Title
Personal computers for education, part 2Catalog Number
102706805Type
AudioDescription
The West Coast Computer Faire was an annual computer industry conference and exposition. The first fair was held in 1977 and was organized by Jim Warren and Bob Relling. At the time, it was the biggest computer show in the world, intended to popularize the peronal computer in the home.This first fair took place on April 16-17, 1977, in San Francisco Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall, and saw the debut of the Commodre PET, presented by Chuck Peddle, and the Apple II, presented by then 21-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. There were about 180 exhibitors, among them Intel, MITS, and Digitial Research. More than 12,000 people visited the fair.
Titles of the papers presented in this session:
Melvin L. Zeddies, "The construction, operation, and maintanance of a high school system"
Bob Kahn and Lee Berman, "Educating people about personal computing: A major program at the Lawrence Hall of Science"
Informal panel: "Computers in elementary and secondary education"
Bob Albrecht (Panel organizer)
Hal Singer (speaker)
Jo Anne Ver Plank (speaker)
Inman Don (speaker)
Date
1977-04Credits
Zeddies, Melvin L.Publisher
Butterfly Media DimensionsPlace of Publication
San Francisco, CAIdentifying Numbers
| Other number | camvchm_000020_t05 | CAVPP ID |
| Other number | Tape #6D |
Format
Standard audio cassetteSeries Title
The First West Coast Computer FaireCredit
Gift of Jim WarrenLot Number
X2595.2004
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| 102706806 | Personal computers for education, part 3 |