Domesticating the computer: how the appliance computers came to be (Mandie Edition)
Channel: voidstar (v*) tech
Date: 2023-04-09

This is an updated version of the original "Domesticating the computer" mural story.   In addition to a few cosmetic updates, this version also has our good friend Mandie doing the narration!

This is a story of how the computer came to be an affordable home consumer appliance.   Those of GenX and earlier are the last generation of people to know the world before "a computer in every home" became a reality.   Nearly all the core aspects of Computer Science were established in academia before the 1970s, but as surplus equipment following the Apollo program made its way into the garages of hobbyist and tinkerers, a "computer liberation" movement began with a direct intention of making all this capability available to the masses.   This is a brief highlight of some of the computer systems involved in that transition, where within a decade the personal computer went from still costing more than a house to down to under $1,000, and software-applications began to become their own packaged commodity.

** Credits **
voidstar (script and video editing)
CarrionCrow (background art and composition)
Mandie (narration)

For the Aaron edition (which has greater details in its "More" Video Description):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHV-qRf-0c

A web site link with further details is IN-WORK, see here:
https://voidstar.blog/domesticating-the-computer/