[HacktionLab] Film suggestion

[Charlie Harvey]

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On 17/05/13 14:39, kriptick wrote:
> I presume there will be video documentaries showing at various times?
> I'm suggesting an ancient BBC Horizon one called Now the Chips are
> Down which would go well with my how chips are made wrkshp & may also
> be relevant to Digital Technology & the History of Capitalism.
> There's some very nice footage of chips being made back then. This
> was screened in 78 when the newly emerging microprocessors were known
> about by very few people and it caused a real sensation - showing
> desktop computers reading books aloud and understanding the human
> voice which were amazing feats for then. Callaghan, the caretaker PM
> of the time was so bowled over that he almost immediately funded chip
> manufacture and development in this country. The docu contained all
> sorts of dire warnings about how automation would cause colossall job
> losses and the dawn of a new leisure society. That bit certainly
> hasn't come true but it's an interesting look back at social history,
> technology and really awful shirt fashions of the 70s.

Hi,

Continuing the bad shirt theme, I suggest Micro Men --
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92 its a drama about the battle
between Sinclair and Acorn computers in the 80s and its kind of fun.

Cheers



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