| Description | Track 1: Peter Sell talks about the physics of computer engineering and binary arithmetic, 4.15 mins
Track 2: he talks about putting information into the computer using punched cards; he explains how the machine sorts information, storing information on magnetic drums, 3.06 mins
Track 3: talks about computer terminology 'bits' and 'words', storing data on magnetic tape, explains the difference between serial and parallel machines, 3.14 mins
Track 4: he talks about storing information onto a 'buffer' and magnetic tape, he talks about a previous job working on machine tool control, 2.30 mins
Track 5: he explains about his job as a development engineer, building practical applications from 'the research people's brilliant ideas' to make products that ordinary people can use, investigating why things don't work, working for a commercial company, 3.07 mins
Track 6: an unnamed man talks about his job selling computers and talking to people about how to use computers in their work, often for keeping accounts or stock control, 2.24 mins
Track 7: he talks about management getting accurate information about their business from computers, 1.53 mins
Track 8: he talks about the future of computing, there will be smaller, cheaper machines and people will take them for granted, 2.32 mins
Track 9: he talks about the new jobs created by computing, many very dull, another man says that the technology for scanning text has almost been developed, 3.41 mins
Track 10: they talk about communication at work, a man compares using a computer to playing a piano because it requires manual dexterity, another man explains how a computer works, 3.24 mins
Track 11: he talks about recognising patterns of binary digits that he expects to see in each location, 2.11 mins
Track 12: noises of the factory, machines working, a man says that computing is interesting because it's an inquisitive job, Charles Parker says that it's not like playing a piano, the man disagrees and says it depends on the player's temperament and that a computer is a tool, 3.10 mins
Track 13-14: a man says that people don't get into a personal relationship with their computers and explains why he thinks that using a computer isn't the same as playing a piano, Charles Parker talks about the relationship between a man and his tools and they discuss how this relates to computing
Track 15: a man talks about his working life before he worked as a computer engineer and explains that he came into electronics because he wanted to learn, 2.49 mins
Track 16: he talks about going into electronics because he enjoyed using his mind, and discusses whether he brings knowledge of working with his hands from previous jobs, 2.06 mins
Track 17: they talk about mathematics associated with computing and suggest that mathematics has human meaning; sounds of machines, 2.16 mins
Track 18: a man talks about making master files of names and addresses for a company; sounds of a computer working, a man explains how the computer is sorting information, it can sort a million records a day, 3.21 mins
Track 19: a man explains that a computer takes one billionth of a second to add two numbers together, printing information about an error from the machine, sounds of machinery, 2.43 mins
Track 20: an engineer talks about recording information onto magnetic tape, he talks about the speed of storing information, 3.28 mins
Track 21: he explains why he enjoys electronics, and talks about electrons (pitch is too high), 2.55 mins
Track 22: Hugh Ford gives his name and address, sounds of factory machinery, 3.08 mins
Total: 1.04.16 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0346480 |