Control Data Corporation (CDC) has announced the availability of its Plato educational software on Apple II Plus and Atari 800 microcomputers. The computer-based courses were first written for use on CDC's own model 110 micro in 1981. In May CDC had announced the availability of the programs for Texas Instruments micros.
The available courses deal with basic number facts, whole numbers, decimals, fractions, physics, elementary mechanics, French,--Spanish and German vocabulary, and introduction to computer literacy. Prices range from $35 to $45 per lesson at many computer stores and by mail order from CDC in Minneapolis. Nearly 12,000 other courses continue to be available only as packages for mainframe computers. It is likely that more courses will be rewritten for a large variety of micros in 1983.
