Here are links to various video files of interest in the history of computer science. If links go bad (because some are linked to youtube, and may go stale), please send mail to help AT cs.rutgers.edu.
- In 1968, Doug Engbard at SRI presented one of the most important -- for computer interaction -- demonstrations ever. In it, he and his associates presented the first example of a computer mouse, AND the first example of a 'chord' keyboard. Mice revolutionized computer interaction (a decade or so later), and we have yet to integrate chord keyboards (so they are presented at least 40 years ahead of their time.) This link will take you to one of several versions of the talk, or if you want, you can jump right to the best one.
- An early-1950's promotional film by Remington-Rand for their revolutionay computer (at the time), Univac
- Another promotional film, this time from 1960 about Univac
- A mid-1960s USAF promotional film on the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) communications/computing system
- A promotional film made by IBM UK in 1965 -- "Man and Computer.
- a 1990 promotional film, How Computers Work - Journey into the walk-through computer.
- A 2002 talk by Steve Wozniac on the history of Apple
- A short introduction to Charles Babbage, and his famous mechanical 'difference engine'.
- A 1999 discussion of Babbage's Engine
- Another (2008) discussion of the Engine
- Endgame -- an overview of the history of computer chess.
- A 2005 discusion of computer animation in entertainment, Pixar - A human story of Computer Animation
- A 2005 panel discussion, From Gutenberg to Galaxy -- accessing cultural assets online.
- A 2005 discussion of the 40th Anniversary of Moore's Law.
- Recording of a 2006 talk celebrating Seymour Cray and his revolutionary first supercomputer
- A 2006 talk about the prehistory of Silicon Valley, The Rise of Silicon Valley, from Shockley Labs to Fairchild
- A 2006 discussion of the GRiD Compass, the first laptop, introduced in 1982.
- A 2006 discussion of the evolution of social computing.
- an evening with Robert Brunner and Jerry Manock, apple industrial designers in 2007.
- A 2007 presentation on the computers before electrical or electronic computers -- the human computing banks, "When Computers Were Human"
- A 2007 talk on the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64, a personal computer (and a company) that is long gone but quite influential in home computing and television.
- A 2007 talk by Peter J. Denning - Great Principals of Computing
- a 2007 talk concerning the IBM 360 revolution. Computing can really be thought of divided several ways, including a divide before and after the IBM 360.
- Another (2007) talk on Fairchild, The Legasy of Fairchild Semiconductor
- A 2008 talk about the rise of Silicon Valley as a computing center, appropriately titled The Secret History of Silicon Valley
- A 2008 interview with Jean Jennings Bartik, on of the first programmers of ENIAC
- A 2003 discussion of Game Design with Will Wright, designer of SimCity.
- A 2004 discussion on Computer Graphics in Games, with Wright, and Rand Miller, designer of Myst.
- A 2008 discussion of the 40th anniversary of the DynaBook, including Alan Kay. Please forgive the superfluous political posturing at the beginning.
- A 2008 interview with Gordon Moore (as in "Moore's Law").
- A 2008 discussion of the role of intellectal property in the digital economy, with Lawrence Lessig.
