Computers: Personal computers for the entrepreneur: Microcomputers can help meet payrolls rather than play star wars availability of applications software packages is the pacing item

Author

Mennie, D.

Volume

15

Issue

9

fYear

1978

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

35

Abstract

Hardware and software trends in 1978 are discussed, illustrating typical examples of microcomputer applications in a small-business community. It is suggested that the trend of using computer kits is disappearing; many fully assembled products are available and their extensive utilisation is expected to grow even faster when more applications software packages will be available. Main characteristics of four fully-wired and tested microcomputers are tabulated (Apple II, PET 2001, Sorcerer, Compucolor II) Amongst applications discussed are: payroll/accounting, inventory, filing, estimating job costs for contract bidding, law cases preparation, prediction of property investment returns and education.

Keywords

financial data processing; personal computing; Apple II; Compucolor II; PET 2001; Sorcerer; applications software packages; business computing; financial data processing; microcomputers; personal computers; property investment computing; Business; Keyboards; Microcomputers; Random access memory; Read only memory; Software;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSPEC.1978.6367868

Filename

6367868