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ISSN 1759-3433
ISSN 1759-3433
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS FOR MACRO AND MINI COMPUTERS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS FOR MACRO AND MINI COMPUTERS
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping, M.C. Forde, H.W. Whittington
Paper I.1
Recent and Future Developments in the Role of Microcomputers in the Design Office
D. Taffs
Ove Arup Partnership, Oasys Ltd., CICA
Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
D. Taffs, "Recent and Future Developments in the Role of Microcomputers in the Design Office", in B.H.V. Topping, M.C. Forde, H.W. Whittington, (Editors), "Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Software and Applications for Macro and Mini Computers", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 1-4, 1983.
Abstract
The much vaunted microcomputer has proved to be of little value to the profession. Poorly written or non-existant programs await the unsuspecting buyers of personal computers. The background to this unhappy state of affair and the promise of a better future are explained.
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