CuriousMarc — Best Videos According to Hacker News
CuriousMarc videos on HackerTube, ranked by how often Hacker News commenters recommended them. HN mostly shares this channel in threads about history of computing, demoscene & retrocomputing, space exploration & spaceflight and repair, teardowns & right to repair.
- videos on HackerTube
- 8
- best all-time rank
- #444
- recommended on HN
- 2018–2026
Most recommended CuriousMarc videos
Each card shows the HN comment that sums it up best.
documentaryApollo Guidance Computer Part 1: Restoring the computer that put man on the Moon
CuriousMarc
“My new favorite YouTuber, CuriousMarc, has a whole series of videos about restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC).”
8 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
demoUsing a 1930 Teletype as a Linux Terminal
CuriousMarc
“It's one of the best things on the Internet, IMO.”
4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
explainerHow an Atomic Clock Really Works: Inside the HP 5061A Cesium Clock
CuriousMarc
“I've yet to see a description better than in CuriousMarc's HP 5061A series”
4 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
documentaryApollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)
CuriousMarc
“Here,s a deep, deep dive into AGC rope memory.”
2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
demoLyle Bickley explains the PDP-1 (and we play the original Spacewar!)
CuriousMarc
“it's quite an impressive machine.”
2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
demoThe IBM 1401 mainframe runs "Edith"
CuriousMarc
“Marc's videos on restoring some old IBM hardware, that includes a good bit of the history that went into them”
2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
tutorialTeletype Model 19 - Part 1: A Teletype Arrives for Restoration
CuriousMarc
“Well worth the watch.”
2 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
demoThe IBM 1401 compiles and runs FORTRAN II
CuriousMarc
“A computer from 1959 (IBM 1401) at the Computer History Museum, compiling FORTRAN.”
2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
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