Description
Byte Magazine – December 1978 | Vol. 3, No. 12 | Life with Your Computer | No Label | VG
This vintage issue of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, Vol. 3, No. 12 (December 1978), carries the theme “Life with Your Computer” and features articles on the famous Life cellular automaton, computer chess, microcomputer applications, and hardware innovations. It reflects the creativity and experimentation of the late 1970s, when personal computing was rapidly expanding into homes, schools, and specialized fields.
The magazine is in very good condition, with only minor edge wear. The exact copy pictured in this listing is the one you will receive. All items are shipped in a protective plastic covering. Please review photos for condition purposes.
Contents include:
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Foreground
Fast Fourier Transforms on Your Home Computer — Stanley & Peterson (p.14)
Designing a Universal Turing Machine: A Software Approach — Munnecke (p.26)
Build an Octal/Hexadecimal Output Display — Steve Ciarcia (p.32)
Interface Your Computer to a Printing Calculator — Astmann (p.94)
ZAPPER: A Computer Driven EROM Programmer — Gable (p.100)
Clockless Multiplication and Division Circuits — Weed (p.128)
Creating a Chess Player, Part 3: Chess 0.5 — Frey & Atkin (p.140)
Partitioned Data Sets — Halsema (p.168) -
Background
Life with Your Computer — Milliun, Reardon & Smart (p.45)
Some Facts of Life — Buckingham (p.54)
One-Dimensional Life — Millen (p.68)
Chess 4.7 versus David Levy — Douglas (p.84)
An Easy Programming System — Weisbecker (p.108)
Teaching with a Microcomputer — Gerhold (p.124)
The Mother Chip — Fiction by Willard (p.186)
FORTRAN and Its Generalizations — Maurer (p.194) -
Nucleus
In This BYTE (p.4)
New Wonders of the Computer Age (p.6)
Letters (p.10)
Book Reviews (p.43)
Programming Quickies: Life (p.76)
Nybbles: Z-80 Assembler (p.92)
BYTE’s Bits / BYTE’s Bugs (pp.161, 163)
Event Queue (p.164)
Clubs & Newsletters (p.166)
Programming Quickies: Tic-Tac-Toe in BASIC (p.174)
Languages Forum (p.176)
Technical Forum (pp.184, 202, 208)
Desk Top Wonders: A Game for the TI-58 (p.192)
What’s New? (p.209)
Unclassified Ads (p.246)
BOMB / Reader Service (p.248)
Notes on Condition:
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Very good overall condition
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Minor edge wear (see photos)
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No mailing label
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Protective plastic covering included
Shipping:
We do offer combined shipping upon request.
A highly collectible issue, this volume highlights early explorations in artificial life (Life games), computer chess, and innovative hardware design, while also documenting the growing role of microcomputers in education and programming.