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''it's hard to believe but in 1980 there were no copy machines in Hungary or anywhere else in Eastern Europe. | ''it's hard to believe but in 1980 there were no copy machines in Hungary or anywhere else in Eastern Europe. The Communist party banned photocopiers because of how quickly they could distribute information potentially harmful to the regime.'' | ||
: Misha Glenny, ''The Rise of the Iron Men'': (episode 1: Public Enemy No. 1.) | : Misha Glenny, ''The Rise of the Iron Men'': (episode 1: Public Enemy No. 1.) | ||
===Digitisation of information: a history=== | ===Digitisation of information: a history=== | ||
In his fabulous 1970s television series ''[[Connections]]'', {{author|James Burke}} traced the origins of the modern computer back to the [[Jacquard loom]], the revolutionary silk-weaving machine Joseph Marie Jacquard perfected in 1804. Jacquard used removable punch-cards to “program” the weaving process, in much the same way a self-playing piano reads a punched card to pay a tune. | In his fabulous 1970s television series ''[[Connections]]'', {{author|James Burke}} traced the origins of the modern computer back to the [[Jacquard loom]], the revolutionary silk-weaving machine Joseph Marie Jacquard perfected in 1804. Jacquard used removable punch-cards to “program” the weaving process, in much the same way a self-playing piano reads a punched card to pay a tune. | ||