Date   : Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:37:50 -0800 (PST)
From   : "F. Haroon" <haroonnet2002@...>
Subject: Re: The Micro Live - Jan 1985 - Downloadable

I try to register and I get 'This site is not open for public use'. 
Could you send us the file?

Fiaz.


--- Jason Thain <bbcmicro@...> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> You can download a 50 min episode of the above BBC2 programme here
> http://www.uknova.com/details.php?id=4473 (free registration
> required). It's
> nothing to do with me, I just saw it there.
> 
> I've downloaded it myself, and based on a quick skim through it does
> seem to
> have a few bits off BBC Micro in it. The full description is below.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Jason.
> 
> Micro Live - BBC2, January 1985 
> 
> Monthly programme presented by Ian McNaught-Davis and Lesley Judd. 
> 
> As well as the latest computer industry news, the main contents 
> include: 
> 
> - CRASH IN UK HARDWARE SALES: With the press predicting many hardware
> 
>   manufacturers will be going down the pan in 1985, the team decide
> to 
>   see if these rumours are true. Which home micro had the most sales 
>   during Christmas 1984? The Sinclair Spectrum, of course. Increasing
> 
>   its share of the market (of computers below one thousand pounds) to
> 
>   36%, with the C64 on 25%, and the Acorn Electron on 12%. 
> 
> - WORD PROCESSING: A number of popular micros of the day go head to 
>   head in the word processing stakes. 
> 
> - CELL PHONES: With cell phones in the UK just being launched, the 
>   team attempt to make the first televised transatlantic call using 
>   one, live on the show. American Micro Live reporter, Freth, looks 
>   into some of the weird and wonderful phones currently being sold in
> 
>   New York. 
> 
> - EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE: Fred Harris looks into educational software 
>   for young people. 
> 
> - INTEGRATED SOFTWARE CHALLENGE: Winners are announced 
> 
> - HOW SUPERCOMPUTERS ARE CHANGING THE WAY FILMS ARE MADE - The team 
>   look at `The Last Starfighter`. Freth reports from Hollywood. 
> 
> 
> Please try to seed this, and I'll continue to dig out more retro 
> footage in the not too distant future. 
> 
> Many thanks! 
> 
> Jabba 
> 
> Video: AVI, Size: 704 x 576, Length: 49:31, Archive Size: 823MB 
> 
> To get the latest version of divx, visit http://www.divx.com/divx/
> 
> 
> 


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