<s>
Personk	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1978	B-Application
video	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
debut	O
work	O
of	O
Tom	O
Snyder	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
release	O
many	O
educational	O
series	O
under	O
Tom	O
Snyder	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1978	B-Application
,	O
Snyder	O
had	O
a	O
meeting	O
arranged	O
with	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
game	O
acquisitions	O
at	O
Parker	O
Bros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
hoped	O
to	O
present	O
a	O
wood-wire-string	O
contraption	O
named	O
Personk	B-Application
,	O
that	O
was	O
a	O
simplified	O
model	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
event	O
gave	O
Snyder	O
a	O
creative	O
burst	O
of	O
energy	O
;	O
within	O
the	O
week	O
he	O
had	O
purchased	O
a	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
,	O
taught	O
himself	O
to	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
transformed	O
the	O
three-dimensional	O
Personk	B-Application
into	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
children	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
a	O
Radio	O
Shack	O
Model	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snyder	O
would	O
immediately	O
follow	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
educational	O
titles	O
collectively	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Series	I-Application
.	O
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