<s>
Compu-Read	B-Device
is	O
an	O
educational	O
program	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Sherwin	O
Steffin	O
of	O
Edu-Ware	O
Services	O
in	O
1979	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steffin	O
first	O
wrote	O
Compu-Read	B-Device
as	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
program	O
while	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
research	O
analyst	O
at	O
UCLA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Programma	O
International	O
but	O
after	O
being	O
laid	O
off	O
from	O
the	O
university	O
,	O
he	O
revised	O
Compu-Read	B-Device
and	O
used	O
it	O
to	O
launch	O
his	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
Edu-Ware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edu-Ware	O
upgraded	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
high	O
resolution	O
graphics	O
using	O
its	O
EWS3	O
graphics	O
engine	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
renamed	O
it	O
Compu-Read	B-Device
3.0	O
and	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compu-Read	B-Device
was	O
featured	O
in	O
Edu-Ware	O
'	O
s	O
catalogs	O
until	O
its	O
closure	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
