# The Big Byte (1994) - Episode 9

Basia Bonkowski presents a series about information technology, designed to guide the novice and update the enthusiast in the sometimes confusing world of technology. Today's episode looks at electronic elections in Norway, your computer's memory and how it works, rock band INXS and their use of computer technology, use of spread sheets and talking computers, and Barbie computer game. Looks at computerised elections in Norway; Computerisation of band INXS; Computer illiterate survival guide; Speech recognition and speech synthesis at Apple; Spreadsheets; and Review of Barbie computer game for NES. Original air date on SBS TV Australia: Thursday, 19th May 1994, 7.30pm AEST. Recorded off-air to VHS from Discovery Channel Australia on Foxtel, August 1997. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Byte https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/TZP156358/

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1994
- By: The Big Byte Productions; SBS TV; TVNZ; STAR TV; Kotuku Productions; Pilot Productions UK
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheBigByte1994S1E9)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/TheBigByte1994S1E9?play=1)