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Tomorrow's World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 - BBC

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What it is

A 1969 BBC Tomorrow's World segment about Nellie, a school computer used by pupils at Forest Grammar School to solve equations and play music. Students learn programming and maintenance, and act out binary arithmetic.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared as a charming historical look at children learning computing, including kids acting as register bits.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Kids acting as bits in a machine register and performing binary arithmetic by raising their hands if set, or not raising when cleared.”

    Kids act as register bits to do binary arithmetic.

    mahmud, 2010-07 · Recommendation · in “Tomorrow's World - Home Computer Terminal (1967)”

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Topics: tomorrow's world, bbc archive, 1969, computer education, binary arithmetic

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