Byte Magazine Volume 04 Number 01 - Life Algorithms
title Byte Magazine Volume 04 Number 01 - Life Algorithms
date 1979-01
language eng
subjects computer, program, byte, software, inquiry, data, disk, programs, system, byte publications, byte january, north star, power supply, white king, floppy disk, high level, residents add, double density, black king
Foreground p.56 BUILD A COMPUTER CONTROLLED SECURITY SYSTEM FOR YOUR HOME [author Steve Ciarcia] Protecting your home with your personal computer-Part 1 of a 3 part series p.84 A COMPUTERIZED MAILING LIST [author Thomas E Doyle] A practical application for your floppy disk computer system p.90 LIFE ALGORITHMS [author Mark D Nierniec ] Efficient methods for programming John Conway's game of Life p.104 POLYPHONY MADE EASY [author Steven K Roberts] Play chords instead of just single notes with your computer p.186 AN AUDIBLE LOGIC TEST PROBE [author James L Woodward] Change voltage levels to musical tones for quick troubleshooting p.190 HISTORY OF COMPUTERS: The IBM 704 [author Keith S Reid-Green] Concerning one of the last vacuum tube computers Background p.14 A MICROPROCESSOR FOR THE REVOLUTION: THE 6809 [author Terry Ritter and Joel Boney] The successor to the 6800 described by its designers in the first of a 3 part series p.74 AN EXPOSURE TO MUMPS [author David D Sherertz] First designed for medical applications, this high levet language is diversifying p.100 THE DIGICAST SYSTEM: Receiving Data and Information Over Your FM Radio [author A I Halsema] Receiving computer programs over…