From the summary page: "HOME COMPUTERS: A MANUAL OF POSSIBILITIES is your best guide to understanding, buying, and using your very own home computer. It describes: what a computer actually is and does, how computers count, the 'hardware' that is a part of every computer, how you can program your own -or any- computer, the kinds of games, programs, and applications available now, how home computers will change your life in the very near future, illustrated with over 50 explanatory drawings"