THE VIDEO SHELF · gary kildall and cp/m
The Computer Chronicles - Gary Kildall Special (1995)
A 1995 episode of The Computer Chronicles devoted to Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M. It works as a retrospective and tribute to the personal computer pioneer.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it to see what Kildall was like in real life and as a tribute to an influential figure.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The Computer Chronicles
- Topic
- gary kildall and cp/m
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
If you want to know how was he IRL I recommend watching Computer chronicles. Gary Kildall Special: [VIDEO] Whole playlist of episodes, its like watching non-fiction 'Halt and Catch Fire': [LINK]
rasz_pl on Hacker News · 2015-06
In Gary KildallI really enjoyed this retrospective on Gary Kildall. He was a really interesting guy, and I'll echo the sentiments of my sibling commenter-- a major influence on the development of the personal computer. [VIDEO]
EvanAnderson on Hacker News · 2015-09
In APL\B5500: The Language and Its Implementation – Gary A. Kildall (1970) [pdf]If you want to dive deeper and watch a beautiful tribute to Gary Kildall, you can find the tribute episode of the Computer Chronicles (which he cohosted for years) on Youtube: [VIDEO]
omnibrain on Hacker News · 2022-12
In How to Start with CP/M
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