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First IBM PC Plays Full Motion Sound and Video

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the idle-distractions-and-other-amusements dept.

wally writes "Something for the older geeks; it 'started as a bit of a joke around the office, about doing stupid things with old technology' he said. 'Stupid things like, "Well, I can calculate fractals on an abacus!" or "Well, I can surf the web on my Game Boy!". Then one person said, "Oh yeah? Well, I can display video on my XT!". And later that day I kept thinking about it and came up with a way to do it.' And he really did. With video proof and a full explanation with all the needed code, full motion video on an original 8088 IBM."

2 of 96 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Poor Show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, a great many people find me trying.

  2. Was Bill Gates right? by geekwithsoul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe 640K and a 10MB hard drive is enough for everyone :)