1986 Promotional Video for Computer Science Dept, Edinburgh

Via brucec.

A 1986 promotional video shown to prospective students of the Computer Science department of Edinburgh University. Worth watching for a bit of giggling about old tech.

• "...with gateways to other networks in the UK, Europe and beyond!"
• Computer science seemed to be all about solder in those days. (Could be worse; could be vacuum tubes.)
• I like plotters. Far cooler than printers.
• No disrespect, but is it really wise to be punching a hole in that wire when it's lying on your knee?
• I call it an "ethernet".
• Look at the refresh rate on that screen of text! Stunning.
• EdUni people will notice that the shop in the King's Buildings Centre appears to have not changed its layout in over twenty years — except for a slight downsizing of the shelves of cigarettes!
• This is my "OMG its teh eighties" cardigan...

No pub quiz

If anybody was planning to turn up to pub quiz today, and didn't see the post by theauldhoose: it's been cancelled. Don't know why.

Will see you people next week.