Monograph No. 8: Microcomputer Development
September 1982
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
18 – 27
Microcomputer Report of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium
MECC Instructional Services Division
The use of microcomputers is a relatively recent phenomenon that has occurred in a variety of application areas on a nationwide basis. Interest in microcomputers is high, and it is difficult to stay abreast of an exploding knowledge-base. During 1979, the microcomputer ind us try has been stabilizing. The phenomenal growth of retail sales and distribution outlets that occurred in 1978 has slowed, but 1980 will see the industry begin to escalate and touch practically every dimension of society.