1964 Timesharing: A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks

[greggh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk

This vintage film from 1964 features MIT Science Reporter John Fitch at the MIT Computation Center in an extended interview with MIT professor of computer science Fernando J. Corbato. The film was co-produced by WGBH (Boston) and MIT.

This was one of the first demonstrations of easy to use remote terminals. Time sharing was still in the experimental concept stage. Great piece of computer history on film.