BBC documentary history of computers part 8.

This is part 8. The BBC broadcasted in 1991 the serie 'The dream machine'.

In this part I finally see some computers I can relate to, as we see Stephen Wozniak from Apple, Sir Clive Sinclair and Lee Felsenstein, homebrew club talks about the IBM 'portable' computer.

Further we see Steve Jobs with the introduction of the first user friendly Apple computer in 1984.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Sinclair
• ZX80
• IBM
• syntax
• error
• 1984
• Apple
• Jobs
• Wozniak

[russellwarner1]

psh steves 1984 speech is true, but about him self now

[xaelakbar]

Great video... Thanks for uploading... I enjoyed the series alot as myself is a programmer...

[FrizzyFranc]

2:24

the iconic black t-shirt and jeans

[FrizzyFranc]

OMG Steve Jobs!

[Conlan0215]

RIP Steve

[suddenlyitsobvious]

Steve Jobs, who's been promoted like some kind of messiah to an entire generation, was obviously just a kid READING dramatic speeches containing deep philosophical implications because they were COMPOSED FOR HIM by his 'mentors'. It's obvious Jobs and Woz are just 2 human faces pasted onto a social transformation utterly designed and engineered by higher powers. Their significance has been HIGHLY blown up, to religious proportions almost.

Note Markula was later involved with Echelon.

[shebotnov]

steve jobs interview :(

[shebotnov]

@amfikz normal ppl use both, pc and a mac and consoles. Only closeminded people stick to one company or technology.

[Freaky99100]

@xaelakbar Me too ^^

[EIectroMania]

@rustygates lol yeah xD!

[rustygates]

I like how everyone blames the monitor whenever computers screw up. LOL!.

[kozmon0t]

This was a great documentary until you insulted the Commodore 64 by omission, showing ignorance of the true driving force behind pc sales in the 1980's: video games and, in fact, video game piracy.

Quality software sells hardware - whether people actually buy the software, or steal it. Video games sold VGA. They sold graphics chips. They drove the demand for speed. The pc I'm using right now is 10 years old, because I don't use it for games, so I don't need to replace it.