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Interviewer:

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Gorightaheadandthankyoufortheinterview.

That'

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comeandseetheshow.

Nowfirstwemustidentifythepartsofthishomecomputersystem.Beforewecansetupthesystem,wemustallknowwhatthenamesofthedifferentpartsofthecomputerareandwhattheydo.SofirstI'

mgoingtotellyouthenamesofthepartsandwhattheyareusedforinahomecomputersystem.

First,andmostimportantofall,isyourinstructionmanual.Canyouallseethat?

Theinstructionmanualisthebookofinstructions—ittellsyouhowtosetupyoursystemandthenhowtouseit.OK?

Next,themonitor.Themonitoristhepartthateveryonecanrecognizeimmediatelybecauseitlooksjustlikeatelevision.Themonitorshowsyoutheinformationyouhavetypedinonthescreen.Youcanchangetheinformation,moveitaroundortakeitaway,whileitisonthescreen.Right?

Now,whenyouhavefinishedworkingwithyourinformationandyouwantacopyofthisonpaper,thenyouhavetousetheprinter.Theprinterprintsoutonpaperwhatyouhaveonthemonitorscreen.Thenyouhaveacopyofyourworkonpaper.

Nowthekeyboard.Thekeyboardcontainstheactualcomputeranditlooksjustlikeatypewriter.Eachpieceonthekeyboardiscalledakey.Youhavekeysforletters（a,b,cetc.）andkeysforinstructionstothecomputer.Youhavetobeabletotypeifyouwanttouseacomputerproperly.

Nowwhathavewegotleft?

Ahyes,the2floppydiscsandthediscdrive.Thediscdriveisquitesimple—it'

sthepartofthesystemthatoperatesthefloppydiscs,wesayitpowersthefloppydiscs.Youputthefloppydiscsintothediscdriveandthediscdrivemakesthemwork.

Sofinally,thetwofloppydiscs.Youneedtwobecausethefirstonecontainstheprogramme—thatis,theinstructions—andthesecondiswhereyoutypeinyourinformationandwheretheprogramworksonthisinformation.Soyoureallyworkonthesecondfloppydisc:

then,whenyouarereadytoprint,theprintertakeseverythingfromthesecondfloppydiscandprintsoutwhatyouhavedone.

Now,isthatclear?

Arethereanyquestions?

There'

snodoubtthatthecomputerhasenlargedman'

sworkingcapacityaswellashisintellectualcapacityenormously.Er...butitbringswithitdangerstomatchthebenefits.Nowbythis,Imeandangertophysicalandmentalwell-beingofthepeoplewhoworkatcomputerterminals,notthedangerstopersonalprivacyornationalorindustrialsecurity.

soneveryalarmingsetofstatisticswhichcomefromasurveydoneintheUKon800pregnantwomen,whohappenedtousecomputerterminalsforamajorpartoftheirworkingday.Innolessthan36%ofthesubjectstherewassomesevereabnormalityduringthepregnancy,enoughtomakeaterminationnecessary.Nowthesefigurescomparesignificantlywithacontrolgroupofpregnantwomenofthesameagebutwhodidnotworkwithcomputerterminals.Theincidenceofsevereabnormalitiesintheircasewasonly16%.ThissurveyconfirmssimilarinvestigationscarriedoutinDenmark,Canada,AustraliaandtheUSA.Now,nooneyethasaclearideaabouttheexactconnectionbetweenworkingwithcomputerterminalsandtheproblemswithpregnancy,butthefiguresatleastsuggestthatthere'

s,well,acauseforalarm.

Inmoregeneralterms,increasedstressanddisturbancestovisionhavebeennotedinworkersexposedforlongperiodstothevideoscreen,andinmanycountriestradeunionsofworkersinvolvedwithcomputershavelaiddownthe