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In <5597@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL> zaft@nswses.navy.mil (Gordon C Zaft) writes:
>                            I think ACM decided the "Computer Chronicles"
>(I *think* that's what it is) was a worthwhile thing to get involved
>with ...

It's a much more exciting project than that.  It's actually a series of
six hour-long programs entitled `The Information Age', scheduled for
prime time broadcast in the U.S. and throughout the world in 1991.
It is being produced by the WGBH Science Unit, producer of `Nova', and
the BBC.

From the letter that the ACM sent to all members about the project:

	`The Information Age' ... will show viewers ... why ``the computer
	story'' is as much about us as it is about our technology.

	From the first episode: `The Dawn of the Computer Age', - which
	chronicles the role of such visionaries as ACM founder John
	Mauchley, co-inventer of ENIAC, - to the final installment:
	`Inventing the Future', millions of people will learn about the
	scientists, engineers, industrial pioneers and entrepreneurs
	whose work and determination changed forever the way we process
	information and the way we think.

I'm looking forward to seeing this series and, yes, I've already made
my $15 contribution.
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