8 Mar
2023
8 Mar
'23
5:54 p.m.
I like that you've included machines like the HP and IBM - sometimes these
histories start with the Altair as being the first one at an affordable
price, but I'm sure those desktop machines got to a lot of scientific homes
before the enthusiasts machines began to appear.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 5:05 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Tarek,
This is awesome, Steve. First of all please give
a high five to your
middle-schooler daughter whom you had her help make such a high
quality video. I assume that such videos will
also be shared at schools,
and your daughter’s friends. It would help raise awareness on
the history of computers that ultimately led to
today’s devices and
software. For once, our kids can say “aha, so this is where home computers
came from?” :)
You got it, the hope is to help awareness and be something acceptable for
schools to use. And part of this started when my daughter asked me "what
was the first home computer?" I just couldn't give a simple answer :)
She did the background (her signature is at the bottom left, "Carrion" --
and its subtle, but the gray at the top and bottom was intended to
represent silica sand) and picked most of the system arrangement.
Thanks!
Steve
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 9:25 AM Tarek Hoteit via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
This is awesome, Steve. First of all please give
a high five to your
> middle-schooler daughter whom you had her help make such a high quality
> video. I assume that such videos will also be shared at schools, and your
> daughter’s friends. It would help raise awareness on the history of
> computers that ultimately led to today’s devices and software. For once,
> our kids can say “aha, so this is where home computers came from?” :)
> In terms of content, I love the wealth of photos that are included. I can
> see that a lot of research was made for each item. As for the chronology
of
events or machines, there is never a 100%
accurate story. Adrian, talked
about US, UK, and Japan influence Yes but then what’s the fine line of
telling the story without getting too long and too technical. I think you
managed to strike a good balance in your video in terms of content and
machines. Well done!
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
On Mar 8, 2023, at 3:25 AM, Steve Lewis via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> 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