History of Computing Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 4

talk#3849

Plan 9: Not dead, Just Resting, by Ori Bernstein

BSDTV

“I particularly enjoyed your video talk”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

talk#3857

Charles Babbage and Difference Enginge No. 2 | Doron Swade | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“Babbage historian Doron Swade's discussion of her insight into potential applications of the Analytical Engine beyond numeric calculation”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2022

demo#3863

TRON Smart House

uidcenter

“the video is more informative than this article.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

comedy#3909

"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson

TheTedNelson

“they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

tutorial#3931

SGI's $250,000 Graphics Supercomputer from 1993 - Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine²

Dodoid

“Fun vid that might bring back some memories :)”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

demo#3956

Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 1 of 2

VintageCG

“Seeing it in action gives you a much more complete picture of the system.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

talk#3967

Kirk McKusick - A Narrative History of BSD

iX

“Maybe you have some fun with BSD-Lore (Kirk McKusick)”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

documentary#3974

Macintosh Factory

MacGeneration

“Here’s a video tour of the Macintosh factory that used to be in Fremont, CA”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

interview#4131

Oral History of William David "Bill" Mensch Jr.

Computer History Museum

“You might also like the Computer History Museum interview w/Bill Mensch”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

demo#4134

Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Smalltalk-76 Demo

Computer History Museum

“Dan Ingalls (one of the original authors of Smalltalk) in a 2017 demo of Smalltalk 76”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

podcast#4137

Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109

Lex Fridman

“Loved the episodes with Jim Keller [0] and Brian Kernighan [1] as well.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

talk#4139

SymbolicsTalk28June2012

Mike Lambert

“If you only have 15 minutes, he gives another demo here”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

interview#4173

Bill Atkinson: Polaroids showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI

Computer History Museum

1 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

news#4242

1994: "Today Show": "What is the Internet, Anyway?"

Chrissy Miklacic

“Here is one of my favorite videos from the early days of the web.”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

interview#4255

Douglas Engelbart Interviewed by John Markoff of the New York Times

Computer History Museum

“Just yesterday I watched an hour-long interview [0] from 2002 with Doug Engelbart.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2018

explainer#4291

Typesetters in the '80s - Computerphile

Computerphile

“explained the brilliant and exiting history of this paper and its recreation, as well as the history of Phototypesetters.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2020

lecture#4317

Grace Hopper Lecture

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

“With good humour she gives a example of what various devices' latency are”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

talk#4328

The History of Unix, Rob Pike

Stephanie Borgman

“Here's an amazing talk by Rob Pike where it's casually mentioned, for example”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

talk#4329

A History of The ARM Microprocessor | Dave Jaggar | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“Dave Jaggar has some interesting comments on the history around DEC, StrongARM and the Austin ARM team.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

demo#4350

DEC LAB-8/e (PDP-8/e) playing music

Philipp Hachtmann

“here's a video of a DEC PDP-8 (LAB-8/e) minicomputer (1971) playing music using the same technique [0]”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

news#4363

1979: Will WORD PROCESSORS start a HOME WORKING revolution? | Past Predictions | BBC Archive

BBC Archive

“Perhaps it's better to see for a minute how people used this kind of editors when they first appeared”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#4378

How Japan Learned Semiconductors

Asianometry

“There is an excellent video on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

commentary#4384

Computers for Cynics 2 - It All Went Wrong at Xerox PARC

TheTedNelson

“Nelson's history is a breath of fresh air.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

talk#4395

James Gosling - Simula: a personal journey

UiO Realfagsbiblioteket

“Here's a more nuanced and impartial account of Simula by James Gosling, if you want to know more”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

explainer#4415

Why the Soviet Computer Failed

Asianometry

“There was a great video on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

documentary#4436

Tomorrow's World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 - BBC

BBC

“Kids acting as bits in a machine register and performing binary arithmetic by raising their hands if set, or not raising when cleared.”

1 HN recommenders · 2010–2026

explainer#4484

Paul Otlet, visioning a web in 1934

Attila Gárdos

“I always have to mention Paul Otlet, when the topic of early predictions of technology comes up.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

demo#4521

Canon Cat

Storia Informatica

“a great demonstration of what it would be like to use one now”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

documentary#4534

The Computer Programme (1): It's Happening Now (Introduction to Computing)

Jesús Zafra (Lobogris)

“A very good look at changing markets.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

talk#4541

David Patterson - A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture: History, Challenges and Opportunities

UBC Computer Science

“The other talk Dr. Chris Lattner recommends watching is this one, and is very interesting”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

interview#4570

Edsger Dijkstra interview

Hans Otten

“demonstrated in this beautiful interview”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

interview#4593

Lamport on writing "Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System"

Turing Awardee Clips

“This short clip [0] from that interview is worth a watch.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

documentary#4622

The Dial Comes To Town

PVid88

“here is a 1940 educational movie by Bell Telephone they made to teach customers about this new technology”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

talk#4624

VCF East: Xerox Star vs. Apple Lisa

Vintage Computer Federation

“this video comparing the Apple Lisa to the Xerox Star highlights the differences”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

demo#4647

Making Money Flow: The MONIAC

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

“There's a short youtube documentary on its history and operation.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

demo#4656

NeXTSTEP Release 3: A Demonstration with Steve Jobs

Joseph Spiros

“Here's Steve Jobs demoing NeXTSTEP's object-oriented development environment”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

demo#4687

Intentional Programming demo (Part 1) - Editor

dftube

“Here are a couple of demo vids from well over 10 years ago”

1 HN recommenders · 2007–2024

demo#4727

Harwell Dekatron / WITCH Reboot tnmoc.org

TNMoC

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2018

demo#4729

Dial Up Modem Handshake Sound - Spectrogram

Bitcore

“I went back and watched this youtube video again and it made more sense to me”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

demo#4755

EEVblog #1341 - AMAZING $250,000 IBM Processor TEARDOWN!

EEVblog

“Dave from EEVBlog also made a video about it”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

talk#4757

Inventing the Computer Mouse | Douglas Engelbart | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“Inspirational ideas (unfortunately displayed with slides instead of Hyperdoc demos) and perplexed reactions in the ending Q&A session.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2018

explainer#4777

LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC

Technology Connections

“There's a neat breakdown of the tech on this YT channel”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

demo#4779

IBM Computing Cheese Cutter [Restoration]

Hand Tool Rescue

“the IBM cheese cutter restoration video is very cool”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024