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THE MIGHTY MICRO - 1 THE COMING OF THE MICROPROCESSOR

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Year
1979
Reference
F39296
Media type
Moving image

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Rights Information
Year
1979
Reference
F39296
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
United Kingdom
Categories
Television
Duration
0:28:00
Production company
atv network
Credits
Millionaire: Jack Eden
Chauffeur: John Vyvyan
Babbage: William Johnson
Producer: Lawrence Moore
Director: Lawrence Moore
Writer: Christopher Evans
Presenter: Christopher Evans
Researcher: Jane Carter
Production Assistant: Julie Stoner
Graphics: Alastair McMurdo
Music: Sean Byrne
Music: Dave Lawson
Photography: Gerry Pinches
Sound: Barry Pritchard
Sound: Ted Ryan
Film Editor: Glen Cardno

The Mighty Micro - 1: The Coming of the Microprocessor.

Like the industrial revolution, the computer revolution and the micro chip will dramatically change the face of western society. This programme covers the importance of numbers and counting, the philosophical origins that paved the way for computers, mechanical precursors to modern computers, and the move from the valve to the transistor which could be shrunk and placed on tiny silicon chips, thus allowing computers to be faster and cheaper to produce.

Includes archival footage of various historical events