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excerpt: "The editor opens the fourth-anniversary issue, themed around telecommunications, and reports on Sir Clive Sinclair's planned return to the US market with the Z88 at Fall COMDEX. Recaps the Seattle NW TS Mini-Fair (speakers including Vince Lyon, Harvey Taylor, and Wilf Rigter) and previews the Sunstate TS Winterfest scheduled for March 7-9 in Orlando, Florida.…"
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# From the Editor’s Cluttered Desk

The editor opens the fourth-anniversary issue, themed around telecommunications, and reports on Sir Clive Sinclair’s planned return to the US market with the Z88 at Fall COMDEX. Recaps the Seattle NW TS Mini-Fair (speakers including Vince Lyon, Harvey Taylor, and Wilf Rigter) and previews the Sunstate TS Winterfest scheduled for March 7-9 in Orlando, Florida. Also mentions Anamartic wafer-scale integration technology and the Shaye Communications phone concept.