Posts made by connorsoliver

Episode 11 down, is there a reason that a lot of programs used green as a color for text and what not?

Just finished episode 10. I'm quite the classic rock fan. Does anyone know if any bands from the 80's used computer generated music?

@connorsoliver *episode 9

Episode 8 completed, just wondering if back in the 80's updated graphics cards existed to improve graphics.

Finished episode 8. This might be a dumb question, but is DOS still used today?

Episode 7 Complete. I'm curious at to how common it was to have computers in the classroom back then. Anyone who are up in the 80's know if it was a regular things to be dealing with computers in classes?

Just finished watching Episode 6 on computer languages. Made me wonder about when operating systems come into the picture.

Episode 5 down. The relationship between computers and telephones, and the technology of the modem is fascinating to me. Was this the basis of the internet?

Just finished episode 4, and I was wondering who exactly creates the language that the computer can read?

Interesting how even back then with very basic computers, they knew that they would one day be an essential part of life. It was also cool to see the elderly people trying to grasp the concept of computers in episode 3. Now if only I could convince my grandpa to start using computers

Episode 2 down. It must of been such a pain that floppy discs only worked on specific computers. Also, has anyone here tried to learn a new language on one of the old fashioned cassette programs? Seems like it would be impossible.

@JaredBusch Ahhh I see.

Just finished episode 1. I'm fairly young and I haven't had much experience with older technology, so seeing how the floppy discs were read and how the programs were found through the directory was fascinating. Also, I thought it was quite comical how how large the hard discs were. Did they have smaller hard discs at this point or was that it?

Just starting the series now, not sure what to expect but very excited.

Hello everyone, I'm Connor from Los Angeles. New intern @ NTG.