An edition of Ken Uston's Guide to Home Computers
(1983)
Ken Uston's Guide to Home Computers
by Ken Uston
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This is a user's guide, help book, and buyer's guide to many of the early home computer systems available in the early 1980's. It reviews each system, its accessories, its uses, and what games are available for each. It tells the reader how to choose the right type of computer they will need, as well as other places they can search for information about them, such as magazines, and books. It also explains in simple language how computers work and what and how the accessories work.
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Computers, Buyer's guide, Video games, Videogames, How to, Microcomputers, handbooks, manuals, etc.Times
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Ken Uston's Guide to Home Computers
August 2, 1983, Signet
Paperback
in English
0451125975 9780451125972
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Table of Contents
Note to the Reader. 1
Introduction. 5
Section I. What Can Home Computers Do-Specifically?.
1. Home Finance: Checkbooks, Budgets, Taxes, and Personal Finance. 19
2. Word Processing: Using a Computer to Write. 31
3. Education: Learning, for Children and Adults. 43
4. Financial Spreadsheets: Home Electronic Accounting. 57
5. Information: Bringing a Storehouse of Information into the Home. 69
6. Video Entertainment: Home Computer Games. 81
7. Other Entertainment: Bridge, Chess, Checkers, and Other Non-Video Games. 87
8. Other Home Uses: Music, Art, Filing! Health, and Other. 97
9. How to Buy Software. 107
Which Computer is For You?.
10. Timex Sinclair 1000. 119
11. Commodore VIC 20. 125
12. Texas Instruments 99/4A. 129
13. TRS-80 Color (Coco) Computer. 133
14. The Atari Computers (400, 800, and 1200). 137
15. Apple IIe. 143
16. IBM Personal Computer (pc). 147
17. Commodore 64. 151
18. Two Portable Computers (Osborne I, and KayPro II). 155
19. Other Computers. 161
20. What Computer Should You Buy?. 167
21. Appendix: Periodicals That Can Keep You Up-To-Date. 173
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