SO - To return to the video feedback - I think the author should comment on the evolution of what "Home Computing" is/was, the evolution in demographics of the home computer user, the cost, etc. Needs perspective Bill
On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 2:41 PM Bill Degnan <billdeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > My point was that "home computing" does not equal playing computer games > at home. That is something that evolved into the early 90's. Games were > much less of a thing in home computing of the 70's. THere are always > exceptions, there are always variations. It's not that games weren't there > either, it's just that economically if you wanted to play games in the 70;s > you bought a console or went to the arcade. Home computer games were > inferior in the earliest versions > b > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 2:37 PM Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 7:25 PM >> > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org >> > Cc: Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> >> > Subject: [cctalk] Re: on the origin of home computers >> > >> > >> > > On Mar 8, 2023, at 2:13 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > There is ample evidence of people doing personal computing before the >> > > microprocessor was invented. There was a whole terminal/time sharing >> > > scene in the late 60s, plus people who did personal computung by using >> > > the machine at a school, work, or library. There were also people >> > > whonowned surplussed minicomputers who used them at home. I think you >> > > should consider mentioning this somehow. >> > > >> > > Really, your video is about personal computers with a microprocessor >> > > installed. >> > > >> > > A person from the 70s would not look at computing the same as we do >> today. >> > > The larger consumer of "home computers" were doing engineering type >> > > work, not so much playing games. Even the apple/tandy/commodore >> users. >> > >> > Conversely, computer games predates home computers by a decade or so; >> the >> > PLATO system is a major source of early games, documented in several >> places. >> >> Computer Games are almost as old as (Turing Complete) Computers. Alan >> Turing >> insisted that the Manchester/Ferranti MK1 had a Random Number generator. >> Christopher Strachey wrote a tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses to the >> English) program which displayed its output in patterns on the MK1 screen. >> In 1951 he wrote a checkers/draughts program for the Mk1. >> He also wrote the "love letters" program..... >> .. Turing was thinking about Chess but he couldn't fit it in the MK1.... >> >> > >> > paul >> >> Dave >> >>
