<s>
The	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Series	I-Application
is	O
a	O
five-game	O
series	O
of	O
educational	O
video	O
games	O
by	O
Tom	O
Snyder	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
McGraw-Hill	O
Education	O
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
either	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
or	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Models	O
I	O
and	O
III	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
,	O
Snyder	O
had	O
bought	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
computer	O
and	O
began	O
designing	O
educational	O
simulations	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consultant	O
saw	O
something	O
special	O
and	O
won	O
Snyder	O
a	O
contract	O
McGraw-Hill	O
,	O
who	O
bought	O
all	O
five	O
packages	O
immediately	O
,	O
forming	O
The	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
is	O
Geography	O
Search	O
,	O
which	O
simulates	O
Christopher	O
Columbus	O
's	O
discovery	O
of	O
the	O
New	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
piece	O
for	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
Henry	O
F	O
.	O
Olds	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
series	O
had	O
great	O
power	O
to	O
stimulate	O
students	O
 '	O
thinking	O
and	O
problem-solving	O
.	O
</s>
