How to send an 'E mail' | Database | Retro Computers | Early E mail | 1980s Technology | 1984

[@JonnyDewey]

The fact that he dials up the connection with a rotary phone makes this twice as enjoyable

[@drmal]

I thought for a moment he was going to use an acoustic coupler!

[@nosaltadded2675]

@@drmal Oh, that's so 1980!

[@michaelrayharris]

And his password of..1234..!

[@AcCeSsDeNiEd65]

0:52 and it's "Extremely simple" too.

[@Pulsonar]

😂

[@fortress365]

Laugh all you want, but they were WAY ahead of their time. I didn't send an email until around 1993 and it was only because our professor made us

[@donreed]

And every single day since then, you have been led by the nose.

[@Kojak0]

C Herrera I don't think I did it until 1994 or 95 when a friend introduced me to hotmail on this new-fangled "internet". But it was good - I got hooked, and is still using both emails and occasionally, internet.

[@echt114]

Don Reed: Are you an ill-motivated twat?

[@likkyball8736]

Imma just continue laughing

I got my first email account in late 1998🤣 before that, I thought Hotmail was a gay porn site. 😆

[@emmettlester739]

"Yes, well its very simple really". Proceeds to CALL the computer.

[@weabooslayer7007]

computer: hello, who's that ?

[@maxm4696]

i mean the guys password is 1234 if you noticed

[@scalp340]

@@maxm4696 What a stupid password. It's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

[@TheCentaury]

@@maxm4696 try to brute force a password with an 8bit computer on a 300 bauds full duplex modem :D

[@Sebaschen25]

Love this comment! Cracked me up

[@grineflip]

That doctor whom she emailed was hailed as the oldest working doctor in Britain and died in 2022, having worked as a forensic expert at the age of 94. What a man!

[@deeremeyer1749]

That's because you "British citizens" believe everything the BBC programs you with. Let me guess. That is a "world record" of some type. Right?

[@thegoodgeneral]

Yep! Dr Neville Davis!

[@kakhak]

Yes, we know, a legendary person

[@newmankidman5763]

He was 56 during this email exchange.

[@ChubbyGames]

Personal Password is 1234

[@tiaxanderson9725]

See, this is why 1234 is a 'bad' password. This is Julian's personal password. Please get your own. ;P

[@moronsmorons8913]

@@tiaxanderson9725 Which would be 5678.

[@kod593]

That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

[@raps8691]

@@kod593 the password on my parent's luggage is still 0000. once, an idiot tried to open their suitcase (I think so, since the lock was damaged), and they didn't manage to open it.

[@KnightmareUSA]

I had to check.. 'Oh no - pwned! This password has been seen 1,296,186 times before'

[@rize8218]

1980: Personal Password = 1234 2020: Nothing changed

[@guicampell]

HHAHHAHAHHA dude i see that !

[@rize8218]

Down Hill you seem to be very intelligent. I never thought about kinda complicated numbers

[@rize8218]

@ you are truly a hero! xD

[@junehoward6668]

Made me lol.

[@junehoward6668]

So true lol.

[@s0la.scr1ptura]

Made perfect sense back then to purchase a $5,000 computer to keep records of what’s been in your freezer.

[@valkree5081]

@@aktuellvideography1508 um i use mine to look at naked ladies actually

[@mightymightyironhead]

These two look like they might have had a few bodies in that freezer.

[@MelancholyMegan]

@@aktuellvideography1508 you deserve an award for that comment XD

[@1982kinger]

It would have been like buying a TV in 1945... you could do it but it didnt make sense

[@srda1989]

Aktuell well done mate :) Actually for every new technology early adopters are most important. So thank you people for buying almost useless computers these days. You pushed technology development :)

[@JesusFamiglietti]

People have no idea how exciting those times were. Nowadays everything is taken for granted. Those of us who saw the growth of computing and network connections know how important these beginnings were.

[@LinkRocks]

Stop being dramatic, not everything is taken for granted. You sound like an old man yelling at a cloud.

[@Hercules003]

I still remember getting 500kbps broadband from BT back in 2002 and I had to beg my parents to get it. Gone were the annoying sounds everytime we had to be online, no competitions with siblings over phone lines, and most importantly everything was downloading so quick compared to dialup on p2p connections. Now we have 1gbps from Virgin media and people around me treat it like it's nothing to be amazed about!

[@paolobrach1987]

It's actually an extremely simple connection. After only 67 steps you're connected. EZ.

[@futureforward3153]

This is what Crypto is like today.... 2021

[@avatar2233]

@@futureforward3153 Nah it's like Crypto was in 2012

[@futureforward3153]

@@avatar2233 yeah u right.

[@m5a1stuart83]

@@avatar2233 Crypto in 2009

[@luckywetland]

You don’t realize that was 36 years ago??

[@hutch1197]

What do you use the technology for? 1984: To keep household records, process documents, etc. 2020: To share a picture of my lunch, and argue about politics with strangers.

[@hutch1197]

@Christina Reynolds I know. My point is people in 1984 would be appalled at what people in the future do with technology.

[@Ad-zu8bt]

People don't need two huge metal boxes in order to keep household records lmao, people use phones and smart watches for all that stuff nowadays

[@maurodudley1338]

This is the most underrated comment in this thread.

[@ansazeem1234]

@@Ad-zu8bt a smartphone us a computer too genius

[@Ad-zu8bt]

@@ansazeem1234 it seems like you missed my comment's entire point by a mile...

[@Spillers72]

Before the wife spoke, I thought that was the guys 12 year old son.

[@trollop_7]

Jay Spillers So true. The internet has now shown them how to procreate, something that hitherto would not have come to pass.

[@johnrx9243]

I thought he was the bigger guy’s younger brother.

[@trollop_7]

John H. Turns out he was the wife.

[@jaymcd8577]

lol

[@MrStamford78]

I thought exactly the same :Lol:

[@maxwellvideos1271]

These KZbin Tutorials are great. I wanted to send an important E-Mail today and had to look it up. Thank you

[@MagsArt]

😂😂👍

[@jackburtonwii]

😂😂

[@jakebluethunder]

1984: Looking at the future with excitement 2020: Looking back at the past with longing

[@Open_DoorMedia]

Lol. Time travel.

[@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104]

So true sir

[@zippyparakeet1074]

no

[@Dadashhhh]

so true

[@kevinerose]

Yes, it has been a big change since 1984. 70s and 80s were the optimal decades to live.

[@Movie_Games]

Who cares about the computer, they are having a real time video conferencing call!

[@maxunbanned]

Probably prerecorded.

[@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele]

@@maxunbanned No... it is a tv connection

[@SirCommoner]

I mean, it wasn't through a computer, real time live TV was actually the first technology used to transmit television _until_ the 50s when they invented videotapes to broadcast prerecorded stuff.

[@blastitlocal5307]

@@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele I would say the same thing, microwave back to the studio. Looks like a 2 camera setup at the remote site. Full ENG truck for sure. The 2-way sound is prob by phone line.

[@andrejs0tube]

Это монтаж :)

[@jman30ification]

I'm going to type 'Electronically Yours' in all my emails here afterwards.

[@judyp.]

just had the same thought :D :D :D

[@AlexParkYT]

That's so cool I might now

[@Masood1810]

And if I ever have to live the nightmare to write a letter on paper, what should I write? I don't know how to write letters. 🤪

[@AlexParkYT]

@@Masood1810 Write "Paperly yours"

[@preciousemakenemi1477]

lmaoo that is so funny! like what is that???!!

[@hiding_my_name]

Kids these days didn't know how mind blowing this was as a nerdy kid back in the day. Holy cow this was amazing.

[@Danielv344]

1984: dedicating a whole room to a computer 2019:sitting on the toilet watching a video about sending emails in 1984 on my phone

[@iskkarate]

LOL

[@miguelsalazar7083]

That's true!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@stevenreed8854]

Pahahaha

[@lunalima7864]

The future's come.

[@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb]

We used to have a room we called "The Computer Room" lol

[@justwilly6778]

Printout reads: "Hello, I am the prince of Nigera and i require your help to transfer money..."

[@Александр-н9ъ7ы]

Ha-ha. Classic.

[@pakabe8774]

I am very intrigiued, please tell me more.

[@pvshka]

@@pakabe8774 John Warosa 😅

[@roasta9013]

Nigeria* don’t disrespect my country lol

[@RickyReject]

Gawd, that is so lol! Already back then...

[@jayjaypen2]

Incredible that they're able to facetime each other whilst exchanging emails.

[@GabeHowardd]

"facetime" LMAO

[@petamerican2588]

This was prerecorded footage, it was not a live conversation.

[@tofu8164]

@@petamerican2588 r/woooooosh

[@Rosskles]

​@@petamerican2588 Actually, that was done in real time when recorded. It wasn't that difficult to communicate like that. Look what they did for Live Aid.

[@davidzambrano1121]

It is not, they are using satellite image for their communication. @@petamerican2588

[@ryansmurda1552]

Ill never forget back in the early 90s the first time I went into an online chatroom how amazed I was. Incredible how fast tech has developed

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Remember A/S/L?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@orrin-manning]

You were that guy my parents told me not to talk to?

[@hikikomoriwamoesugiru]

Uehhhhh chatrooms in the 90s must have been pure chaos

[@ErickWright]

1992 freshman in high school. Those chat rooms were insane. Yahoo chat was my first one​@@hikikomoriwamoesugiru

[@morpheus6749]

Password: 1234 I believe we've found patient zero.

[@hans-jurgenmuller9148]

XD

[@oozarusama]

Not lol must be the number 3 one is the ENIAC password 1234 too

[@Peter_739]

Its not like anyone in the world was interested to access that mans account.

[@davidbrisbane7206]

😂🤣😂🤣 Gold!

[@steve00alt70]

@Darius Beaumont its a woman not a child. People were midgets back then

[@chapter4444]

I'm surprised it doesn't require an oil change after each email

[@sagichnicht3577]

haha : D

[@pod9363]

I can usually get away with 10 youtube videos before my computer needs one.

[@ghoch3]

it doesn´t ? O_O Better bye one fast

[@theestallion3695]

wouldn't that be typewriters?

[@DRAMMAR05]

Hahaha

[@Illinoise888]

I'll be ending my emails with "electronically yours" from now on.

[@alteHbs]

"Virtually yours" would be also acceptable. Sincerely, ...

[@juanpablodonoso8277]

How adorable

[@RaymondHng]

@@alteHbs "Digitally yours,..."

[@alteHbs]

@@RaymondHng Nice one

[@theodddish1846]

That's gay.

[@MemphisOFICIAL777]

The 80s feels like a world complex, elegant, cool and futuristic.

[@Hyp3rborean]

1984: What's a modem? 2021: What's a modem?

[@tommitchell4570]

I literally cry knowing that 80% of all Millenials have no idea what a modem is

[@ondrejsedlak4935]

In Australia if you’re on a Coax, Fiber to the curb or node connection, you still need a ‘modem’. That term will not die here anytime soon.

[@tangerinetech5300]

@@ondrejsedlak4935 pretty sure you still need a modem of some type everywhere. networking just never became very well known.

[@ondrejsedlak4935]

@@tangerinetech5300 Yeah you do need a ‘modem’ of sorts for the others (now called an NTU), but it’s usually hidden away during installation so as to make it seem invisible. No need to confuzzle the poor users :) Note: Fibre to the Node is the only one you still need to buy an actual VDSL modem, while the others are provided after the install (except Fixed wireless and FTTP) Coax uses a cable-modem and the Fibre to the curb uses a special short range VDSL modem. Yey Australia and its variety of internet technologies.

[@jsmythib]

Im pretty sure it says cable modem on the box in 2021. I could be wrong tho :)

[@woochitelj]

This is where it all started!!! I mean, usage of '1234' passwords...

[@DamienOBrienJ]

+daweedian84 You noticed that too :D 1234 password ~ Mr Green.

[@fkmui03]

might be 'asdf'

[@barbsvision]

+joe symptons Nope, it's definitely "1234"..

[@jackburton2086]

+daweedian84 Only idiot end users used 1234, us experts used qwerty

[@dreadsire5086]

Sounds like password and idiot would put on his luggage.

[@canadiandeplorable2087]

I was born in 69. My grade 8 teacher told me that by the year 2000 everyone will have a miniature computer in their pocket. I thought that he was insane because computers couldn’t do barely anything in 1987. Now 80% of humans have a actual computer in their pocket!

[@lukehuang7821]

Have you ever gotten OK boomered?

[@aniketjaiswal3876]

Welcome to future..!!

[@Circuitssmith]

Nice.

[@satellite851]

Luke huang >>> born in 1969 would make them "OK Gen-Xer", DUH! Boomers quit being produced around 63/64! Although you could've been sarcastically joking with the whole silly young person fake idea and false premise that anyone born before 1970 is an automatic 1940's/50's BOOMER lol!

[@user-zv7yb4yp9g]

Mac TonyMicMac ok boomer

[@MaestroDraven]

I'm old enough to remember this. Fascinating to watch something emerge from nothing, become a phenomenon, then a mainstay, and then....we just take it for granted.

[@flyffs9968]

1984: The amazing communication of electronical mail 2020: Yo why does his wife look like a 13 year old boy

[@dracul4u]

2035: remember when we had a genderless society? Mandela Farms remembers

[@mrlee27tv17]

That was i thought before i play the video, lol. shes a girl

[@Forever_Laura]

It's Pat!

[@farhanasharmin8997]

@@dracul4u Genderless society? What the hell does that mean?? 🧐

[@cainagnascimento]

IS THAT HIS WIFE? I THOUGH IT WAS HIS SON

[@Mustafa_XJ]

This guy is the most early 1980’s looking guy I have ever seen.

[@dardanbekteshi3177]

😂

[@mysticjen379]

I know, the shady looking dark glasses and everything

[@DAMONDANIELS]

jeffery dahmer looking ass

[@cyanrazorCel]

He looks anxious

[@keyspirits95]

@@cyanrazorCel he looks scared as fuck lol

[@TheJustJoe]

Oh the days when 1234 was a safe password.

[@allanwallace872]

It wasn't a safe password in 1984. www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36306419

[@skhochay]

first, you have to get to the password prompt and that was not simple

[@allanwallace872]

Unless I've been mistaken for several decades "Not simple" is exactly what a "hacker" does?

[@cholodelrosari0543]

Cristos Blanace Hahaha, whenever I heard this, I remember Spaceballs

[@DankDave211]

That my e.b.t. pin code.

[@laoch5658]

its amazing nearly 40 years later people still don't understand this

[@imashadow699]

Nah, I Can Understand It Clearly And I'm Still Young

[@OHHHHUSBANT]

The consequences of cheap internet introduced to 3rd world countries and the iphone

[@ladislaugabor2985]

More than 40 years

[@FoMiAl]

"It's a very simple connection to make!" *Connects one cable, switches another cable, turns on the modem, logs in from the computer and dials a number from the telephone*

[@holonaut]

EXTREMELY simple indeed

[@memberofthelambily1340]

Now we can just ask Siri or Alexa to send one 🙏

[@tjfSIM]

Yes, that is actually quite simple to be honest.

[@rezadroidjr]

As simple as it looks😂

[@tjfSIM]

@@rezadroidjr Well people nowadays expect everything to be just 'plug and play' and have no patience with setting anything up. Computing in the early 80s was mostly the reserve of boffins and people with beards and tweed jackets, who liked tinkering with things. At this stage it was just becoming accessible to the home user.

[@sjorshaanen7973]

Rare footage of a printer that actually works

[@ianhelsbyservices]

@@wadi_dog especially if running Windows 10!

[@TheRisky9]

Not only that, it worked on the first try! You are the winner of the internet today.

[@Mitsurugy37]

ahhahaha

[@toxicdino1227]

LMAO

[@windestruct]

@Shdjdjaskdj Ajdjdjsjdieoq You can find it free by visiting basement\attric

[@pedropopelka3166]

1984 printer: prints immediately 2020 printer: *FEED ME MAGENTA*

[@andikruge5751]

made my day :D

[@encycl07pedia-]

Dot matrix printers are insanely slow. You might be able to load/fix a magenta cartridge and print out the document on a modern printer before the dot matrix one finished.

[@wingnutbert9685]

@@encycl07pedia-: Yes, but that dot matrix is still working........your 2020 printer will be dead in 2 yrs or no longer "supported"...XD XD XD

[@jeschinstad]

@@wingnutbert9685 "No longer supported" is just one aspect of proprietary software systems like Windows. GNU (the OS in systems like ChromeOS and Ubuntu) was actually inspired by the new concept of proprietary printer drivers that would not allow the user to have control. How right they were; there are now printers that were Designed for Windows that can now only be used on non-Windows systems.

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@wingnutbert9685 My printer is several years old. As long as you're not buying a printer for $30 they tend to last a while. I've NEVER run into a printer that wasn't "supported" anymore. Are you talking about software? Care to take another awful assumption?

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

June 7, 1984? I was born five days after this aired…and my family didn’t have a computer till 1994, or internet till 1996. Early times indeed.

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

My family didn't have a computer or internet till 2012.

[@johneli495]

Yes I remember the internet became popular in the mid 90s, probably in part due to AOL

[@MortenPeterHaghJensen]

1984: Presses a button and the printer starts printing immediately 2019: Printer cartridge not detected

[@MelbourneShorts11]

LOL

[@RomelioSanz]

Printer Cartridge Refilled 😏

[@blackheavyblans]

Printer WiFi is not connected.

[@TheUtuber999]

That's because the printer "cartridge" was actually just a ribbon.

[@robertgary3561]

This was before "PC Load Letter"

[@joshbrown4614]

"electronically yours" this is how I will now end every email I send

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

Josh Brown lol

[@yellowlightingbolt]

That was brilliant

[@zimonslot]

what about 'digitally yours'?

[@snorlaxx420xx8]

Either works i suppose.

[@kn00tcn]

now if only we had someone to email to

[@MattDearing]

That was a sick song they played for the credits.

[@thisisfyne]

New song from Skism I believe

[@MattDearing]

Bobx007 I had to install new subwoofers just to handle all that bass

[@mcnogard1552]

I baught a cassette of this music. It's totally narley !!

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

It's called 1200 baud ;)

[@LAnonHubbard]

Darude - 8bitstorm

[@tomekgnu]

Those were the times when people appreciated such simple things as sending emails or keeping household records in one place. They were simply able to enjoy life. Now, for an unknown reason, we are looking down at them asking "how could they use such primitive ways to connect to the network"? Without that technology we wouldn't have today's technology.

[@miker252]

I remember being excited to dial up the library terminal and reserve a book.

[@Xador85]

Sending emails is not simple. A lot of people need AI to even come up with the content, let alone the wording. Generally, using computers is simple now, it hasn't been back then. Computers wouldn't even start anything without an operator with rather deep knowledge. Computing is simple now, and it has only really been since around Windows XP or even later. Wanna set up a network connection and insert IP addresses manually? No? Yeah, I though so.

[@andreiclaudiu9494]

1984: that’s weird 2020: that’s weird

[@Digalog]

Have you tried to turn if off and on yet ?

[@DannyHsn]

In 1984 this was not weird I know

[@mariocm9503]

Nadejdea mea e El in 1984 this was revolutionary new gen shit bro and you calling this Weird 🥱😒

[@memberofthelambily1340]

Mario CM it’s really bizarre

[@OddNoble]

lol

[@maxorbit357]

As an IT nerd myself, I can say that this is probably the last time that a computer/software demonstration went perfectly. That just doesn't happen anymore.

[@guiltygearcore]

Max Orbit i agree.

[@richardedwards9389]

So true. Fuck all works now.....99 layers of abstraction and 500 libraries and plugs-ins to say Hello World.

[@renatotuveri-ellis2276]

Lol so true!

[@lukassembol7542]

OK then, so fuck all the abstraction layers and compilers, and write your programs in Assembler, if you please... ;-)

[@topcat6298]

Richard Well yeah, that's still easier than writing hello world in an assembly language. Truth is all those libraries and layers of abstraction actually make it viable to program complicated pieces of software.

[@manantank]

i need this much sincerity in the present shows no distracting soundtrack no flashy animations no trying to be funny just pure and sincere delivery of information

[@trollop_7]

Stand by for the latest information.

[@trollop_7]

Any minute now ...

[@phillipmarnik]

@@trollop_7 Has it come through yet?

[@trollop_7]

Standing by ...

[@trollop_7]

I am now waiting for the computer to answer me.

[@JacobSteinberg75]

This is just amazing. I have a feeling this is going to take off in a few years.

[@briand6343]

In 1984 she was probably the only human to email her doctor...

[@ataparag232]

who the fuck does that

[@jaywunder13242]

I remember being a kid and seeing modems on TV and in this movie Wargames and thinking that was the most amazing thing. Truly cutting edge stuff. No one I knew had one. I wanted one so badly!

[@mehdisol7094]

@@ataparag232 everyone nowaday. in France we now have a website called doctolib and it is mandatory to subscribe to it to take a appointement to the doctor.

[@pled8395]

@@mehdisol7094 In Belgium too, even for dentists, physiotherapists, other specialists... it's called doctoranytime and it's fast and convenient. Click an hour on a day that's suits you and you have an appointment. No need to phone anymore.

[@TitoCompianni]

@@pled8395 I think you both are talking about a website, not an "e-mail to your doctor"

[@daveherres3374]

Years ago my dad called me up and asked me to send his sister an e-mail. She was in her eighties and never received one before. I sent it along to my dad. He printed it out, stuck it in an envelope, and mailed it to her. He told me she was very happy :)

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

How old are you?

[@daveherres3374]

@@MASTEROFEVIL 61.

[@nutellaunicorn2673]

this is the cutest thing i read today

[@katsu2014]

That’s so wholesome aww

[@nieksalomons]

I remember when my grandma got her first wireless phone, she would still sit close to the charger as if there was a wire. She also physically waved when saying goodbye and ending the phone-conversation, very funny. Oh, and she used her dishwasher as cupboard for cookies, washing dishes just in the sink.

[@johnlabz7529]

Ahhh.. I remember the time when going to an internet cafe just to check my email was as exciting as going to the beach. It was both a thrill and a hoot.

[@ajarivas72]

I remember when I had to TELNET from a web browser when I was in a Windows computer.

[@Havanacuba1985]

Yes I think I used lycos

[@williamdavis4809]

I remember getting jiggy with it

[@mr.america9806]

That excitment was for checking female's email I guess.

[@MikaelLevoniemi]

Back in the days when you actually wished for email...

[@ksaboda]

I love this video. They’re in the 21st century while the rest of the world is in 1984.

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

Thank goodness I found this tutorial, I was so lost up until now

[@hughanmilborrow4604]

From Congratulations?

[@Borderlands808]

Lol

[@DaveGaming99]

underrated comment

[@brianm2881]

Back in the days when sending an email required a working knowledge of networking protocols and a little light soldering, we needed all the tutorials we could get.

[@maxborn7400]

Hello Bryce STOP. Hope you got my Email STOP. The Insurgence has begun STOP. Meet tomorrow STOP.

[@Comrade2face]

using a rotary phone to dial in the modem, teletext style graphics, i'm in vintage heaven

[@edpor68]

Comrade2face me too

[@joeb.fromsydneyaustralia5313]

Love the retro!!!

[@grendelum]

This killed me because I did the same thing as a kid on my *Commodore 64,* ddialing into various systems... since I was in Manhattan there were no shortage of networks to dial, photocopied ads were plastered everywhere with the numbers on little tags to rip off...

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

@rj zander Well, in their defense, you couldn't google what to do back then.

[@caprimann87]

dont forget about the fro and glasses

[@tweedyburd007]

1:19 "The computer is now asking me to enter my personal password" types 1234 "Which I've now done"

[@JasonZakrajsek]

Vaxtin I was just about to post the same thing. That cracked me up.

[@worldofzap]

Damn that’s the combination to my luggage.

[@X-boomer]

That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard of in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

[@tipsysnipers]

@@X-boomer Dacht dur gassen, guten flahl lolololol

[@charles-y2z6c]

Wow, i thought you were sarcastically joking at first. I went back 2 times to make sure and you are right.

[@juliedeed1306]

I remember in 1982 when I was 10 our teacher showing is this gadget called a 'mouse'. It was a square block thing, quite awkward to hold and he demonstrated how using this 'mouse' we could move the little cursor thingy anywhere we wanted on the screen it was attached to. Oh the fun we had!!! we were amazed lol

[@moekancha]

1984: how to send an email 2020: how to stop receiving an email.

[@AswangRealStories]

lmao

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

Lol

[@farhs3133]

Why? Don't you wanna be the new king of Uganda? lol

[@Dec38105]

@@farhs3133 Emails are great, I won the Nigerian lottery , only had to send them a mere £1000 to cover some costs

[@farhs3133]

@@Dec38105 Dang what a deal, 100% worth it

[@gullscomic]

"What do you use the computer for?" "Keeping household records such as: what I have in the freezer..." That was hilarious.

[@cnmrb151]

I didn't pay attention to this much when she said it on video but reading this literally had me burst laughing. 🤣

[@davegentry2380]

What? No PornHub??

[@ashtakmetoza5689]

it might be bodies by the look of them

[@kannabi]

@@ashtakmetoza5689 aye, fred & rose!

[@chrischavez13]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@xCARNAGE_ASADAx]

- Mum, what's for dinner? - I don't know, let me see what do we have in the freezer. *Plugs in computer and waits 5 minutes to check the freezer records*

[@jefferson1962]

LOL

[@scaleop4]

@@jefferson1962 of all the things to use a computer for hahaha

[@Lostsheepp]

Lol then the dishwasher was born

[@socman3988]

🤣🤣🤣 lmao you read my mind !!

[@davidlombard2326]

🤣

[@SkyscanX1]

I was sending emails in 1985. I worked on IBM mainframes. Modem. Modulate - Demodulate.

[@-LSC]

This video totally sounded like a conversation recording for an English lesson

[@rezadroidjr]

I guess this is what they’re kinda use for it 😂

[@Resumenesdelcongreso90]

ajaja a full. el acento inglés me recuerda a la escuela y las clases en cassette

[@zavrynah]

Nahuel Kiuan y la profe de ingles que llevaba su radio 🤣🤣

[@molin1310]

i thought i was the only one to think that lol.

[@phaeb]

Listen and complete the dialogue

[@blissettluther]

1984: Password is "1234" 2019: Password is "1234"

[@mirzabaig82]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesmiller2521]

Our sophisticated 2019 algorithms will not allow you use such buffoon easy to hack password. It should be something like this: 1234-a

[@nefariou5]

@@jamesmiller2521 I like you mean 1234!

[@uhyter89]

Откуда они узнали мой пароль :)

[@tonychr.9169]

You're right!!!!

[@mattscomp]

Few youngsters will appreciate just how revolutionary this all was. Like turning on a light switch. It just works right? Full respect to visionaries and the techs, engineers that made all of these things possible.

[@Bee_v0mit]

No, we appreciate it, what's crazy to us is how far technology has gone in just 30 years. It took us thousands of years to figure out what illness is but it only took 30 to make a desktop computer fit in your pocket. Crazy right!

[@fremue9312]

neon mochi Just imagine what technology we gonna have in 30 years from now...

[@buddymckay3486]

@@fremue9312 , Advanced AR glasses with nano nuclear cells powering them. They will have a 7 year lifetime without charging. Or chips in your brain giving you a HUD with information based upon the request you make without saying a word. Can't wait!!!

[@zecle]

I read your comment and tapped F to pay respect

[@alexander-jl6cs]

@Pink Alien ok boomer

[@markrussel-dy7jc]

The internet dial up sounds will forever be stuck in my memories we've come a very long way with the internet.

[@woodlandgoblin2057]

Husband: Hun what are having for dinner tonight? Wife: Hold on, I have to check the computer to see what’s in the freezer.

[@emidom2004]

I bet viewers made that same joke back in 84

[@albinjt]

Glad somebody noticed it !

[@Schwarzorn]

It’s possible they ownd a large chest freezer (or two) kept in the garage (which might not even be attached to the house).

[@RealHealthyGuidance]

@@Schwarzorn neehhh

[@Schwarzorn]

Alex Norway You should invest in some common sense.

[@krakent8791]

From now on I'm going to use Electronically yours when sending emails.

[@mattiemclean9882]

ok no need to show off that you have one of these new-fangled computer things!

[@TheeeDanielR]

KRAKEN T lol

[@copperspartan1643]

Dear Miss Kraken, That is an excellent idea. Electronically yours, copper_spartan

[@andrewballetto7641]

Dear Mr T Kraken Good idea Electronic regards Andrew

[@Itsjustmyselfsoitis]

Anything of yours which is electronic, end your message with "Electronically yours," fuckin do it on everything. KZbin, FB, Twitter, etc. Electronically yours, Me.

[@dml3oo0]

"It's extremely simple" **starts plugging cables, rotating dial and pushing switches**

[@tocAgunit]

:))

[@life_seeker6102]

Remember, this was technology in the 1980s, not the 2020s

[@mfbias4048]

‘Simple’ is relative.

[@dr.albekhan8640]

I wonder how 'simple' they will tell if they see something like apple pair 🤣

[@keselekbakiak]

Back then computer and internet was complex, so only people with basic technical knowledge can use it. Nowadays it was so easy that people who cant delete app on their phone can connect to internet.

[@marlowemarlowe4893]

Thanks for the help. This was very useful. I'd been struggling to send emails for ages.

[@someoneelse1441]

All jokes aside, being ready to learn bleeding edge new technology in your 50's is admirable.

[@MikeCorsten]

They were actually only 23, it's how aged everyone looked in the 80s. Just check an episode of Bullseye for further proof. 👍

[@michaelw4861]

50's! Which video were you watching?!

[@nagualdesign]

50s?! Should've gone to SpecSavers.

[@michaelw4861]

@@nagualdesign HAHAHA! Nicely done, sir

[@SandraLovesSun]

Mike Corsten that’s so awesome - I’m so happy I grew up in the 80s

[@colonelleblanc2594]

*Kid takes popsicle from freezer* “Did you update the household database?” “No?” “Look, it’s quite simple. You unplug the computer wire and then plug in the modem. Then dial the # on the rotary phone, and wait for dial tone, then you hang up. All you gotta do next is put in the personal password and find the right entry on the micronet. Don’t make me tell you again!!”

[@jamesmcgrath578]

Such an under rated post

[@snapperjessen]

when she done explaining the kid has grown up and moved out

[@RonJohn63]

I think she kept household records on the computer, not in micronet (aka "the cloud").

[@KashifNawaz85]

Lol

[@chazprouk]

This comment made me cry laughing!

[@MidKnightBlue]

Wow! Very helpful! I've been trying to figure this out for 32 years!

[@xplorer3475]

ha ha love it

[@marcc1667]

Lol.

[@ZVEKOfficial]

It must be a wonder how you stumbled across KZbin while surfing the Micronet

[@trollface1994]

u old fogey

[@rotoscopic8757]

PokeVictini Awesome Comment!

[@Aaronacer]

I spit out my food when he connected with a rotary phone.

[@geesi9645]

People in the comments laugh about this now, but this was genuinely impressive stuff for its time and laid the groundwork for the internet we are using right now. I’m actually pretty impressed that this was way back in 1984,

[@jonathangorelik7849]

ok boomer

[@CamcorderSteve]

I must be getting old, " way back in 1984," seems only like yesterday to me.

[@jonathangorelik7849]

@Talisman OK Somali pirate

[@austins.219]

I don't. I think its awesome how way back then this stuff would have been so exciting. Now a days people take for granite technological advancements, as if its so casual and normal. I was born in 90 and didn't hear about the internet until 96 so this impresses me as well.

[@s.bradley6089]

I remember this kind of tech, it was so cool to be able to do this then!

[@kostaftp]

- "I see you have your computer linked to the telephone line. Can you tell us how you did that?" - "Yes. Well, it's very simple really..." Proceeds to triangulate the signal between the Voyager 1, the Kennedy Space Center, and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

[@chrisrhinehart45]

Lol got damn

[@Masood1810]

I wouldn't have understood how he did that in 1984 nor would did I understand that today, in 2020!

[@frankienoe4815]

Haha that made me laugh insanely loud probably one of the greatest come inside reading long time

[@aiosquadron]

It's actually simple, and no, I'm not a time traveler. What they are doibg is connecting to the internet, but nowadays it does that automatically and nit through the phone line anymore.

[@aqualtor9696]

Underrate

[@DominicGo]

“Electronically yours” lmao I’m stealing this haha

[@ricardoreporterkiro7news721]

don’t good electoral I remember jerk right noticed aol

[@undeadknight01]

@@ricardoreporterkiro7news721 Did you have a stroke there dude?

[@YuSengoku]

@@undeadknight01 He's special

[@deepanjan.sengupta]

Hahaha ! Same thought! Being techie grammatically was cool.

[@keptins]

E.yours

[@NamiberGames]

3:47 « Electronically yours » I’ve got to use this greeting in my email 😂

[@machineofadream]

They did a good job filming this to match the film speed to the refresh rate of the monitors so that there's no flicker.

[@TheUtuber999]

Just dumb luck, in all probability.

[@billyjohnmoreno9280]

During that time most monitors are CRT

[@animeepisode9280]

@Kelly Andrews CRT always had Flickr with 24FPS

[@Pats-Shed]

Crt's at that time synchronised using the mains supply frequency, studio cameras used similar method.

[@GDMHificationranpitc]

@Kelly Andrews hahahasho wants to see my portfolio on flickr?

[@goatwarrior3570]

This electronic mumbo jumbo will never take off.

[@DiscoScottie]

Hang on... I've composed a reply to you, just waiting for the rotary dial to come back around so I can finish calling in on my mo-DEM.

[@EfrainAceves]

Si

[@zaxlorax7605]

@i_gRape_Babies x The hell is your username

[@johnnyfrankenstein0123]

@@zaxlorax7605 More importantly why is he going around expressing his attraction to small children

[@johnfoltz8183]

@@DiscoScottieit was just a flash in the pan fad.

[@Ging_10]

“Electronically Yours”....Now thats a cool futuristic line Hahaha

[@FactsDontChangeMinds]

Rc ProHunter sure glad that didn’t catch on

[@diedertspijkerboer]

It sure beats digitally yours 😕

[@KenMikaze]

@@diedertspijkerboer sure beats digital karma.

[@Angell-Angell]

A true statement from the 80's I would say..

[@ViezePoeperd]

analog-electric-digital-...?

[@MoneySavingVideos]

It is always good to get a refresher course. Thanks!

[@dr3u9]

“And just replace the receiver....” His face says “I hope this works..”

[@molin1310]

lol

[@barret777]

Pat and Julian's parties were legendary.

[@MrWeekendoff]

barret777 I actually went to one of the parties, as I was part of their co-operative. Pat’s doctor was there, and we got to see first hand the records of what she kept in the freezer. It was brilliant.

[@sartainja]

I bet it made Woodstock 1969 look like a bingo championship at the retirement home. How many times did you drop LSD?

[@MrWeekendoff]

Jeff Sartain too many times to count and I snorted a line of coke off Pats bottom

[@ieattrollsforbreakfast2973]

@@MrWeekendoff snorting crack outta Pats crack... your right that does sound legendary indeed. Hope Pats crack was as clean as the purest cleanest crack money could buy in 1984, nothing worse than snorting shitty crack from a shitty crack. 😂

[@MrWeekendoff]

@@ieattrollsforbreakfast2973you could smell what she kept in the freezer once she guffed, it was mainly sprouts so I dont know why she bothered to print a list....but at least it was less hairy then Pat's front crack. I haven't seen so much hair since I used to work at a German perm salon in 1974.....

[@nbvw3]

1984 online porn: "I am naked." in Bold sans

[@christopherdunn317]

I laughed so hard thank you great comment !

[@ghoch3]

Easy to mastrubate to.

[@SeductionUnleashed]

Imagine comic Sans lol

[@sminthian]

And if you want to see a picture, it loads one line at a time, and takes like 5 minutes. You better be really really sure you want to see that picture.

[@chunkymunkey9182]

lol

[@juantarctica]

I still log on to the Bulletin Board System, with my Commodore 64 and a WIFI modem plugged into it in 2024 🙃

[@edwardk6464]

Very insightful of her to talk about how older people will need to learn this technology - and how right she was!

[@SuperPhexx]

mhm.. and she is now in her seventies!

[@qwadratix]

The 'older people' who learned the technology were actually kids then. The older 'older people' from that time are all dead. (And they never learned to use email anyway).

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@qwadratix and lived perfectly fine lives without this plague of manilulating technology. Why can't you?

[@davidmurphy563]

What? Eh? Speak up!

[@joshua7015]

​@@sg-yq8pmDefinitely not 50s let alone 60s. More like mid 40s, especially since back then people looked quite older than they really were.

[@JordanICM]

1984: Expensive computer is used to keep track of whats in the freezer. 2021: Expensive phone is used to keep track of how long you've been sitting and standing. Glad we're still finding essential uses for our personal technological devices. I don't know how we would have kept track of these things before.

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

Lolz

[@stevebradley3145]

Best comment on here 👍

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Almost 2022 in 6 days

[@lcfflc3887]

Is called the human memory.

[@lcfflc3887]

@@PraveenSrJ01 and Corona madness still exists.

[@carpii]

“Mam can I have a choc-ice?” Not right now son, I dont have time to update our freezer database

[@chowturtlezpabus]

carpii someone always have to get them first, who else is going to fund the development of the machines

[@TrystansWorkbench]

When she said that, I thought what a brilliant use of a computer. After all I'm not sure if I have that packet of Thai Fishcakes on there or if there are sausages in there or not.

[@ladypenelope99]

carpii 😆😂

[@rah62]

I don't think that couple was in danger of engaging in procreation.

[@navyguyinva]

carpii Christ this made me laugh. +1

[@TheStudioManila]

Kid 80s: Do you still have Phone Computers in the future. 0:44 Time traveler : yup

[@TunnixTV]

"What are we having for dinner babe?" "Not sure, boot up the computer to check the freezer will you?"

[@wrek]

I struggled to type this reply I'm laughing so much

[@missionpupa]

@Ken Lompart Godamnit, were gonna have to actually take a look.

[@MAdDyMatt]

Tunnix_HD Haha 😂

[@joeyabuki5959]

Pretty sure they will die of hunger if the computer stops booting.

[@fjccommish]

That's called a cold boot.

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

"I'm now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate."

[@raresaturn]

RIP Tim Brooke Taylor

[@michaeltalksmovies6023]

Best line by far

[@ElizabethSwims]

The first tweet

[@GuessMyName234]

😂 we've over exceeded ourselves

[@echose7en321]

Lol so funny

[@sstteevveenn77]

This quarantine got me watching RANDOM sht

[@PhsycoEarthling]

sstteevveenn77 same

[@4life1love]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ShaneCharlesProductions]

Yass 😂😭

[@EKS511]

I know, right? 😂

[@justamommy88]

Omg same 😅

[@v00n2000]

I'd already been working with computers (operating mainframes then programming) for 8 years when this show came out. I still remember using the Hayes modems with the red LEDs on the front... still felt like magic listening to them dial up and connect. It was worth every penny to get the second phone line...

[@skitt155]

“Yes it’s very simple really” starts coldstarting the A10

[@kamenlaidarx9697]

extremly simple

[@maschobe7036]

5/5! :D

[@TreeFiddy-1337]

hahah fellow DCS player?

[@smipy]

"A10" You mean that AMD's APU?

[@phantasmindonesia3974]

@@smipy idk if you're asking for real or just for fun, but to answer some confusion that might happen to someone else, it's an attack aircraft used for close air support, dont whoosh me pwease LUL

[@angel241]

From now on, I'm going to end my email with Electronically yours,

[@gianlucasolcia6123]

😂😂😂😂

[@stephenbusscher]

Same!

[@SirHilary1]

😂😂😂

[@ataparag232]

HAHHAHAHAHAH

[@AhTu1306]

Haha

[@Auroth_DI]

1:20 For being a computer expert he sure doesn’t care about security with his 1234-password. 😂

[@Nuclearnadalah]

I just wanted to comment the same🤣

[@altergreenhorn]

To be fair not many hackeres exist back then 😂

[@tito6121]

it is actually provided by phone company and cannot be changed

[@apple_m2_delight]

There is no such thing as cybersecurity back in the day. Back then, security is more of an afterthought

[@ddd1hhh]

In his defense, was there anyone on earth that was looking to steal it??? 😂😂😊

[@fredskronk]

Just love the “broadcasting of software”. I know of some pirate radio stations that used to broadcast some portaged games for the Amiga. But actually seeing a real, commercial tv-station doing it is pretty cool.

[@carjay7]

My parents as kids during this time: Well it's fairly simple. My Parents now: How do I connect to the WiFi?

[@legolas7r]

Hahahaha . Spot ON !!!

[@ajsea07]

Nah, this was all nerdy specialized stuff at that time. Most kids weren't learning how to use computers. This was 10-15 years before PC's were common in homes and classrooms and ordinary people didn't realize how much they'd be integrated into our daily lives.

[@johnabuick]

@NS 317 They would have been normal.

[@johnabuick]

BS. I bet you know shit about networking too. Who do you think invented all this stuff, not you.

[@tubeview4203]

Some say wifi like Y-FY. But some say straight up Wifi like WeeFee.

[@lynzb7750]

I'm now going to end all emails with 'Electronically Yours'.

[@minakoasuka]

😂

[@dvilleonthemap99]

🤣🤣🤣 facts

[@bakeymykakey]

x3😂

[@ronthelegend98]

x4 😂

[@rongzhenli7387]

x6 😂

[@johnmohl4726]

1984: Interviews done virtually. 2021: Interviews done virtually.

[@gastromacho2]

Yes i saw that. They had Zoom back then

[@kartoffelbrei8090]

Not really fair, they are using professional broadcasting equipment.

[@Connie_TinuityError]

@@kartoffelbrei8090 r/woooooosh

[@kartoffelbrei8090]

@@Connie_TinuityError lol as if you cared about that before i said it.

[@tsdobbi]

@@Connie_TinuityError "r/woooooosh" It's not woooosh. There are plenty of morons on this video who honestly think they had to pre-record and "simulate a conversation". And don't realize broadcasting has been able to do "video conferencing" for like 70 years.

[@John-ct9zs]

I don't ever remember using a rotary phone in the 80s, it was always push button. Though I certainly knew WHAT a rotary phone was, and saw enough in TV and movies to figure it out. I was about 8 years old when this video aired in 1984, and it's weird these people have such a hi-tech set up for 1984 but are using a rotary phone when I clearly remember calling my mom on a push button in 1982.

[@salvadorhpo2030]

-Looks in the freezer -goes to computer - writes... buy eggs and milk - prints it out and heads to the store. - 5k well invested.

[@monoflea6851]

Well, these are the kind of decision making skills you can expect from someone who keeps their eggs and milk in the freezer.

[@Retromaster364]

Or you can just write it down on a piece of paper.

[@vampirethespiderbatgod9740]

This is basically Microsoft To-do or those similar apps lol.

[@MrParanoyak]

@@monoflea6851 ahahah

[@Excelsoft]

These are the applications adoptions that helped reach the moment we're living in, imagine similar crazy scenarios in the future.

[@davidfox6874]

It's a good job they had a secure password. The last thing you want is the hackers finding out how many boxes of Findus Crispy Pancakes you've got. Can't put a price on security

[@72boog]

David Fox now I’ve developed a craving for findus crispy pancakes. “Thanks”.....

[@davidfox6874]

@@72boog No problem. Just make sure you keep a log of everything, and if in doubt, place a call to the main Prestel computer.

[@bongsilla8109]

Lol.. stop that!

[@bongsilla8109]

@@a2isha yeah i have heard there are already a lot of pansploits out there.

[@invalidname.pleasetryagain122]

That's what she wants you to think she's making records of on her computer

[@LowkoTV]

This is adorable really.

[@p3acefool]

+LowkoTV hey lowko! big fan!

[@hu-ry]

LOL Lowko spotted :O

[@hu-ry]

Hey Lowko, How are you?

[@aizoxo]

ok then

[@WorldofNightcoreSD]

and everyone starts fangirling again

[@oliverrojas3185]

Thanks, startlingly informative, for those growing up In the eighties,, with little to no concept of technology