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Computer History – A British View – Part 1 of 3
A British film about computers from 1969. It is presented here as a historical look at how computers used to be in the 1960's when PC's and Macs were over 10 years away. Shown in three parts. Sorry, but the 16mm print is rather battered! To my surprise this clip was featured in 'The Guardian' newspaper's Technology supplement on Thursday December 6th 2007.
Here's a bit of computer history and humor with one of Compaq Computer's ads. Compaq was trying to show its computer was compatible with IBM's personal computer. The ad showcases John Cleese comparing the Compaq Computer with a dead fish. See if you get the connection... and the dry humor.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
November 8th, 2011 - 00:49
@dragonwar524 They are weak and insignificant, that is why they are most likely to get nuked than USA, Russia, etc..
November 8th, 2011 - 01:31
@WarmongerWW3 iran is the only poor and weak country then?
November 8th, 2011 - 02:02
@dragonwar524 oh really? so why the new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) excludes Iran?
November 8th, 2011 - 02:40
Is it me or does every single person in this film fit some kind of stereotype “pigeon hole”? The banker, the farmer, the professor etc. These days its hard to do that.
November 8th, 2011 - 03:31
@WarmongerWW3 actually only they would not as they dont have any so they are not a threat so countries with nukes would be targeted before they got targeted themselves (or it would be cold war 2)
November 8th, 2011 - 03:46
@dragonwar524 Only poor and weak countries will be nuked.
November 8th, 2011 - 04:37
@WarmongerWW3 none wel get nuked
November 8th, 2011 - 05:16
0:54 maaan.
November 8th, 2011 - 05:51
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November 8th, 2011 - 06:07
Epic – minute 1:04
November 8th, 2011 - 06:15
@WarmongerWW3 Mud huts and stone tools.
November 8th, 2011 - 07:13
The era of modern computers owes much to the major advances made during the WW2 because of the war. Now imagine the spectacular machines that WW3 will create.
November 8th, 2011 - 07:19
1:12 guy was spot on
November 8th, 2011 - 08:02
Computers???Whatever happened to them!!!!
November 8th, 2011 - 08:15
To put Prof Sutherland’s comments in context, I googled his name and his university. The 1st page results included a google books page of New Scientist 9 Dec 1982 on which was highlighted an advert for a Post-doc in his research group. That’s so obscure as to be amazing, imagine what the chances would be of finding that information ten years ago.
Apparently, he was/is and experimental psychologist.
November 8th, 2011 - 09:01
Well done Prof. Sutherland, spot on.
Not sure if the information revolution is quite as profound as the industrial revolution though…. that said the we’re in the middle of it; I imagine it’ll take another 150 years before it can be looked on with any perspective.
November 8th, 2011 - 10:01
Very profetic.
November 8th, 2011 - 10:42
great, at first i thought it was gonna be a spoof!
November 8th, 2011 - 11:12
omg thats old
November 8th, 2011 - 11:25
Great upload, thanks.
November 8th, 2011 - 11:36
WOMEN TRY TO HARD TO BE SOO DUMB! …crazy brittish lesbians
November 8th, 2011 - 11:53
sexual info computer a.k.a porn
November 8th, 2011 - 12:41
Happy Birthday
Konrad Zuse
The genius from Z1-THE FIRST COMPUTER
November 8th, 2011 - 13:18
@paulthewhite dunno not sure. Anyone reading this have an answer?
November 8th, 2011 - 13:18
witness how much this world had change
November 8th, 2011 - 14:10
anybody else notice at 0:35 a flash of the chick talking in the beginning?
November 8th, 2011 - 14:53
lol I didnt know my desktop pc is also portable
November 8th, 2011 - 15:37
I hate this bitch.
November 8th, 2011 - 16:01
amiga was better
November 8th, 2011 - 16:15
Hello, Compaq! COOOOMMPAAAQ! *Bangs on desk*
I’ve got a fresh floppy disk for when you wake up, Compaq Computer!
*Bangs some more*
PRETTY PC WAKE UP!
*Drops on floor*
Now that’s what I call a dead parrot,er-Word Processor!
November 8th, 2011 - 16:35
GIVE ME THAT FISH! NOW!
November 8th, 2011 - 16:42
@MegaHumanbean It’s the same woman that introduces the commercial.
November 8th, 2011 - 17:01
0:28 for john cleese
November 8th, 2011 - 17:29
Wow 4MB thats like 3,5″ disks
And i was complaining that my portable hard drive only has 40GB of memory
November 8th, 2011 - 17:41
Four megabytes? I remember writing programs to fit in one kilobyte.
Well, I was nine years old.
November 8th, 2011 - 18:01
Hey, it’s Pamela Wallin!
November 8th, 2011 - 18:12
A powerful portable computer that doesn’t smell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAH!! Someone, gimme a tissue!!
November 8th, 2011 - 18:45
this is GREAT advertising, no matter how heavy the “laptop”.
kids: we didn´t even have cell phones then …
and JC did an exellent job.
November 8th, 2011 - 18:54
what the fuck is the stupid american bitch at the start? 0:28 for john cleese
November 8th, 2011 - 19:25
Surely the fish tastes better.
November 8th, 2011 - 20:23
I wonder what the price was for one of these brand new?
November 8th, 2011 - 20:58
pause at 0:36
dont bother spending 2 mins trying to pause at the right time, it’s just a boring picture of a woman
November 8th, 2011 - 21:17
@TheKillerbobrv no a megabite
November 8th, 2011 - 21:37
Classic British comedy <3
November 8th, 2011 - 21:55
@gtq838 Yeah well. In germany’s defense, I would have voted for Hitler. Dead jews, big ambitions… ummmmm… did I say dead jews?
November 8th, 2011 - 22:20
@Polybun lol, yeah everybody is too busy noising around in american politics to even acknowledge that every country has a tainted past. It is funny when germans poke fun at american politics though like they have a great track record of selecting quality leadership.
November 8th, 2011 - 22:51
It weights 22 lbs
and holds a little less than 3 Floppy Disks……
What a steal!!!
November 8th, 2011 - 23:21
@JustWickedSwede Hell I don’t know, the one with nut stains on her back. It’s not like I ask the names of the people I rape!
November 8th, 2011 - 23:30
@Polybun Which one of them?
November 9th, 2011 - 00:23
@gtq838 Hmm, they really did over do that french vacation.