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APL demonstration 197528:00

APL demonstration 1975

111K views • 13 years ago
Imperial College London
A 1975 live demonstration of the APL language by Imperial College professor Bob Spence, showing a REPL on a modified typewriter terminal and APL's appeal to non-programmers.
Word Association - Saturday Night Live2:58

Word Association - Saturday Night Live

4.1M views • 13 years ago
Saturday Night Live
A 1975 Saturday Night Live sketch in which Chevy Chase gives Richard Pryor a word association test during a job interview, escalating into trading racial slurs. It is a landmark piece of racial satire.
CIA Officer Frank Snepp Discusses Planting Stories in Vietnam16:48

CIA Officer Frank Snepp Discusses Planting Stories in Vietnam

96K views • 9 years ago
Witness to War
Former CIA officer Frank Snepp describes how, working in Vietnam from 1969 to 1975, he planted stories in major newspapers to support Agency goals. He notes that some younger reporters refused to take the bait.
DEC LAB-8/e (PDP-8/e) playing music4:06

DEC LAB-8/e (PDP-8/e) playing music

50K views • 18 years ago
Philipp Hachtmann
A 1971 DEC LAB-8/e (PDP-8/e) minicomputer plays music by inducing noise into a nearby AM radio. The software is Richard Wilson's 1975 Music Compiler running under OS/8.