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Computer History - A British View - Part 1 of 3

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A British film about computers from 1969. It is presented here as a historical look at how computers used to be in the 1960's when PC's and Macs were over 10 years away. Shown in three parts. Sorry, but the 16mm print is rather battered! To my surprise this clip was featured in 'The Guardian' newspaper's Technology supplement on Thursday December 6th 2007. ...

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Computer History - A British View - Part 1 of 3

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  • the guy at ...

    the guy at 56seconds in high..

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  • Lol mendax I've got ...

    Lol mendax I've got a friend like you - you should meet him. You could swap photos of airports or something

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  • John V. Atanasoff ...

    John V. Atanasoff created the very first electronic,digital computer in 1939 in university of Iowa.

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    They apparently were at a loss to find appropriate video footage to represent an airliner. At 4:17 you will see what looks like an IL-62 in Aeroflot livery. Yet, the ticket agent about a minute before got a list of flights for mostly BA flights. Very strange.

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  • very nice!

    very nice!

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  • Woohh... thanks a ...

    Woohh... thanks a lot for uploading this. It helped me w/ my project!!! I love computer!

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  • Google :Professor ...

    Google :Professor NS Sutherland.
    Apparently a very brilliant man.
    This programme speaks to the fears of the time,that computers would be used for government oppression.I guess the PC concept then,would've been considered pure science fiction.

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  • cool

    cool

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  • that guy at 00:55 ...

    that guy at 00:55 was stoned

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  • That man from 1:07 ...

    That man from 1:07 to 1:19 was a visionary seriously...

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