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Archiving "The Famous Computer Cafe"

164 pointsby savetz10 months ago

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jetrink10 months ago
Tip: The Internet Archive&#x27;s advanced search can return results as an RSS feed, ready to import into your podcast app! Here&#x27;s a feed of The Famous Computer Cafe episodes. You will need to rename it after adding it.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;advancedsearch.php?q=creator%3A%22The+Famous+Computer+Cafe%22&amp;fl%5B%5D=identifier&amp;sort%5B%5D=&amp;sort%5B%5D=&amp;sort%5B%5D=&amp;rows=60&amp;page=1&amp;callback=callback&amp;save=yes&amp;output=rss" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;advancedsearch.php?q=creator%3A%22The+Fa...</a>
Ciantic10 months ago
I started to listen to Bill Gates&#x27; interview [1], just to hear what he had in mind back then. Sounded almost topical in today&#x27;s world. AI was mentioned, and predicting users&#x27; input in the distant future.<p>Side note, archive.org has two players. The first one doesn&#x27;t have a timestamp where you currently are. The second player, the Winamp clone does have it, but I don&#x27;t think one can link to specific parts.<p>[1] The Bill Gates interview starts at 10:10 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;the-famous-computer-cafe-1984-11-17_Bill_Gates_and_Kazuhiko_Nishi?webamp=default" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;the-famous-computer-cafe-1984-11...</a>
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a1o10 months ago
&gt; Interviews in the recovered recordings include Timothy Leary, Douglas Adams, Bill Gates, Atari’s Jack Tramiel, Apple’s Bill Atkinson, and dozens of others<p>That&#x27;s some interesting people listed.<p>Here&#x27;s the actual archive as a note to myself to listen to it later today: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;famous-computer-cafe" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;famous-computer-cafe</a>
myth_drannon10 months ago
In the episode with Joel Berez (Infocom) [1], he says people spent years trying to solve Zork. Imagine saying that about a modern game.<p>[1] at 24:00 mark <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;the-famous-computer-cafe-1985-07-12_Joel_Berez" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;the-famous-computer-cafe-1985-07...</a>
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ricksunny10 months ago
Transcript of Gene Roddenberry interview (h&#x2F;t slashdot) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;Gene-Roddenberry-Interview-Transcript&#x2F;mode&#x2F;1up?view=theater" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;Gene-Roddenberry-Interview-Trans...</a><p>What kind of database could one access from a PC in 1985 from which one could learn about saltwqter crocodiles?
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dudeinjapan10 months ago
Timothy Leary said PCs are the LSD of the 1990s. If that’s true, then AI is definitely the LSD of the 2020s.
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butterfi10 months ago
I can’t decide if I want to hear the Douglas Adams interview, his passing still makes me sad.
gsck10 months ago
On a slightly unrelated note, why is that webpage so slow to load? I&#x27;m used to the wayback machine being slow, thats fair enough, but their blog?<p>I&#x27;ve not seen images load a couple columns at a time in quite a while.
lasermike02610 months ago
Don&#x27;t forget The Computer Chronicles.
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