Current and Future Microcomputer Capabilities: Selecting the Hardware.

Mason, Robert M.

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ERIC Number: EJ314120

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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Current and Future Microcomputer Capabilities: Selecting the Hardware.

Mason, Robert M.

Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, v1 n1 p1-13 Mar 1984

Suggests guidelines for selecting microcomputers, reviews present status of microcomputer industry, projects microcomputer capabilities for 1988 and 1998, and discusses implications of recent trends on microcomputer purchasing. It is concluded that buyers interested in a microcomputer for information management will make a safe decision selecting equipment that runs MS DOS. (Author/MBR)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Design, Futures (of Society), Guidelines, Input Output Devices, Manufacturing Industry, Microcomputers, Needs Assessment, Purchasing, Selection, Services, Standards, Technological Advancement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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