Wescon ´84: Focus on local area networks: New standards for LANs ¿ and ways of conforming to them ¿ are a prime topic at the Anaheim, Calif., meeting Oct. 30¿Nov. 2

Science fiction mem science fact at Wescon ´84 when Ray Bradbury marks the IEEE´s first 100 years at a celebration banquet on Nov. 1. Mr. Bradbury, author of over 400 short stories and 17 novels, including Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man, and The Martian Chronicles, will review a century of progress in electrical engineering and speculate on process over the next 100 years.