This 2-minute video aired on KNTV-11 in July 1989 and catches me in Silicon Valley immersed in the early development of the BEHEMOTH bicycle. Fortunately, the Winnebiko II version was still intact, so we get to see that console as well as a bit of on-the-road footage... along with my traveling partner Maggie. There are also shots of the fiberglass-over-cardboard trailer fabrication, a short interview, glimpses of my OSCAR-13 amateur radio satellite obsession, and a cameo by Venus the cat. Within a few months, the console shown here would be gathering dust as I built the new one featuring a Macintosh Portable.- with a SPARCstation behind the seat, heads-up display and head mouse, satellite email, and a ham shack at the stern.
Much more the three bike versions from 1983-1991 may be found here: microship.com/...
I digitized this from the U-matic source tape, which is a rare treat... usually media from this era is on VHS and nowhere near as sharp.
A third of a century later, I have a business digitizing ancient media, with a geeky mobile lab in the San Juan Islands.
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26 авг 2024
