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Computer Mart in Waltham

Description: Inside Computer Mart in Waltham. Customer tries out Sorcerer program. Employee in back room tinkers with electronic components. Stands display personal computing magazines and manuals. Altair 8800 CPU. Printer types left to right and right to left. Strip mall storefront with 'for lease' sign. Interview with proprietor about outgrowing the location because personal computer business has multiplied rapidly. He sells systems to hobbyists and small businesses in cost range of $1,000 to $20,000.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1978

Electric car / fuel efficiency

Description: Experimental prototype of electric General Motors car “Electrovette.” Batteries in open section behind seats. Dashboard gauge indicating charge level. Electrical connections under hood. Amp meter. DC plug. Interview with GM official about improving fuel efficiency. He says it costs $1 billion for every half mile improvement in gas mileage for fleet average. Talks about complying with government regulations on emissions standards. Does not foresee the demise of the personal automobile due to dwindling oil supply; quotes Walter Reuther on car ownership as “our fifth freedom.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/27/1978

Electronic tune-up

Description: Interview with Marshall Paisner, originator of electronic tune-up business. Offers fixed price oil and lubrication service. He also established Scrub-A-Dub car wash. His success derives from standardization and uniformity to keep costs down. Inside Tuner-Up shop in Natick, mechanic connects sensor cables and probes in engine compartment to diagnose adjustments needed. Readings are printed out.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1978

Food irradiation, Part 1

Description: Food irradiation at Army Research and Development Lab in Natick. Linear accelerator using cobalt-60. Food treated to to extend shelf life by killing bacteria. Dr. Abner Salant, director of food engineering, talks about obstacles to FDA approval of process because of current safety and storage regulations. Study has been going on for 25 years, during which testing threshold has been raised. reel 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1978

Food irradiation, Part 2

Description: Interview continued with Dr. Abner Salant about food irradiation at Army Research and Development Lab in Natick. He affirms absolutely no danger in process, not carcinogenic. More energy efficient and less damaging to food than conventional sterilization and canning methods. He explains process: 1) With heat, deactivate enzymes that catalyze food. 2) Vacuum pack (hermetically seal) to eliminate oxygen that brings about rancidity. 3) Pass through radiation to kill microorganisms that decay the food. Nitrites not needed to control growth of botulism bacteria. Samples of irradiated meat products on plates. reel 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/08/1978

MIT astronomy lab

Description: MIT astronomy lab environs. Racks of big reels of computer data. LED display on Heathkit unit. Students at keyboards with CRT monitors. Plotter printer. Equations on chalkboard. Shelves of round disk packs with clear plastic covers; student removes one from drive. Oscilloscope. Computer commands being typed out on printer. Handwritten charts on wall. Observations notebooks titled “Worldwide X-ray burst watch.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1978

Newsroom technology, Part 1

Description: Newsroom of South Middlesex News. VDTs (video display terminals) outnumber electric typewriters. Wire machines. Paste-up artists crop photos with exacto knife, lay out pages. Several people smoke as they work. Computer punch tape in ribbons on floor. Man working at phototypesetting machine. reel 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/11/1978

Newsroom technology, Part 2

Description: Editor Bob Moore at South Middlesex News shows how copy is typed, formatted and corrected on VDT monitor, new electronic equipment to the newsroom. Close-up of hands on computer keyboard. He inserts numerical codes for type size, headline size, column width. “Makes for better typing…no more proofreaders…reporters love it…it lifts them psychologically.” Paper has been largely eliminated from the newsroom. Composing room jobs reduced and people retrained. Cost savings put toward buying the technology and enhancing the editorial staff. Cartoonist working in pen and ink; his drawings posted on the wall. reel 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/11/1978

Prime Computer

Description: Prime Computer exterior in Framingham. Inside assembly plant. Automated equipment stamps capacitors into printed circuit board. Woman assembling integrated circuit board by hand. Other workers solder tiny parts. Pan of plant floor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/26/1978

Speak & Spell

Description: Little girl uses Speak & Spell computer toy with synthesized voice. Interview with man from Texas Instruments about development of this learning tool game with integrated speech, and on future applications of speech recognition and synthesis technology.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/25/1978