The computer students of 1983 – what are they doing today? (Swiss Press Online 2016, by Reto Widmer)

The computer students of 1983 – what are they doing today?

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2016

Reto Widmer

On YouTube, I discovered a video from the 1980s show "schweiz aktuell." It shows students at the Zil secondary school in St. Gallen programming computers. It was one of the first computer courses for students—and I wondered what the students in the video might be doing today. Finding the answers wasn't easy.

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Reto Widmer / Swiss Press Award

Reto Widmer

Redaktor/Journalist, Aarwangen, 1970

Journalist Thurgauer Volksfreund, Projektleiter Internet, Selbständigkeit, Redaktor Ringier, Fachredaktor Digital DRS, Fachredaktor Digital SRF (www.srf.ch/wissen/digital), Redaktor Hintergrundsendung Input SRF 3 (www.srf.ch/input)

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The computer students of 1983 – what are they doing today? (Swiss Press Online 2016, by Reto Widmer) - Swiss Press Award