Get comfy and watch the Computer Chronicles friends.
Young-folks please don't get to sad about how awesome things used to be; I'm sure people will look at the 2000's with similar fondness...maybe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Chronicles
https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerChroniclesYT
>>51937494
>mfw Gary Kindall
fuck you ibm
bummmmpppp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc2dfpMg0_U
Play along /g/, how good can you do?
>>51939992
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc2dfpMg0_U
Heh. Back when the center of the computer universe was still on the East Coast...
(though the writing was already on the wall...)
>>51940024
I wonder if the equivalent of these people now a days would have this kind of extensive knowledge.
Then again they would never do anything fun like this anymore; for maybe obvious reasons but maybe not.
Or maybe they would? I don't know, hopefully I am just being cynical.
>>51937494
wow. the history. Ardent and Stellar in the same room.
They merged to become Stardent, and promptly got put out of business by SGI, which lasted a few years before commodity PC graphics hardware caught up and put them out of business in turn.
Also, LOL at young Bill Joy.
>>51940120
>Then again they would never do anything fun like this anymore; for maybe obvious reasons but maybe not.
Not true at all. It's just a much bigger industry than it used to be. 'Big events' are proportionally much smaller.
>>51937494
Looks cool. Bookmarked the channel for later.
>>51940170
So you are saying that the heads of very relevant companies would get together and do a gameshow for fun?
>>51940316
>So you are saying that the heads of very relevant companies would get together and do a gameshow for fun?
Up and coming companies, sure.
Bump for interested people
>>51937494
Thanks, OP. Feels like Giftmas!
>>51940120
>Or maybe they would? I don't know, hopefully I am just being cynical.
Isn't it what we do here every day?
>>51942579
I meant for the game show video I posted where a bunch of important industry people come together for a "East Coast Vs. West Coast" fun trivia game.
>>51939992
MITCH BE OWNING ALL YOU BITCHES
Was looking for a retro thread, but this'll do.
I'm looking for a forum about minicomputers/mainframes, a la PDP-8's or the Data General nova.
Anyone know the site I'm thinking of?
>>51942808
Is it this one?
http://www.old-computers.com/forum/frameset.asp
It's also available at archive.org, btw.
https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles
>>51939992
Ester is so cute and reasonable.
I will never get gf like that
I will never get a gf
>tfw 23
Fucking kill me
Watched most of the episodes a couple years back. Really cool stuff.
![The Computer Chronicles - Computer Bowl I Part 1 (1988).mp4_snapshot_16.30_[2015.12.19_10.29.29].png](https://i.imgur.com/KmHTBkT.png "The Computer Chronicles - Computer Bowl I Part 1 (1988).mp4_snapshot_16.30_[2015.12.19_10.29.29].png")
>>51943537
;_;
>>51937576
It wasn't IBM's fault. It was Microsoft's fault, they murdered a genius
Thanks op, memories right here. Too bad Millennial trash will never know dat feeling. Also Bob Ross.
I fucking love listening to The Computer Chronicles at work. It's so god damn comfy.
By the way, if you haven't seen it already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaawXXqXExo
>>51945353
>>51937576
>it was IBM
>it was Microsoft
It was his own fucking fault.
IBM turned up on his doorstep, they wanted his OS, and he didn't think it would be a good idea to be there. His wife 'handled' it - by 'handled' it, basically she and her lawyer looked over the non-disclosure agreement IBM whipped out, and didn't agree to it. They sent IBM away, and IBM went back over to Microsoft, who didn't give them a second chance.
FYI, this is a really interesting book.
>>51942909
Doesn't look like it, pretty sure the one I saw was active.
I'll keep looking.
>>51946284
>>51942909
>>51942808
Fuck, looks like this one's probably it
vintage-computer.com
It's good enough at least.
Bump for people who don't know the joy yet.
>>51945405
brilliant!
>>51937494
dude i watch the shit out of this show, it's so fucking comfy
