typewriter
3:05IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter
1.1M views • 16 years ago
engineerguy
Bill Hammack of engineerguy uses slow motion video to show how the IBM Selectric typewriter works. He focuses on its fully mechanical digital-to-analog converter, which turns key presses into rotation of the type ball.
28:00APL 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.