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I'll call out one channel that I haven't seen on this thread -- the Computer History Museum in Mountain View publishes some astonishing oral history videos, pre
by timsneath 8y ago
I'll call out one channel that I haven't seen on this thread -- the Computer History Museum in Mountain View publishes some astonishing oral history videos, presentations and other footage. So many of the challenges that pioneers faced in the past have historical resonance; and unlike almost any other major human revolution, the pioneers of our space are captured in video that is readily available to all.
So you can hear the likes of Fred Brooks talking about IBM's approach to unifying operating system interfaces with System/360[1], Bjarne Stroustrup describing the origins of C++ [2], or watching Charles Simonyi and Tom Malloy demonstrating Bravo, the Xerox PARC document writer [3].
Some quite astonishing material hidden in their archive that hasn't in my view had nearly the audience it deserves.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0_Lzb1CJw&t=5422s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0_Lzb1CJw&t=5422s)
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69edOm889V4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69edOm889V4
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Na1SJXSBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Na1SJXSBg