Datorisering och datapolitik, Mats Bäck, 1983 page 74-90

The computer will be working in all areas in the society.

The military had very much to do with the development of the first computers. We have already read about the Los Alamos-project.

Nevertheless, what else can be done with the computer instead of using it for military purpose? Mats Bäck is writing and discussing about phenomena what to day in 1999 are really for us and sin one way perhaps a utopia in 1983. He writes about text- TV as a new way of deliver information to handicapped people, e-mail a new way of sending a mail instead of using the ordinary mail. Instead, the mail will be sent between a telefaksimil and a telefax.

The basic components in a Word processing systems are the kernel in the automated office. Are electronic typewriters with memory and automatic printing. Other facilities are as well possibility to change and edit a text. The users have if she or he wants it chance to save their work on a secondary memory.

He talks about two different types of computer system,

First computer controlled system, the work is under total control of the computer and second, computer supported system, the computer will deliver material to managers so that they can make their manual decision.

Submitted: Hans- Peter Ask