The document summarizes the history of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) from the 1970s to the late 1970s. It discusses several important early developments including the release of the first microprocessors in the early 1970s, the creation of early computer systems and programming languages like BASIC, and the development of early communicative language teaching approaches. It also outlines many seminal events in the history of personal computers, networking, and computer applications like word processing and hypermedia during this period.