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

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

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.

Pull quote: “Kids acting as bits in a machine register and performing binary arithmetic by raising their hands if set, or not raising when cleared.” (HN, 2010)

• History of computing
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Also tagged: early computer education, tomorrow's world, bbc archive, 1969, computer education, binary arithmetic