Microsoft Press, 239 pp., $29.95
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Useful book and disk for developers who want to make
versions of their software for other countries. Gives overview of
English names of Windows features and actions, but 69% of
the book is lists of the same terms translated into 14
languages. Shows keyboard layouts for all 14, and (even better)
standard time, date, numerical and currency formats of 23
countries that speak those languages. Disk has the lists of
terms in Write and Excel formats. A time-saver! For more see
IBM' s Object Oriented Interface Design: IBM Common User
Access Guidelines (review on page 5) --VE Order no. BD491027
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MS DOS
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Peter Norton' s DOS 6 Guide
Peter Norton, Brady Books, 708 pp., $24.95
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Updated and revised for DOS 6, the book serves an essential
source of guidance for beginners and intermediate DOS users.
Norton does a good job in explaining each option for a DOS
command. For example, he goes over each command used in
CONFIG.SYS. In addition to covering the new enhancements to
DOS, the book contains a comprehensive command summary,
detailed index and glossary. --SK Order no. BD501930
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Dan Gookin' s Guide to Underground DOS 6.0
Dan Gookin, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 409 pp., $24.95
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For those who have become familiar with DOS and want to
take the next step. It digs below the surface and explains the
workings of the command.com, config.sys, autoexec.bat and
ansi.sys. There is info on how DOS handles devices, improving
your systems performance, using redirection and piping, and
using DEBUG. Has an excellent section introducing details of
memory management. --LS Order no. BD479429
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Running MS DOS 6 , 6th edition
Van Wolverton, Microsoft Press, 613 pp., $24.95
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Example-driven book updated to cover Memmaker,
DoubleSpace, Defrag, Anti-Virus and MSBackup and the other
enhancements that make up MS-DOS 6.0. Shows how to use
MS-DOS from the beginning of getting a directory listing to
writing custom batch files. Includes appendixes on upgrading
to version 6.0, a glossary, and a complete command reference.
--WM Order no. BD510290
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