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How Computers Work - Journey Into The Walk-Through Computer

[Recorded 1990] How Computers Work: A Journey Into The Walk-Through Computer is an educational video produced by The Computer Museum and hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple. Join David Nei...  
 
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RandomXUsr (4 days ago) Show Hide
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This video is so old that it might be bettered served at the smithsonian. If 21 jump street there still use computers, then I fear we are doomed.
nascar51523fan (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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lol and now theres crysis
azkeyz (1 month ago) Show Hide
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It felt like kenney loggins was doing the teaching lol

prety good video among it's class and level.

if yer not writting programs in the womb
or your daddy wasn't steve wosniak , I suggest calling it a hobby.
iTeaze888 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Lol This is to old, whats next? amiga programming lessons..

Trackball; try Wolvenstein 3d with that one!
(WE HAD TO!! AAAARG)
Thank god for mice.. uhm the mouse..
Celiecinema1 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Shouldn't this have commercial breaks?
Scatmanfan45 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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The computer really doesn't know, but that's what the output looks like. For example, if that letter, or group of 8 bits, is stored in RAM, then if a program (or 0's and 1's) calls out those specific bits or letters and tells it to be written on-screen, the graphics processing unit will get a picture of the letter "Q" and draw it on-screen.
LemonInYourEye (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Maybe you should delete your youtube account then. :)
lookman373 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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no but thay make sum
isophist (2 months ago) Show Hide
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thank you for your opinion. I'm sure I'd never have read it without whatever it is you're trashing.
lostinxlation (3 months ago) Show Hide
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I almost forgot how the things were like in those days.
I started using Sun workstation in 1990, and it had SPARC processor running like at 30MHz or so. Before that, I used PC with 286 and a separate floppy drive for 12 inch floppy !!
And all I could access on internet was Newsgroup, but good thing was we didn't have to deal with internet trolls.

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