In the works for quite awhile, the creators of this have started the Kickstarter campaign. In the video there are Commodore luminaries, such as Chuck Peddle, Bil Herd, Al Charpentier, Andy Finkel, Joe Decuir, Michael Tomczyk, Jeff Minter, and in his last interview, Jack Tramiel!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744798558/growing-the-8-bit-generation/

34 days to go,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

I am encouraged. They up to about 1/4 of their goal in 4 days.

30 days to go,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

I hope it goes well.

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There's a new preview trailer at

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744798558/growing-the-8-bit-generation/posts/1336268

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

As of today, the Kickstarter for the video has garnered almost 65% of its goal.

With 24 days to go,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

The Kickstarter has been successful!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

Nice to see Andy Finkel, too bad is not working on AmigaOS.
Could be a nice hobby for those who are retired :)
Kamelito

@RobertB

Is this a fund raiser to create a video?? Uhmm, why, how, whatfor, why would anyone donate..?! Seems to be successful, but I don't get it.

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Deniil715 wrote: Is this a fund raiser to create a video?? Uhmm, why, how, whatfor, why would anyone donate..?! Seems to be successful, but I don't get it.

It's for making a movie, not some little video shot with a phone. Really, what else could it possibly be?

As updated on their Kickstarter page,

"...the documentary will be ready for end of January/first week of February."

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

Great it had success. Will the documentary be translated or at least subtitled for non-english speaking people?

@paolone

Everyone speaks English. :)

Shame I didn't know about this, I would have donated.

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Subtitles are welcome.

@A1200

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A1200 wrote: Everyone speaks English. :)

Not really true, indeed. Most people can read and barely understand the meaning of a text in English, many people can read correctly but have issues listening to a talk, just only a minority of people can read, listen and reply correctly in Oscar Wilde's language. There are still many, many people who can't undesrand a single word in English, and they are more than you can wonder.

Yesterday, the one-hour, 39-minute documentary was released on-line for all Kickstarter backers! Wow! Very professionally done! It was great hearing from Jack Tramiel, Lenard Tramiel, Chuck Peddle, Al Charpentier, Jeff Minter, Bil Herd, Andy Finkel, Michael Tomczyk, Steve Wozniak, and more.

The documentary began with the calculator age and then expanded to the KIM-1 followed by computer developments in Apple, Commodore, Tandy/Radio Shack, Sinclair, and a little bit of Texas Instruments and Atari. Most of the emphasis was on Commodore with lots of content on the PET, VIC-20, and C64 (but no mention of the Plus/4 and C128, as those were post-Tramiel).

Technically, the sound balance was better than the preview, and Bil Herd gave a forceful narration instead of the unknown British person in the preview. However, I did catch three errors (!) with a video-editing placeholder which read, "Narrator". :)

Bonus -- there is a separate, 59-minute video entitled, "The Last Jack Tramiel Interview".

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

The film, "Growing the 8 Bit Generation", has its first public screening at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (South Bay area of San Francisco), California. For more information, go to

http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#growing-8-bit-generation-2016-03-30

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

Last time you launched kickstarter for Amiga 30th anniversary your Fresno Club set it to end in only 60 days, and you were at risk not reaching your goal.

I hope nowadays you wisely set it ending at 90 or better 120 days limit.

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Ah, OK! Now I read thread is very old and you are actually announcing movie beiing shown to public.

My pardon!

Last edited by Raffaele on 02-Mar-2016 at 07:54 AM.

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The final cut of "Growing the 8 Bit Generation" has been released to Kickstarter backers. The final cut has corrected end credits, a remixed audio track, and other errors deleted.

On Tue, March 1, 2016 8:36 pm, I wrote:

> The film, "Growing the 8 Bit Generation", has its first public screening at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, at the Computer History Museum
> in Mountain View (South Bay area of San Francisco), California.

From http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#growing-8-bit-generation --

The documentary "Growing the 8 Bit Generation," produced by the 8bit Generation Project, focuses on the Commodore 64’s role in the home computer explosion and the personal computer revolution. The movie features never-before-seen interviews with Jack and Leonard Tramiel, Chuck Peddle, Al Charpentier, Bil Herd, Michael Tomczyk, Dave Rolfe, Richard Garriot, Jeff Minter, and Andy Finkel, as well as Steve Wozniak, Nigel Searle, John Grant, Nolan Bushnell, Al Alcorn, and Joe Decuir.

The 8bit Generation Project is a labor of love and takes its name from the 8-bit microprocessor popular in machines from the early 1970s to the end of the 1980s. The 8-bit generation was characterized by young entrepreneurs, engineers, visionaries, dreamers, and geniuses who wanted to change their lives and ended up changing the world.

Executive Producer Bruno Grampa will join Museum CEO John Hollar for a fireside chat and audience Q&A.

Date
Wednesday March 30, 2016

Speakers
Bruno Grampa
Bil Herd

Moderators
John Hollar

6:30 PM
Check-in

7:00 PM
Film Screening of "Growing the 8 Bit Generation"

8:30 PM
Executive Producer Bruno Grampa in conversation with Museum CEO John Hollar

Location
Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, CA 94043


Don't forget to register at the above link for free admission to the event.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

Just a reminder for all C= enthusiasts... If you are in the area, come and see CBM engineer Bil Herd and the film's producer discuss the movie.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

I streamed it via logmein while I was abroad - it was good. The only thing I wish I had been able to see sooner was that the credits uses my kickstarter username rather than my real name. I hope it can be altered before the physical media is pressed.

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