Yes. I second that. Having the daughter as a narrator is perfect. No offense, Steve.
Regards, Tarek Hoteit > On Mar 8, 2023, at 10:09 AM, W2HX via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I loved it. I would only suggest a human narrator like your daughter would > be great. But I don't like the computer generated narration (I am right about > the computer narrator, aren't I?). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 11:54 AM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: Steve Lewis <lewiss...@gmail.com> > Subject: [cctalk] Re: on the origin of home computers > > Adrian, > >> There's a long tail to the video with no video and blank audio. After >> a while, a section of audio from the main flow is repeated. > > Thanks, yeah that was a left over to compare an alternate ending. One > idea is to make it such that the video can "loop" seamlessly for continuous > play, at say a museum. And the plan is to put it under Creative Commons > since I'm told that's the best way to help ensure it can be re-used without > question. > > The plan was to keep it to 10min - at one point we had it up to 30min!! > Minus the inadvertent excess, it'll be exactly 15min. A part2 might focus > more on the Z80 and 6502 lines themselves, or I was thinking a kind of bio on > the actual engineers involved ("the names and faces"). > > Canada is represented also :) And I just recalled, the "TK-80" (training kit > Z80 board) is also a "made in Japan" item (and led to the PC-8001 in '79), it > probably needs a flag (and I wanted to show a France flag for the Micral-N -- > but in the effort to keep it closer to 10min, we just couldn't cover every > item to keep a reasonable tempo). So then we debated to not have popup flags > at all, but I felt it was important to note that there was international > involvement here. > > -Steve > > > >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 5:55 AM Adrian Godwin via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> Not really technical, but a couple of presentation points : >> >> There's a long tail to the video with no video and blank audio. After >> a while, a section of audio from the main flow is repeated. >> >> It seems to be common to consider Youtube videos more approachable if >> they're up to about 10 minutes long. You might benefit by splitting it >> into >> 2 parts. >> >> And even further off topic .. I see that the pictorial guide includes >> machines from GB and Japan (and I think a Sharp is mentioned in the >> description). Although GB was heavily influenced by USA machines it >> did have it's own distinct history and so, I think, did Japan. Russia >> also had clones of well known machines and their own designs. Did any >> other countries have a history that was more complex than picking the >> best known parts of the international trade ? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:24 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> We're making final touches on a short history-video we've been >>> making >> about >>> home computers (my daughter, in middle school, has been helping). >>> >>> If anyone has time/interest to do a review, the draft listing is here: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mgSVJZoFc >>> >>> Unless anyone spots a gross technical error, we're hoping to render >>> the final sometime this weekend or sometime this month. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Steve >>> >>