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

[@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'

[@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 :)

[@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

[@user-lx3oi6xy2e]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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:

[@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.

[@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...

[@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??

[@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.

[@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?

[@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]

😂

[@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???!!

[@cherrera4080]

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

[@cwstewartjr1973]

I have still yet to send my first email

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@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]

😂😂

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@gabrielmoreno9455]

We may laugh it up today, but these guys were in the top of the tecnology, and things like that helped to build the world as we know today. In the future, we will be laughed at too

[@LinkRocks]

@@internetavenger I just farted.

[@autumnsnows]

absolutely

[@colonelleblanc2594]

In the future we will be laughed at for using AI LLM’s like ChatGPT, because we have to manually ask it something, rather than using a cybernetic implant that works from thought and having contact lenses that display what we need know in the corner of our vision

[@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

[@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...

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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"

[@chntGomez]

"It seems a very simple connection to me" Greatest lie ever told in front of an audience

[@zakelwe]

"It tells me what I have in the freezer ! They don't even do that nowadays

[@turtleanton6539]

🎉

[@kavorka8855]

it wasn't a lie back then

[@lordgoofus2364]

It's very human.

[@OHHHHUSBANT]

Not really, its literally a bunch of baby steps that most people give up immediately because they cant read or do in 5 seconds Which is why the internet has sucked for the past 10 years

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@MarkSmithhhh]

I like how email is in quotes, like it's slang for something

[@-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

[@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.

[@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!

[@phil2768]

I'd love to relive the 70s, 80s and 90s computer revolution, it was so exciting. While todays technology is amazing that has been built off it, living back then with new computer innovations coming literally every year, It was a very unique period in history.

[@BeckVMH]

Yep, I’d go back and invest heavily in Microsoft stock.

[@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.

[@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"

[@sstteevveenn77]

This quarantine got me watching RANDOM sht

[@PhsycoEarthling]

sstteevveenn77 same

[@4life1love]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ShaneCharlesProductions]

Yass 😂😭

[@EKS511]

I know, right? 😂

[@Khadijahpink]

Omg same 😅

[@tjmarx]

I love that data transmission via audio at the end of the show. 😂😂

[@dhdurhueur-qe5pn]

It was uncanny😂

[@monobiteme6014]

It's quite uncomfortable to hear that

[@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

[@angel241]

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

[@gianlucasolcia6123]

😂😂😂😂

[@stephenbusscher]

Same!

[@SirHilary1]

😂😂😂

[@ataparag232]

HAHHAHAHAHAH

[@AhTu1306]

Haha

[@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

[@yecreeper]

I think it's pretty darn cool that they used sound to transmit data, what a crude yet effective way of doing it!

[@spr00sem00se]

Youd be suprised what is still being trasnmitted by sound like this. All militaries in the world use radio to trasnmit encoded data. Germany transmits weather info via fax everyday to sailors. Old tech is still extremely useful where you dont have fast internet.

[@44thala49]

Isn’t that essentially what speaking does? We’ve been at that for thousands of years.

[@RaymonDaniel]

MASSIVELY underrated observation @@44thala49

[@ElSantoLuchador]

@@44thala49 But not as long as the birds. They've been at it for a lot longer.

[@sarahmoorman6936]

so true! lol@@ElSantoLuchador

[@NinjaDeathTeddy]

Hey everyone the reporter Jane is my mum and she's very impressed that the video has so many millions of views all these years later ! 😂

[@neoneherefrom5836]

son is that you

[@explorelondon3695]

Bless her😂❤

[@explorelondon3695]

@RuckFussia You are so idle. Find your aucking fss a hobby

[@kuaaajo]

You should make a video of her talking about her thoughts about email in 1984 and computer people back then!

[@googa319]

Aye sure she is....

[@KoalaTContent]

0:52 "It's a very simple connection to make" "Extremely simple" *Is literally phone calling his computer with a rotor-dial wired home phone*

[@googlegmail4636]

beeeb, grrrrr, that is the handshake protocol!

[@madjidhamdini1977]

That's right he can used a telephone with keyboard ! after all keyboard or rotor , in 1984 that was a sophisticated technology ! Dont forget also , that computer had an extrem ridiculous small memory , without a hard drive ! the super expensif computers had a hard drive but in the 80s he had something like 50/60MB !!!

[@googlegmail4636]

@@madjidhamdini1977 40 Mb HDD was enough back then, not that fancy!

[@Willybean08]

Nah for the 1980's it was very simple.

[@madjidhamdini1977]

@@Willybean08 In "Jumpin' Jack Flash" a movie from 1986 you can watch woopie goldberg send somes emails ! I was 9 ! my first internet surf was after 2000 at 23... Also for exemple CD , who had a CD player in 1982/83 ?!? first time i saw a CD was in 1990! Today we have a lot of good/suck technology but tomorrow for new generation what they having ? who know...

[@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

[@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.

[@samreedgaming1249]

1:20 “It’s Asking me to enter my personal password” *types 1, 2, 3, 4

[@a.morais1186]

Sam Reed Gaming hahahahha true

[@Turbomgzt]

I'm sure he's changed it by now. Try 4321....

[@NDryuk]

@@Turbomgzt qwerty

[@JasonNation72]

"That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" -Dark Helmet

[@erikeggenbakstad]

Back then it was just one user anyway 🤣

[@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

[@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.

[@Saor_Alba]

I first witnessed Prestel being demonstrated in 1982 at Glasgow University in the then-Maths dept. How it even operated on a 16K ZX Spectrum that had been expanded to 48K still beats me. The software to run it was written by a close friend, who is sadly no longer with us, who went on to have a long successful career in computing. I too went on to have a career in computing which caused me to travel the four corners of the world, I'm now retired and am back in Bonnie Scotland, and done travelling thank goodness.😁

[@HarshitKumar-bu7oo]

Hey I want to know more about your job like today software engineer jobs are so boring

[@deang5622]

The software running on the computer at home is just a simple client, it is doing little more than taking the bytes of data received from the modem and displaying characters on the screen. The processing power to do this is minimal. I know, I have actually written software back in the 1980's to do this. Even a ZX80 had enough enough processing power and memory to do it.

[@deang5622]

​@@HarshitKumar-bu7ooThat very much depends on the kind of software you are developing. I have done embedded software for electronic products. Far more interesting and more challenging.

[@angelacooper2661]

My brother Anthony had a ZX Spectrum during the early 80s and he used to play games on it!

[@Saor_Alba]

@@deang5622I realise I should have been more succinct when I said still beats me. I know how it was achieved, my astonishment I was referring to was the skill and speed of the programmer. Alex did not use a Z80 assembler but achieved this feat in raw machine code using data and pokes in Nine Tiles Networks/Sinclair basic.

[@worldaviation4k]

That's my password

[@jonathanestrada1687]

Pass your E-mail please, it’s for a homework. :D

[@fly1ngh0rse77]

@@jonathanestrada1687 loooll

[@thedaggonator]

your password is 1234? time for hack

[@eeeyea9304]

@@jonathanestrada1687 I ruined it.

[@coldbews5458]

we gonna get your credit card # now.

[@LighthawkZ65]

Laugh all what you want... But everything started with something and we have what we have because of them

[@B8R8]

True soo true! Everything gets updates eventually to a scary scale like today compared to the past.

[@dbaggins2667]

Only ignorant retards would laugh

[@ritmo1130]

Some people just talk and judge, even if they don't have an idea of what a simple logic gate is.

[@Hengry-hn7rb]

Huachinango Comunista I’m not laughing at their inventions I’m laughing at them 🤓

[@xanderk84]

That is an excellent point Huachinango Comunista, but you do realize that the "them" whose innovations you are grateful for were capitalists. Communism could never have brought us the internet.

[@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?

[@richie0408]

I like how ridiculously enthusiastic they are when they sign off with "BYE, JANE!". It's like they pre-recorded that part for some reason. Totally incongruous with their low-key manner just a few second earlier.

[@ricardoreporter710]

I like how ridiculously enthusiastic they are when they sign off with "BYE, JANE!". It's like they pre-recorded that part for some reason. Totally incongruous with their low-key manner just a few second earlier.

[@CraigMansfield]

The whole thing's edited together

[@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.

[@cleric7788]

This will never catch on.

[@bigblue6917]

A little bird told me that there is some talk of something called the 'Inta net's ' or somet. It's where people can go on a line and send messages, a bit like telegrams,. What next I ask. People putting videos in this net thing. Sounds too far fetched for me. I prefer reading. You'll always find me with my face in a book.

[@asarangan]

@@sonacphotos Actually, that trend is reversing. Cloud computing, not cloud data, has been the trend for a while.

[@theflyingdutchman787]

😂

[@alwoo5645]

my dad said that at the time i'm not joking

[@ANKITYADAV-nv9wv]

Youngsters these days eh

[@Tremological]

man, Skype was working great back then!

[@abhishekroy6691]

Tremological this is the comment I was looking for...great

[@adam4757]

I'm guessing this was all prerecorded?

[@3pointsracer]

your what??

[@user-cs5jl5ez6j]

Tremological it's faster than Skype

[@aloevera666]

It's fake

[@JacobSteinberg75]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@Pulsonar]

These guys enthusiasm for the computer age Brings back fond memories of me and my brother tussling with a new Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer in 1982. Nothing more than glorified keyboard with a processor chip and board buried within. When we learned what the machine was doing it was a great feeling of discovery, like we struck gold😂 40 years later, we now have machines learning how to get rid of us because we’ve run out of luck as we’ve gotten old.

[@texaswunderkind]

My older brother got a Commodore VIC-20 with modem at about that time. He managed to download a nudie pic to his dot matrix printer from some BBS. It took eight hours, and was the crappiest image you had ever seen on the ribbon paper. And we thought we were living in a freaking episode of Star Trek or something. Greatest moment of my life.

[@Pulsonar]

@@texaswunderkind That was probably the most desperate and primitive porn download event ever 🤣 I remember those satisfying‘eureka’ moments, and our weird ‘shrunken head’ Commodore Pet computer at school. The 5th form GCE O level maths pupils gathered round it like it was God of all Casio calculators waiting for a sign of mathematical divinity 😂 Great machine for playing Space Invaders though, when teacher left us to it at lunchtime 😉

[@ironlion45]

"My own password" *keys 1 2 3 4 5 on public TV show* "Which I have now done". Oh, those innocent days...

[@ColonialPuppet]

They act like there’s someone off camera holding them at gunpoint😂

[@mutedAZ09]

0:45 I thought that exact thing

[@gfolkins1]

The 80's were scary times...

[@randomupdates4013]

Copied the other post ghey

[@renjur6463]

0:51 🙄

[@sandyg.8318]

“😓😬” lol

[@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.

[@Masamune364]

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.

[@markrussel-dy7jc]

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

[@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

[@TwoLeftSh0es]

M I N D B L O W N can't wait for this technology to become mainstream.

[@daviewz9335]

😁

[@kurtv7638]

W

[@chawlee]

Oh yes... one of these days.

[@GD15555]

edgrrr101 I think you have to wait at least 5 - 10 more years

[@Commodore4life]

What's next? Will we put a man on the moon, or what?

[@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?

[@ksaboda]

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

[@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

[@lynzb7750]

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

[@minakoasuka]

😂

[@dvilleonthemap99]

🤣🤣🤣 facts

[@bakeymykakey]

x3😂

[@rohanrandive1898]

x4 😂

[@rongzhenli7387]

x6 😂

[@braniel2324]

I’m going to start signing emails “electronically yours”

[@kissrings]

Daniel French 😂😂😂😂😂

[@totukimou]

🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@tetsuoshima7385]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@fastair8546]

lol

[@apeacemaker]

I know...I am going to confuse all my teammates at work! 🤣

[@MoneySavingVideos]

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

[@WinslowLeach1974]

2:26 "What do you use the computer for?" "Well, for keeping household records, such as what I have in the freezer...." I guess I do it the old-fashioned way, to see what I have in the freezer I open the freezer door.

[@zolikoff]

To be fair, keeping tabs on what you have in the freezer, or what you have in your any kind of storage, is something that a basic easily accessible digital record could help a lot with, but we still don't have the means to do that in a user-friendly manner, so people just don't.

[@Skelly5962]

Luddite.

[@Bruce_Peters]

"What do you use Facebook for?" "Well, for keeping household records, such as informing other Facebook users what I have in the freezer..."

[@torbjrnk860]

Steven Falloniminaskor

[@DVincentW]

What do you use Facebook for?" "Well, for keeping household records, such as informing other Facebook users what body parts, animals, and TV dinners I have in the freezer..."

[@HazelTheHare]

The computer is now telling me to enter my personal password (1234) which i've now done

[@Yizee]

And if it were to tell me the location of the golden ticket I shall gladly share with it my lifetime supply of chocolate.

[@k.t.1641]

Trever M What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate? Lol I kept thinking this the whole time too

[@Yizee]

hahaha

[@edetmmekut809]

stop spamming is bad

[@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

[@ravigunslinger]

its mind blowing how far we've come in 40 years....

[@oO_toOomy_Oo]

0:18 plug out, plug in, plug in, switch on, open program, remove the handset of the phone, dial a number by rotating.... "it is very simple connection to make" "it is extreemely simple"

[@Rika914]

So true... I am always amazed by what people of clearly above average intelligence consider to be simple. It's not rocket science but it sure ain't dead simple either.

[@ParanormalExplorer]

@@Rika914 It's very easy, just too tedious by stands of modern tech.

[@Misia23]

Well, easier than starting your internet-connection under windows-vista. uhh....

[@Rika914]

@@ParanormalExplorer That's my point really. While the process is simple most people won't do something that tedious unless they fully understand what is happening. I wouldn't be surprised if more than half of people who go through that whole process he explained know what protocols they are using, what they do, how they are written etc. That stuff is not simple, hence most people never used anything before dial up.

[@moccalou]

I was so sure he was going to put the phone receiver into the modem. Some were like that.

[@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.

[@ico9005]

*Year 2060* _How to watch a video on KZbin._

[@gsimon123]

Why did you have to do this to my brain? It's 11:30pm and I have work tomorrow.

[@Sventasis]

What do you mean "You have to use your eyes" ? Can't it just stream the video into my imagination? This technology is laughable...

[@afex9110]

You mean AI hologram asking toster How to watch a video on KZbin ?

[@afex9110]

@@noneedh2249 sorry for your illness.

[@TheArrow1987]

@@afex9110 autism isn't an illness it's neurological development disorder.

[@baldeepbirak]

Amazing progress of technology since 1980s

[@ElAntroDeDager]

Can we take a moment to appreciate this show's ending music?

[@macafadeal1]

Sorcery!!! My old TV and landline turned on because of this "ending music"!!!

[@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT]

@@macafadeal1 LMAO

[@Psychopatz]

@@macafadeal1 hahaha you made my day pal

[@jorge1869]

"The Purge" alert song 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@pratikb8131]

What a soothing outro, loved it!

[@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...

[@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.

[@InsCoin2Play]

What an innovation to drop a data blast at the end!

[@TheDutyPaid]

I can't see this catching on.

[@fpshooterful]

ya.. EMAIL?.. No way.. that will never catch on.. i am going to stick with advance letter writing.. good ol post office will always be the future!

[@metralla]

Porn? really? *opens private window

[@poeterritory]

It's more a niche market, really. Nice if you can afford it but there are better things to spend your money on, such a good quality Hi-Fi system.

[@spacemonk4874]

Its just a hype

[@nickmagrick7702]

it'll never work, even if it does it wont last

[@ricosrealm]

Isn't the 'Facetime' through the television screen the real marvel here?

[@precogtyrant]

yeah and its realtime.

[@ryantran3222]

fax

[@brandonhanserd7832]

That's what I was thinking lol

[@chivalrous_chevy1163]

I was actually thinking the same thing, lol.

[@dukedizzy]

Yes my fucking thoughts exactly. Theyre doing a live video call but are astonished by sending a few texts lol.

[@Socially_Inept_Gyopo]

i am also interested in this new technology and dont want to be left behind

[@Deplorable_Nerfherder]

Thank goodness you found this tutorial

[@VenturiLife]

Only about 34 years behind, you can catch up!

[@tiger1995grvr]

you using internet explorer ?

[@DaveWillman26]

@@tiger1995grvr No, Netscape...

[@VenturiLife]

@Eddie Turbine Why did you say 36 years ago?

[@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.