- In this Alto restoration episode, we repaired a second CRT display, exercising our TV repair skills and discovering a tiny mysterious lightbulb that caused the display to fail in a strange way. For those just tuning in, the Alto was a revolutionary computer designed at Xerox PARC in 1973 to investigate personal computing. It introduced the GUI, high-resolution bitmapped displays, WYSIWYG editors, Ethernet and laser printers to the world, among other things.
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (allthetropes.org)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is perhaps Steven Spielberg’s signature fantasy film. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1982 and, in fact, The Eighties as a whole. John Williams’ score, flying bicycles, and an Ugly Cute alien hero are just the tip of the iceberg here.