A taste of the computing history has been released to the public. This has given the public the opportunity to delve into the archive that enthused a cohort of coders. The computer Literateness project encouraged the outline of the BBC micro together with programmes that introduced viewers to the ideologies of computing. The program involved very influential figures like Steve Wozniak and Bill Gates who are very influential innovators. BBC media hoped that the archive that existed in the 19980’s would greatly encourage today’s youngsters to be who they want in the computing industry. After the archive was released, the public was allowed to go ahead browse and search all the available programs in the project.
Viewers will be able to explore all the videos by the topic of the search that they make, watch any of the available 267 programmes and also, they will be able to search for the history of the computer literacy project. Additionally, they will be able to run the 166 BBC media micro-programs that were then used on the screen. The chief of BBC’s technology and product officer Mathew Postage reported that the archives offer an appealing and nostalgic glimpse into a significant milestone in the history of computing. He also revealed that the hardware might have changed with time, but the ideologies remain the same. This still makes it a unique tool that can be used to teach and also use it to learn something helpful that will encourage the generation of computer lovers.
This project was said to have been inspired because of the launch of the BBC micro minicomputers. The machine is viewed by computer historians as a bridge that connects them between the early home of computers and the omnipresent PC that was developed in the 1990’s.
When the PC reached the market, 60% of primary schools and 85% of secondary schools adopted the machine. The additional 10-part series that was later introduced was intended to broadcast in the year 1982, January. However, it was delayed for one month because the demand to purchase the Micro was so great. The designer of the BBC micro, Professor Steve Furber revealed that it was crucial for today’s generation to grow up with an all-pervasive technology so that they can clearly understand that it was not always what they thought was the case. During the 80’s was when the computer emerged from the computer room. The computer was under the control of few folks that were in white coats, schools and into homes where it was accessible to all.
