ATV Today: 07.04.1981: Computers

Summary

Geoff Meade reports that the Oxford firm Research Machines that makes educational computers has won a large order from the Government with the aim of putting a computer in every secondary school.

Year:

1981

Duration:

0:02:54

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Shots of children using Research Machines RM380Z micro computer. View of Oxford terraced house where Research Machines began in the early 1970s. Geoff Meade report to camera in the Research Machines factory and shots of production lines. Interview with director Michael O'Reagan about the order and the educational computer market. The firm employs 80 people and has an anual annual turnover of £5 million. (+ 50secs trims).


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