3 simple questions reading guide
In each of these 250-word written assignments, students will respond to a series of prompts that address specific ideas and concepts in the assigned reading(s) for that day. Each guided response submission will be evaluated according to the student’s level of engagement with the prompts and demonstrated comprehension of the course reading material.
In “The Shaping of the Personal Computer” and “Broadening the Appeal,” computer historians Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspry discuss the development of the personal computer and software industries during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
In this response, please address the following questions:
1) Where did early computer hobbyists learn their skills? What were they most interested in at first – hardware or software?
2) What was the Altair 8800? What did it look like? What did it do? Who developed the BASIC programming language that it used?
3) What was the “Lisa� What was the inspiration for this machine (not its name)? What was its major drawback?
