Monday, 17 September 2007

More ideas for the history of computing

I am getting more and more interested in the history of computers and as most of the students either have heard of windows 95, I want them to tell me what the difference are between the MS DOS, window 3.11, Windows 95 and XP, and possibly vista.

One quick way to do this is to look at the promotional videos that came out at the times.

Windows 95 had Mattew Perry and Jennifier Aniston doing a comedy act on how windows 95 could help there lives.

Matthew Perry Jennifer Aniston Windows 95 guide Part 1
10 min - Dec 20, 2006 - (251 ratings)
A promotional instructional Windows 95 video starring Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston from Friends. It's quite strange, but funny!...matthew perry jennifer aniston friends NBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWQgb015Lc

Matthew Perry Jennifer Aniston Windows 95 guide Part 2
10 min - Dec 20, 2006 - (79 ratings)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPcqz3pXQ-w

Matthew Perry Jennifer Aniston Windows 95 guide Part 3
8 min - Dec 20, 2006 - (48 ratings)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrq0HQrYN6A

Matthew Perry Jennifer Aniston Windows 95 guide Part 4
2 min - Dec 20, 2006 - (51 ratings)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0_oj-VBW3c

One of the most famous videos from the time and never has been able to be reproduced by the company, although there are many more other ways of getting this blue screen, even turning your computer on does it sometimes.
Bill Gates Windows 95 "Crash" Video
29 sec - Apr 18, 2005 - (32 ratings)
Bill would like to forget; the machine he's using to show off the capabilities of Windows 95 "blue-screens" at the most inoppurtune moment
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7370998653497771170

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