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Radio 4,21 Sep 2015,15 mins

Computers in Class

Computing Britain

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As the manufacturing industries of the 1970s became the service sector of the 1980s, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ tried to help democratize the coming of the affordable microchip, to help re-equip a vulnerable workforce for a digital future. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Computer Literacy Project was aimed initially at adults, but somehow ended up putting a beige ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Microcomputer in the corner of nearly every classroom in the land. Presented by Hannah Fry Produced by Alex Mansfield.

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