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"The First Book of Personal Computing", Joe Kraynak, 1993, 1-56761-284-9,
U$14.95
%A   Joe Kraynak
%C   201 W. 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN   46290
%D   1993
%G   1-56761-284-9
%I   MacMillan Computer Publishing (MCP)/Alpha
%O   U$14.95 http://www.mcp.com info@mcp.com
%P   345
%T   "The First Book of Personal Computing"
 
An introduction to personal computing is ambitious even when the book
concentrates on a single platform.  When the project tries to encompass more
than one, you can expect the material presented to be pretty simplistic.  And
so it is with this volume.
 
As is fairly common with such attempts, this work is somewhat unconvincing.  It
is difficult to convince people of the utility of computers if they have not
had experience with them.  In addition, while the contents are presented in a
balanced manner, a list of "the computer can do X for you" items has more in
common with sales brochures than user guides.  The chapter on word processors,
for example, uses only one program, and, as much as I like WordPerfect, other
applications are presenting increasingly divergent interfaces.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKTFBOPC.RVW   961205

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