Editing Educational software (section)

===1970s–1980s===
The arrival of the personal computer, with the [[Altair 8800]] in 1975, changed the field of software in general, with specific implications for educational software. Whereas users prior to 1975 were dependent upon university or government owned [[mainframe computer]]s with timesharing, users after this shift could create and use software for computers in homes and schools, computers available for less than $2000. By the early 1980s, the availability of personal computers including the [[Apple II]] (1977), [[Commodore PET]] (1977), [[VIC-20]] (1980), and [[Commodore 64]] (1982) allowed for the creation of companies and nonprofits which specialized in educational software. [[Broderbund]] and [[The Learning Company]] are key companies from this period, and [[MECC]], the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, a key non-profit software developer. These and other companies designed a range of titles for personal computers, with the bulk of the software initially developed for the Apple II.