Swedish Election Vigil 1968, 1976 and 1982

Charles Anthony charles.unix.pro at gmail.com
Tue Oct 6 11:39:25 CDT 2015


On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Mattis Lind <mattislind at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just found these on SVT Öppet Arkiv (Open Archive).
>
> Aside from the fact that they are fascinating time documents (cloths,
> haircuts, way of speaking), these are a little bit of interest to this
> community. I guess that since computers were not very commonplace at that
> time, SVT really liked to emphasize how modern they were to actually use
> computers.
>
> In the 1968 they show a guy that explains that the terminal is connected to
> a (IBM) 360/40 computer. Later on the actual machine is shown.
>
> Apparently they replaced IBM by DEC in 1976 since they are showing off two
> PDP-11/40 this time.
>
> And in 1982 they put the machines almost on the scene.
>
> http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/2260421/valvakan-1968
>
> http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/2432414/valvakan-1976
>
> http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/2243834/valvakan-1982
>

[Google translate]:
"The setup program can only be seen if you are in Sweden"

-- Charles


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