The Computer Chronicles - Comdex (1995)

[@neoasura]

I love these old COMDEX episodes..you seen a lot of innovation. Stuff that was years ahead of its time, and other stuff that never took off. Its cool looking back as if you are a time traveler watching predictions.

[@ParsnipCelery]

Right? I'm always blown away by these old Computer Chronicles episodes and consistently impressed by the innovation shown nearly 40 years ago. It makes me less impressed with what I see coming out now.

[@gman102formyspace]

RIP Charles Rich. He ended up being a big part of A.I. development, a research scientist at MIT and professor at WPI among other things. Passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2018

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

So now we talk to people around the world on Skype and phone apps for free.. just have high speed internet COMDEX was such a great show to attend..! Glad I was there

[@yaosio]

I love that idea of calling your friends overseas for the price of a local call. For many years now you've been able to talk to anybody anywhere in the world for free. I've been called many names in many different languages, it's great.

[@JCMilstead]

8:00 this was the pre-cursor to Peleton. Crazy they had that idea back in 1995.

[@bkb04g]

Browse the internet using a real life 3D interface? Did anyone get beyond the initial ‘Wow, never thought of that’ excitement and really dive into whether it adds tangible value.

[@TheCj71984]

i use to watch this show on sundays on pbs . miss this show

[@thealaskan1635]

Amen

[@johneygd]

That casio digital camera, that standup pc, that plasma tv and flap square crt tv were surely olala!!!

[@wallacelang1374]

The 1995 Comdex convention in Las Vegas NV looks like it was very nice. I believe that I would have liked to see a lot of the stuff up close and personal. But I don't have the amount of money to afford attending such an event as Comdex.

[@Ritermann]

I can't help but laugh the whole way trough these videos :D

[@elgeneralxx]

go poop yo pants big old grandma

[@marcmolinaro228]

We are now starting to see 3D environments becoming mature in applications such as Oculus and Valve Index. Crazy to see how these early concepts have evolved 25+ years later

[@thespacesbetweenstudio3346]

no, this "internet" thing sounds like a fad that won't last 6 months.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Would be quite a few years before those portable devices became powerful enough to be useful versus just expensive novelties.

[@nate2435]

Highlight of this episode for me:Terry Farrell pretending to be flattered about an internet fan club at 25:45 😂

[@TheStevenWhiting]

9:17 And where are they now? Google took over the crown.

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

Imagine going back in time and making those web sites. They look like they took 10 minutes

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

So what happened to 3D TVs in 2020?

[@DavePoo2]

6:23 Star Trek Voyager! That show must have just gone air?

[@ezydenias8505]

20:55 I can tell you I would have bought that mouse. I bought the Logitech G600 for exactly that reason. Only I use the very right button as middleclick. If you use blender for example it is insanely comfortable that way.

[@straightpipediesel]

The business version of that is the 3DConnexion (owned by Logitech) CadMouse. It's a 3-button plus scroll wheel mouse specifically for 3D modeling apps.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

I acquired a dozen 1GB Jazz cartridges and a drive in 1999 for 10 bucks. It was slow but it was how I would boot up newly acquired legacy mac systems that I would buy at the flea markets at De Anza college in Cupertino and Los Positas in Livermore. Back when you just needed a the finder and system file and maybe some extensions depending on what you were doing. And gas was under 2 bucks a gallon.

[@leoleonard1580]

Watching IBM and Intuit blow armadillos in a race made my night. The 90s looked like fun!

[@JaredConnell]

I could've sworn that was a euphemism lol

[@loganmacgyver2625]

so you used internet coming through a phone line to make a phone call... Early internet was ahead of its time

[@yellowblanka6058]

Terry Farrell seems like a lovely person.

[@wtfsamusidk7574]

Love this

[@daehawk9585]

Terry..what a babe.

[@saramations]

She has a very pretty face and nice smile 😊

[@jeans1515]

If they only knew how badly the telecoms would take us to the cleaners for this tech

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

These devices were beyond the average people to afford. Wow. Time flies. Now in 2020 electronic devices like these are very very cheap to buy.

[@EnronnSierra]

26 years later we now have Windows 365.

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

The newton.AKA the PDA - AKA the smartphone.

[@InflatableConan]

3-D web browsers, eh? That would be perfect for when I hack the Gibson even though I haven't thought up what my handle should be.

[@christineayres5339]

Imagine how expensive that LCD 42 inch TV was in 1995 ? must have been like 10 grand lol

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

$20k

[@christineayres5339]

@@fordxbgtfalcon Jesus 🤣

[@BionicTenshi96]

That ISDN network looks faster than my cablemodem broadband connection.

[@bneyens]

3:45 - Bill Gates jacket is out of control! Like 2 sizes too big. Lol

[@GT-bz9nc]

Like him next to Epstein’s island girls

[@justandhans]

Win term, the mid 90's chromebook

[@rustynail6819]

LOL I was their!

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

There*

[@mustachesally4134]

People were really interested In technology back then. Now it's all about kids asking how many fps the pc can run Fortnite...

[@estusflask982]

The audio is out of sync

[@justandhans]

Armadillo race

[@bwzes03]

3D web browsing never took off, just like 3D on your tv. Just 5 years ago, all new highend tvs came with 3D glasses. Now, no tv includes them anymore...

[@neoasura]

It's too bad, as a kid I loved the idea of "Cyberspace" being a 3D digital world to explore like they did in the movies back then.

[@KabelkowyJoe]

Imo for simple reason (that will never change) - our brain has limits, there is already too much information to process.

[@oksyar]

3D never took off coz there's no 3d content to watch. I still miss my HTC Evo 3d, it had 3d cameras and you could watch those 3d pictures on the 3d display of the phone, it was absolutely amazing.

[@fufumer3482]

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[@bhollingsworth]

Bill Gates guess right a lot on where things were going

[@GT-bz9nc]

And he was on Epstein’s island a lot too, so there’s that.

[@bhollingsworth]

@@GT-bz9nc so was your boy Elon.

[@juansanchez-mr7hk]

Pc dinasor 🦖🦖🦖🦖

[@LoveMafae]

no chinese here

[@magesalmanac6424]

US companies hadn’t completely sold out to China yet. Today, however…

[@JB-C]

Just webcrawl it!

[@JohnnnyJohn]

3D browsers lol. Everyone wanted to be Nintendo 64 back then!

[@daehawk9585]

So much fail in one video.

[@TheDexterFishbourne]

Where? Looks great for 1995

[@elgeneralxx]

go wipe yo butt smell

[@estusflask982]

The audio is out of sync with the video