Computing History & Culture
History of computing
History of computing sits within Computing History & Culture. Treat computing as a history of people and institutions as well as machines and software. This selection contains 231 catalog videos from 161 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.
Recurring catalog topics include computer history, computing history, hypertext, xerox parc, history of computing and unix. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include comedy, commentary, demo, documentary, explainer, interview, lecture, news, other, podcast, talk and tutorial. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.
“Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary”, listed under The Documentary Network, is cataloged as documentary. Code Rush is a one-hour documentary following Netscape engineers in Silicon Valley through the company's last year as an independent firm. It covers the Mozilla open-source announcement, the frantic push to ready…
231 videos
Documentary
Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control ComputersExcelsior10000
Documentary
Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla DocumentaryThe Documentary Network
Documentary
Apollo Guidance Computer Part 1: Restoring the computer that put man on the MoonCuriousMarc
Documentary
UNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use -- AT&T Archives film from 1982, Bell LaboratoriesAT&T Tech Channel
Interview
Avie Tevanian: CMU math whiz goes from Mach to NeXT to Apple Software Chief | Oral History Part 1Computer History Museum
Interview
3dfx Oral History Panel with Ross Smith, Scott Sellers, Gary Tarolli, and Gordon CampbellComputer History Museum
Documentary
Part 1 - Training Video for Bell Labs' Holmdel Computing Center - AT&T ArchivesAT&T Tech Channel
Talk
"How to Think about Parallel Programming: Not!" - Guy L. Steele Jr. (Strange Loop 2010)Strange Loop Conference
Documentary
General Magic (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - History, Technology, BusinessGravitas Documentaries
Lecture
NeWS: A Networked and Extensible Window System, lecture by James GoslingComputer History Museum
Documentary
Speedy Cutover Service, SXS switching cutover to ESS filmed live at Glendale CA central office, 1984AT&T Tech Channel
Lecture
Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)National Security Agency
Interview
Micro Men - 10th Anniversary - With Chris Curry, Steve Furber and Hermann HauserThe Centre for Computing History
Lecture
The Lighthill debate on Artificial Intelligence: "The general purpose robot is a mirage"Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Documentary
The Computer Programme (1): It's Happening Now (Introduction to Computing)Jesús Zafra (Lobogris)
Interview
Lamport on writing "Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System"Turing Awardee Clips
Interview
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together at D5 Conference 2007BrioWeb Agenzia di marketing e comunicazione





































































































































































































































