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Trautman, Rodes – Online, 1983
Reviews computer storage devices designed to provide additional memory for microcomputers--chips, floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks--and describes how secondary storage is used (file transfer, formatting, ingredients of incompatibility); disk/controller/software triplet; magnetic tape backup; storage volatility; disk emulator; and…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Diagrams, Information Storage
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Kanters, Ben – Electronic Library, 1983
Report on use of the microcomputer for information storage and retrieval (ISR) notes hardware (floppy disks, keyboard, screen, printer); functions of ISR software; standardization of the operating system; database creation; data entry; indexing; search process; choice of ISR software package; software market and user; training and instruction; and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage