THE YEAR OF THE CHIP

Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
F38498
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
F38498
Media type
Moving image
Series
Contact
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:59:32
Production company
television new zealand
Credits
Presenter: Jim Hopkins
Producer: Stephen La Hood
Director: Stephen La Hood
Researched: David Filer
Executive Producer: Tony Trotter
Senior Camera: Christopher Stanbury
Sound: Allan Raitee
Technical Producer: Stuart Murray
Production Assistant: Celia Duignan
Production Assistant: Kaye Perkin
Designer: Kevin Smith
Floor Manager: Dave Cunningham

Part One; Title: “CONTACT”. “THE YEAR OF THE CHIP”; A two part series looking at the impact of micro-technology in New Zealand. Computers are getting smaller and smaller, but their impact is ever increasing. The microcomputer is here. Freelance journalist Jim Hopkins takes the lid off the silicon chip and looks at some of the dramatic uses of the microcomputer in New Zealand today.” As printed in the New Zealand Listener. Includes use of the Viewdata system, a precursor to the internet.
Part Two; Title: “CONTACT” . “THE YEAR OF THE CHIP”; Includes a panel discussing how computers will affect society. With MIKE BEARDSMORE, Computer Company Executive; DICK RYAN, Commission For Future; JIM BOLGER, Minister of Labour; KERRY BURKE, Shadow Minister of Labour; BILL POOLE, Employers Federation; ROB CAMPBELL, Combined Trade Unions.