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BYTE was a computer magazine published from 1975 until 1998, appearing not long after the first commercial computer kits started being advertised. It covered a vast array of computers over the years and included technical content as well as hardware and software reviews. The January 1984 issue was a massive 560+ pages and included:

<h1>Columns</h1>

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<li><b>Build the Circuit Cellar Term-Mite ST Smart Terminal, Part 1: Hardware</b> - Thanks to advancing technology, you can construct an intelligent video terminal with just 21 integrated circuits.</li>
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<li><b>BYTE West Coast: Beyond the Word Processor</b> - Tomorrow's text editors may facilitate text composition from the earliest conceptual stages to the analysis of finished documents.</li>
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<h1>Themes</h1>

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<li><b>1984 and Beyond</b> - The year calls up inevitable associations with George Orwell's novel of a futuristic, technologically oppressed society and raises questions concerning the present and future significance of technology to our own culture.</li>
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<li><b>Reason and the Software Bus</b> - The Reason research project, exploring artificial intelligence, has developed a software bus that may have a significant effect on future software. As a hardware bus uses ICs, so the software bus manipulates various program components to provide integration, networking, and multitasking.</li>
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<li><b>A General-Purpose Robot-Control Language</b> - By bridging the communication gap between people and robots, a plain-language system called Savvy increases the usefulness of these mechanical assistants.</li>
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<li><b>1984, the Year of the 32-bit Microprocessor</b> - As manufacturers rush to introduce their 32-bit designs, it's time to take a look at what these microprocessors are and what they're good for.</li>
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<li><b>Memory Cards: A New Concept in Personal Computing</b> - Picture a microcomputer without a keyboard, without a power supply, and small enough to fit in your wallet. That's just one possible application of memory-card technology.</li>
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<li><b>Computer-aided Design</b> - CAD capabilities on desktop systems can simplify a variety of tasks, from flowcharting to product design, but the choices in hardware and software can be baffling.</li>
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<h1>Reviews</h1>

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<li><b>Reviewer's Notebook</b> - This month's notes touch on Seequa Computer Corporation's Chameleon Plus and new trends in the printer market.</li>
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<li><b>The Zenith Z-100</b> - Supporting both 8-bit and 16-bit software, the Z-100 also offers impressive color graphics.</li>
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<li><b>Pinball Construction Set</b> - Tired o fthe same old pinball games? Try creating your own with this software-design package.</li>
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<li><b>The TRS-80 Model 16B with Xenix</b> - Once of the most significant features of Radio Shack's new computer is its Unix-derived operating system.</li>
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<li><b>Naturallink to Down Jones News/Retrieval</b> - A new software package from Texas Instruments simplifies access to a financial database.</li>
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<h1>Features</h1>

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<li><b>Bubbles on the S-100 Bus, Part 1: The Hardware</b> - Using Intel's BPK 72 Bubble-Memory Prototype Kit, you can put together a 128K-byte bubble-memory board for an S-100 bus system.</li>
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<li><b>Mockingbird: A Composer's Amanuensis</b> - The chief purpose of this music notation editor from Xerox is to help composers capture their ideas by speeding up the notation process.</li>
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<li><b>The VU68K Single-Board Computer</b> - You can construct a 68000-based system for under $200.</li>
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<h1>Nucleus</h1>

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<li>Editorial: Revisiting the Luddites</li>
<li>MICROBYTES</li>
<li>Letters</li>
<li>BYTE's User to User</li>
<li>Ask BYTE</li>
<li>Software Received</li>
<li>Event Queue</li>
<li>Books Received</li>
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