![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols Pt 1
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Bill Joy: The Open System Imperative
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Harold Stone: Serializing in Parallel with a Combining Network
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Michael Mahon: H-P Precision Architecture
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| Roger Haken: Submicron BiCMOS Process Technology
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Roger Haken: Submicron CMOS Technology Scaling Issues
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Tilak Agerwala: Parallel Processing
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Tom Knight: Architectural Support for Symbolic Computers
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| William Clinger: Compiler Optimization for Symbolic Languages
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols Pt 2
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| A Paul Brokaw: A Transistor Voltage Reference...
Complete title "A Transistor Voltage Reference, and What the Band-Gap Has To Do With It" a_paul_brokaw.mpg
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Butler Lampson: Naming Service for a World-Wide Computer Network
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Daniel G Bobrow: Common LISP Object Standard
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Dan Ingalls: Object-Oriented Programming
Dan Ingalls lectures on Object-Oriented Programming. Tape #GB-02
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| David Nelson: Network Computing
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| G David Forney: Introduction to Modern Technology
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Ira Goldstein: Natural Language Access to Databases
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| John Backus: Function Level Programming and the FL Language
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Joseph Mundy: Model-Based Computer Vision
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Justin Rattner: Architectures and Technologies for Concurrent Supercomputing
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Nicholas Pippenger: Complexity of Addition
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Richard Blahut: Error Correcting Codes for Digital Signal Processing
richard_blahut.mpg *Please note: Apparent distortion of speakers voice at his peak is on original master and sample.
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Dr. Robert W Lucky: Introduction to Optical Communications - University Video Communications
University Video Communications Distinguished Lecture Series: Industrial Leaders In Electrical Engineering Dr. Robert W Lucky AT&T Bell Laboratories "Introduction to Optical Communications" Recorded October 28th, 1988 Tape #1123
Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| Ronald L Graham: The Shortest Network Problem
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Keywords: Technology: Computers: History
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| On Guard! The Story of SAGE - IBM Corporation, Military Products Division
Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War.
Keywords: Cold War; Electronics; Computers: History
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| Beginners Guide to PCs
An introduction to personal computers for newbies. Topics include the basic components of a PC, how to find tech support, managing memory, a guide to online forums, and a review of expansion slots. Guests include Jim Louderback of PC Week Labs. Originally broadcast in 1992.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1992; Television Programs; Computers: History
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| MIDI Music
A look at the new role of personal computers in making music. Products demonstrated include Super Jam from Blue Ribbon Soundworks, Encore for Windows from Passport Designs, EZ Vision and Studio Vision from Opcode Systems, and the Miracle Piano. The show incudes visits to the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and the annual National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention is Los Angeles...
Keywords: Episode Year: 1992; Television Programs; Computers: History
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| Random Access
For the first fifteen years of the Computer Chronicles, when it was still hard to find technology news on television, each episode would end with a five minute summary of the week's personal computer news. Reporters presenting Random Access each week included Maria Gabriel, Kate Megargee, Cynthia Steele, Wendy Woods, Janelle Stelson, and Laurie Anderson. These are examples of some of those broadcasts...
Keywords: Episode Year: Unknown; Television Programs; Computers: History
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| Computer Games
A look at early computer games. Featured are Earl Weaver Baseball, Ferrari Formula One, Tower of Myraglen, and Shanghai. Includes a visit to Electronic Arts customer support department and an interview with author and game designer Douglas Adams. Featured studio guests include game designers Richard Seaborne, Jeff Lefferts, and Brodie Lockard. Originally broadcast in 1988.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1988; Television Programs; Computers: History; Gaming
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| Computer Games
A look at some of the leading computer games in the late 1980's. Demonstrations include Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, Accolade's Mean 18 golf game, Apache Strike, Beyond Dark Castle, The Other Side, and Strategic Conquest. Also features an early look at CompuServe's on line game playing. Originally broadcast in 1988.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1989; Television Programs; Computers: History; Gaming; CompuServe
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| Amiga and Atari
How much computer can you get at the bottom end of the market - comparison between the Commodore Amiga and the Atari 520ST.Guests: Rick Geiger, Commodore; Tim Mott, Electronic Arts; Bryan Kerr, Atari; Jim Tittsler, Atari; Lewis Moore, Home Computing; George Morrow, Morrow Computing; Gary Kildall, Digital Research; Tim Bajarin, Creative StrategiesProducts/Demos: Atari 800, Commodore 64, Amiga IBM PC Emulator, Commodore Amiga, Atari 520, STNEO Paint
Keywords: Episode Year: 1985; Television Programs; Computers: History; amiga; atari
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| Computer Bowl X - Part 2
The conclusion of this annual quiz show classic on computer trivia in which East meets West. East team: Seth Godin, Walt Mossberg, Ken Wasch, Mike Zisman, and Robert Ziff. West team: Marc Andreesen, Scott Cook, Bill Krause, Michael Slade, Denise Caruso. Hosts: Stewart Cheifet and John Ratzenberger.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1992; Television Programs; Computers: History; Computer Bowl
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| Astronomy Software
Computer programs for the amateur astronomer plus tools for tracking Halley's Comet.Guests: Evan Scharf, Scharf Software Sys; Robin Raskin, Family Computing; Gary Kildall, Digital Research; Bob Peterson, College of Marin; Steve Vogt, Lick ObservatoryProducts/Demos: Tellstar, StarSoft HalleyComet Halley
Keywords: Episode Year: 1986; Television Programs; Computers: History; astronomy; space
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| Baseball Software
A review of computer programs for baseball fans. Includes Intelliplay Baseball, APBA Presents Baseball for Windows, Baseball's Greatest Hits, Al Michaels Announces Hardball III, and Tony LaRussa Baseball II. Originally broadcast in 1993.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1993; Television Programs; Computers: History; baseball; sports; games
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| Bill Gates Profile
An up close and personal profile of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Includes comments by John Gage, Sun Microsystems; David Kirkpatrick, Fortune Magazine; Tony Perkins, Red Herring; Mitchell Kertzman, Liberate Technologies; Alex Vieux, Dasar. Originally broadcast in 1998.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1998; Television Programs; Computers: History; bill gates; microsoft
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| Asian Clones
In the late 1980's, Taiwan was the world's leading producer of scanners, monitors, and many other computer products. This program goes to Taiwan to look at the center of the Asian computer industry. Included are visits to leading domestic computer companies such as Mitac, Microtek, Tatung, and Multitech (now Acer). Also coverage of American technology companies manufacturing in Taiwan such as Atari, Texas Instruments, and IBM...
Keywords: Episode Year: 1987; Television Programs; Computers: History; taiwan; taipei; asia
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| Computer Bowl X - Part 1
East meets West in this classic quiz show about computer trivia. East coast team: Seth Godin, Walt Mossberg, Ken Wasch, Mike Zisman, and Robert Ziff. West coast team: Marc Andreesen, Scott Cook, Bill Krause, Michael Slade, Denise Caruso. Guest questioner: John Ratzenberger. Host: Stewart Cheifet. Originally broadcast in 1998.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1998; Television Programs; Computers: History; Computer Bowl
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| Hypercard
One of the precursors of hypertext and hyperlinks was Hypercard, originally introduced by Apple in 1987. This program looks at the status of Hypercard applications including Hypercomposer, Take One, Culture 1.0, Mission: The Moon, SuperCard, and CAMEO. Guests include Apple Fellow and Hypercard creator Bill Atkinson. Originally broadcast in 1990.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1990; Television Programs; Computers: History; Hypertext; Hypercard; Apple
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| Hypertext
Apple's Hypercard 2.0 brought new sophistication to the concept of hypertext, and laid the groundwork for the powerful Internet concept of hyperlinks. This program looks at new hypertext based applications including Hypercard 2.0, Hyperties 3.0, Spinnaker's PLUS 2.0, and Guide 3.0. Originally broadcast in 1990.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1990; Television Programs; Computers: History; Hypertext; Hypercard; Apple
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| Input Devices
While we now take a computer mouse for granted, fifteen years ago there was still a debate about what would be the ultimate pointing device. This program reviews several options including the PowerMouse, the MousePenPortable, Wacom's Cordless Digitzer, MicroSpeed's PC-TRAC trackball, the first optical mouse PCMouse III from Mouse Systems, the OmniMac Ultra, Elographics MonitorMouse, and Mac'n Touch and the UnMouse from MicroTouch...
Keywords: Episode Year: 1990; Television Programs; Computers: History; Hardware; Mouse
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| Computer Bowl IV - Part Two
The conclusion of the fourth annual Computer Bowl contest in which techies from the east coast and the west coast challenge each other to see who knows more about computer trivia. Participants include John Warnock, John Shock, Heidi Roizen, Pamela McCorduck, Andy Rappaport, and Bill Machrone. The event took place in Boston. The questioners are Bill Gates and Stewart Cheifet. Originally broadcast in 1992.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1992; Television Programs; Computers: History; Computer Bowl; Bill Gates; Boston
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| Amiga 3000
For fans of the Commodore Amiga, the introduction of the new Amiga 3000 was big news, even though the price tag was nearly $4,000. This program looked at the new Amiga computer and new third party appplications. Demonstrations include the Amiga 3000, the Amiga 2500, the AmigaVision authoring system, The Animation Studio, and the Video Toaster from NewTek. Also includes a visit to FAUG, the First Amiga Users Group, in Palo Alto...
Keywords: Episode Year: 1988; Television Programs; Computers: History; amiga; commodore; video toaster
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| Amiga 2500
A look at the new Amiga models including the Amiga 2500 and new software and peripherals for the Amiga computers.Guests: Tom Stearns, Commodore; Lou Wallace, Amiga World; Dan Silva, Author; Jim Schneider, Inno; Vision; Gary Kildall, DRIProducts/Demos: Menace; Battle Chess; Amiga 2500 Deluxe Paint III, Video Effects 3D.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1989; Television Programs; Computers: History; amiga; commodore; battle chess
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| Computer Bowl Special 1995 - Arabic - Sara O'Brien
Arabic subtitled version of this program. Technology leaders from the East and West coasts go at it in the seventh annual Computer Bowl, a quiz show designed to see which team knows more about computer trivia. Guest questioner is Nicholas Negroponte. Contestants include Andy Herzfeld and Joseph Alsop. Originally broadcast in 1995.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1995; Television Programs; Computers: History; Computer Bowl; negroponte; computer museum; alsop; herzfeld
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| Artificial Intelligence
Expert systems, decision support software, and natural language communication.Guests: Harry Tennant, Texas Instruments; Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley; Gary Hendrix, Symantec; S. Jerrold Kaplan, Lotus Developmnt; Gary Kildall, Digital ResearchProducts/Demos: Personal Consultant, Q&A
Keywords: Episode Year: 1986; Television Programs; Computers: History; artificial intelligence; expert systems
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| Battle of the Browsers
Netscape and Microsoft go at it to dominate the Internet browser world. A look at Netscape Communicator 4.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, Real Networks RealSystem 5.0, and Construct's VRML 2.0. Originally broadcast in 1997.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1998; Television Programs; Computers: History; netscape communicator; internet explorer
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| Best Online Computer Games
In the late nineties the internet became a major venue for playing computer games. This program looked at several of the best examples. Demonstrations include Magic: The Gathering, gamers.com, the PGL (Professional Gamers League), Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone, and Underlight. Originally broadcast in 1998.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1998; Television Programs; Computers: History; games; online games; gamers
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| Best of COMDEX 1999
We have scouted the floor of the world's biggest computer trade show, COMDEX, in Las Vegas. We've invited the best of the best to come into our studio to give you an in-depth demonstration of the latest innovations in personal computing.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1999; Television Programs; Computers: History; Music; Companies: Compaq; Wireless: Bluetooth; Operating systems: Linux
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| Best of Comdex 1997
A review of new products introduced at the annual Comdex trade show in Las Vegas. Featured products include HP LaserJet 4000 printer, the Cyberstik virtual reality joystick, Crosspad which transfers written notes to your PC, and face recognition software called FaceIt PC. Also features highlights of the Bill Gates keynote address. Originally broadcast in 1997.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1998; Television Programs; Computers: History; comdex; trade show; las vegas; Bill Gates
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| Best of Comdex Spring 1999
A look at the best new products introduced at Spring Comdex. Demonstrations include the Cyrix WebPad, Instant Language 2000, the C-Pen, Avid Cinema for Windows, and Cult 3D. Also includes highlight from the keynote speeches of Microsoft's Bill Gates and Eckhard Pfeiffer of Compaq. Originally broadcast in 1999.
Keywords: Episode Year: 1999; Television Programs; Computers: History; comdex; bill gates; avid
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