"If you've got a browser connected to the Internet, I can show you..."

For the sake of posterity, I've uploaded the original VNC video that we made back in 1998.

Lots of nostalgia in here - remember the JavaStation? The WebTV? And the days when we made movies in 4:3 ratios?

A great deal has changed in the last 16 years, but VNC goes from strength to strength!

Starring, in order of appearance:

Quentin Stafford-Fraser
Andy Harter
Ken Wood
Tristan Richardson
Paul Webster
Frazer Bennett
James Weatherall
Daisy Sadleir

Also available on YouTube. Thanks to Andy Fisher for doing the original transfer from VHS to DVD some years ago.

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Eleanor November 9, 2014 at 9:34 p.m.

For some unknown reason, this reminds me very much of a GethFilm. If you've never seen a Gethfilm, that may not mean much to you.

Simon November 11, 2014 at 10:59 p.m.

I think my favourite bit is where it says 'the...Olivetti research laboratory has created an attractive alternative...' At which point the camera pans out to reveal a (now very old looking) Ford Sierra ðŸ˜Š

qsf November 11, 2014 at 11:44 p.m.

I always intepreted that as, well, we've heard a bit about Quentin, but the Olivetti lab has created an attractive alternative.

I'm also bemused that it took a taxi and a 747 to deliver me to a hotel about a quarter of a mile away from the lab...

Eddy Brown November 14, 2014 at 8:23 p.m.

Woah, embedded remote control is really only just coming in, music is fair enough but people are still viewing having a remote control thermostat as a breakthrough!

Ian November 15, 2014 at 2:15 p.m.

When was the last time anyone printed transparencies for a presentation? Are the small black devices stuck to the corner of the monitors for the active badge system?

qsf November 15, 2014 at 6:37 p.m.

Ian - yes, re the Active Badge system. Stationary or rarely-moving devices such as monitors had small tags which beaconed less frequently than the mobile ones we wore.

You could press the buttons on your badge to select one of the displays in the room, and your desktop would appear there. Initially, this was done with X Teleporting, but it was later replaced with VNC, since VNC was cross-platform.

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