Posted By
RobertB
on 2016-02-13
04:17:41
|  The film, Growing the 8-Bit Generation - released!
Yesterday, the one-hour, 39-minute documentary was released on-line for all Kickstarter backers! Wow! Very professionally done! It was great hearing from Jack Tramiel, Lenard Tramiel, Chuck Peddle, Al Charpentier, Jeff Minter, Bil Herd, Andy Finkel, Michael Tomczyk, Steve Wozniak, and more.
The documentary began with the calculator age and then expanded to the KIM-1 followed by computer developments in Apple, Commodore, Tandy/Radio Shack, Sinclair, and a little bit of Texas Instruments and Atari. Most of the emphasis was on Commodore with lots of content on the PET, VIC-20, and C64 (but no mention of the Plus/4 and C128, as those were post-Tramiel).
Technically, the sound balance was better than the preview, and Bil Herd gave a forceful narration instead of the unknown British person in the preview. However, I did catch three errors (!) with a video-editing placeholder which read, "Narrator". 
Bonus -- there is a separate, 59-minute video entitled, "The Last Jack Tramiel Interview".
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
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Posted By
mozartpc27
on 2016-02-13
23:47:11
| Re: The film, Growing the 8-Bit Generation - released!
Excited to see this... any word on when it will get a "general" release?
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Posted By
RobertB
on 2016-02-14
20:38:30
| Re: The film, Growing the 8-Bit Generation - released!
If I hear anything about a general release, I'll let you know.
Happy Valentine's Day,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
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