Abstract :
PERSONAL COMPUTERS ¿ ¿Chips oust cups¿ by Lydia Borgatta in the April 1983 issue of Spectrum gave an overview of microcomputers used in die office. Further information on computers ¿ large and small ¿ can be found in the proceeding of these conferences held last year: ¿ Compcon ´83 (Feb. 28-March 3 in San Francisco, Calif.) had presentations on computer networks, architectures, and work stations, among other computer-related topics. The proceedings can be obtained by writing the IEEE Computer Society, P.O. Box 80452 Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, Calif. 90080, or the IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscalaway, N.J. 08854. ¿ The National Computer Conference (May 16¿19, 1983, in Anaheim, Calif.) covered personal computers, software, hardware, and distributed computer systems. The proceedings are available from the American Federation of Information Processing Societies Inc., 1815 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Va. 22209. ¿ The international IEEE Conference on Computer Design and VLSI in Computers (Oct. 31¿Nov. 3 in Portchester, N.Y.) had presentations on large computer systems and computer architecture, design, and packaging. The proceedings can be obtained by writing the IEEE Computer Society.
