Fifty Years Ago .... from the pages of Computer Weekly

24th April 1975 computing, compiled by TNMOC volunteer archivist, Brian Aldous.

A selection of stories from Computer Weekly from 24th April 1975. The full archive of Computer Weekly can be seen at TNMOC, where there are special rolling displays of front pages from 25 and 40 years ago.

OCR data capture for £1,300: A complete OCR data capture system for as little as £1,300, something which would have been thought a ridiculous impossibility at one time, is now available and offered to a wide range of potential users by Senosa Ltd, which has successfully interfaced its Directdata 16 terminal with the Recognition Equipment hand-held OCR wand. The Directdata 16, comprises a portable shoulder bag magnetic tape data collection unit linked to a hand-held data entry keyboard. Data collected on cassette can be transmitted later to central location for processing. (CW 442 24/4/1975 p40)