Byte Magazine Volume 06 Number 11 - Data Base Management Systems

Features p.18 Writing with a Data-Base Management System [author Edward E Brent Jr] word-processing systems work fine after you know what you're going to say, but a data-base management system can help you get it all together. p.36 Switching Power Supplies, An Introduction [author Steve Ciarcia] You can experiment with a simple design for a nonisolated single-ended switching voltage regulator p.48 Fundamentals of Relational Data Organization [author Joel Neely and Steve Stewart] How you can apply a set of mathematically elegant principles to the organization of your data base p.62 Build a Bar-Code Scanner Inexpensively [author Bradley W Bennett] In one package, Hewlett-Packard has incorporated the optical heart of a scanner system p.84 The Microcomputer as a Laboratory instrument [author Daniel Cosgrove] The microcomputer can become a Standard laboratory instrument for running experiments and analyzing the results. p.97 Data-Base Management Systems: Powerful Newcomers to Microcomputers [author Michael Gagle, Gary J Koehler, and Andrew Whinston] A brief introduction to data-base systems leads to a look at how one microcomputer implementation works p.174 DIF: A Format for Data Exchan…