A Brief History of Error Messages
A session at Barcamp Blackpool 3
In 'The Big One'
DOES NOT COMPUTE
or "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my drive?"
A Brief History of Error Messages
by Alex Martindale
with additional material by Kerry Burnout
Alex Martindale presents a tour of error messages from history, (hopefully) recreating some classic error messages on the original hardware in front of a live audience. This one featured a surprisingly reliable ZX Spectrum, a failed Windows ME installation, and a sadmac emulator.
About the speaker
Alex Martindale
Coder, film buff, musician, sound engineer, cyclist, raconteur. @alexturgid
Coverage of this session
VideoA Comedy of Errors: A History of Computing through Error Messages (Part 1) (vimeo.com)
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