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Microcomputers: Basic Choice Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2022

Gregory A. Marks
Gregory A. Marks*
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University of Michigan
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In the last few years a computing revolution has been started. We have arrived at a point where an individual can have access to a personal computer that has real advantages over larger minicomputers and mainframes for a number of significant applications. When the further step is taken of providing a communications link between that personal computer and those larger systems, the overall result is a combination of capabilities of unprecedented potential.

As in any revolution, there have been problems and mistakes along the path. Indeed there are still shortcomings and hazards to be avoided. Nonetheless, there are personal computing systems available which offer many advantages for a wide spectrum of academic and professional people. This document is intended as an overview of what is currently marketed, providing reference points for the interested individual.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , Spring 1983 , pp. 157 - 181
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1983

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* The problem of keeping this document up-to-date, given the pace of developments, is a major one. There is also a dilemma in that more frequent revisions of this text imply logistical problems of distributing it to everyone interested and in making the specific changes readily evident.