FIFTH
PROGRAM
1980 March 14, 15, 16, Friday Saturday Sunday 9am-6pm 9am-6pm Noon-5pm
(415)851-7075 COMPUTER FAIRE 333 Swett Road, Woodside CA 94062
CALL FOR PAPERS, TALKS, DEMONSTRATIONS, & EXHIBITS for the SIXTH WEST COAST COMPUTER FAIRE San Francisco's Gvic Auditorium & Brooks Hall April 3 - 5, 1981 Everyone interested in participating in the 6th West Coast Computer Faire should contact Computer Faire 333 Swett Road, Woodside CA 94062; (415) 851-7075. Those wishing to propose a talk or demonstration, or wishing to organize a Conference Section, should immediately request Speaker's Kits. DEADLINE for completion of Conference Program organization, talks, & papers: Dec. 1st, 1980. CONFERENCE PROGRAM of the 5TH WEST COAST COMPUTER FAIRE L.„.
FRIDAY, MARCH 1 4T I SATURDAY, MARCH 15 T H SUNDAY, MARCH 1 6T H 9 am POLK 1 POLK 2 LARKIN 1 LARKIN 2 POLK 1 POLK 2 LARKIN 1 LARKIN 2 9am - 6pm: RTTY Repeater Group, 9 am - 6 pm: RTTY Repeater Group, (open seminar); ROOM 302 9am - 6pm: RTTY Repeater Group, (open seminar) 9 am - 6 pm: Apple Core Meetings; ROOMS 406 - 410 (open seminar) ROOM 302 1 pm - 4 pm: Personal Computer/Telecommunications, ROOM 302 (open seminar); ROOM 204 10 am Teaching Personal Computer Pascal, & Digital Group About Communications Music Pascal Machines Users Computers & & (open meeting) Programming Microcomputers 11 am
Noon Computer Business & • Retailers Low-Cost (open meeting) Computing Osborne's 3rd 1 pm Annual Award
How to Hold a Low-Cost Tutorials for Potpourri Significant Medical Seminar for Computing for the Novice Software for Computing your Small- Education Inexpensive Business- Micro-Hardware Machines Machines' staff & Interfacing 2 pm Legal Aspects of Software Protection Computer Assistance for the 3 pm Physically Impaired Informational Graphics: Show Business & Forth Micro-Software Know Business 4 pm Interest Group Engineering (open meeting) Association of Unusual Computer Tutorial: Software Microcomputer Games, & Programming Producers & Applications Computers in Data Files Publishers Education in Basic (open meeting) Artificial Intelligence & 5 pm Micros
6 pm Microcomputer Industry Trade Association (open meeting) 7 pm /
' J - 5 th West Coast Computer Faire Computer-Chess Players Never Turn in Their Chips — They Just Pawn Their Software, Hoping for a Good Knight CONFERENCE PROGRAM The 1980 Computer Faire Micro-Chess Tournament will be under way with at least six micros competing for the title. At the 1978 FRIDAY, March 14,1980 Tournament, Sargon made the news and enlightened the computer hobbyist on what could be achieved with a micro. The success story How to Hold a Seminar for Your Friday l-2pm Polk 1 continues for the Spracklens with their newer version of Sargon 2: Small Business Machines Staff 2.5, and the Sargon 3. This year's tournament is still open to all who Tom Bun, Melinda Smith Compumax feel they have a quality chess program, and want to find out how it 505 Hamilton Avenue does against such programs as Sargon 3, Mychess 2, Voice Challenger, and the Atari Chess. Palo Alto, CA 94301 (415)321-2881 For details on entering, contact: John Urwin, 1537 Argyle Ct, San Jose CA 95132; (408)923-5662. Legal Aspects of Software Protection Friday 2-4pm Polk 1 chair: Joseph R. Igelmund Writing and Negotiating the Vendor's Software License Contract: Let's Make a Deal Joseph R. Igelmund, Attorney at Law 605 Market Street, Suite 1425 WARNING: San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)392-2811 Adventures are The Software Jungle: Legal Pitfalls Disruptingly addictive, Raymond Karch, Attorney at Law Virtually thrusting Opamp Building, Suite A 1033 N. Sycamore Avenue Egos into Hollywood, CA 90038 Narcosis — Beware (213)464-4358 Time itself Micro Hardware & Interfacing Friday l:30-4pm Polk 2 Unravels while chair: Tom Pittman Risking these Home Bus Standards Association, What is It and What does It Mean? Robert J. Richardson, Director Enchantments by Consumer Electronics Department Scott Adams. SRI International 333 Ravenswood Ave. Yes there are adventures, but is there really ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park, CA 94025 a Scott Adams? Stop at the Adventure In Box 3435 Longwood, Fla 32750 (415)362-6200 Ext. 5448 your answer. ternational booth for (305) 862- 6917 Microbotics: Enter the Table-Top Robot Arm John W. Hill, Ph.D. 1259 El Camino Real, Suite 200 Menlo Park, CA 94025 (415)326-6997 A Linear Scrolling CRT with Standard Parts John P. Cater, Manager Business Accounting Software Intelligent Systems Engineering for Southwest Research Institute 6220 Culebra North Star Computers -v r San Antonio,TX 78284 includes: An Overview of Serial Communications in Microprocessor Systems General Ledger . , Frank L. Toth, Manager Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Microprocessor Marketing Payroll Inventory American Microsystems Inc. All software is written with extensive input data verification features. 3800 Homestead Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Some of these features include checks for valid date, valid account numbers, <408)246-0330 and numerical data entry fields. Specialized features for each package are: General Ledger Unusual Microcomputer Applications Friday 4-6pm Polk 2 Includes departmental accounting and complete six digit user assigna chair: Jack Park ble ledger accounts — true double bookkeeping entry system. Energy Management for the Home with the Helion Micromanager Accounts Receivable Jack Park, President Has 30, 60, and 90-day aging and selective interest charging on past due Helion, Inc. Box 445 accounts. Customer account number is assigned by the program to avoid dup Brownsville, CA 95919 lication of account numbers. (916)675-2478 Accounts Payable Microcomputer-Assisted Amateur Astronomy Invoice oriented data base with individual date due, partial payment of Sidney Levin, M. D. invoices and time payment capability. Vendor account numbers assigned by Astronomical Society of the Pacific the program to avoid duplication of account numbers. 700 25th Ave. Payroll San Francisco, CA 94121 Includes all eight Circular E tax tables and current, quarterly and year- Radio Wave Imaging System by Microcomputer to-date earnings summaries by employee as well as cost accounting reports. Yoshinao Aoki, Prof. Inventory EE Dept. Includes cost and retail cost of items stored, YTD receipts, withdrawals Hokkaido University and adjustments, and four different cost accounting reports. Sapporo, Japan Disbur se ments/C heck ing Association of Software Producers & Publishers Includes expense account breakdown of all accounts payable entries, I open meetingl Friday 4 6Pm Polk 1 payroll and individually printed checks. Other features are: 1) printing of chair: Jules Gilder, President, ASPP accounts payable and payroll checks, and 2) bank reconciliation capablity. Box 153 Rochelle Park, NJ 07662 THE BUSINESS ACCOUNTING SYSTEM comes with a manual, (201)843-0550x335 1,000 statements, 1,000 checks, two system software diskettes, a plastic, dis kette case and 500 envelopes. Microcomputer Industry Trade Association I open General Meetingl Friday 6-7pm Polk 1 COMPLETE BUSINESS SERVICES CORPORATION chair: Dennis Barnhart, President, MITA 70 West Center Street c!o Marketing Logan, Utah 84321 Commodore Business Machines Telephone: (801) 752-5713 3330 Scott Blvd. See Us at the West Coast Computer Faire, Booth 1026 Santa Clara, CA 95050 <408)727 1130 SATURDAY, March 15,1980 Teaching About Computers Computer Music Saturday lOam-noon Polk 1 Saturday lOam-noon Larkin 1 chair: Hal Chamberlin & Programming chair: William J. Wagner The Digital-to-Analog Converter Method of Real-Time Computer Music Synthesis Programming for Everyone: A Rationale and Some Teaching Strategies Hal Chamberlin 29 Mead Street William J. Wagner, Ph.D. Mountain View High School Manchester, NH 03104 Mountain View, CA 94041 The Performing Musician and the Personal Computer R. J. Higgins, R. K. Goodall, R. Vedanayagam Individualized Instruction in Computer Programming Carl Grame, Dan O'Donnell, Instructors Physics Department University of Oregon De Anza College 21250 Stevens Creek Boulevard Eugene, OR 97403 Cupertino, CA 95014 You'd Like to Teach the World to What? A Guide to Writing Micro-Computer Courseware Silas S. Warner Muse 331 N. Charles Baltimore, MD 21201 introdata Personal Communications & Microcomputers Saturday lOam-noon Larkin 2 chair: Ron Jacobson Telecommuting Via the Personal Computer m DATA ENTRY Jack M. Nilles, Director In terdisciplinary Programs University of Southern California • ENTRY OPERATOR TRAINING PROGRAMS Los Angeles, CA 90007 "Information w/Cheese Please." The Emerging Personal Computer National Information Utility Network • SMALL BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING Ron Jacobson Broadcast Communication Arts Department San Francisco State University 990 Bay St. Mountain View. CA 94040 45 Westwood Drive San Francisco, CA 94112 (415) 969-2845 The Electronic Sandbox Mark Cummings, Georjean Frank Broadcast Communication Arts San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132 <415)469-1787 Put Your Knowledge Pascal & Pascal Machines Saturday 10am-12:30 Polk 2 chair: James Gagne, M. D. A User Looks at the Western Digital Pascal Microengine of Personal Tom Pitt man Box 6539 San Jose, CA 95150 An Introduction to the Wonders of Pascal Computers to Work! James Gagne, M. D. , President Da tamed Research BYTE magazine and onComputing magazine are 1433 Roscomare Road looking for qualified editors. Los Angeles, CA 90024 BYTE, the world's largest computer magazine (cir <213)472-8825 culation 160,000), is the most highly respected A New, Minimal-Cost Software Club for Users of UCSD Pascal James Gagne, M. D. , President magazine in the personal computing field. onCom Datamed Research puting, with a circulation of over 60,000, is the 1433 Roscomare Road leading guide to personal computing for nontechnical Los Angeles, CA 90024 people. <213)472-8825 We are looking for people with an intimate know Potpourri Saturday 1 -3:30pm Polk 1 ledge of personal computers, both hardware and soft chair: Mark Cummings ware, and the communications skills needed to edit Seeing Motion with the Mind's Eye Sam Hersh, Al Ahumada (and sometimes write) material for the fast-growing Aero/Astro personal computer market. Stanford University A bachelor's degree in computer science or elec Stanford, CA 94305 tronics engineering (or the equivalent) is preferable. <415)497-1526 BYTE Publications is located in the peaceful vaca Microcomputers in Africa: A Travelogue of the 1980 Eclipse Carl Helmers, Editorial Director tion countryside of southern New Hampshire, just 85 Byte Publications Inc. miles from Boston's cultural center and convenient to 70 Main Street the Northeast's finest skiing and hiking areas. Peterborough, NH 03458 Now part of McGraw-Hill, BYTE Publications offers <603)924-7217 liberal benefits, including full medical insurance. Breaking into Writing for the Microcomputer Field Sharon Rosa If you are interested in a possible position at BYTE, Nicholas Rosa Associates contact Chris Morgan at the BYTE booths (numbers 1901 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite 337 426, 428, 430) here at the Faire. Campbell, CA 95008 Is Electronic Technology Making Mankind an Endangered Species? (or: Carbon Chemistry Chauvinist? - You Bet!) Don Perry Dun lap, President GUI onComputing Entecon Corporation 70 Main Street, Peterborough NH 03458 1208 Apollo Wav, Ste 502 (603) 924-9281 ilS Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408)245-9272 i s'rri'r rw- m -J-fc . m
e T Unilai^afwhTte IJ^Award for OutstandShievemem'''" *"* ' 5°»^ompu, r/ eiecommu„icatio„s Saturday 1 -4pm Room 204 Adam Osborne, President Osborne & Associates chair. Dave Caulkins 630 Bancroft Way ' PCNet Berkeley CA 94710 - 437 Mundel Way (415) 548-2805 Los Altos CA 94022 ' (415) 858-1501
Tutorials for the Novice Saturday 1-4:30pm Larkin 2 Low-Cost Computing for Education Saturday l-4pmr Larkin 1 chair: Tony Seuera chair: Ted Perry Beginners, Gather 'Round or Welcome to the Small Computer Revolution How to Produce Random Access Videotapes, Videodiscs and Other Nicholas Rosa intelligent Wonders with Your Microcomputer Nicholas Rosa Associates Robert V. Whitney 1901 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite 337 Whitney Educational Services Campbell, CA 95008 2071 Tenth Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116 An Easy Approach to Operating Systems...For Example, CP/M (For Beginners) <415)681-4725 Tony Bove Sybex, Inc. Lesson Design in Pilot 2020 Mi Ivia St. Robert N. Watkins, Customer Education Manager Berkeley, CA 94704 The Computer Merchant <415)848-8233 5107 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92115 Thoughts While Waiting for the Calvery to Rescue Me <714)583-3963 Tony Sever a 131 Highland Ave. An Apple for the Teacher — A Graphic CAI Authoring System Vacaville, CA 95688 Ted Perry San Juan Unified School District KYDE TYME Project 2331 St. Marks Way Significant Software Sacramento, CA 95825 for Inexpensive Machines Saturday 1 -3:30pm Polk 2 <916)487-7517, 485-0619 chair: Raymond Karch CAI: A Different Way Jeff Lev in sky Computer Systems Design Group ANSI PL/I. Subset-G: A Commercial Implementation Under CP/M 3632 Governor Drive Gary Kildall, President San Diego, CA 92122 Digital Research Box 579 Micro Software Engineering Saturday 3:30-5:30pm Polk 2 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 chair: Terry Ritter <408)649-3896 Modular and Structured Programming on Small Systems Animal - An Animation Language used in Creating (Including 6809 Assembly Language) Animated Scenes in Color on a Personal Computer Terry F. Ritter Jim Blum, President Motorola, M2880 Comagraph 3501 Ed Bluestein Blvd. 768 Inwood Drive Austin, TX 78721 Campbell, CA 95008 Structured Flowcharts - A Hybrid Approach to Program Design NPS Micro-Cobol Gregg Williams Byte Magazine LT Mark S. Moranville Naval Postgraduate School 70 Main St Monterey, CA 93940 Peterborough, NH 03458 <408)646-2449 A Case Study in Unstructured Software A User-Guided Monitor ROM for Commodore CBM Howard R. Hollander, Specialist Software Engineer Boeing Aerospace Co. John Clothier Little Mountain Test Annex Elcomp Publishing, Inc. Hill AFB, UT 84056 Chi no, CA 91710 (THE MM-103 DA TA MODEM USED AND COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER S-100 bus compatible BUSINESS FCC APPROVED HIGH QUALITY Both the modem and telephone system interface are -50 dBm sensitivity. Autoanswer. Auto originate. Auto FCC approved, accomplishing all the required protective dialer with computer-controlled dial rate. 61 to 300 baud functions with a miniaturized, proprietary protective (anywhere over the long-distance telephone network), SYSTEM coupler. rate selection under computer control. Flexible, soft- ware-controlled, maskable interrupt system. WARRANTY ASSEMBLED & TESTED For Sale One year limited warranty. Ten-day unconditional return privilege. Minimal cost, 24-hour exchange policy Not a kit! (FCC registration prohibits kits) DTC Microfile for units not in warranty. 8080 processor 95 plus shipping 48K of memory LOW PRICE-S359. - JMSS, & handling two 8" floppy disc drives full Microsoft Disc Basic Call for further information: VOICE: (703) 750-3727 L8 used for two years by the Potomac Micro-Magic, inc. MODEM: (703) 750-0930 (300 baud) Computer Faire until we outgrew it Write for brochure: First Lincolnia Bldg., Suite B1 $4800 FOB Woodside, CA 4810 Beauregard St. Computer Faire (415)851-7075 Alexandria, Va. 22312 I * I I * It KltlHli Amateur Communications Society Friday, Saturday, Sunday Room 302 (RTTY) Open Seminar & Demonstration chair: Stuart Neblett 493 - 4th Ave Redwood City CA 94063 (415) 592-9200 x221 Computer Games & Computer in Education Saturday 4-6pm Larkin 1 Disc Drive Problems? chair: Annie Fox • The Starship Simulation Project It's time for DDT! David Fox, Annie Fox, Co-Directors (Disc Drive Timer program) Marin Computer Center CORRECT 70 Skyview Terrace, Room 301 300 San Rafael, CA 94903 297.00 298.00 299.00 | 301.00 302.00 303.00 (415)472-2650 lIllllllllllMllllllllllllllllll Computer Games in Education —* i — David H. A hi Creative Computing Analyze motor speed on a routine basis with an P. O. Box 789-M adjustable real-time speedometer. Morristown, NJ 07960 Fine-tune disc drive motor speed yourself. All Solving the Shooting Stars Puzzle you need is DDT, two screwdrivers, and five Joel Shprentz The BDM Corporation minutes' time. 7915 Jones Branch Drve TRS-80 or Apple Utilities, McLean, VA 22102 $1 Q95 Engineering, Diskette JL -r Postpaid Architecture, Artificial Intelligence & Micros Saturday 4:30-6pm Larkin 2 Cassette $1495 Surveying, chair: Dean Gengle Apple on diskette only. Business programs. Califttnua residents add 6'1« tax Microcomputers and the Design of Contelligent Systems To order or for more information, Dean Gengle write or call P. O. Box 14431 San Francisco, CA 94114
Artificial Intelligence as Applied to Input and Output in the Office microcomputer Making Computers Read and Speak products Art Derfall Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. i t.m. a division of 33 Cambridge Parkway Morton Technologies, Inc. Cambridge, MA 02142 1150 Coddingtown Center (617)864-4700 P O. Box 11120 • Santa Rosa. CA 0540b 707 523- lbOO International Apple Corps Dealer inquiries mnleil I open meeting, all day I Saturday 10am-5pm Rooms 406-408-410 •• Booth 1229, Brooks Hall• • chair: Matthew Mcintosh International Apple Core Box 976 Daly City. CA 94017 (415)552-9234 Forth Interest Group lopen meeting] Saturday 3:30-6pm Polk 1 chair: Bill Ragsdale clo Dorado Systems *> 20956 Corsair Blvd. SYNERGISTIC SOFTWARE Hayward, CA 94545 Quality Software for the Apple <415)783-0289 GAMES FAIRE SPECIAL ! - 5% Off All Retail Sales at the Faire DUNGEON CAMPAIGN - Colorful graphics and animation effects add new dimension to the underground adventure game. WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN - High res graphics surface adventure in which you visit ancient tombs and remote villages in your quest through the varied terrain. ODYSSEY: THE COMPLEAT APVENTURE - This land, sea, and un derground adventure is of such infinite variety that it requires Trade Association to Meet During 5th Computer Faire UTILITIES The Microcomputer Industry Trade Association (MITA) will hold PROGRAM LINE EDITOR - Neil Konzen's sophisticated editor permits its first 1980 General Meeting, dur simple program modification without retyping entire lines. More ing the 5th West Coast Computer over, it allows user-definable multi-keystroke commands to be ex Faire in San Francisco. The meeting ecuted with only 2 keystrokes. will take place in the Civic Audito HIGHER TEXT - Darrell & Ron Aldrich's versatile and easy to use text generator allows small and large characters, colored text, rium, on Friday afternoon, March and user definable character sets. 14, beginning at 6 p.m. (immediately HIGHER GRAPHICS - Robert Clardy's all purpose high res graphics following the close of the exhibits). package permits shape generation, table editing, high res screen The meeting is open to all mem Production, and animation . bers and prospective members — anyone in the management of any BUSINESS company addressing the microcom puting industry. This includes AILING LIST DATABASE - Christopher Anson & Robert Clardy's manufacturers, distributors, ast, easy to use, mailing label program uses machine language retailers, software houses, pub S rtS ACC6SS UP t0 1700 addresses on 2 disks in lishers, show organizers, and so second? ° ' forth. M0DIFnl.no L|E DATABASE - Christopher Anson & Robert Clardy's unrip? ,,«rPH°Se' US6r or'ented database program self-modifies Send check or inquiry to: under user direction to fit your needs. Synergistic Software 5221 120th Ave. S.E. Bellevue, WA 98006 (206) 641-1917 'Introductory prices to increase March 31, 1980 SUNDAY, March 16,1980 Digital Group Users I open meeting] Sunday 10am-noon Larkin 1 chair: Jim Jacobsen, NORCAL DG Users Group HAT lilfft FULL COLOR 760 Paul Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94308 bArlllU GRAPHICS (415)493-9152 The original 256-color imaging system with high resolution video FRAME GRABBER Computer Retailers I open meeting] Sunday noon-lpm Larkin 1 chair: Bob Moody, President, Western Computer Dealers Association for the S-100 bus. c!o Alpha Information Systems Capture and digitize a video frame in l/60ofa 800 San Antonio Road, Suite 1 second. Select the best resolution for your Palo Alto, CA 94303 application, from 256 to 1280 pixels per TV line. Display your digitized (415)494-6221 or computer processed image with 256 gray levels or 256 Business & Low-Cost Computing Sunday noon-3pm Larkin 2 colors on standard chair: Paul Terrell B&W, NTSC or RGB Personal Computers in the Office: An Example color TV monitors. Clarence A. Ellis, Gary J. Nutt Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Compact two-board 3333 Coyote Hill Road basic system Palo Alto, CA 94304 ift Features: Four Programs for Use with Listed Option and Common • Highest possible quality 480x512x8 digital video image presently available on the market Stock Investment Strategies • Input capability from TV camera or other sources Alfred A. Adler, Ph.D. • Variety of synchronization choices 10360 E. Flintlock Tr. • 2 selectable video A/D Conversion circuits • Choice of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 bits per pixel Tucson, AZ 85715 • 32K-byte Image memory on the basic system • 32, 64. 128 G 256K byte system capacity The Microcomputer Market and Users in Japan • Ughtpen input Seiichiro Yahagi, Managing Director • Photographic trigger control Input • Software selectable system parameters Nippon Time Share Co., Ltd. • Interfaces for TRS-80 and other processors 17th Mori bldg., 1-26-5, Toranomon • Comprehensive line of accessories, monitors and support software Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 480x512 Computer-generated SEND FOR FREE CATALOG Turnkey or Turkey? Thomas P. Bun n DIGITAL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS Compumax, Inc. 441 California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306 415/494-6088 505 Hamilton Palo Alto, CA 94301 (415)321-2881 Paul J. Terrell ^^cippkzcomputcr ^jjjnppkzcomputar Exidy, Inc. 390 Java Sunnyvale, CA 94086 DOUBLEVISION (408)734-9410 Medical Computing Sunday 1 -2:30pm Larkin 1 chair: James Gagne, M. D. Softdoc - A Proposal for a Medical Software Network James Gagne, M. D. , President Datamed Research 1433 Roscomare Road Los Angeles, CA 90024 (213)472-8825 i 11 i i i i I i i I ] i i 11 i i 11 i i I i The Computer in the Practice of Medicine: An Overview Mark H. Spohr, M. D. 80x24 Video Displaym COLUMNS LINES Medsoft with Upper and LowerCase Box 7049 Works with Apple ll\ Apple II Plus*, and PASCAL Shift Lock Feature Tahoe City, CA 95730 Full 96 ASCII character set Built In Light Pen capability Fully programmable cursor Inverse video (916)583-3097 1-9 lines any position Full cursor control Blinking (2 speeds) and non-blinking 50/60 Hz operation • All software included for BASIC (optional for PASCAL) • No conflict with other boards using $C800 to SCFFF Computer Assistance for the Physically Impaired Sunday 2:30-4pm Larkin 1 Introductory Sale Price.. $195°° chair: Carol A. Simpson • Comp»llbl. with the latest In won) processing software "Apple-Pie 2.0"
w PASCAL software Interfaceavailable for *23.00 additional Alphabetical Versus Graphotactic CRT Page Layout of Letters for a • 'For all ordersreceived before midnight. April 30,1900 Calif. Raaldenta add 6% Sales Tax Deliveries start end of February • Allow up to4 weeks lor shipment. Versatile Portable Speech Prosthesis (VPSP) • All Mail orders add13.00 for pottage, Ineurance and handling 'Apple le a Registered TM of Apple Computer*. Inc. Carol A. Simpson The Computer Stop MON.-SAT. Psycholinguistic Research Associates '6919 Hawthorne Bkc! Lawndalu CA 90260 10-6 2055 Sterling Avenue (213)371-4010 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Microcomputer/Videodisc CAI Fulfilling a Promise for Handicapped Students Ron Thorkildsen, Assistant Professor Instructional Media Department UMC 68, Utah State University Logan, UT 84322 (801)752-4100, ext. 8273 Informational Graphics: HOMES Show Business & Know Business Sunday 3-5:30pm Larkin 2 chair: Aaron Marcus Micro Graphics for Communicating Information Efficiently for Aaron Marcus Lawrence Berkeley Labs 1306 Bayview Place TRS-80 Berkeley, CA 94708 Booth 1124 C Brooks Hall <415)486-5181 by Demonstrations & Explanations of Work in Progress Visual Design Students - U. C. -Berkeley ¥Am SPI * $30.50 REBATE Tutorial: Programming Data Files in Basic Sunday 4-5pm Larkin 1 Leroy Finkel, Jerald Brown • FREE DELIVERY AVE 1815 Altschul Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 THE DISTINCTIVE CUSTOM FURNITURE <415)591-1441 EXHIBITORS & BOOTHS at the 5th West Coast Computer Faire CAN YOU as of 80 Feb 14 exhibitor booth(s) 3M Co.-Data Recording Products ... 1404 Alpha Information 3M Center/Bldg 223-5N Systems 1228,1230C St Paul MN 55101 800 San Antonio Rd (612)733-8765 Palo Alto CA 94303 Data recording supplies (media) & accessories (415)494-6221 CBASIC-2? for microcomputer sys Alpha Supply Company 615C 6502 Program Exchange 26 9625 Mason Av Here's an opportunity for a top programmer to Chatsworth CA join the top manufacturer of microcomputer soft 2920 Moana Reno NV 89509 91311 91311 ware. 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TRS-80 is modules. a TM of Tandy Byte and OnComputing 426.428,430 Corporation. 70 Main St Peterborough NH 03458 (603)924-7217 computer magazines Byte Shop of Hay ward . 103 1122 BSt HaywardCA 94541 <415)537-2983 California Computer Systems . .. 524.526 250 Caribbean Sunnyvale CA 94086 <408)734-5811 Peripherals for S-100, Apple, Pet & TRS-80 i-WJM I r-.'ff'/. v-'l '•>":rkhA..;»v.v--; . .-'.V .• .. - . - ;. •>.& c.-.. v av '•••; V-VP * Ml •' - "fW-Wtt-Wt Carl Dick, Distributor 1006.1008C Box Q Sherman Oaks CA 91423 (213)349-2365 printers, Apple add-ons, high volume The Digicast Project has finally given birth! distributor of IC's (4116, 2708, 2716, etc. TMf Casheab 45 5737 Avenida Sanchez San Diego CA 92124 (714)227-2547 DATACAST 32-channel music synthesizer Century Electronics 424 447 Associated Rd Expects to Begin Transmission of the First BreaCA 92621 (714)990-3051 Computers, books, hobbiest items BROADCAST-DISTRIBUTED CMC Marketing Corp 602B 10611 Harwin Dr #406 Houston TX 77036 'ELECTRONIC' NEWSPAPER CoEvoIution Quarterly 36 Whole Earth Catalog Box 428 (sans paper) SausalitoCA 94965 by or before (415)332-1716 Magazines, books, T-shirts, galaxy posters August, 1980 Commodore initially in the Business Machines Inc 1514C, 151( San Francisco Bay Area 3330 Scott B1 Santa Clara CA 95051 and other areas shortly thereafter. 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Center Logan UT 84321 • Commodities • Wire Service News (801)752-5713 (stock & commodity wires will be 15-minute delay transmissions as required by the exchanges) CompuMax Associates, Inc 412 505 Hamilton Av Within months, it expects to add Palo Alto CA 94301 Real Estate Listings • Electronics Parts (Offerings & Needs) (415)321-2881 Construction Materials • Other 'Have/Want' Materials and Supplies MicroLedger, MicroPay, MicroRec, Microlnv, • Archiving of information for later access by time-sharing dataphone MicroPers, MaxiLedger, MicroMax Compumech Electronics 209C 2060 The Alameda Transmitted in machine-readable form, this service provides San Jose CA 95126 • Immediate Access to Time-Sensitive Information (408)246-0230 find it & buy it, before it's sold Power supplies • Information in a Form that is Machine-Searchable Computalker Consultants 528 let your computer do the walking 1730 21st St # A • Free & Low-Cost Access to Information Santa Monica CA 90404 (213)828-6546 some information will be free, transmitted 'in the clear' Speech synthesizer other will be encrypted, available for low-cost subscriptions • Massive Quantities of Information COMPUTE Magazine 1428C channel capacity exceeds the equivalent of2500 newspapers pages per day 900-902 Spring Garden St Greensboro NC 27403 • Archival Backup of Broadcasted Information (919)272-4867 accessable by phone via 'traditional' time-sharing computer technology COMPUTE Magazine • • • • Computer Connection 1102D 214 California Receivers Will be Priced Under $400 San Francisco CA 94111 and (415)781-0200 will Plug in to All Popular Computers Computer Cookbook 46 Software Packages will Accompany Receivers Box 4084 Berkeley CA 94704 • • • • • Microcomputer reference guide in loose-leaf This is a service of binder Wireless Digital, Inc. 345 Swett Road Woodside, California 94062 Computer Furniture a Jim Warren company (415)851-7075* & Accessories 1322C The phone is given, here, but please write; don't call. The task is large. The staff is small. Phone conversations slow us down. 1441 W 132nd St Gardena CA 90249 (213)327-7710 to: Jim C. Warren, Jr., President 345 Swett Road Computer room furniture, enclosures & Wireless Digital, Inc. Woodside, CA 94062 terminal stands • Please send more information. I am casually interested. Computer Headware 325, 327, 329E • This is the hotest thing since Alexander Graham Bell's electrifying experiment. Enclosed is my $5 subscription to Box 14694 San Francisco CA 94114 Datacast , the oldfashioned newspaper that details the progress and offerings of this system and other digital broadcasting Whatsit: A self-indexing query system activities. I understand that (a) this is an occasional publication, and (b) my full subscription fee will be applicable to purchase Computer Information Exchange .... 328 of one of the first batch of receivers as soon as they become available. Box 158 • Back in the Digicast days, I made a donation to the Digicast Project or subscribed to the Intelligent Machines Journal, SanLuisReyCA 92068 1M+ (714)757-4849 primarily to keep abreast of Digicast developments. As such, please enter my subscription to Datacast without charge. Peoples software, S-80 Computers, S-80 • As soon as you demonstrate to me that I can receive this service, I jus' gotta be the first person on my block (or in my Bulletin brokerage, or at my company) to have a receiver, if they cost no more than $400. Computer Pathways Unlimited 1327 • I want a receiver that will plug in to a 2151 Da vcor Street SE Salem OR 97302 • Tandy TRS-80* • S-100 bus machine, (503)363-8929 • Commodore Pet* • RS232 port into a Pearl • an Apple* computer • IBM system Computer Plus 1018C • DEC PDP-11* • other 1324 S. MaryAv Sunnyvale CA 94087 (415)735-1199 name .please type or print Comprint 1522C mailing Computer Printers International 340 E. Middlefield Road address Mountain View CA 94043 city state. ZIP/postal code (415)969-6161 phone: ( Computer Room 21 • I enclose an additional $5 (U. S. ) for First Class surface mail outside the United States. 1500-D Graham Hill Rd Santa Cruz CA 95060 • I enclose an additional $20 (U. S.) for Air Mail to countries outside the United States. (408)426-9473 + DA I At'AS I is the trade mark of A ire less Digital. I nr.. and refers to both the occasional periodical that is now offered, and the digital broadcasting services and products Belais master index, software for Pet, CB-2 that A ireless Digital plans lit offer in the luturc. I he periodica! is offered at this time, throughout the U. S. and the world. The broadcasting services are expected to l>e sound amplifier, compute magazine available only in the U.S. for the next several years. TKS istl. I'et. Apple, and I'DI' 1 1 are trade marks of Tandy. Commodore. Apple, and Digital Equipment Corp. 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Software Stuart Electronics 61 • CHICAGO, IL 2121 Sol Street Three distinct computer centers are located at our executive offices in Chicago SanLeandroCA 94578 TRS-80 compatible products & services • Financial Computer Center • Unimatic Computer Center • Distributed Processing Involves all areas of accounting, person Involves airline operations sup Specializes in mini and micro applications Sybex, Inc 530E nel/payroll and financial applications. port, schedule planning and flight (various vendors) for a wide range of 2020 Milvia St Amdahl V7, IBM 3032, 3850 Mass Stor crew planning. Univac 1100/80 internal and external users. Development Berkeley CA 94704 age environment using COBOL, MVS, shop. work includes remote applications and (415)848-8233 CICS.TSO, and IDMS. data communications. 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Helm Dr ferably in an on-line TIP/DMS environment. • TELECOMMUNICATIONS Scottsdale AZ 85260 (602)948-6540 • QUERY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMERS SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Candidates should be experienced in IBM Telecommunica Digi-kit-izer (a graphic digitizer that is Responsibilities include consultation services and direct assembled by the user programming support to users of our Service Bureau. tions, software (VTAM and NCP) to assist in the imple Requires strong background in IBM/MARK IV usage. mentation of a corporate data network linking four major Taranto & Associates 419C Additional experience with Univac QLPand/or SCORE IV computer centers, various distributed minicomputers and Box 6073 is desirable. 25,000 terminals. Familiarity with CCITT X.25 Commu San Rafael CA 94903 nications Protocol and general package switching concepts (415)472-2670 • APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER/ANALYST would be a definite plus. TRS-80 software OPERATING SYSTEM - EIDOS SYSTEMS g Packages supplied on diskette complete with 8080 Manual/ Alone D INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM - Performs control G PAYROLL SYSTEM — Maintains employee master file. assembler, text editor. 8080 debugger and various G XYBASIC Interactive Process Control BASIC - Full £ £If.? T/hG ln2ex Sequen,ial Search. Offers com- tt functions of adding and depleting stock items, add © Computes payroll withholding for FICA, Federal and utilities plus full documentation. CP/M available con disk BASIC features plus unique commands to han 0 plete Multi-Keyed Index Sequential and Direct Ac ing new items and deleting old items. Tracks quantity © State taxes. Prints payroll register, checks, quarterly figured for most popular computer/disk systems in dle bytes, rotate and shift, and to test and set bits. cess file management. Includes built-in utility func of items on hand, on order and back-ordered. Op tt reports and W-2 forms. Can generate ad hoc reports cluding: North Star Single, Double or Quad density, tions for 16 or 32 bit arithmetic, string/integerconver tional hard copy audit trail is available. Reports in Available in Integer, Extended and ROMable versions. and employee form letters with mail labels. Requires Integer Disk or Integer ROMable $295/525 Altair 8" disks. Helios II. Exidy Sorcerer. Vector MZ sion and string compare. Delivered as a relocatable clude Master Item List. Stock Activity. Stock Valua CBASIC-2. Supplied in source $590/535 Heath H17f or H89f, TRS-80f. iCOM 3712 and iCOM module in Microsoft format for use with tion and Re-order List. Requires CBASIC-2 51250/525 Extended Disk or Extended ROMable 5395/525 Micro Disk plus many other configurations available FORTRAN-80 or COBOL-80, etc 5335/523 G INVENTORY SYSTEM — Captures stock levels, costs, C SMAL/80 Structured Macro Assembled Language — off the shelf 5145/525 G ANALYST — Customized data entry and reporting sys- © sources, sales, ages, turnover, markup, etc. Trans- S 5?AS',C -.Microso" Disk Extended BASIC with all tt tern. User specifies up to 75 data items per record. Package of powerful general purpose text macro © action information may be entered for reporting by processor and SMAL structured language compiler. n CP/M version 2 (not all formats available immediately) ® I., facilities, integrated by implementation of nine Interactive data entry, retrieval, and update facility tt salesman, type of sale, date of sale, etc. Reports SMAL is an assembler language with IF-THEN-ELSE, t7cc'02ci comman<)s in language. Package includes makes information management easy. Sophisticated ~ 5170/525 available both for accounting and decision making. LOOP-REPEAT-WHILE, DO-END, BEGIN-END con KISS. HEL as described above, and a sample mail report generator provides customized reports using Requires CBASIC-2. Supplied in source . . .5590/535 • MP/M* $300/150 list program $585/$45 selected records with multiple level break-points for structs $75/515 • JOB COSTING — Designed for general contractors. To licensed users of Microsoft BASIC-80 (MBASIC) summarization. Requires CBASIC-2 $250/515 G SELECTOR III-C2 — Data Base Processor to create © To be used interactively with other GRAHAM-DORIAN — 5435/545 G LETTERIGHT — Program to create, edit and type let © and maintain multi Key data bases. Prints formatted © accounting packages for tracking and analysing ex- tt sorted reports with numerical summaries or mailing ters or other documents. Has facilities to enter, dis tt penses. 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CP/M 'For Beginners) Tony Bove Thoughts While Waiting for the Calvery to Rescue Me Tony Severa Artificial Intelligence & Micros Microcomputers and the Design of Contelligent Systems Dean Gengle Artificial Intelligence as Applied to Input and Output in the Office c .Making Computers Read and Speak 50% Art Deifall Computer Gmmem A Computera in Education I The Siarship Simulation Project David Fax. Annie Fox Computer Games in Education David H. AM I.....' Solving the Shooting Stars Puzzle -• J * Joel Shprenti. . . ,r 4t Low-Cost Computing for Education , m *-*75- How to Produce Random Access Videotapes. Videodiscs & Other Intelligent Wonder* with Your Microcomputer • • Robert V. Whitney...... 1. y .,. 43 Lesson Design in Pilot Robert N Wat kins , . ~ . v. 50 An Apple for the Teacher — A Graphic CAl Authoring Svstem Ted Perry .... 57 CAl A Different Way Jeff Levinsky . . 60 Teaching About Computers & Programming Programming for Everyone: A Rationale and Some Teaching Strategies William J. Wagner...... 66 IF . . Individualized Instruction in Computer Programming Carl Grame. Dan O'Donnell. 71 > What? A fiuide to Writing Micro-Computer Courseware Computer Assistance for the Physically Impaired You ACT by MARCH 20th! Alphabetical Versus Graphotactic CRT Page Layout of Letters for a Versatile Portable Speech Prosthesis Microcomputer/Videodisc CAl Fulfilling a Promise for Handicapped Students Ron Thorkildsen Medical Computing Softdoc • A Proposal for a Medical Software Network James Gagne The Computer in the Practice of Medicine An Overview Mark H Spohr To clean up our act. . . uh! . . . storerooms Business & Low-Cost Computing Personal Computers in the Office: An Example Clarence A Ellis. Gary J. Nutt Four Programs for Use with Listed Option and Common Stock Investment Strategie for the arrival of the Alfred A Adler ... The Micrcomputer Market and Users in Japan Seuchiro Yahagi Turnkey or Turkey? Best of the Computer Faires, Volume V Thomas P Bun. Paul J. Terrell. Computer Music The Performing Musician and the Personal Computer R J. Higgins. R. K. Goodall. R Vedanayagam Personal Communications & Microcomputers Telecommuting Via the Personal Computer we are offering Jack M Nilles "Information w/Cheese Please?" The Emerging Personal Computer National Inform 1 Utility Network Ron Jacohsnn The Electronic Sandbox Mark Cummings. Georjean Frank Unusual Microcomputer Applications Energy Management for the Home with the Helion Micromanager Jack Park Microcoi r-Assisted Amateur Astronomy Two for the Price of One Sidne; Legal Aspects of Software Protection Writing and Negotiating the Vendor's Softws > License Contract: Let's Make a Deal Joseph R Igelmund The Software Jungle: Legal Pitfalls on each of our preceeding Proceedings Raymond Karch Micro Software Engineering Modular and Structured Programming Small Sys Including 6809 Assembly Language' Terry F Ritter Structured Flowcharts - A Hybrid Approach Program De: Gregg Williams A Case Study in Unstructured Software Buy one volume at full priee; Get a second volume for FREE! Howard R. Hollander Significant Software for Inexpensive Machines ANIMAL An Animation Language used in Creating Animated Scenes i i Personal Computer Jim Blum NPS Micro Cobol (Or, buy Volume 5 at full price; Get a previous volume at V2 price!) Mark S. Mofanville. Pascal & Pascal Machines An Introduction to the Wonders of Pascal James Gagne A New. Minimal-Cost Software Club for Users of UCSD Pascal James Gagne 205 This offer is good only on purchases at the 5th Faire and Micro Hardware & Interfacing Home Bus Standards Association. What is It and What does It Mean? Robert J. Richardson 208 mail orders received at the Faire offices by March 20th A Linear Scrolling CRT with Standard Parts John P. Cater .... 212 An Overview of Serial Communications in Microprocessor Systems Frank L. Toth. .219 Potpourri Use the post-paid order form found elsewhere in this issue. Seeing Motion with the Mind's Eye Sam Hersh. AI Ahumada 224 plastic money — MasterCharge & Visacards — accepted Breaking into Writing for the Microcomputer Field Sharon Rosa 228 Is Electronic Technology Making Mankind an Endangered Species? Don Perry Dun lap < 233 Tables of Contents of Previous Proceedings The Best of the Computer Faires. Vol. 1: Conference Proceedings of the 1st West Coast Computer Faire 240 The Best of the Computer Faires, Vol. II: Conference Proceedings of the 2nd West Coast Computer Faire 242 The Best of the Computer Faires. Vol. Ill: Conference Proceedings of the 3rd West Coast Computer Faire 244 The Best of the Computer Faires, Vol. IV. Conference Proceedings of the 4th West Coast Computer Faire 246 -? ?< { : S) it i -.s f CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS • II III THF. BKST OF THH COMPUTKR FAIR I--S, VOI.UMK III TMK BEST OF THE COMPUTER EAIRES, VOLUME I: THE BEST OF THE COMPUTER FAIRES, VOLUME IE Conference Proceedings of the THIRD West Coast Computer Faire Conference Proceedings of the FIRST West Coast Computer Faire Conference Proceedings of the SECOND West Coast Computer Faire TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface, Jim C Warren, Jr. . . . Preface. Jim C. Warren, Jr Computer Faire Organizers . Table of Contents Table of Contents INTRODUCTION FOR NOVICES BANQUET PRESENTATIONS You Don't Have To Be 'Good In Math* To Fall In Love With Computers, Donna Norm ... BANQUET PRESENTATIONS An Introduction To Personal Computing A Beginner's Guide. Bob Moody. Mike Triolo, Jerry Fox. Robou You Cm M«kt for Fun A Profit. Frederik Pohl Don't Settle for Anything Less (biographical sketch), Alan Kay ' A Consumer's Guide To Personal Computing and Microcomputers. Stephen Freiberger he Computer in Visual Arts. John H. Whitney . t : . Significant Personal Computing ^ vents for 1978, Adam Osborne V The First Personal Computing bra. Henry Tjupp Dinky Computers Are Changing Our Lives, Portia Isaacson VISIONS OF THE NEAR FUTURF Those Unforgettable Next Two Years. Ted Nelson ... " • v AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE ABSOLUTE NOVICE The Visions Of A Futurist. Alan P. Hald . TUTORIALS FOR THE COMPUTER NOVICE Beginner's Guide To Computer Jargon, John T Shen ...... • •• - • •.y . % r%. Personal Computers and Society What Next*'. Jack, M Nilles An Introduction to Computing to Allow You to Appear Intelligent at the Faire. James S. White Everything You Never Wyited To Ask About Computers Because You Didn t Think You d Understand It Anyway. Or Changing Paradigms and the Computer, CaH Townsend A Tyro Looks Back. Fred Waters A Talk For People Who Got Talked Into Coming Here By Someone Else, Jo Murray The Shirt Pocket Computer, Richard J Nelson ...... Introduction to Personal Computing. A Beginners Approach. Robert Moody ^ COMPUTER MUSIC SYSTEMS The Sidelobes of Industrial Distribution are F.icused on the Home Microcomputer Hobbyist. Lowell Smilen. Phi). A Microcomputer Music Synthesizer, Henry L Pfister COMPUTERS FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED Low-Cost Multi-Part Music Programmed In BASIC. Dorothy Siegel PEOPLE A COMPUTERS Electronics for the Handicapped (brief abstract), Robert Suding. High Quality Direct Music Synthesis Using Microprocessors, Hal Chamberlin . . If **SmaII is Beautiful." Is Micro Marvelous'* A Look at Micro-Computing as it People Mattered. Andrew Clement Microcomputer Communication for the Handicapped, Tim Scully - . • • Speech Recopmion as an Aid To The Handic^kp^l (brief abstract). Horace Enea and John Reykjalm 43 The Computer in Science Fiction. Dennie L Van Tassel INTELLIGENT MACHINES TO AID THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED Computer Power to the People The Myth, the Reality and the Challenge. David II Ahl Further Developments On An Inreractive Language For The Severely Handicapped. Michael S Bodner. Psychology and the Personal Computer. Kenneth Bcrkun COMPUTERS FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED Guy M. Hoelen, William J Zogby Microprocessors in Aids For The Blind, Robert S. Jaqurxs, Jr / ...... '.'J,' ' » ai HUMAN ASPECTS OF SYSTEM DESIGN Blind Mobility Studies With A Microcomputer. Carter C. Collins, William R O'Connor and Albert B AkJen. 47 Opucon Tracking Guide For Blind Persons Reading Information On CRT Screens. Yvonne S Russell. ___ Human Factors in Software Fngineering, James Joyce 56 The Desipi of A Voice Output Adapter For Computer, William F Joiitz . .. -- >8 Susan H Phillips The Human Interface. William F Anderson 64 Development of Prototype Equpmcnt To EnabJe The Blind To Be Telephone Operators. Susan Halle Phillips .65 Microcomputer-Based Sensory Aids For The Handicapped, j.S.Brufter L LOW-COST COMPUTERS IN BIOMEDICAL ENVIRONS & HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS PERSONAL COMPUTERS FOR THE PHYSIC ALLY DISABLED Potential Applications For Small Computet* In The Practice Of Medicine. James Gagne. M.D The Potential of Microcomputers toi the Physically Handicapped Frier J \els»»n A J (• ( ossalin . 65 EXOTIC COMPUTER GAMES Use of Computer and Biofeedback In Psychological Laboratory For Treatment Of Emotional Ills. An Interface Uang Bio-Electrical Signals loControl a Microprooessoi System tor the Physically and(ommunicatively Ambitious Games For SmaM Computers, Larry Tesier . . '3 Russell N. C'assel Handicapped. Laurence R Upjohn. Pharrr D 70 Epic Computer Games: Some Speculations, Dennrs R Allison and Lee Fioevel The Microcomputer As Antidote Medical Data Base Applications In The Home And Office. Create Your Own (Computer) G*nc, An Experience in Synectic Synergistic Serendipity (abstract), Ted M Kahn 79 Accidental lYnsontng Information, Medical Journal Abstracts. Roger O. Littge, M.D LEGAL ASPECTS OF PERSONAL COMPUTING Psychological Tests With Video Games. Sam Henh and Al Ahomeda Microcomputer Feasibility In The Hospital Setting A Microcomputer System As A Cost Effective Whar to Do After You Hit Return and biothing Happens Warranty in ilir Mxro-< omputrr Industry. Kenneth S Expenditure In Computer Applications Feasibility Studies. Robert C.A. Goff, M.D Wtdehu. Attorney at Law. WA6PP7 72 COMPUTERS IN THE ARTS Computer An and Art Related Applications in Computer Graphics: A Historical Perspective and Projected Possibilities, A Computerized Clinical Support System And ftychoiogical Laboratory. Russell N. Casset MKrocomputer Applications For Biomedical Instrumentation: A Monitor For The Corning M-175 HERETICAL PROPOSALS Beverly J Jones 81 Here Comes the Bram-Like. Self-Learning. No Programming. Computer of the Future. Klaus lioiu 7X Microprocessor Controlled Synthesizer. Caesar Castro and Allen HeabeHm . 85 Blood Gas Analyzer. Robert C.A. Goff Designing Your Own Real-Time Tools, A Microprocessor-Based Stereo Audio Spectrum Analyzer for Recording Studios, COMPUTER ART SYSTEMS Electronic Music, And Speech Recognition, Byron D Wagner 96 COMPUTERS FOR EDUCATION & TEACHING Composing Dynamic Laser Light Sculptures Via a Hybrid Electronic Wave System. Ronald Pelkgnno Minnesota Looks At Microcomputers. Kenneth E. Brumbaugh Computer Generated integral Holography. Michael Fisher 69 LEGAL ASPECTS OF HOME COMPUTERS CAI In The Home Marketplace. Silas S Warner > . . . Digital Video Painting. Dick Shoup *9 Personal Computing and the Patent System, David B Harrison . 105 A School's New Staff Member, Gerald Hasty . Electronically Produced Video Graphics Animation. TerTy Craig Copyrtand Software Some Philosophical andPractical Considerations,Kenneth S Widehtz IIS Microcomputers In The High School Expanding Our Audience. William J. Wagner Roaming Around m Abstract TO Spaces. 1 om DeFanU. Dan Sandm and Larry Leske 89 Some Experimental Support For Educational Computer Games. Muata Weusi-Puryear Video Synthesis L xpanding Electronic Vision Stephen Beck 89 WRITING ABOUT COMPUTERS A Videogame Microprocessor In The Elementary School. Al Ahumada & Sam Hersh Video Synthesis A Performance with an Analog Computei. Jo Ann Gdknnan 90 Becoming A Successful Writer About Computers, Ted Lewis 117 Discovery Learning In Mathematics. Ludwig Braun, Jo Ann Comito. Philip Reese. Robert WHezien . . Writing A User's Guide, Douglas | Mechaen 119 Boulder, Colorado's Community Computer. Stephan K. Elliott . . . MUSIC A COMPUTERS Editing and Publishing A Chib Newsletter, Richard ). Nelson 125 Computei Simulation In The College Classroom Implementation And Evaluation. Gene D. Steinhaucr The Stanford Computet Musk Pruned. Udm C lummng and Jama A Moo/er 9| Computer Assisted Self-Evaluation At The University of California Davis, Eli Cohen & Kathleen Design of High Fidelity Real Tunc Digital Hardware fur Muoc Syndirsu. J-thn Snell 9ft COMPUTER ESOTERICA M. Fisher . • . , The KJudgehom An Fxpernnenr «i llonn-hrcw < i*nputer Music, ferf Helmers 118 Deus E* Machiru, or, The True Computerist, Tom Pi tonan 132 A Comprehensive Pupil Personnel Accounting System Utilizing Micro Computer Systems. Melvin L. Notes an Microcomputer Musk. Marc leHrun r Peoples'Capitalism: The Economicsof the Robot Revolution, James S. Albus 135 Zeddies A Pipe Organ/Micro Computer System. Jet Raskin „ :'"V-Mr* tfV Thoughts on the Prospects for Automated Intelligence. Dennrs Remhardt 140 A Computer Controlled Audm l«encrator Tlnuuas 1 (lien 138 Br am Modeling and Robot Control Systems. James S. Albus 144 COMPUTER GAMES & PUZZLE SOLVING ELECTRONIC MAIL Let's Get Senous About Computer Games. Bob Christiansen DIALNET and Hornet lenputen.Jv^i ^icigci^yA^Les lamest 137 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS 8r PERSONAL COMPUTERS Solving Soma & Polvominoes Puzzles By Computer. David M. Collison . CB Campnter Mail*. Raymond R Pinko. Hi 1) 139 A Peek Behind the PCNET Design, Mike Wilber 153 Communication Protocols for a Personal Computer Network, Ron Crane 156 POTENTIAL LEGISLATION AFFECTING COMPUTER USERS & OWNERS COMPUTER NETWORKING FOR FVI RYONI PCNET Protocol Tutorial, Robert Elton Maas * 159 The Ribicoff BiD, John S. James . Commuiuty Memory a **Solt " («»nipuict System. Lee Lelsen«iein 142 My Experience On Capitol Hill. John Draper Dengn Consaderationt for a Hobbyist (.«mpuiet Network. David ( aulkim 144 PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTER CENTERS 7 A Network of Community Information I changes Issues and Problems Mike Wilbur 149 Micro's In The Museum A Realizable Fantasy, DrsneylandOn Your Doorstep , Jim Dunton 169 LOW-COST COMPUTER AIDS TO GOVERNMENT The Marin Computer Center A New Age Learning Environment, David and Annie Fox 173 Microcomputers In Local Government: Applications & Implications. Charles E. Barb. Jr. A PERSONAL COMPUTERS FOR EDUCATION James R. Carter Sharing Your Computer Hobby with the Kids la /a Loop I Sfc Microcomputers In City Government, Monroe H. Postman ... Personal Computing A I ducatton A Tune I Pioneers. Thomas A Dwyet 161 PERSONAL COMPUTERS FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS The Things That Wr Can Do with a MKroomiputer in Education That We Couldn't Do Before. Lud Braun 163 . 177 Clamroom Microcomputing How One School District Learned to law with the State of the Art. Peter S Grimes 165^ Personal Computers and Learning Environments How They Will Interact, Ludwig Braun The Construction. Operation, and Maintenance of a H0i School System."Me I wi I Teddies 170 Personal Computers and Science Museums(bnef abstract), Arthur Luehrman J78 Educating People about Personal Com puling A Major Program at Lawrence Hall of Science. Bob Kahn A Lee Berman 173 Computers for Elementary School Children (brief abstract). Bob Albrecht CAI Answer Procesing in BASK . I ran/ J I rrdcnck .... 175 Bringing Computer Awareness To The Classroom, Liza Loop 180 Telemath. Lon Noval .... 178 Implications of Personal Computing For College Learning Activities, Karl L. Zmn LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE Student Records Subroutine fo» Computer Assisted Instruction Lessons it I mended BASK". Franz J Frederick. . 180 Getting It Right New Roles For Computers In Education, Thomas A. Dwyer Copyright A Software Some Philosophical A Practical Considerations. Kenneth S. Widclit/ .... A Question-Answering System on Mathematical Models in Microcomputer Environments. Milos Konopasek A Mtke The Role of the Microcomputer in a Public School District. Peter S. Grimes Copyright A Computers. Neil Boorstyn Kazznterczak . . . 182 Patentability Of Computer Software. Martin C. Pliesler Use of a Personal Computei in 4 ngmeenng I dotation Roger Broucke . . . . IB7 COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION Protecting Software Without Patents What Alternatives. David B Harrison The Microcomputer Education Pr«xe* Where We've Been and Some C.uesars on Where We're Going. Merl K Miller 198 Microcomputers in a High School : Expanding Our Audience. William J . Wagner Infringement And Licensing Of Proprietary Property. Sheldon R. Meyer . . . Introducing the Computer to the Schoolroom, Don Black RESIDENTIAL ENERGY A COMPUTERS Trademarks And Service Marks As Modern Goodwill And As Franchisable Properties. Hubert E. Dubb Education or Recreation: Drawing the Line, William P. Fornaciari. Jr 206 Microcomputer A New Lra for Home I netgy Management. Mark Miller Learning With Microcomputers, Richard Harms. INEXPENSIVE COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS Back to BASIC (Basics), David M Stone • • ••;••• .* • . COMPUTERS A SYSTEMS FOR VERY SMALL BUSINESSES A Comprehensive Computer Science Program for the Secondary School Utilizing Personal Computing Systems. Mehin L Business Microcomputers: Fraud Or Reality?. Rodnay Zaks The Emperor has Few Clothes Applying Mohby Computer Systems lo Small Business. Michael Levy . . The Economics Of Purchasing A Small Computer. Ca'imir C. Klimasauskas Zeddies Implementing A Small Computer System. Casimir C. Klimasauskas 166 ENTREPRENEURS Microprocessor Computer System Uses in Educatton(0, You Can Do It If You Try), Robert S Jaquiss, Sr 223 The Software Dilemma. Carl llelmers The Computer in die Schoolroom, Don Black . 232 Tax Aspects of Lemonade Stand Computing When is a Hobby Not a HobbyKenneth S Widehtz THE BUSINESS OF INEXPENSIVE COMPUTING Study of the Emerging Consumer Computing Marketplace. Walter Smith '-. BUSINESS COMPUTING ON SMALL MACHINES EDP Personnel As Independent Consultants. T. Michael Fiynn . .171 So You Want To Program For Small Business, Michael R. Levy The Current Situation Of The Japanese Microcomputer Market A Hobbyists. Toshiaki Yasuda • 174 j SPEECH RECOGNITION A SPEECH SYNTHESIS BY HOME COMPUTER Budgeting for Maintenance: The Hidden Iceberg, Wm. J. Schenker Legal Aspects Of Trade Associations In The Retail Microcomputer Industry. Oscar A. Rosenbloom 176 Speech Recognition Systems. John Reykjalm A Horace Enea Microcomputer Applications in Business Possibilities and Limitations, Gene Murrow How To Conduct A Jx>*-Cost Mar!.ct Survey. Donald M Diblc '77 Speech Synthesu by a Set of Riiles (Or. Can a Set of Rules Speak English''). D Lloyd Rice MICROLEDGER: Computerized Accounting for the Beginner, Thomas P Bun . 261 How To Raise Capital For Your Business. Donald M. Diblc 180 Top-Down Analysis of Language Rhythms in Speech Synthesu. Alice Wyland Grundt. Ph.D How To Get Distribution For Your Product. Donald M. Dible . . 184 FOR COMPUTER BUSINESSPEOPLE & CRAFTSPEOPLE TUTORIALS ON SOFTWARE SYSTEMS DESIGN Money For Your Business-Where to Find It, Flow to Get It, Don DiWe 267 BUSINESS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE Home Text Editing. Larry Testei Selling Your Hardware Ideas: How To Start and Run A Manufacturing Oriented Computer Company, Thomas S Rose 271 BASIC And The Business Community. Richard E. Barnhart I84' ' Learning to Program Microcomputers^ Hrre't How' R-W Ulnckson Bringing Your Computer Business On-Line, Stephen Murtha, Elliott MacLennan and Robert Jones 276 CIS COBOL Brings Business To Micros. Paul 0*Grady . . . 193 Structured Programming for the CiKiiputer Hobbyist. Ed Keith In Support Of COBOL As The Standard Language For Small Business Applications. Dick Burkhaltcr . . . 198 MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IMPLI MFSTATION OF SOFT* \RF SYSTEMS AND MODULES Toward a Computerized Slxxthand System, W.D. Maurer 278 FLOATING POINT STANDARDS & MATHEMATICAL MICROS \n Interpretive Appnmdi to Program.rung Language Implementation. Dennis Allison Microcomputer Applications in Court Reporting, Douglas W. DuBrul . 285 Numencal < akulalions iei Microprocessors. Roy Rankin The Proposed IEEECS Floating Point Standard: What It Means To Hobbyists. Engineers. Real Time Handwritten Signature Recognition, Kuno Zimmermann 291 Modular KekxaijbK-( tnle. Dennis Burke A Businesses. Tom Pitt man ... . . 1.02 Input Hardware Design for Consumer Attitude Research With a Microcomputer, H P Munro 295 An bapMiwiuaiMi Jkv>«wuej«n.Ml, MPS. DavuJ D Shereu Specifications For A Proposed Standard For Roaring Point Arithmetic. Jerome T. Coonen 206 ] Improving Name Recognition and Coordination in Video Conferencing, David Stodolsky 301 How To Avoid Rounding Errors. David M. Collison 223 HK.H LEVI I LANGUAGES FOR HOME COMPUTERS The Bedside Microcomputer in the Intensive Care Nursery, Robert C.A. Goff 303 Mathematical Programming On A Microcomputer With High Resolution Graphics. Christopher L. Morgan . 227 I < ompuici 1 .nigujgt.v Thc-Rey'd»rProi.egsor Power. TonrJ'rttman An Automated Conference Mediator, David Stodolsky 307 •\ 111 <)1 luierpretcr tor j Varieiy^ot ".OOBased Systems. John A Slarkwcafher MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE Ih-sigii and ImplcmcjiUtjo^oCJIj, Marim Buchanan SPEECH INPUT & OUTPUT Micracomputer Program Correctness. W. D. Maurer 230 J Fortran |.« liaurXOWJ. Kenneth B Welles II PhD Synthetic Speech from English Text (brief abstract), D.Lloyd Rice 317 Getting the Wonders Of UCSD PASCAL Going On An S-100 System. Jim Gagne 238 i I Ml 1 ->» An I xicnsrhlc Microcomputer User's Language. Bob Wallace Machine Recognition of Speech, M.H.Hitchcock 318 A Portable Compiler For A PASCAL-Like Language. Mark Green 240 ] MULTi TASKING ON HOME COMPUTERS Videobrain And The APL/S Language. Ted Haynes ...... 246 I MOS-X An I xtenublc Microcomputer Operating System. Bob Wallace COMPUTERS IN AMATEUR RADIO An Introduction To APWS: A Modem Computation Language for Personal Computing. Robert G. Brown 247 \ New Anjfritach !•» TniK-Sliaring with Mic'focomputers, Joseph (. McCrate SSTV Generation by Microprocessors, Clayton W. Abrams 321 A Real Time Tracking System for Amateur Radio Satellite Communication Antennas, John L. DuBois 325 Microcomputer* and Mulo Tasking A New Dimension in Personal Computing. («eorge Pihpovich PERIPHERALS: PLAIN & FANCY Why Can't We Have A S49 Correspondence-Quality Printer?. Bill McLaughlin 25 Ij HOMFBRFW HARDW ARF HARDWARE & SOFTWARE STANDARDS Interfacing a SoIccUk lo Your Computer. Carl Townsend Microprocessor Standards: The Software Issues, Tom Pittman 343 An Associative Memory For The S-100 Bus. Sydney M. Lamb ...... 2581 A I k»pt*y Disk (vvitndler j«»r I ndcrT^O. Kenneth B WellesII. PhD Proposed IEEE Standard tor the S-100 Bus. George Morrow and Howard Fullmer 345 The Majic Wand A Computer Display In A Pen. Robert A. Freedman . ... 259f A I jult IcoIjIumi Troubleshooting System for ihc Multi Vendor Lnvironment. Robert A. Tuttle Jr BREWING HOME HARDWARE Double Density Recording On Roppy Disks A Comparison Of Techniques. Jefferson H Harman . 261 a Solenoids Provide Software Conipd ol a Home Cassette Recorder. William J Schenker . M J). Two Cheap Video Secrets, Don Lancaster 362 5 Volt EPROMS: How To Use Them In Your Microprocessor System. Bob Greene . 266 A Recipe for Homebrew ECL, Chuck Fiastings 370 BUS A INTERFACE STANDARDS N-Channel PACE 16-bit Microprocessor System, Ed Schoell 383 COMMUNICATING COMPUTERS A Microprocessor'Independent Bus. tepai < astro A Allen geaberlin A CBBS Manual. Dave Caulkins 17^ : 16-Bit and ^2 Bit Adaptations ol the S100 Bus Standard. Gary McCray DESIGNING WITH MICROPROCESSORS The Persona] Computer As A Universal Communication's Terminal. Mark Cummings . >4 Standardi/ation oj the S-100 Bus Timing and Signal Relationships A Pn>po*d Standard. Tony Pietsch . Microprocessor Interfacing Techniques, Rod nay Zaks and Austin Lesea 387 DMA Operation Protocol in the SHOO Bus Environment. James T Walker Testing for Overheating in Personal Computers, Peter S. Merrill 390 THE UNCLASSIFIEDS: A POTPOURRI A Biomedical Application I :sing ihc S-100 Bus Standard. William J Schenker. MJ). . COMMERCIAL HARDWARE Computer History: The Early Computer Environment In Southern California .Paul Armer. Fred Gruenberger. Henry S. Tropp MIC ROPROGR \MM ABLF MICROPROCESSORS FOR HOBBYISTS Interfacing a 16 Bit Processor to the S-100 Bus, John Walker. . . 394 •Sqj VAC'uuM A Vacrable Architecture Computing Machine. Tom Pittman A Bob Davis Single Chip Microcomputers for the Hobbyist, John Beaston 402 Second-Sourcing CPUs: Emulation, Ethics, and Electro-Politics. Chuck Hastings large Scale Computers tor ihe Hobbyist. David C Wyland The Disystem: A Multiprocessor Development System with Integrated Disc-Oriented Interconnections, Claude Burdet. 406 Automated Computer Controlled Editing Sound System (ACCESS). William R. Dei trick . Bipolar MgrnguoccsgprMisophobia. JohnJR Mick ... A Point-Of-Sales Network, Samuel A. Holland 423 Compuvox: Very Low Cost Voice Input For Home Computers. Bill Georgiou Microprogramnwhg fm thcllobbyist. Juhn Birkner • . HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES & TRANSLATORS Unique Personal Computing Applications For Attorneys and Court Reporters. Douglas DuBrul A Short Note on High Level Languages and Microprocessors, Sassan Hazeghi and Lichen Wang 429 Two Years Before The Masthead or Write The Text Editor. Then The Text or How The Computer AM ATEUR R ADIO A COMPUTERS Compiler Construction for Small Computers, R. Broucke 441 Made Me Into A Writer. Jef Raskin Hani RTTY lis l-vulution and Future. Robert C Brehm Table Driven Software: An Example, Val Skalabrin 445 Organizing A Local Group Of Computer Users. Douglas J. Mecham (»cneraic SSTV with your SWTPC 6800 Microprocessor. Clayton W Anrams. K6AF.P Design Considerations in the Implementation of a Higher-Level Language. William F. Wilkinson 451 Your Computer May Speak. But Can You?. Jeffrey R. Wise (W Operator's I topia Automatic Transmission and Reception. Ivar Sanders. WfcJDA An Arithmetic Evaluator for the SAM-76 Language, Karl Nicholas 460 Microprocessor Control of a VHF Repeater. Lou Dorren, WB6TXD POST PARTUM PAPER: ARRIVAL AFTER THE PRESS BEGAN TO ROLL Amateur Radio A ( omputer Hobby ist Link Via RTTY Repeater. Alan Bowker A Terry Conhoy BLOCK STRUCTURED HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES FOR MICROCOJMPUTERS Using Futures Research To Assess Policy Implications of the Personal Computer. Paul Gray COMMERCIAL HARDWARE ALGOL-M: An Implementation of a High-Level Block Structured Language for a Microprocessor-Based Computer The Current Situation of the Japanese Microcomputer Products. Market & Hobbyists. Toshiaki Yasuda The New Mitroprocexor Low Cost Development Systems. PhiJ RoybaJ ...... System, Mark S. Moranville 449 A Megabyte Memory System for the S-100 Bus. Glenn E. Ewing. Senior Engineer SPL/M - A Cassette-Based Compiler, Thomas W. CrosJey 477 TABLES OF CONTENTS OF THE BEST OF THE COMPUTER FA/RES >• -A New-Appwaeh h» M»cf»»c«mput«Systems for Education-. 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Chuck llasiiri; Iniroduciory Comparison Ol A Personal Conipuier & \ Lai Matin i Siephei. I re.herec. x Distributed Micro Procesvoi Sssiem. Herb Siegel . . 333 Swett Road / Woodside CA 94062 MICRO PERIPHERALS ^41 5)851 -7075 M, A'[ sv»c,impuler Peripheral The I nhniited Horizon. Jeffres I) M,Reeve, An.'.r l>lp"ji S>slem Inlertaee To A Color Television Set Tim Alliens A H*ry Processor |,„ S I0IJ. Allen Heaherlin ... AMATEUR RADIO & MICROCOMPUTING t ill, m lelevision Svslem I sine A Mleropri '•"'Villi: Amateur Radio Through Computer C, AK'NIR A" ( ONTKNTS OK PREVIOUS PROCEEDINGS ^hc ti St "f '*H Poircs. Vol. I Conference Proceedings of the 1st West Coast Computer Faire The fi%t f*U Tontpurer I aires. Vol. II Conference Proceedings of the 2nd West Coast Computer l ain- 1 ('v' of the Computer Faires. Vol. Ill Conference Proceedings of the Jrd West Coast Computer Faire 410 I JADING | K8M LOADING DOCK n 109 110| M IE J 113 [LLCJ ,602B 1 1 I 1 i i i POLK 2 170BC 305C : 306f. K15f. ' 106C 505C ;506C 605C r~ CONFERENCE '208 307 i i 308 107 108 507 . w 608C t 1 HALL 1210 309 1310 109 110 509 •510 609 , 610 i : 212 311 ! 1312 111 112 511 1 •512 611 ! 612 1 ,211 313 1 1314 113 111 513 511 613 •611C i T : J ; 216C 315C'! => ! 316C 115C => 116C 515C 5- I516C 615C i i 62a Pi-. K 1 320C 119C 120C 519C 520C 619C, CONFERENCE 322 121 •122 521 • 522 621 622 1 HAI L 321 123 121 523 521 623 '621 1 326 125 126 525 '526 625 ,6261 r» 1 328 127 128 527 528 627 •130 529 1530E 629E' COMPUTER PRESS AUDITORIUM FAIRE ROUV tSCALATOR DOWN . BROOKS HALL l~l M IT T T - r i ^fj -j~T:'^TsTsT~l T: :T: I I I I EXHIBITOR *J= LJ ENTRANCE TICKET TICKET STREET-LEVEL FNTRANCE SAN FRANCISCO CIVIC AUDITOR! ENTRANCE CIVIC ALDITORUM MEET SOMEONE 11_ There is an excellent place to ren J2_ dezvous with friends and business associ 43. ates at the Computer Faire in San Fran 1 r 1 1 I17QQC 1701C |1600C i cisco. Arrange to meet them in the 1601 1500C 1501C 1100C .11010 iooa' J1 15_ balcony overlooking the Civic Audito- 7 •1703 1602- 13020 '1603 1502 ' '1503 1102 ' • 1103 1002 46_ rium exhibit arena. Suggest that they j_. li look for you in the left, right, or center : 170/1. ]• • B~ a <1705! '1601. |1605 15011 '1505 1101 ' seating area. } < | , 1105 1001 ;18. I1706' .1707' !1606. •1607 1506 ' '1507 1106 ' ,1107 1006 t 1308Q 1709C! ' 1608 1609C 1508C 1509C 1108C i i • 1109C 1008C i _j . - —1 • B 1712" —I 1715C 1711, j 1611C 1615C 1511C 1515C 1111C ,11150 I011C t- —. • 1717; 21 1716' 1161& '1617 1516 1 '1517 1116 ' 1118H 1117 1016 . .22 1718. 1719C i 1618C 1619C 1518C 1519C 1118C .11190 1018C 43_ - -t L _.L pi i • . J . ; 1720. B • 21 75. 1 1 i I 1723C: 1722, j 1622C 1623C 1522C .1123C 1322C il323C 12220 .1223C 1122C ,11230 1022C 26_ Faires Scheduled thru '84 i • H 1121Q '27 1724' • 1725 1621' •1625 .1125 - West Coast Computer Faires have 1521' 1321. ,1325 1221, ,1225 1121, .1125 1021 2B_ i 1 been scheduled through 1984 (we don't , ! 1726' ' 1727' ! 1626' '1627 1526' '1127 1326, .1327 1226' ,1227 1126, .1127 1026 i I . i 1* 30 know what's going to happen. post- a i— ¥ 1 i i i 1 8 B B . a Orwell). All are planned for San Fran ' 1729 1628" <1629 1528' 1529C 1128C '1129 1328 ,1329 1228, 1229 1128, .1129 1028 cisco's Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall 1731C 1630C 1631C 1530C 1531C 1130C '1131C 13300 1331C 123K ,12310 113a •1131C 103a — the largest convention facility* in L 1 i i . i • ' i i northern California. The dates are: 1981 April 3-5 1982 March 5-7 1983 March 4-6 1984 March 23-25 51 11 ,J31 12 32 I52 '• — We did consider usion other facilities, 153 131 33 e.g.. the Cow Palace or County Fairgrounds'groat for 51 11 cows, hut with little or no conference facilities, and FOOD CONCESSION >55 15* we strongly feel lhat the information exchange in & the conference program is a major benefit of the 56 16 *36 Faires'. San Jose Convention Center 'delightful SOCIAL/RELAXATION EXHIBITORS' place, hut loo small', and the new Yerha Buena j_57_ 2 AREA LOUNGE Center-'so new it's never been built'. 58 18 38 k—— •j * ,59 19, .Yo/e We are attempting to move to later 2 FOOD SERVICE ,60 50 10 dates in 'X2 onward, however San Francisco's con , vention-calendar is absolutely packed, and — to our amazement — we were doing well to get anv options on the dates indicated. BROOKS HALL S^S^^ss-s?*' •TO*** I <*» $ S>>