Cover of Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8 featuring a colorful hot air balloon with the word 'SMALLTALK', highlighting the edition's focus on Smalltalk programming.
Table of contents from Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8, showcasing featured articles including 'Introducing the Smalltalk-80 System' and 'Building Control Structures in Smalltalk-80'.
Close-up of the interior pages from Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8 showing content layout, including discussions on Smalltalk software and programming.
Back cover of Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8, featuring an ad for Ohio Scientific, emphasizing the magazine's relevance in the computing industry.
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Cover of Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8 featuring a colorful hot air balloon with the word 'SMALLTALK', highlighting the edition's focus on Smalltalk programming.Table of contents from Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8, showcasing featured articles including 'Introducing the Smalltalk-80 System' and 'Building Control Structures in Smalltalk-80'.Close-up of the interior pages from Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8 showing content layout, including discussions on Smalltalk software and programming.Back cover of Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8, featuring an ad for Ohio Scientific, emphasizing the magazine's relevance in the computing industry.

Byte Magazine August 1981 Vol 6 No. 8 Smalltalk Computers

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Byte Magazine – August 1981 | Vol. 6, No. 8 | Smalltalk | No Label | Good

This collectible issue of Byte Magazine (Vol. 6, No. 8, August 1981) is a special theme edition dedicated to Smalltalk-80 and object-oriented programming, featuring seminal contributions from Adele Goldberg, Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Larry Tesler, L. Peter Deutsch, Trygve Reenskaug, and others from Xerox PARC and the Xerox Learning Research Group. Considered one of the most historically important issues in the Byte series, it documents the early philosophy, design, and applications of Smalltalk, the pioneering object-oriented language that laid the foundation for modern software development.

The magazine is in good condition, with some minor wear consistent with age. The exact copy shown in the pictures is the one you will receive. All issues come with a plastic protective covering. Please check photos for condition details.

Contents include:

  • Features – The Smalltalk Theme
    Introducing the Smalltalk-80 System — Adele Goldberg (p.14)
    The Smalltalk-80 System — Xerox Learning Research Group (p.36)
    Object-Oriented Software Systems — David Robson (p.74)
    The Smalltalk Environment — Larry Tesler (p.90)
    User-Oriented Descriptions of Smalltalk Systems — Trygve M. H. Reenskaug (p.147)
    The Smalltalk Graphics Kernel — Daniel H. H. Ingalls (p.168)
    Building Data Structures in the Smalltalk-80 System — James C. Althoff Jr. (p.230)
    Design Principles Behind Smalltalk — Daniel H. H. Ingalls (p.286)
    The Smalltalk-80 Virtual Machine — Glenn Krasner (p.300)
    Building Control Structures in Smalltalk-80 — L. Peter Deutsch (p.322)
    Is the Smalltalk-80 System for Children? — Adele Goldberg & Joan Ross (p.348)
    ToolBox: A Smalltalk Illustration System — William Bowman & Bob Flegal (p.369)
    Virtual Memory for an Object-Oriented Language — Ted Kaehler (p.378)

  • Additional Features
    Build a Z8-Based Control Computer with BASIC, Part 2 — Steve Ciarcia (p.50)
    The Japanese Computer Invasion — Stan Miastkowski (p.200)

  • Reviews
    Microsoft Editor/Assembler Plus — Keith Carlson (p.398)
    BOSS: A Debugging Utility for the TRS-80 Model I — Scott Mitchell (p.401)

  • Nucleus
    Editorial: Smalltalk: A Language for the 1980s (p.6)
    Letters (p.30)
    BYTE’s Bits (p.197)
    BYTELINES (p.224)
    BYTE’s Bugs (p.392)
    Ask BYTE (p.388)
    Books Received / Software Received (p.391)
    Clubs and Newsletters (p.392)
    Event Queue (p.394)
    Programming Quickies: Disk Catalog for the Eighties; Alpha-Beta Tree Search; Fast Line-Drawing; Word Unscrambler; Binary-to-BCD Converter (pp.404–418)
    System Notes (pp.402, 413)
    What’s New? (p.421)
    Unclassified Ads (p.478)
    BOMB Results & Reader Service (pp.479–480)

Condition Notes:

  • Good condition overall

  • Minor edge and shelf wear (see photos)

  • No mailing label

  • Includes protective plastic covering

Shipping:
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This issue is a must-have for collectors, programmers, and computing historians, documenting the birth of object-oriented programming and the enduring legacy of Smalltalk-80.

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