Circuit Cellar Ink 11
October/November 1989

Table of Contents

1


Curtis Franklin, Jr.

Editor's INK

Why 32 bits?

5

Reader's INK

Letters to the Editor

8

New Product News

12

Visible INK

Letters to the INK Research Staff

15


Ed Nisley

INKnet

Part 2 -- Writing Software for Distributed Control

Programming a network means choosing between many "right" answers. Ed Nisley shows how he chose to take advantage of the features provided by specific hardware.

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22


Daryl Rinaldi

An Intel 386SX-based PC/AT-Compatible Motherboard -- Part 1

Looking deep inside an 80386SX-based ISA bus computer answers many questions about performance, modifications, and applications. In this first of two parts, we look at the principal components that go into the newest standard in personal computing.

40


Tom Cantrell

The BCCH16

Part 1 -- A 16-/32-bit Multitasking Single-Board Computer

Sometimes your favorite old microcontroller just doesn't have the horsepower to get the job done. In those situations, a powerful 16-/32-bit controller like the BCCH16 can make the difference between frustration and exultation. Contributing editor Tom Cantrell covers the hardware in the first of two parts.

55


Ed Nisley

Firmware Furnace

Cache Craziness

62


Jeff Bachiochi

From the Bench

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines

65

Advertiser's Index

68


Tom Cantrell

Silicon Update

Intel's Dark Horse -- The 80960

A Powerful New Controller for Performance-Critical Applications

73


Jack Ganssle

Programming by Design

Algorithms for Trigonometric Functions

75


Ken Davidson

ConnecTime -- Excerpts from the Circuit Cellar BBS

80


Steve Ciarcia

Steve's Own INK

Those Dazzling 32-Bit Chips

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