What’s So Special About Computers?
- Synopsis
- Discusses computer system design. Aims at improving communication between specialists and users. Tells the story of a company which embarks on an ambitious computer development, and the company’s managers do not understand the process they have initiated; nor is the outcome what they hoped for.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 34 min.
- Year of production
- 1980
- Availability
- out of distribution; 1998 Hire: £165.00 (+VAT +p&p) 1998 sale: £495.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Documentation
- Accompanying presenter’s guide.
- Uses
- HND, BSc, BCS computing courses.*
- Subjects
- Information technology
- Keywords
- computer systems; office practices
Credits
- Director
- Peter Cole
- Contributor
- Bryan Loftus; Phil Tweedy
Production Company
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Melrose Learning Resources
- info@videoarts.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.videoaarts.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7400 4800
- Address
- Elsinore House
77 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8JA - Notes
- Ceased distribution (c 2007?) and titles taken into Video Arts collection
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