Abstract
Microcomputers were primarily intended for interactive applications in the education, business and hobbyist markets. In these fields the total process traditionally involved high proportions of user interaction or file read/write operations, so the CPU spent much of its time awaiting operator or peripheral action. There is a common maxim, however, that user’s expectations will always rise beyond a system’s power and the widespread application of microcomputers has inevitably pushed software packages to higher and higher orders of sophistication with corresponding demands on processor speed and power.
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© 1985 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
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Longley, D., Shain, M. (1985). APPLE Speed Enhancement. In: Expanding and Networking Microcomputers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07625-3_25
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