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A school computer, circa 1969: [View all]
Impressive startup sequence.
7:26 min.
Tomorrow's World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 - BBC
BBC
2010 Jan 7
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'Tomorrow's World' collection: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tom...
Meet Nellie, a computer set to revolutionise the classroom.
While many pupils might wish they could hand their schoolwork over to a computer, the boys of Forest Grammar School have turned a computer into schoolwork. Dubbed Nellie, the machine can be programmed to solve mathematical equations or even play music. Lessons also include computer maintenance something of a necessity, considering the likelihood of Nellie crashing...
BBC
2010 Jan 7
[...]
'Tomorrow's World' collection: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tom...
Meet Nellie, a computer set to revolutionise the classroom.
While many pupils might wish they could hand their schoolwork over to a computer, the boys of Forest Grammar School have turned a computer into schoolwork. Dubbed Nellie, the machine can be programmed to solve mathematical equations or even play music. Lessons also include computer maintenance something of a necessity, considering the likelihood of Nellie crashing...
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