Back in the 1960s, the digital age was still dawning.
The computer was something new, something
removed from great majority of us.

In corporate and government laboratories, learned
men in white coats carrying stacks of punched cards,
brought it questions in much the same manner as
the priests of ancient times consulted the Oracles.

This new marvel was referred to as the "electronic
computer" to differentiate it from men and women
who worked with data and whose tools were paper,
pencil, calculators and well-used erasers.

It was in this context that Richard Moore defined
the "electronic computer" for his 1960s Public
Television audience; and he speculated about how
it would change our lives.