How SCHOOL COMPUTER classes looked in 1969 | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

Computing comes easy to the boys at Forest Grammar School in Berkshire, who are lucky enough to have access to their very own school computer. Nellie - for this is what the giant mechanical machine has been dubbed - is able to play games, solve mathematical problems, and even play music from programs stored on punched tape - but only after she has been turned on, a complex routine that involves the co-ordination of several students spread throughout the school. This clip is from Tomorrow’s World, originally broadcast 5 February 1969 You have now entered the BBC Archive, an audiovisual time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv. Let us educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic tv clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -