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@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@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@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 > > >
