Talking to a machine. (Record no. 30372)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01308nam a2200169 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 00330418 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | PWmBRO |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20180323223657.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 000000n 00000 eng u |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Talking to a machine. |
| 300 #1 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | Videocassette (VHS)(ca. 25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. |
| 500 0# - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Fifty years ago, steam organs and agricultural machines were in common everyday use. Today, they're just beautifully preserved collector's items. Just as they made people redundant they, in their turn, were replaced. But even so, outdated as they are we can still see them working in the same principles on which much of today's computer technology is based. They're not really steam organs at all- it was the steam engine which drove the generator which powered the pump which produced the air which made the music. Provided you knew how to "program" it, the steam organ could churn out music twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, in any style or tune you wanted. The secret was a pattern of holes in a piece of cardboard and it's the placing of these holes in their exact position that ensured the organ played a certain piece and not the national anthem. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Computer programs. |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Programming (Electronic computers). |
| 700 10 - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McNaught-Davis, Ian. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from |
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| Matheson Library | Matheson Library | 004 COM | 034571 | 2018-03-23 | 2018-03-23 |