Regarding the synthesized singing that begins 10 minutes into the video [1], I had long ago read that the reason HAL sings "Daisy, Daisy..." in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey is that Arthur C. Clarke had seen a demonstration of a computer singing this song in the mid 1960s, but this is actually the first time I've seen or heard (what I presume to be) that original demonstration!
I don't know if anyone cares, but at ~9:15 there is a PDP-7 shown. To the right Max Mathews is shown sitting in front of a display with I assume MUSIC IV on it. This would make that PDP-7 part of the Graphic II terminal made by Bill Ninke. It is this PDP-7 that Unix is later written for/on.
So I believe this specific PDP-7 (serial number 34? It was the only one shipped to Bell Labs with a display before 1969.) is what would later become the "Unix genesis machine". Unfortunately, I also think this is the only footage of it, at least online. Anyone care to correct me? Please.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 20.3 ms ] threadInterview with Orson Welles from 1960, to give a point of comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYazeJA-Oo
Also, historical note, "Man and his world," a sentence featured in this video (1968), was the theme of the Montreal world fair in 1967.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell
So I believe this specific PDP-7 (serial number 34? It was the only one shipped to Bell Labs with a display before 1969.) is what would later become the "Unix genesis machine". Unfortunately, I also think this is the only footage of it, at least online. Anyone care to correct me? Please.