# ABC Clarke predicts internet and PC

IN 1974 Arthur C. Clarke told the ABC that every household in 2001 will have a computer console and be connected all over the world. (Note that the system described here—a dumb terminal connected to a central computer for all information services—is closer to a late-1970s videotex system than the modern Internet and World Wide Web.)

ABC Perspective: 'C for Computer', first broadcast on 29.5.1974

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1974
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: ARTHUR C CLARKE PREDICTS THE INTERNET provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ABC_Clarke_predicts_internet_and_PC.ogv)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 3.0 au](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/deed.en) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: ARTHUR C CLARKE PREDICTS THE INTERNET provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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