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COMPUTER LITERACY BOOKSHOPS, INC.
NEW BOOK BULLETIN
SUMMER 1993

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Macintosh
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Telecommunications: The Macintosh Modem Book
Stephen Taylor, MIS Press, 374 pp., $19.95
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Demystifies much of the confusing terminology,and 
explains the different resources availible online. In addition, 
there are numerous practical tips for working in a Macintosh 
and non-Macintosh environment. -DH Order no. BD464056


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Inside Macintosh: QuickTime 
Apple Computer, Addison-Wesley,  600 pp., $29.95
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 Both a teaching and a reference guide. Covers getting started 
with QuickTime and the basics on use and functions. --TP 
Order no. BD474347


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BMUG' s Quicker QuickTime
Judith L. Stern/Robert A. Lettieri, BMUG Inc., 88 pp., $12.95
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This beginner book/disk set takes you from " What is 
QuickTime?" to " Making Movies." Disk contains two movies 
and the QuickTime extensions to help explain some of the 
concepts in the book. --WG Order no. BD520419


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QuickTime How-To Book
Sam Miller/Arno Harris, Sybex, 411 pp., $29.95
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Covers the basics from installing QuickTime to producing 
an interactive production. Disk has QuickTime movies, sound-
only movies, animations, etc. --MM Order no. BD507801


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Desperately Seeking Solutions:
A Troubleshooting Guide to the Mac
 Erica Kerwien, Hayden, 493 pp., $29.95
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Learn how to prevent hardware and software problems, cure 
viruses, solve storage problems (both SCSI and floppy), 
diagnose system problems (including peripherals, software, 
and hardware).   Disk contains a disinfectant (for killing 
viruses), and a SCSIProbe (for troubleshooting hard disks).  
Also included: a " Don' t Panic" troubleshooting map which you 
can hang by your Mac.--MM Order no. BD508119


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Mac Power Toolkit
Maria Langer, Hayden,  428 pp., $29.95
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Compares 234 Mac utility programs in 65 categories; for 
instance, seven file compressors. Lots of useful softwareÑso 
no games, but some of these utilities are fun. Comes with two 
disks containing 37 shareware and freeware programs. The 
author is a long-time Mac pro who runs the Electronic Pen, 
one of the oldest Mac BBSs. --VE Order no. BD508130


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HyperProgramming: Building Interactive Programs with 
Hypercard
George Coulouris/Harold Thimbleby, Addison-Wesley, 405 pp., 
$30.25
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 A fresh, exciting book for aspiring Hypercard programmers, 
designers, and developers. A retreat from the " dictionary" 
style of programming references, this book uses a tutorial 
approach with lots of examples and projects. The chapters on 
graphical and animation techniques are particularly good. 
Disk includes many of the sample stacks discussed in the text.
--TO Order no. BD447470


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Think C Programming for the Macintosh Using Simulator C
Dan Parks Sydow, Prima/St. Martin' s Press, $49.95
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Finally, an understandable C programming tutorial! Written 
for someone with beginning to intermediate programming 
experience, this book/disk lets you read the chapters in the 
book and then view and interact with Simulator C. Chapters 
include text, graphics, windows and more. --WG Order no. 
AS528596


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Symantec C++ Programming for the Macintosh
Neil Rhodes/Julie McKeehan, Brady, 683 pp., $39.95
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A detailed examination of the Symantec C++ environment 
(from source file creation to debugging), as well as a general 
over-view of C++ and object-oriented techniques. Disk gives 
source code to sample programs. --KO Order no. BD501946


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Computer Trivia Crossword Puzzle Answers
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To help celebrate Computer Literacy Bookshops'  
10th birthday this year, we conducted the 
World' s Toughest Computer Trivia Contest Crossword Puzzle.

Your responses were very entertaining. We got phone calls. We 
got e-mail. We got letters.

Some people thanked us for the fun. Some people wanted 
hints. Some people wanted to argue.

One man wrote, " Your list of definitions contains at least one 
mistake. In 4 Horizontal, San Jose has no Jobs Street and no 
Wozniak Street, and neither of those names has the required 
six letters. But Saratoga (not San Jose) has a Scully Avenue; 
this fits the space, but John Scully is by no means a cofounder 
of Apple."

We appreciate his hard work, but our answer is correct. We 
stand by all of them, with the possible exception of one 
hyphen. (See notes.)

Now we are pleased to announce the winners.

The first place winner is Gary Tom of Tandem Computers, 
Cupertino, CA. Mr. Tom scored an impressive 43.5 answers 
right out of a possible 49. (For that half point, see the answer to 
40 Horizontal.)

Close behind in second place with 41 correct answers is K. 
Vivekanand Rau of Sunnyvale, CA.

Our third place winner lives in Sterling, Virginia: Rusty 
Allen, who got 38.5 right.
Contratulations to you all!

DIAGONAL
1 First large-scale digital computer: ENIAC;  Everybody got this 
right.
2 First commercial computer: UNIVAC;this, too.
3 Name of slab in 2001: TYCHO MAGNETIC  ANOMALY-1; 
There was minor controversy.
 Should a hyphen or a space go before the '1' ?  Our puzzle may 
be in error here. 
6 Chip pioneer used to have Von in name: The  electronics giant 
founded in the 1800s by  inventor and scientist Von SEIMENS.
12 Backups go here: OFFSITE, of course.  Slightly less than half 
of you got this right. 
13 Invented Ethernet: Robert METCALFE  invented it exactly 
20 years ago.
16 Most efficient cables are made of this:  GLASS.
18 Some cache memories do this to eliminate
  inconsistencies between main and cache
  memory: Our toughest question--NOBODY  answered 
SNARF, which some ISA cache  subsystems do by capturing 
data from the  system bus while the bus master writes it to  
main memory. 
19 Only building you see as you drive into IBM
  HQ in Armonk: GUARD BOOTH.
21 Changing height to convey data: Okay, we  know the N.Y. 
Times doesn' t allow 2-letter  words.  We did, and were 
complimented by  entrants on this tricky definition of 
amplitude  modulation, or AM.
29 Only company besides IBM & Microsoft with
  source code for MS-DOS, OS/2 & Windows:  A tough one. Only 
the first-place winner knew  about CITRIX.
33 Planned scam: RUSE.
42 Middle of Gates'  first compiler: To get this,  you had to know 
two facts.  The first compiler  Bill Gates sold was BASIC, and 
the " S" in  BASIC stands for SYMBOLIC.
43 Intel CEO' s real name: We thought this would  be easy, but 
it turned out to be the question  that separated the top of the 
heap from  everyone else. Our top two winners got this  right 
and no one else did. Andrew Grove first  came to the U.S. with 
$20 in his pocket and  his Hungarian name, Andras GROF.
45 A bit: BINARY DIGIT.

HORIZONTAL
4 SJ street named for Apple cofounder: WOZ WAY, to recognize 
Mr. Wozniak' s philanthropy.
8 State with most UNIX users: Everyone got CA.
9 BITnet' s bit: Our most controversial answer.  We got letters, 
e-mail, and phone calls  insisting that the BIT in BITnet 
stands for  " Because Its Time". Maybe, but some books  say 
BECAUSE ITS THERE, so we stand by  our answer.
10 Company that invented laser printer: Our  research couldn' 
t find this name. Someone  suggested we call legendary author 
and  computing pioneer Donald Knuth. He knew. It  was 
invented in 1960, and first written up in  the Penrose Annual 
for 61-62, which was so  amazed that it bound into each book a 
sample  sheet from the British RANK XEROX.
15 Developed first desktop word processing,   screens with 
windows, groupware; holds
  patent on mouse: Douglas ENGELBART
17 May have some letters: AN for alphanumeric.
20 Part of software which credits everyone who
  built it (2 words): GANG SCREEN.
23 Venture capitalist Perkins worked for this co.:  HEWLETT-
PACKARD.
25 Company that invented pixel phasing: An  honorable 
mention to Bruce D. Lofland of  Lenexa, Kansas, the only 
person who  answered MEGATECH of San Diego.
26 Went from primary contractor to primaries: H.  Ross 
PEROT, of course.
27 Made many minis in Maynard: DEC founder  Ken OLSEN.
28 Not sawtooths: Smooth waves are SINES.
32 First computer with off-the-shelf client/server   OS: 
TANDEM NONSTOP.
34 Designer of Colossus mainframe: FORBIN
38 Non-printing character that stops a function:  CONTROL 
character.
39 Computing' s biggest dad and son: The  WATSONS of IBM.
40 Im: This is the standard abbreviation for  IMAGINARY PART 
OF. No one got it all, but  we gave a half-point credit for any 
answer  with the word IMAGINARY in it.
41 Now-big company started in dorm room   instead of garage: 
DELL Computers.
44 Earthly attraction amount: 1G.
46 Transmit signals to satellites at will: ALOHA.

VERTICAL
5 Another consortium: ACE.
7 Laser printer parts that fuse toner to paper:  FIXING 
ROLLERS. Less than half got this.
11 Father of supercomputing: Seymour CRAY.
14 Co-developed first commercial computer:  John 
MAUCHLEY
15 The other co-developer: J. Presper ECKERT.
22 MS-DOS warm boot command: A trick, but  half of you got it 
right: THERE IS NONE.
24 First desktop publishing service bureau: Only  our first-
place winner correctly named  TECHART of San Francisco.
30 Makes connections bigger than LANs: Wide- area nets from 
Ungermann-Bass, UB.
31 It threatened Enterprise: Only one-third of  you watch 
enough Star Trek to know the  evil computer NOMAD.
34 Guards one part of a net or program from
  another' s damage: FIREWALL.
35 Found first bug: Everybody except one  person knew it was 
Grace HOPPER. He  should be properly embarrassed.
36 Link devices sequentially: DAISYCHAIN.
37 Non-linear optical: NOL.
46 And no substance (2 words): ALL STYLE.


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UNIX
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A Student' s Guide To UNIX
Harley Hahn, McGraw-Hill,  632 pp., $24.95
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Similar to Sobell' s Practical Guide to UNIX books, this one 
teaches a new user the basics about editing with vi, working 
with files, traversing directories and communicating through 
mail.  Unlike Sobell' s books, this is also quite useful for 
experienced UNIX users.  It covers filters, gets into the C-shell, 
shows how to use the Internet more effectively and lists 
Usenet Newsgroups.  Useful for all UNIX users but is written 
for Berkeley Unix and focuses on the C-shell. --LS Order no. 
AS477070


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POSIX FORTRAN 77: Language Interfaces, IEEE Standard 
1003.9-1992
IEEE,  181 pp., $42.00
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Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface 
(API).  Documents standardized interfaces to the ISO/IEC 
9945-1: 1990 system services through a FORTRAN 77 
language interface. --TR Order no. BD494190


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POSIX Ada Language Interfaces:
IEEE Standard 1003.5-1992
IEEE,  305 pp., $62.50
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Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface 
(API).  This standard provides an Ada binding for the 
interfaces specified in ISO/IEC 9945.1:1990 (IEEE Std 1003.1-
1990, " POSIX.1 {2}". --TR Order no. BD494185


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UNIX Power Tools
Peek/O' Reilly/Loukides, O' Reilly/Bantam, 1,162 pp., $59.95
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This book plus CD-ROM is like a 1960s movie spectacular: So 
big it took two publishers and three top authors three years to 
produce! More pages than Ben-Hur!  Huge book of little-known 
but impor-tant tips and techniques for power users, 
programmers and administrators. Covers everything UNIX 
except communications. An astonishing amount of time-
saving and can' t-live-without-it info you won' t find elsewhere. 
CD has 169 public domain programs. --VE Order no. 
AS497494


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Taking the Next Step: Buyer' s Guide to NeXTSTEP Computing
Seth Ross/Daniel Kehoe, Albion, 164 pp., $29.95
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A unique decision-maker' s guide to this trendy operating 
environment. The first 87 pages are primarily overview. The 
rest is an annotated survey of products, companies, 
publications, etc. --DD Order no. BD535960


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NeXTSTEP Programming:
Concepts and Applications
Alex Duong Nghiem, Prentice Hall, 604 pp., $36.00
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Clear intro to programming the Intel version of NeXTSTEP 
by building 3 simple applications. Assumes you know C and 
UNIX basics. --VE Order no. BD510820


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1993 SCO Directory:
The Guide to Hardware, Software and Services for the SCO 
Environment
Santa Cruz Operation, 1,728 pp., $49.95
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3-volume set describes more than 4,800 products and 
services for SCO Unix and Xenix and tells where you can go for 
more information. Each volume is also available separately. --
VE Order no. BD524240

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1993 SCO Directory Volume 1: Hardware, Enabling 
Technologies, Services
Santa Cruz Operation,  650 pp., $19.95
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Nearly 2,000 products, services and publications for/about 
SCO UNIX and XENIX, cross-referenced by type, provider 
name, product name and key words. --VE Order no. BD524256

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1993 SCO Directory Volume 2: Horizontal Business 
Applications
Santa Cruz Operation,  528 pp., $19.95
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1,350 software packages for general categories (graphics, 
project mgmt., spreadsheets, word processing, mail, 
publishing, databases, multimedia), accounting, financial 
mgmt., engineering and scientific applications, all cross-
indexed. --VE Order no. BD524261

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1993 SCO Directory Volume 3: Industry-Specific Business 
Applications
Santa Cruz Operation,  552 pp., $19.95
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Nearly 1,500 SCO UNIX and XENIX software packages 
grouped into 31 industry categories and cross-referenced. Use 
with Volume 2, because additional industry-specific packages 
tucked under V.2 headings. --VE Order no. BD524277


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SCO UNIX System V
System Administrator' s Guide
Santa Cruz Operation, Prentice Hall,  826 pp., $36.00
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    A repackaged System Administrator' s Guide (with 
minimal changes) and Hardware Configuration Guide 
(updated), from the official SCO UNIX documentation.  If you 
need an extra copy of the official docs, then by all means pick 
this up.  Covers SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Version 4. 
--KO Order no. BD502384


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Mastering Solaris 2.1
Brent Heslop/David Angell, Sybex, 899 pp, $39.95
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This hands-on guide explains SunSoft' s operating system, 
including Solaris 2 for x86. Written in an easy-to-follow style, 
it discusses how to use DeskSet tools as well as SunOS and 
Korn Shell commands.  Packed with customization tips, it also 
includes a reference to all commands, with examples. --SW 
Order no. BD455518


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ToolTalk Service:
Inter-Operability Solution
SunSoft, SunSoft Press,  350 pp., $30.00
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ToolTalk is an inter-application message service from 
SunSoft, selected as part of the COSI standard. This volume 
covers how the ToolTalk service works and the requirements 
for set-up and maintainence. Also covers how to modify your 
application to send messages addressed to processes or 
ToolTalk objects. --TP Order no. BD503215




More new titles from SunSoft:


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Solaris Porting Guide
Goodman/Goyal/Massoudi, SunSoft Press, 790 pp., $49.00
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Order no. BD491912


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Solaris OpenWindows
Deskset Reference
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 343 pp., $32.00
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Order no. BD491960


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Solaris OpenWindows User' s Guide
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 311 pp., 32.00
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Order no. BD491980


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Solaris Desktop Integration Guide
SunSoft, SunSoft Press, 203 pp., $42.00
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Order no. BD491975


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Programming Under Mach
Joseph Boykin et al., Addison-Wesley, 490 pp., $42.95
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The first substantial book on the Mach operating system.  
This technical reference includes a complete introduction and 
step-by-step approaches (with examples) for a thorough 
coverage of Mach programming concepts. Especially stressed 
in this book are the implementation of multithreaded 
programs, IPC, Mach virtual memory including details of 
Eternal Memory Management and Mach' s C threads and P 
threads. --TimB Order no. BD494101


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UNIX System V Network Programming
Stephen A. Rago, Addison-Wesley,  722 pp., $44.95
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A practical reference for network programming in UNIX 
System V Release 4.  Rago concentrates on illustrative 
examples rather than theory. Discusses facilities built on top 
of the STREAMS subsystem such as Transport Layer 
Interface (TLI) library, networking protocols, Service Access 
Facility (SAF), BSD socket interface, Data Link Provider 
Interface (DLPI), STREAMS module and multiplexing.  The last 
chapter is a project design of a SLIP (Serial Line IP) package for 
UNIX SVR4, both the user-level and kernel-level components. --
TN Order no. BD507230


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Networking Applications on UNIX System V Release 4
Michael Padovano, Prentice Hall, 544 pp., $44.00
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SVR4 has many networking tools. Through shell script and 
C program examples, Padovano shows how to tie them 
together. He sees security problems as the greatest threat to 
networks, and shows how to minimize the risk. The author 
worked at USL on the development of SVR4' s new network 
features. --WM Order no. BD523074


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Miscellaneous and Interesting
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Hard Drive (a techno-thriller)
David Pogue, Diamond Books, 288 pp., $4.99
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The evil virus started as part of an industrial espionage plan.  
Little did people know...  within weeks, the virus would spread 
to thousands of computers all over the world; disabling not 
only computers in the home and industries, but also wiping 
out military computers and distorting hospital data.  The 
scariest part is that it could be happening right now.  Great         
summertime reading! --CC Order no. BD530370


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The Green PC: Making Choices
That Make A Difference
Steven Anzovin, Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, 248 pp., $9.95
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From suggestions on how to extend the life of your PC to 
obtaining educational software and recycled disks, this book 
provides insight on the impact personal computers are having 
upon the environment (" 115 million personal computers in 
the world today"), and  offers a variety of methods to help 
consumers minimize the effects of PC use on the environment. 
Basic focus is on " choices that make a difference." Subjects 
covered include recycling foam packaging to health concerns in 
the workplace. Lists many Green-PC and general 
environmental resources. --MMc Order no. BD512130


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OS/2 2.1 Unleashed
David Moskowitz et al., Sams, 1,134 pp., $34.95
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12 authors, including some from inside IBM, provide lots of 
undocumented shortcuts and features. Mostly for users and 
administrators, with good REXX tips and basic C++ info for 
programmers. Disk includes TE/2 communications program, 
an alternative shell, graphics conversion utility, 5 more.  --DR 
Order no. BD495849


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Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, 
Captured Your Dollars and Enslaved Your Children
David Sheff, Random House,  445 pp., $24.50
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The fruit of two years'  research by a journalist, and more of 
an expos than a company profile. It relays the personalities, 
sociology and the unflattering side of Nintendo. Well written 
and difficult to put down. --WG Order no. BD523666


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Children' s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the 
Computer
Seymour Papert, Basic Books, 241 pp., $22.50
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Author of Mindstorms and creator of the LOGO language, 
Papert describes the potential of computers for learning (not 
just for drill and practice) and for transforming the nature of 
school. Drawing from his own studies with children, he shows 
how to enhance exploration and collaborative projects while 
encouraging diversity and new ways of knowing (e.g., 
experiencing math). Those interested in the relationship 
between children and computers will value this important 
work. Papert holds the Lego Chair for Learning Research at 
MIT.  Recommended! --TR Order no. BD478561


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Kid Pix Around the World
Barbara Chan, Addison-Wesley, 96 pp., $12.95
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Introduces children to the arts and traditions of 20 cultures 
with short stories and explanations. Gives Kid Pix painting 
and drawing projects for each. Book works with Mac, DOS and 
Windows. --MMc Order no. BD507115


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Guided Wave Optics
Alan Rolf Mickelson, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 254 pp., $59.95
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Based on a postgrad course, this book emphasizes the basic, 
unifying concepts
of this rapidly growing field. Mickelson concentrates on tying 
concepts together to give a good representation of " the big 
picture," covering slab wave guides, Fermi levels, optical fibers, 
and integrated optics. --TO Order no. BD479151


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Study and Research Guide to Computer Science:
Profiles of Universities in the USA
Tolle/Yasner/Pieper, Springer-Verlag,  175 pp., $19.95
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 A handy reference guide with detailed profiles of the 40 best 
U.S. universities for computer science. Includes a listing of 
faculty in different research areas and departments.  An 
overview of computer equipment used within each department 
and institution is provided for students and researchers. --BL 
Order no. BD521742


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Lindenmayer Systems
Grzegorz Rozenberg/Arto Salomaa, Springer-Verlag,  514 pp., 
$98.00
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 Already L systems are used to model biological 
development of organisms, as well as computer graphics and 
the combinatorics of words. This compilation of research 
papers contains an introductory article co-authored by 
Lindenmayer himself. --TO Order no. BD499225


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Design to Reduce Technical Risk
AT&T, McGraw-Hill, 752 pp., $60.00
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By Bell Labs with the U.S. Navy. Gives detailed 
recommendations for product development of complex 
hardware and software with the goal of reducing the risk of 
failure, based on the Packard Commission findings on how 
some companies develop products more successfully than 
others. Provides templates to meet the new DoD 5000 series 
for technical risk assessment. --VE Order no. BD513176


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Designer Photoshop: From Monitor to Printed Page
Rob Day, Random House, 250 pp., $30.00
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Covers a wide variety of PhotoShop topics, including 
integrating PhotoShop with other programs like Adobe 
Illustrator. By going through full design examples, it teaches 
electronic printing concepts like halftoning, color separations 
and output.
--DH Order no. BD503042


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Nanotechnology Playhouse
Christopher Lampton, Waite Group, 131 pp., $23.95
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Fun intro/demo to nanotechnology.  Disk  explores size of 
scale, various nanoma-chines and their components. Forward 
by K. Eric Drexler. --TR Order no. BD517605


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Legal Care For Your Software.
10th Anniversary Edition
Daniel Remer/Robert Dunaway, RDS Publishing,
352 pp., $39.95
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Two attorneys who specialize in intellectual property 
protection, contracts and corporate law in the computer 
industry discuss legalities of object code, source code, 
innovative programming methods, software projects still in 
development, nondisclosure, contracts law and patent 
protection.  Also covers royalities, obligations to correct bugs, 
contracts on how a product is to be marketed, disclaimers and 
warranties. Comes with samples contracts (forms can be used 
as is, or modified). Includes disk. --TR Order no. BD520712 


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" I write code" T-shirt ComputerWear, $14.95
Black shirt with white type. Extra Large only. Order no. 
AS508077
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Design' s Impact On Logistics
AT&T, McGraw-Hill, 228 pp., $42.00
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Written by AT&T in conjunction with the Department of the 
Navy, this book explains the Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) 
process used to design logistics systems. It starts with 
overviews and progresses to details. Lists the fields you need in 
records and the structures of fields, but avoids specific 
algorithms. Provides guidelines to comply with the new DoD 
5000 series for defense acquisition. --VE Order no. BD513181


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