Chippie

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The eponym of the show: a computer chip.

Chippie - the hr2 computer magazine was one of the first computer programs on ARD . The radio broadcast started in 1990 in the second program of the Hessischer Rundfunk . Initially, Chippie was broadcast unhaired together with the youth magazine Radio , later the magazine program was given its own one-hour slot on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m.

The name of the show is a slang expression for computer users that was common in Germany in the late 1980s . It is derived from “chip”, the short form for computer chip . The oldest contribution of the magazine broadcast recorded in the archive of the hr is entitled: “Of course computers can talk” (February 16, 1990) and comes from the science journalist Vivien Marx . The weekly program was moderated by Claudia Bultje and Patrick Conley, among others.

Chippie's topics included:

  • “Computers in Theater, Opera and Rock Concerts”, May 2, 1992
  • “Computers and Money”, September 5, 1992
  • "Computer and Sex", October 24, 1992
  • "Data Networks", July 2, 1994

Chippie ran for the last time on December 1, 1995 . The first computer magazine on German-speaking radio was Bit, byte, bitten (BR, 1985–1993). Today well-known programs from the field of computers and new media are Chaosradio (RBB) and Matrix (ORF).

literature

  • Barbara Krebs: Chippie - the computer magazine. In: PCpur & TEST Magazin , vol. 5, no.3 (March 1992): p. 154.

Web links

Wiktionary: Chippie  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Haller: "Dream of the perfect slave" , in: Der Spiegel , March 16, 1987, pp. 106–123.
  2. ^ Daniella Baumeister: Interview with Chippie presenter Patrick Conley. In: hr3-Freizeit , November 24, 1991.