On 10/08/2015 01:44 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
Unfortunately SVT Öppet Arkiv is not available to anyone outside
Sweden, which is a pity. A great source.
This interest for computers and election vigils come from the fact
that I had a email conversation with a person that was involved when
DEC won the contract to for the election in 1976 in Sweden for SVT.
He was involved in adapting the VT30 system for TV use. Genlock and
stuff.
I found three clips in Öppet Arkiv which I trimmed down heavily.
These shows tend to be quite long anyhow. I hope SVT is not getting
mad now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDoFM3hfbic
Interesting. Anent that, here's a nice article about the use of
computers in a US Presidential election in 1952:
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2012/10/31/163951263/the-night-a-computer-predicted-the-next-president
I wonder if there aren't still some congressional districts where votes
are counted by hand in the US.
--Chuck
