Making the most of the micro 1-5

United Kingdom, 1981

TV show
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Designed for new microcomputer users. Part 1: “The Versatile machine” 2: “Getting down to basic” deals with writing a computer program in BASIC. 3: “Strings and things” addresses the ability of the microcomputer to handle words as well as numbers. 4: “Introducing graphics”. 5: “Keeping a record”.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

David Allen

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

02:05:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323765

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/77800--making-the-most-of-the-micro-1-5/ |title=Making the most of the micro 1-5 |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=1 July 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}