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I have an ancient memory of this show wherein Billy says "Word processing? That sounds like FOOD processing!" I have not yet been able to refind this moment, ev
by bitwize 2y ago
I have an ancient memory of this show wherein Billy says "Word processing? That sounds like FOOD processing!" I have not yet been able to refind this moment, even going through the YouTube archives.
But going through those videos made me wistful. It was like Mr. Wizard (of whom I was also a fan back then): concise, friendly, encyclopedic explanations of both how to do things with the computers of the day, and of how the machines actually worked. For example, explaining the CPU as a little filing clerk inside the machine who receives instructions on what to do with the numbers stored in the vast array of numbered filing cabinets (i.e., the RAM). The videos interposing the bits with Luba and Billy also had a lovely early-80s "analog aesthetic", akin to Sesame Street.