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The Silicon Factor (1980) [video]

21 points by klelatti 6y ago

the-dude 6y ago
"The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported."
- betamaxthetape 6y ago
  Make sure you're not blocking cookies - if you have cookies blocked, you'll get that error. (Not that I agree that you should need to allow cookies to watch a video, but that seems to be the reality of the internet right now).
leoc 6y ago
The link to the website was posted recently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22683158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22683158 . Reposting my earlier comment on it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22695866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22695866 : > This wave of computer-literacy programming was actually started by a series from the BBC's commercially-funded rival ITV, Christoper Evans' The Mighty Micro. http://www.retro-now.com/the-mighty-micro-itvs-forgotten-computer-program http://www.retro-now.com/the-mighty-micro-itvs-forgotten-com... (Wayback: https://web.archive.org/web/20191224064630/http://www.retro-now.com/the-mighty-micro-itvs-forgotten-computer-program/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191224064630/http://www.retro-...) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqrLFTwrYemNYgb-hPXd3Kiwe0L8vuyIr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqrLFTwrYemNYgb-hPXd3... (Evans also appears as a guest in the CLP's The Silicon Factor. https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/b5047fb21312089c95fdf482cda3c697 https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/b5047fb21312089c95fdf482cda3c697) > I wonder if anyone has chased down people who remember Dick Brodner's circa-1980 home-automation setup in his Chicago house https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/e0417b82d1c1a84345852bf21916073e https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/e0417b82d1c1a84345852bf21916073e , or found out what became of it or if anything remains of it?
- klelatti 6y ago
  Thanks. Posted as although I was around at the time I wasn't really particularly aware that any chip manufacturing was going on in the UK - with the possible exception of Ferranti who did the Spectrum ULA. I think INMOS did quite a bit of manufacturing later but not aware of any left in the UK now.

21 points by klelatti 6y ago

the-dude 6y ago

"The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported."

betamaxthetape 6y ago
Make sure you're not blocking cookies - if you have cookies blocked, you'll get that error. (Not that I agree that you should need to allow cookies to watch a video, but that seems to be the reality of the internet right now).

leoc 6y ago

The link to the website was posted recently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22683158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22683158 . Reposting my earlier comment on it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22695866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22695866 : > This wave of computer-literacy programming was actually started by a series from the BBC's commercially-funded rival ITV, Christoper Evans' The Mighty Micro. http://www.retro-now.com/the-mighty-micro-itvs-forgotten-computer-program http://www.retro-now.com/the-mighty-micro-itvs-forgotten-com... (Wayback: https://web.archive.org/web/20191224064630/http://www.retro-now.com/the-mighty-micro-itvs-forgotten-computer-program/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191224064630/http://www.retro-...) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqrLFTwrYemNYgb-hPXd3Kiwe0L8vuyIr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqrLFTwrYemNYgb-hPXd3... (Evans also appears as a guest in the CLP's The Silicon Factor. https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/b5047fb21312089c95fdf482cda3c697 https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/b5047fb21312089c95fdf482cda3c697) > I wonder if anyone has chased down people who remember Dick Brodner's circa-1980 home-automation setup in his Chicago house https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/e0417b82d1c1a84345852bf21916073e https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/e0417b82d1c1a84345852bf21916073e , or found out what became of it or if anything remains of it?

klelatti 6y ago
Thanks. Posted as although I was around at the time I wasn't really particularly aware that any chip manufacturing was going on in the UK - with the possible exception of Ferranti who did the Spectrum ULA. I think INMOS did quite a bit of manufacturing later but not aware of any left in the UK now.