by John Bloomer
DCE from the Open Software Foundation is a specification for building distributed-computing systems. John examines the DCE system and API, then presents both single-process and client/server implementations of an image database.
by E. Douglas Jensen
The emerging class of real-time operating systems are modular, adaptable, and scalable in functionality. And, as Doug describes here, they'll support global, distributed, and cooperative computing across and between levels in the application-control hierarchy.
by Todd Tannenbaum and Michael Litzkow
Condor is a powerful, distributed batch-processing system that lets you use otherwise idle CPU cycles in a cluster of workstations.
by Patrick Suel
Developing groupware requires new programming tools and techniques. Here, Patrick uses the ILOG Server to extend C++ objects for developing dynamic servers.
by Wilson MacGyver Liaw
The GIF file format has become one of the most popular formats for storing images. Wilson examines the format and presents a program for reading GIF files.
by Joseph Hlavaty
With Joe's RTFHelp filter, you aren't limited to nonintuitive commands and RTF-based word processors when generating Windows help files.
by John Ridley
John presents a program that detects all relevant information about serial ports--how many ports are installed, where they are, and to which IRQ they are set.
by Peter Torelli
Peter examines flash file systems for DOS, focusing on the mechanics behind a flash file system based on the Microsoft data structures.
by Peter J. Schwaller and John Q. Walker II
Since the Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C) provides a consistent set of calls for systems ranging from Windows, OS/2, UNIX, to AS/400, CICS, and MVS, you need deal with only one set of calls to write client/server applications for different systems.
by John LaPlante
John uses the recently released Visual C++ 2.0 for building an OLE server that lets you embed a GIF image file into an OLE 2.0-compatible document.
by Jack Danahy
When Hewlett-Packard's Chelmsford Systems Software Lab decided to implement a distributed infrastructure throughout the organization, they faced barriers ranging from system security and clock synchronization to user skepticism. Jack describes how the Lab overcame both.
by Michael Swaine
Is the art and science of computer programming old enough to have a history? Michael thinks so, and he begins chronicling it.
by Al Stevens
Al continues his static text-search engine project by building a common word list which determines the hierarchical organization of the database.
edited by Bruce Schneier
Iwan Dobbe presents techniques for generating faster fast Fourier transforms, then implements these approaches in both C and assembler.
by Steve Gallagher
Steve examines a pair of books that tackle the subjects of object-oriented programming, OS/2, and the SOM/DSOM object models from IBM.
by Jonathan Erickson
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by Michael Swaine
by Monica E. Berg
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