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From: rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Computers in Elementary Education
Message-ID: <6822.26e40f0f@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 4 Sep 90 20:31:11 GMT
References: <724@tetrauk.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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In article <724@tetrauk.UUCP>, simons@tetrauk.UUCP (Simon Shaw) writes:
> I have recently become a school governor, and
> would like to make some recommendations to the 
> governing body on the subject of educational 
> software.
> 
> Could somebody who has looked into this area 
> please give me some pointers on where to look for
> software for the age range 4-8.
> 
> The likely platforms are...
> 
> 1. PC compatible running DOS.
> 2. BBC model 'B' micro.
> 3. Other strange but cheap machine available in the UK.

How about the Amiga A500? It's very cheap (around 350-400 in the UK right now I
think), much more powerful than a PC compatible, has excellent graphics and
sound and loads of public domain or shareware software. I'd find it hard to
recommend an MS-DOS machine unless it has a huge advantage in software that you
want to run on it.

I can email some info on Amiga software if you like.

"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie