1982
23:39UNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use -- AT&T Archives film from 1982, Bell Laboratories
499K views • 12 years ago
AT&T Tech Channel
A 1982 AT&T Bell Labs film for students about the Unix system and how it can be used practically. It includes Lorinda Cherry building a talking calculator by piping together Unix commands, and a spell checker made from Unix utilities.
27:27AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System
2.2M views • 14 years ago
AT&T Tech Channel
A 1982 Bell Labs film hosted by Victor Vyssotsky on the origins and design philosophy of the UNIX operating system, with appearances by Kernighan, Thompson and Ritchie. It shows pipes, filters and a shell one-liner spell checker being built.
25:23The Computer Programme (1): It's Happening Now (Introduction to Computing)
84K views • 14 years ago
Jesús Zafra (Lobogris)
The first episode of the BBC's 1982 television series The Computer Programme, introducing home computing to a general audience. It surveys mainframes, early personal computers such as the BBC Micro and Commodore PET, and the changing computer market of the time.