1979: BEHOLD! The LASER-OPERATED Future of SHOPPING | Nationwide | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

"Suddenly, the whole cosy world of the cash register, has been turned upside down."

Nationwide's Luke Casey looks at the impact the microprocessor is having on our shopping experience. From extraordinary developments in the field of cash register technology, to the implementation of tills equipped with laser scanners, the pace of change is startling.

Britain is famously a nation of shopkeepers, but will British industry be able to adapt to this new world of high-tech shopping? Luke attends the unveiling of the CC148 - the first British designed and manufactured electronic, digital cash register - which it is hoped will help make Britain a player in this futuristic new shopping world.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, Wednesday 10 October, 1979.





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