By darth-azrael on Skatehive
Cover of the October 1986 issue of Byte Byte was perhaps the best computer magazine throughout most of its life. It tended to be a bit more technical that most and continued to cover non-IBM compatible systems longer that most multi-format magazines survived. The October 1986 issue includes: Features Product Preview: The Apple II GS - A detailed first look at Apple's 16-bit successor to the Apple II line. Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar: Build an Intelligent Serial EPROM Programmer - A hardware project that allows you to program your own EPROMs. Programming Project: Safe Storage Allocation - Various methods of safely allocating and de-allocating memory. Sound and the Amiga - A detailed look at sound and memory usage on the Amiga. Programming Insight: A Useful Property of 2 - Using powers of 2 to increase available user flags. Table of Contents from the October 1986 issue of Byte Theme: Public Domain Powerhouses PD Prolog - A look at a public domain Prolog implementation. An Icon Tutorial - IC