[torontocbm] AT&T Microworld Video - featuring William Shatner
- From: "Ken Rath" <kenrath@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:40:25 -0400
Not sure if anyone has seen this yet. Interesting video that William
Shatner did for AT&T before he did the commercials/advertising for
Commodore.
It briefly mentions about Steve Wozniak making the Apple I. Too bad they
don't make reference to the 6502.
Enjoy. :)
Ken Rath
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http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2011/7/1/AT&T-Archives-Microworld
Introduction by George Kupczak of the AT&T Archives and History Center
Back in 1976, microprocessors had a maximum of 8.5K transistors for 64bits
of memory. The Queen of England sent her first email, and Steve Wozniak
designed the Apple I.
And a post-Star Trek but pre-TJ Hooker William Shatner made this film for
AT&T about the future of microprocessors.
The chips were tiny at that time, to be sure, but paltry in terms of memory
by today's standards. Yet Moore's Law had already been in effect for 11
years by this point, enough time to see that the future was going to be full
of miniscule, powerful machines, even if they weren't the predicted
picturephones. Today's "microworld" is still getting smaller all the time.
This version of the film was slightly revised in 1980.
An Owen Murphy Production
Directed by Paul Cohen
Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ
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