The Great 202 Jailbreak – Computerphile
Published on Dec 12, 2013 by Computerphile
Before laser-printers, high quality print-outs were the domain of typesetters, expensive and tightly controlled. In 1979 a Bell Labs team reverse engineered one in their summer vacation. Professor Brailsford has the details.
Mainframes and the Unix Revolution: http://youtu.be/-rPPqm44xLs
To find out how the 1980 Bell Labs `vacation memo’ was completely rebuilt, in 2013, visit:
http://www.eprg.org/papers/202paper.pdfIf you want to see the `vacation memo’ itself — in its original scanned-in form and after being rebuilt — then visit:
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/202The memorandum gives an outline of how the `reverse engineering’ of the 202 was accomplished.
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https://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran’s Numberphile. See the full list of Brady’s video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels
Extra Bits: Printing and Typesetting History – Computerphile
Published on Dec 15, 2013 by Computerphile
More information on the background of Printing and Typesetting to complement “The Great 202 Jailbreak” film which can be seen here: http://youtu.be/CVxeuwlvf8w
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Typesetters in the 80’s – Computerphile
Published on Jan 17, 2014 by Computerphile
If you thought mathematics exams were difficult, you should try printing them out! – Professor Brailsford takes us through Nottingham University’s path to printing their own papers.Maxwell’s Equations Poster: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/godsaid.pdf
Nottingham Typesetting Implementation: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/newprotext.pdfThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
The Font Magicians – Computerphile
Published on Jan 31, 2014 by Computerphile
Making fonts look good at low resolutions – many thought the problem insolvable – two men started Adobe and proved them wrong. Professor Brailsford renders the story.
The Great 202 Jailbreak: http://youtu.be/CVxeuwlvf8w
Mainframes & the Unix Revolution: http://youtu.be/-rPPqm44xLs
Upside Down Trees (Huffman Coding): http://youtu.be/umTbivyJoiI
Typesetters in the ’80’s: http://youtu.be/XvwNKpDUkiE
Graphics Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckrPkEUK5iMQrQyvj9Z6WCrmConrad Taylor Speaks to John Warnock: http://bit.ly/fontmagicians
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle – Computerphile
Published on Sep 20, 2013 by Computerphile
Audible free book: http://www.audible.com/computerphile
Representing symbols, characters and letters that are used worldwide is no mean feat, but unicode managed it – how? Tom Scott explains how the web has settled on a standard.More from Tom Scott: http://www.youtube.com/user/enyay and https://twitter.com/tomscott
EXTRA BITS: http://youtu.be/qBex3IDaUbU
Data Security: http://youtu.be/4SSSMi4X_mAThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
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