Before MassCUE

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1978- There was a CUE in California, the first one, I think; and it produced a newsletter so there was something to read about computers (the only technology usually mentioned in those days.)

1977-1996, the Boston Computer Society hosted meetings all over Boston and the suburbs and had educator members. (Wikipedia article)

1977 International Council on Computers in Education (ICCE) which later became: The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

AppleFest met in Boston.

Did your school invest in a video disk (Laserdisk) player and disks?

Magazines were abundant. At one point, I read that there were over 100 different magazine titles devoted to computers. Some of my favorites:

• Byte
• Compute! (1979-1994)
• Creative Computing (#1 for me) (1974-1985)
• Interface Age
• Kilobaud

I was able to find some archived material on the Internet. http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=3

The author, David Ahl was a moving force behind Creative Computing

Things certainly have changed. I don't know of any of the early computer magazines that are still active. In 2009, the venerable PC Magazine became online digital only.

If you were a computer using educator before MassCUE started, what computer did you use?

• TRS-80
• Apple II+
• Atari
• Bell and Howell (black plastic Apple II+)
• Commodore Pet
• Cromemco
  
• Heathkit H8
• IMSAI 8080
• PDP-8 and Teletype terminals
  
• Sinclair ZX80 or ZX81