Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Jeffrey Brace via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 7:59 AM wrote: > > This video just popped up in my YT view. It was posted a couple days ago. > > At the end of the video, a recap of several Xerox computer products are > shown. > > XEROX Word Processing Machines & Computers 1975 (Xerox 800 vintage promo > film) > >

Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Very cool! -- Anders Nelson On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:32 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 7/2/22 08:44, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: > > I remember hearing it in the UK before I emigrated to Canada - maybe it > > was a regional thing. > > > > I certainly saw

Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 7/2/22 08:44, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: > I remember hearing it in the UK before I emigrated to Canada - maybe it > was  a regional thing. > > I certainly saw a British telephone in one of the shots! J. Arthur Rank and his big gong. Veddy British! --Chuck

Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Also, Fuji Xerox in Japan, ca. 1962, initially a distributor of Rank Xerox products. For quite awhile, many of Xerox-branded small office copiers, were, in fact, made by Fuji. As of last year, Fuji (Fujifilm) has gone its own way, devoid of the Xerox tie-in.

Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
I remember hearing it in the UK before I emigrated to Canada - maybe it was  a regional thing. I certainly saw a British telephone in one of the shots! Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 On 2022-07-02

Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2022-07-02 11:24 a.m., Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 7/2/22 3:50 AM, D. Resor via cctalk wrote: This video just popped up in my YT view.  It was posted a couple days ago. XEROX Word Processing Machines & Computers 1975 (Xerox 800 vintage promo film) That was an interesting video,

Re: Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 7/2/22 3:50 AM, D. Resor via cctalk wrote: This video just popped up in my YT view. It was posted a couple days ago. XEROX Word Processing Machines & Computers 1975 (Xerox 800 vintage promo film) That was an interesting video, thank you for sharing Don. I don't know that I've ever heard

Xerox 800 Word Processor 1974 promo film

2022-07-02 Thread D. Resor via cctalk
This video just popped up in my YT view. It was posted a couple days ago. At the end of the video, a recap of several Xerox computer products are shown. XEROX Word Processing Machines & Computers 1975 (Xerox 800 vintage promo film) https://youtu.be/Zkl80BAiaIw Computer History Archive Don