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Fourth-Generation Languages Volume III 4GLs from IBM
Books received Getting It Done With Gem by Kathy Lang. Publisked by William Heinemann. 192pp. ~16.00~
The first of two books produced with the cooperation of Digital Research Corporation. It is a practical guide to getting the most out of your Gem operating system. The book acts as an introduction for computer users who will be working with Gem and Gembased products. It assumes little or no knowledge of computers and expresses things very much in terms of users and their objectives. Presentation Graphics Using Gem by Stephen Morris. Published by William Heinemann. 191~~. X16.95.
The second book has been designed for new and potenti~ users of the Gem range of products. Following a thorough introduction to Gem Desktop, the author shows the reader how to create all types of printed and displayed presentations including integrating graphics in Gem Write text documents, creating charts and diagrams with Gem Draw, managing figures with Gem Graph and how to create and make slides and transparencies using the Gem Presentation Master. Stephen Morris is an author of many business computing books covering software programmes and business computers. Computer Pro~amming byJ Maynard. Published by William Heinemann. 385pp. fS.9.5.
Revised and expanded, this new edition offers an introduction to modern techniques of programming without assuming previous knowledge of mathematics or electronics. The author has taken account of the recent growth and developments in computing - not just in the commercial application of large computers, but micros in the home too.
494
Fourtk~~ration vantages Volume Ilf4GLs from IBM by James Martin. Published by Prentice-Hall. 360~~.
&45.50. IBM’s high-productivity languages have grown up in an uncoordinated fashion, and there is little or no compatibility among them. Fourthgeneration languages are still evolving rapidly. This book attempts to give the reader an appreciation for the wide diversity of languages that are available from the world’s largest computer vendor. Some are powerful, concise, and somewhat cryptic at first sight. Some have excellent graphics capabilities.
Some are intended for
use by end users with little or no training; others are more suitable for use by trained data processing professionals. By understanding the wide range of language styles that are available, the reader will, hopefully, be in a better position to evaluate today’s and future 4GL products and to make the correct purchasing decisions. Fire Precaution in ~ornput~ ~nstailations by M B Wood. Published by NCC Publications. IOlpp. $8.50.
Fire is a serious threat in any organization and the losses from fire are increasing. This book considers all the main topics that managers and others need to know about the fire risk, drawing on the published work of many experts in fire engineering and computer security. Fire characteristics and hazards are described with attention to building aspects, power supplies, air conditions, buildiI@ contents and other aspects. The reader is advised about protection of records, fire detection, fire quenching, and operational procedures. Operator’s and Programmer’s Guide for the Amstrad CPC6128 and PCW8256 by Digital Research Inc., and Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc. Published by William H~nemann. 477pp. L25.00.
This guide, bound as looseleaf, pro-
vides the user with a full description of the CPIM Plus operating system for
the Amstrad PCW8256 and CPC6128. The guide offers programming examples, a command summary, notes on the BDOS System interface and many other functions necessary to the system.
IEEE Standard Fastbus Modular High-Speed Acquisition and Control System. P~biished by John Wiley and
Sons. $24.20. Fastbus defines a modular databus system for data acquisition and control. Mechanical, signal, electrical and protocol specifications are given that are sufficient to assure compatability between units from different sources of design and production. This standard applies to systems consisting of modular electronic instrument units that process or transfer data or signals, normally in association with computers or other automatic data processors. The system on which this standard is based (US Department of Energy Report DOE/ER~l89~ as amended) was developed by the NIM Committee of the US Department of Energy, consisting of representatives of the US National Laboratories and other major laboratories. Representatives of the ESONE Committee of European Laboratories, as well as of individual E uropean and Canadian laboratories, have also contributed to the development of this standard.
D ata Structures Using Pascal by Aaron M Tenenbaum and Mos,& J Augen_ stein.
Published
by
Prentice-Hall.
774pp. ~39.55. This book introduces abstract concepts, shows how those concepts are useful in problem solving and then shows how the abstractions can be made concrete by using a programming language. The book is designed as a two term course in data structures and programming.
data processing
The first of two books produced with the cooperation of Digital Research Corporation. It is a practical guide to getting the most out of your Gem operating system. The book acts as an introduction for computer users who will be working with Gem and Gembased products. It assumes little or no knowledge of computers and expresses things very much in terms of users and their objectives. Presentation Graphics Using Gem by Stephen Morris. Published by William Heinemann. 191~~. X16.95.
The second book has been designed for new and potenti~ users of the Gem range of products. Following a thorough introduction to Gem Desktop, the author shows the reader how to create all types of printed and displayed presentations including integrating graphics in Gem Write text documents, creating charts and diagrams with Gem Draw, managing figures with Gem Graph and how to create and make slides and transparencies using the Gem Presentation Master. Stephen Morris is an author of many business computing books covering software programmes and business computers. Computer Pro~amming byJ Maynard. Published by William Heinemann. 385pp. fS.9.5.
Revised and expanded, this new edition offers an introduction to modern techniques of programming without assuming previous knowledge of mathematics or electronics. The author has taken account of the recent growth and developments in computing - not just in the commercial application of large computers, but micros in the home too.
494
Fourtk~~ration vantages Volume Ilf4GLs from IBM by James Martin. Published by Prentice-Hall. 360~~.
&45.50. IBM’s high-productivity languages have grown up in an uncoordinated fashion, and there is little or no compatibility among them. Fourthgeneration languages are still evolving rapidly. This book attempts to give the reader an appreciation for the wide diversity of languages that are available from the world’s largest computer vendor. Some are powerful, concise, and somewhat cryptic at first sight. Some have excellent graphics capabilities.
Some are intended for
use by end users with little or no training; others are more suitable for use by trained data processing professionals. By understanding the wide range of language styles that are available, the reader will, hopefully, be in a better position to evaluate today’s and future 4GL products and to make the correct purchasing decisions. Fire Precaution in ~ornput~ ~nstailations by M B Wood. Published by NCC Publications. IOlpp. $8.50.
Fire is a serious threat in any organization and the losses from fire are increasing. This book considers all the main topics that managers and others need to know about the fire risk, drawing on the published work of many experts in fire engineering and computer security. Fire characteristics and hazards are described with attention to building aspects, power supplies, air conditions, buildiI@ contents and other aspects. The reader is advised about protection of records, fire detection, fire quenching, and operational procedures. Operator’s and Programmer’s Guide for the Amstrad CPC6128 and PCW8256 by Digital Research Inc., and Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc. Published by William H~nemann. 477pp. L25.00.
This guide, bound as looseleaf, pro-
vides the user with a full description of the CPIM Plus operating system for
the Amstrad PCW8256 and CPC6128. The guide offers programming examples, a command summary, notes on the BDOS System interface and many other functions necessary to the system.
IEEE Standard Fastbus Modular High-Speed Acquisition and Control System. P~biished by John Wiley and
Sons. $24.20. Fastbus defines a modular databus system for data acquisition and control. Mechanical, signal, electrical and protocol specifications are given that are sufficient to assure compatability between units from different sources of design and production. This standard applies to systems consisting of modular electronic instrument units that process or transfer data or signals, normally in association with computers or other automatic data processors. The system on which this standard is based (US Department of Energy Report DOE/ER~l89~ as amended) was developed by the NIM Committee of the US Department of Energy, consisting of representatives of the US National Laboratories and other major laboratories. Representatives of the ESONE Committee of European Laboratories, as well as of individual E uropean and Canadian laboratories, have also contributed to the development of this standard.
D ata Structures Using Pascal by Aaron M Tenenbaum and Mos,& J Augen_ stein.
Published
by
Prentice-Hall.
774pp. ~39.55. This book introduces abstract concepts, shows how those concepts are useful in problem solving and then shows how the abstractions can be made concrete by using a programming language. The book is designed as a two term course in data structures and programming.
data processing