HOW TO SEND AN EMAIL – Database | Blast From The Past
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‘Database’s’ Tony Bastable demonstrates the art of emailing 1980’s style when over seas.
First shown on Thames TV in 07/06/1984
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September 18th, 2020 at 4:53 am
Computing was certainly more exciting back then. Everything is so easy now, yes more convenient but it's lost some of the magic of the 80s and 90s in my opinion. The effort required made you feel part of something special.
And let's not sniff at this technology – a mere ten years before this it would have been inconceivable that somebody could do this in their home.
September 18th, 2020 at 5:50 am
Lmao
September 18th, 2020 at 6:02 am
Well its weird, how can they communicate with such speed while still using modems in those days.
September 18th, 2020 at 6:52 am
Good old 1980s technology didn't have an image problem at all also they both seem too have neck issues. Brilliant. Great upload. 😀
September 18th, 2020 at 7:08 am
How fucking loaded was the Green family to own this shit and have an internet connection back in 1980!
September 18th, 2020 at 8:00 am
and that was the 80's technology… an ugly modem with a playstation 1 size, an "easy conection" with a "little bit" of lag and a loudy slowly printer.
Things changed a lot and sooooooo fast.
September 18th, 2020 at 8:20 am
Has anyone tried to decode the modem transmission at the end of the vid?
September 18th, 2020 at 8:45 am
This is so great!
September 18th, 2020 at 9:15 am
I'm amazed at how good Skype was back then..
September 18th, 2020 at 9:50 am
holy shit lol
September 18th, 2020 at 10:39 am
At the time the Duke of York's Prestel details were ID: 12345678, Passcode: 1111. Those were the days.
September 18th, 2020 at 11:35 am
I had a VIC 20, I am old. In computer time I am dead.
September 18th, 2020 at 12:16 pm
Stacca stacca!
September 18th, 2020 at 1:04 pm
Julian looks like Jermaine Clement. Idk why him dialing that rotary phone cracked me up.
September 18th, 2020 at 2:01 pm
Brilliant
September 18th, 2020 at 2:11 pm
I'm starting to believe these techies might just be the latest AI tech themselves.
This week, human speech.
"Our female protoype nearly has blinking down, but stalls out a little bit at each great attempt. However, we cannot get our Male version to stop touching it's cousin, the MicroNet 800"
"Both versions are very strong with goodbyes."
Side-note: Can you imagine talking with your doctor so easily? Where did THAT go?
September 18th, 2020 at 2:35 pm
"Thing are starting to happen"
I think parts this whole video would be an awesome music sample x D
September 18th, 2020 at 2:45 pm
The music during the credits was beautiful.
September 18th, 2020 at 3:36 pm
Thank F*** I live in 2018.
Oh and “The Modem” 😂😂
The data base is now the cloud
September 18th, 2020 at 4:20 pm
How did I find this from watching the IT british show. I'm American. This was absolutely fantastic
September 18th, 2020 at 4:48 pm
Gotta hack his Prestel account, pass me the powerglove, it´s H A C K I N G T I M E
Oh wait, where did Prestel go?
September 18th, 2020 at 4:49 pm
These old British technology videos hit hard
September 18th, 2020 at 5:16 pm
No ads interruption?
September 18th, 2020 at 6:10 pm
Omg how he forcefully put the phones receiver on that modem lol.
September 18th, 2020 at 6:15 pm
2354678658
September 18th, 2020 at 7:01 pm
How many people could actually afford that stuff back then?
September 18th, 2020 at 7:44 pm
Where are Pat and Julian?
September 18th, 2020 at 7:57 pm
This is crazy
September 18th, 2020 at 8:00 pm
Why did he use a rotary phone?
September 18th, 2020 at 8:07 pm
SHED-djool
September 18th, 2020 at 8:07 pm
Don't think most phones had a rotary dial. The first phone with buttons was released in the 60s!
September 18th, 2020 at 9:04 pm
I’m not going to tell you what it is otherwise you’ll copy it. 😆😆😆😆 Poor man is afraid the viewer will hack him.
September 18th, 2020 at 9:07 pm
next time someone complains they cant' get a good wifi signal on their mobile device, show them this clip.
September 18th, 2020 at 9:54 pm
ilk defa böyle bir cihaz gördüm.
September 18th, 2020 at 10:13 pm
Past was good
September 18th, 2020 at 11:08 pm
Wait… how the heck does it work only thru the speaker ?
Sorry I just left my rock , under which I've lived all my life
September 18th, 2020 at 11:57 pm
Moh-dem, koor-sore lol
September 19th, 2020 at 12:38 am
I can't wait for this to arrive.
September 19th, 2020 at 1:16 am
"…using one of these" ………………and coffee came out my nose.
Thank you, Thames TV.
September 19th, 2020 at 1:28 am
Awesome!