Published in 1988, Signal to Noise is one of the first artists’ books created entirely on a microcomputer. “My work consists almost entirely of computer-based images in a collage of ‘broken down’ components, a kind of visualization of one computer’s subconscious. The work I have done with microcomputers–sketching, word processing, controlling the darkroom, programming, and communicating–is preserved like an electronic attic full of drawings, letters, articles, and programs and forms the basis of Signal to Noise. The entire book was delivered to the printer on three floppy disks from which camera-ready photostats were generated. Physically, Signal to Noise is modest; twenty-four pages plus cover, offset printed with black ink and saddle-stitched, it was designed to look at first glance as if it might be some kind of technical report produced by a government agency or university researchers. Created on a Macintosh using PageMaker 1.2 pagination software. Additional software programs used include Full Paint, MacPaint, MacWrite, MacDraw, Microsoft Word, Word Finder, Spellswell, and More Vision; and with hardware including an Apple LaserWriter, MacVision, A Computer Friends Super Chroma, a Sony CCD-V10 camcorder, and a TARGA image capture board.