The Compaq Portable Computer (Review)

by | Aug 10, 2024

The Compaq Portable Computer (Review) This article appeared in the January, 1983 issue of BYTE Magazine. By Mark Dahmke. What emulates an IBM Personal Computer, can easily be carried from place to place, and costs a lot less than the competition? The Compaq computer,...

Let There Be Talking People Too

by | Aug 9, 2024

Let There Be Talking People Too This guest editorial appeared in the September, 1982 issue of BYTE Magazine. By Mark Dahmke.  When I was in college I met a fellow student who had great difficulties communicating because of cerebral palsy. We became friends and as...

Articles

by | Jun 22, 2024

Articles The Computalker Speech Synthesizer The Computalker CT-1 was the first speech synthesizer designed for personal computers. It was introduced in 1976, for S-100 computers, like the Altair and IMSAI. Software was available for Northstar DOS and CP/M, two popular...

A Simulated View of the Galaxy

by | Jun 22, 2024

A Simulated View of the Galaxy My first article published in BYTE Magazine. It appeared in the April, 1979 issue, page 66. Note that this is computing in an era when mainframe computers were a thousand times slower than modern smartphones, microcomputers ran at speeds...