BBC The Computer Programme 1982 #08

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The Computer Programme was a TV series originally broadcast by the BBC (on BBC2) in 1982. The idea behind the series was to introduce people to computers and show them what they were capable of

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  • I think this electronic message thing is really going to catch on!

  • I had access to Prestel in my parents house using my computer (a BBC micro) and a modem that was the size of a brick.... it was great! I had to dial manually with the phone, then when I heard the whistle of the modem at the other end, connect my modem.

    Until the phone bill came in, lol. I think I spent about 6 months paying it off and was banned from using it again. Bloody parents!

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  • I love how they gave all the account details out.

  • @s00zster Indeed, but it probably would have been quicker to send the reicipitent a letter throught the post back then!

  • @hagiadzo Nah! fax machines are the way of the future. 'people still prefer to read things on paper' BBC computer program , 1982.

  • @agghtee Yes but in France TeleTel was free and installed in everyone's homes. Pity they couldn't have done that here with Prestel, it might not have died so early.

  • Note the cost per page at the top right hand corner.

  • icl me29, was the first machine I operated on the company I worked on only keep it for another 2 weeks after I started b4 they upgraded to a 3980, and the me29 was sent to India, happy days.

  • ah, so thats why they have radioactive food and shrunken genetalia...

  • Prestel = Big in France... then so is nuclear power... darn, they're 80% eco friendly already... bloody frogs and their technology

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