[cctalk] Re: on the origin of home computers

On Mar 8, 2023, at 10:09 AM, W2HX via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: I loved it. I would only suggest a human narrator like your daughter would be great. But I don't like the computer generated narration (I am right about the computer narrator, aren't I?). -----Original Message----- From: Steve Lewis via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 11:54 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; Cc: Steve Lewis &lt;lewissa78(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: [cctalk] Re: on the origin of home computers Adrian, Thanks, yeah that was a left over to compare an alternate ending. One idea is to make it such that the video can "loop" seamlessly for continuous play, at say a museum. And the plan is to put it under Creative Commons since I'm told that's the best way to help ensure it can be re-used without question. The plan was to keep it to 10min - at one point we had it up to 30min!! Minus the inadvertent excess, it'll be exactly 15min. A part2 might focus more on the Z80 and 6502 lines themselves, or I was thinking a kind of bio on the actual engineers involved ("the names and faces"). Canada is represented also :) And I just recalled, the "TK-80" (training kit Z80 board) is also a "made in Japan" item (and led to the PC-8001 in '79), it probably needs a flag (and I wanted to show a France flag for the Micral-N -- but in the effort to keep it closer to 10min, we just couldn't cover every item to keep a reasonable tempo). So then we debated to not have popup flags at all, but I felt it was important to note that there was international involvement here. -Steve > On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 5:55 AM Adrian Godwin via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: > > Not really technical, but a couple of presentation points : > > > It seems to be common to consider Youtube videos more approachable if > they're up to about 10 minutes long. You might benefit by splitting it > into > 2 parts. > > And even further off topic .. I see that the pictorial guide includes > machines from GB and Japan (and I think a Sharp is mentioned in the > description). Although GB was heavily influenced by USA machines it > did have it's own distinct history and so, I think, did Japan. Russia > also had clones of well known machines and their own designs. Did any > other countries have a history that was more complex than picking the > best known parts of the international trade ? > > > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:24 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk < > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> We're making final touches on a short history-video we've been >> making > about >> home computers (my daughter, in middle school, has been helping). >> >> If anyone has time/interest to do a review, the draft listing is here: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mgSVJZoFc >> >> Unless anyone spots a gross technical error, we're hoping to render >> the final sometime this weekend or sometime this month. >> >> Thanks, >> Steve >> >