One for Science: BBC Releases Computer Literacy Project Archive for '80s Computer Science Remembrance

[Raevenlord]

British Channel BBC has decided to make available to the public their entire archive on their Computer Literacy Project, a special education program for the populace which lasted from 1982 through 1989. The program was planned between 1979 and 1982, and spanned almost all forms of then-widely used media: television series, radio broadcasts, books, linked courses, software, advice services and the BBC Microcomputer system - a specially-designed computer system, which became the most popular machine in the British Government's "Computers for Schools" program.

Users can now watch the entirety of the 146 original Computer Literacy Project programs, plus 121 related programs, broken down into 2,509 categorized, searchable clips. It's a great remembrance project for the shock and awe these systems inspired at the time - even as we know hold in our pockets systems that are far more advanced and powerful than those that put the man on the Moon. Ingenuity revisited.



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[yogurt_21]

"Hold up you receiver to the television speaker to download this program"

good times.

 

[qubit]

I remember this the first time round... qubit goes into full-on nerd nostalgia mode.

 

[nemesis.ie]

Some of us were lucky enough to have a headphone socket on the TV, so the download was much more reliable.

 

[R-T-B]

Some of us were lucky enough to have a headphone socket on the TV, so the download was much more reliable.

Now we're lucky if our cell phone has a 3.5mm jack...

 

[nemesis.ie]

Indeed, how times have changed! Or perhaps "The more things change, the more they remain the same".

 

[stimpy88]

And a link? Jeez

 

[lemonadesoda]

acorn snapper on a model b with cub monitor. memories.

And a link? Jeez

https://computer-literacy-project.pilots.bbcconnectedstudio.co.uk/

Oh lovely:

https://computer-literacy-project.pilots.bbcconnectedstudio.co.uk/jsbeeb/index.html

10 PRINT "Hello World!"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

"ESC"
LIST

HOLY SMOKE SWEET CHRISTMAS

*CAT
(there is a virtual floppy disk)
*RUN Eltdemo

 

[Caring1]

"as we know hold in our pockets"
fixed it