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Ian McNaught-Davis talks to Lynn McTaggart, Editor of Which Computer magazine, about the bad advice you may be given if you go to a High Street store to purchase a business computer. Leslie Judd and Fred Harris look at educational software; there's a visit to a computer camp for young enthusiasts; and the winners of the Micro Live Integrated Software Project will be announced. But why is Freff freezing on top of a skyscraper in New York with only a cellular radio telephone for company? Director TERRY MARSH Producer DAVID ALLEN
On the road! This month's programme comes live from the British Telecom Research Laboratory at Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich. Ian McNaught-Davis looks at some of the latest developments in telecommunications, and talks to John Alvey , Chairman of the Alvey Committee and Engineer-in-Chief for BT. American reporter Freff joins in from New York on a new 'teleconference' system, and he has the latest micro news from America. And Lesley Judd and John Coll report from the recent Which? Computer show in Birmingham. Producer PATRICK TITLEY Series producer DAVID ALLEN
with lan McNaught-Davis and Lesley Judd. In this, the last programme of the current series, Lesley investigates new applications for the laser disc. Mac challenges a robot at its own game, table tennis. Fred Harris reviews some portable and lap-held computers. And a look at the difficult job of live subtitling... Director TERRY MARSH Series producer DAVID ALLEN
The only live computer programme on television returns for a new, weekly series. Lesley Judd previews the entries in next week's Computer Animation Film Festival competition, with exclusive clips of the latest and best in computer graphics. Ian McNaught-Davis and American reporter Freff examine the ups and downs of the computer industry since the last series. Plus news of an investigation into the shady world of the cowboy computer maintenance companies, and Fred Harris explains how speech synthesiser add-ons to home micros can be used. Director PATRICK TITLEY Series editor DAVID ALLEN
Every day millions of industrial, commercial and military secrets travel around the world by cable and satellite ... a spy's dream. How secure are modem computer systems? Is computer-bugging a hacker's prank or professional international espionage? Fred Harris joins the army on manoeuvres and discovers whether data is secure on the battlefield. Ian McNaught-Davis explains how data encryption works. and there's news of THE LISTENER Crack the Code competition and its prizes. Lesley Judd casts an eye over the winners of the Computer Animation Film Festival with John Vince, one of the judges. Director TERRY MARSH Series editor DAVID ALLEN
If I Had a Hammer ... A film about computers in the music industry . Narrated by Lesley Judd. Few rock and pop records are made today without the help of sophisticated computer-based synthesisers. They can reproduce the sound of virtually any instrument and replay strings of notes more accurately than session musicians. This film traces their development from the 19th-century Telharmonium to the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument. 'It doesn't make you a better carpenter because you can bash in nails with your fist,' says music producer MARTIN RUSHENT. 'The smart guy uses a hammer.' Film editor HORACIO QUEIRO Producer PATRICK TITLEY
A look at new developments in information technology. The doomed Three Mile Island reactor in Pennsylvania is the focus for work on artificial intelligence by the robotics department of nearby Carnegie Mellon University. American reporter Freff looks at some of the problems involved in designing robot vehicles which can move around on their own, recognise objects and do useful work. The aim: to clean up the radioactive interior. Fred Harris makes the most of music on the micro while Lesley Judd finds out why holding personal data on your computer will probably mean sending E22 to an address in Cheshire. Director PATRICK TITLEY Series editor DAVID ALLEN
Every primary and secondary school in Britain has a computer. No other country in the world can make that boast. In March the Government is axing the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP), its replacement, Microcomputer Support Unit, will have half the budget. This week's programme comes direct from a secondary school in Berkshire and examines the role of computers in schools. Lesley Judd asks why the Government is cutting back school software. Ian McNaught-Davis discovers how chalk and talk is giving way to bits and bytes. Fred Harris goes for a ride on a computer bus. Director TERRY MARSH Series editor DAVID ALLEN
Lesley Judd , Fred Harris and Freff report on the world of information technology. This week: a look behind the scenes at one of the world's most successful games software companies. Fred Harris takes a further look at how to make music on your home micro, and Freff reports on an American company that has spent $15 million setting up a kind of technological Aladdin's cave to project its image to both employees and customers. Studio director ALAN GRIFFITHS Series editor DAVID ALLEN
Big Blue and the 40 Dwarves IBM, known as Big Blue, is the largest computer company in the world - ten times the size of its nearest rival. Its first personal computer was so successful that it set a technical standard. Forty other manufacturers now use IBM standards in designing their machines. Ian McNaught-Davis finds out if, now they are embracing Big Blue's standards, the 40 dwarves can get out of its clutches. Director ALAN GRIFFITHS Series editor DAVID ALLEN
A look at new developments in information technology by the only live computer programme on television. Boston, Massachusetts has the only museum in the world in which all the exhibits are less than 40 years old. American reporter Freff, who is also less than 40 years old, visits the Computer Museum, and discovers a very important teapot.... Also from Boston, there's a behind-the-scenes look at the computer games company Infocom, the people who invented Interactive Fiction. And, in the studio, Fred Harris reviewsCommodore's new micro, the AMIGA, and Lesley Judd talks to John Coll about stops, starts and parity bits. Studio director TERRY MARSH Producer PATRICK TITLEY
American reporter Freff risks using a computer database before buying a painting in a New York antique shop. Fred Harris explains how the home micro can be used to communicate with other computers down the telephone line. Ian McNaught-Davis takes a trip down memory lane to explain the way that computer storage devices have developed over the years. And, looking forward, Freff visits an American research team who are developing 'super memories' that use lasers to read and write data onto protein molecules.
Freff visits the New York Institute of Technology Computer Animation department and checks out the break-dancing fractal trees; a chorus-line of robots exhibit their domestic prowess; and Ann Leslie of the Daily Mail looks at some word processing packages. John Coll takes a look at Christmas presents for computer addicts, and Dick Gilbert announces the results of THE LISTENER Crack the Code competition.
