Media item

Exhibition man and computer

Week number: 79-13

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
02:25
Publication date:
1 January 1979
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
BG_6748

The evolution from the abacus to the computer can be seen at the exhibition 'Man and computer', which is held in the Museum for Education in The Hague. SHOTS: abacus; a child plays 'noughts and crosses' on the computer; cue chip; with the help of a large model children learn how a video game console works; demonstration of a 'talking' handheld computer that checks the children's spelling; children behind a computer; printing a drawing with a lineprinter; imitaing the landing on the moon with a computer; PCB.