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Tomorrow's World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 - BBC
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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.
Shared as a charming historical look at children learning computing, including kids acting as register bits.
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