Byte Magazine Volume 07 Number 10 - Computers in Business (RESCAN)

Features p.29 Beyond the Peaks of Visicalc [author Jack Bishop] Three new software packages help fiscal planners study large, complex financial models. p.40 Build the Microvox Text-to-Speech Synthesizer, Part 2 : Software [author Steve Ciarcia] Rules for conversion of plain English text to phonemes govern the operation of this SC-01A-based device. p.68 What Makes Business Programming Hard? [author James L. Woodward] A banker/programmer describes some of the pitfalls in writing software that handles "routine" business tasks. p.80 Adapting microcomputers to Wall Street [author Robert Franz] Microcomputers are fast becoming crucial tools for financial managers. p.96 Putting Real-World Interfaces to Work, Part 1 : Monitoring Physical Quantities with the TRS-80 [author William Barden Jr.] A summary of techniques for interfacing the TRS-80 to the "realworld" and a look at some of the transducers that provide practical applications. p.128 The State of Industrial Robotics [author J. Michael Callahan] Industrial robots are playing an increasingly important role in manufacturing. Here we look at some of the fundamentals of robot design and describe some robot subsystems. p.146 Marketplace [a…