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Apple ][ computer with two Apple Disk ][ floppy drives. (Source: York
University Computer Museum, photograph by Z. Stachniak.)
become one of the hottest-selling software products in the per-
sonal computer industry, selling 200,000 copies in two years.” 20
Similar spreadsheet-like features of APL made the MCM ma-
chines appealing to some insurance and actuarial businesses.
However, APL was not a “killer application,” and the owner of
an MCM computer was still required to program his or her ma-
chine to develop applications that were not in the MCM library
of business-oriented software. 21 Instead of cashing in on the
popularity of VisiCalc (as done by many other microcomputer
companies) MCM was going against the VisiCalc wave without
a compatible product.
By the early 1980s, tens of thousands of Apple ][ computers had
entered the educational market, contributing in large part to the
computer's popularity worldwide. MCM also identified educa-
tion as one of the significant areas for microcomputer use. “The
 
 
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