16mm Filmography
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Getting Down To Basic

Introduces BASIC as the most common programming language used on microcomputers. Shows sports photographer Patrick Eager programming his microcomputer in BASIC to simplify his job. Uses the analogy of the numbers on a Chinese menu to explain computer code, then visits classrooms where computers are used to teach.

More in Making the most of the Micro Series

  1. Everything Is Under Control 1983
  2. Getting Down To Basic 1983
  3. Getting Down To Business 1983
  4. Moving Pictures 1983
  5. Sounds Interesting 1983
  6. Strings And Things 1983
  7. The Versatile Machine 1983

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Sources

  1. A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, description
  2. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — sound, catalog record

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