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Special Section--Library Workstations: Mac and DOS.

Valauskas, Ed; Flower, Eric – Computers in Libraries, 1993

Two articles discuss the library hardware marketplace. The first examines the Apple Macintosh in libraries from 1984 to the present, including linking libraries, computers, and endusers over large geographic distances. The second article discusses upgrading components of systems in the IBM compatible, MS-DOS, and Windows environments as costs…

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Costs

Educational Computing at the Open University: The Second Decade.

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Butcher, P. G.; Greenberg, J. M. – Education and Computing, 1992

Reviews the use of computers to support distance learning in the multimedia teaching system of the British Open University from 1980-90. Topics addressed include hardware, courses using computers, software developments, the move to microcomputers, access, authoring tools, home-based computing, funding, and the outlook for the future. (15…

Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design