Computer Chronicles 1994: Is The PowerPC Worth It?

[QSDP-User]

Interesting look back in time:
66 MHz, Quicktime number crunching.
RISC architecture, IBM, Motorola.
Digital Voice: "Hello, I am Fred & I would like to introduce the new IBM..."
PPC Performance: Excel & Photoshop.
University of Texas, Austin: 750 PowerMacs.
PowerMac v. Pentium with Photoshop.
SoftWindows emulation.

25 mins, Computer Chronicles Episode:

 

[Dronecatcher]

At 3:37....who let the bad guys from Miama Vice in at IBM...?

 

[Dronecatcher]

I love Computer Chronicles videos - reminds us that the world did actually do work on machines that would currently be laughed out of the room...
I still defy anyone to make a case that current technology produces better creative results than technology of yesteryear - and I'm talking quality not quantity.

 

[QSDP-User]

At 3:37....who let the bad guys from Miama Vice in at IBM...?

Well, now they're the older & paunchy hackers from the Die Hard series.

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I love Computer Chronicles videos - reminds us that the world did actually do work on machines that would currently be laughed out of the room...
I still defy anyone to make a case that current technology produces better creative results than technology of yesteryear - and I'm talking quality not quantity.

Yeah, archive dot org has what looks to be 560 results for The Computer Chronicles:
https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles

 

[jerwin]

Yeah, archive dot org has what looks to be 560 results for The Computer Chronicles:
https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles

including this one.

https://archive.org/details/unix_2

Features A/UX.