Byte (August 1982)

[darth-azrael]

_{Cover of the August 1982 issue of Byte}

If you were looking for technical coverage of a variety of computers in the 1980s then Byte was the magazine for you. The August 1982 issue of Byte includes:

Features

• High-Resolution Sprite-Oriented Color Graphics - Building a custom sprite-based graphics board for use with Logo using the TMS9918A video display processor.


• A Beginner's Guide to Logo - Logo was all the rage for a little while in the early 1980s. Some thought it would replace BASIC as a language for beginners and to teach kids to program. However, it seemed to disappear as fast as it appeared. Here is an introduction.
  

  
  
  

  
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• Logo in the Schools - Some results from putting Logo in schools.


• Designing Computer-Based Microworlds - Methods for teaching children using computers and Logo.


• Why Logo? - How Logo is designed to encourage development of problem-solving skills.


• Introducing Logo to Children - Adapting Logo instruction to different learning styles.


• Logo - A Cultural Glossary - Definitions and important concepts in Logo.












Reviews

• Program Generators - A look at software designed to generate programs for you based on plain language descriptions. These include The Last One and Quic-N-Easi.


• The Commodore 8032 Business System - The CBM 8032 was basically another machine in the PET line. The 8032 was introduced with an improved operating system and two new dual disk drive systems, the 4040 and 8050.


• The Heath/Zenith Model 47 Dual Floppy-Disk System - A dual 8-inch floppy drive for the H-47-BA, Z-47-BA, H-8, and Z-89 computers. It would set you back $3k to $4k depending on whether you wanted it assembled or not.








_{Cover of the August 1982 issue of Byte}



Nucleus

• Editorial: Keeping Our Technological Edge - France's World Computing Center.


• Letters - A letter from Commodore about its keyboards plus letters from readers about Unix vs. CP/M, human factors, the Videotex standard, and more.


• Technical Forum: Let the MC68701 Program Itself - A look at the MC68701 CPU's ability to self program.








_{Back cover of the August 1982 issue of Byte}



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Comments

[molometer]

I remember teaching kids logo. It was so simple and fun even though we didn't have the turtle lol.

I'm feeling ancient now 😂👍

[darth-azrael]

I had a couple of programming classes in high school but this was in the late 80s/early 90s and I think Logo had already faded away by then. My first class was BASIC on old (even for the time) TRS-80 model 3s and 4s and then later Pascal on IBM PCs.

[molometer]

The pace of new programming languages appearing back the was slow at first and then loads of new systems seem to come in no time ar all.
Did you ever hear of c/pm? Mostly used by Amstrad.

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