That's actually a pretty clever wee book. The explanations of ASCII, binary, logic etc are all genuinely useful to a raw beginner, and they help to explain how computers truly function - beyond the usual guide of "press X to make Y appear on the screen".
Well, they're not as flat. there's quite a difference between a paper thin floppy disk compared to flash storage or even the magnetic plates in a hard drive.
interestingly enough, this book could still be used today to teach kids the basics of computers. Other than the storage medium, storage size and ports, not much has really changed....
Btw, when it's spelled *disk* it's a magnetic drive (HDD -> Hard Drive Disk, Floppy Disk etc), but when it's optical it's spelled *disc* (DVD -> Digital Versatile Disc, CD -> Compact Disc etc) And for those who are wondering what a VHS is, then it's a _Video Home System_
Knew that with VHS, however the spelling of Disk/Disc baffled me (didn't know it came from Diskette, was a tad bit before I really got into computers and I'm from Austria)
@@therealvbw I've used "Disk" for a computer storage medium that was inseparable from its housing (hard disk drive, floppy diskette) and "Disc" for any round storage medium that could get naked (CD, DVD, and any other non-computer related thing).
I LOVE the dialup connection sound. It's such a nostalgic sound. Reminds me of connecting to the internet after my parents had gone to bed, just to chat with people on IRC. Those were the days. :)
what an adorable book. And educational! I'm so glad that I know computers inside and out now. I sure feel ready to jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace.
Omg I have this book! My 7 year old son told me he new everything about computers now he's read that book. Explaining what outdated technology is to a child was a lot harder than I thought. Especially since he's got DVDs/Blu-rays along side his massive VHS collection as well as PS3 games with his NES games haha.
I bloody love your videos mate. But I am afraid I love this popup book even more and I need it in my life right now!!!! I will swap it you for a packet of Space Raiders and a Fredo? Thanks for this mate... a gem of history :D
That's probably the most complexly structured, and informative, pop up book I've ever seen. I have literally read computer science papers less informative than that.
This has got to be the coolest learning aid I have seen before. It's engaging yet informative. It gives kids something to fiddle with while getting them to pay attention just long enough to actually learn something. Very cool.
It has failure written all over it. What's next? wirelessly listening to music? New technology will never beat the classics, I hear they've got this thing called 'GPS' coming out that will let you track your location from anywhere in the world. What a load of rubbish, Computers will never be better at navigating than a paper map.
+Ernesaurus yeah in my university we had a machine in the chemistry lab that could only be connected to a very old computer (i think it runned win95). so the data could only be extracted to a floppy disk. this was 5 years ago. to my chemistry teacher floppy disks are like gold.
I really want that book as when I was at school we just got taught how to use word etc. we didn't get taught the basic workings of a computer which really is a shame
I own a copy of this! Ashenseses' has more wear & tear than mine. When you pull the tab on the printer, there are supposed to be little teeth that "buzz" against a paper tab, simulating the musical sound of a real dot matrix printer in action.
+Zoonzol "He used the same intro he does for every video where the thing he reviews is from the 80s, I shall overreact like he's replaced his normal intro because I don't bother to do research"
+Evnyofdeath Oh fuck of mate, he doesn't have to do fucking researched to find out if the intros changed or not. He could be a newer watcher, I though the intro had changed too before I saw these comments. He asked a question, don't get at him with the whole "do your research" shit
Wow, I had this book as a kid and had totally forgotten about it till watching this video. This has sent me hurtling back through time by 28 years and unlocked a bunch of forgotten memories from when I was seven or eight years old and reading it for the first time. I'm getting all emotional.....
+Jacob Hill Or settling a pub debate that would otherwise take actual research. "Look Liechtenstein is next to Germany!" "It's fucking next to Switzerland!" "google it!" "See Switzerland." "Alright I owe you pint..." (a real conversation between me and a friend...I had to buy him a beer, my geography is terrible...)
This was really fun. I like seeing old educational stuff about obsolete things we've massively grown out of. I also like those - often hilarious - "future predictions" things from times gone by.
Good god i remember this book! i must have had it at some point, as soon as i saw the first pop up i recognized the blinds effect on the screen and the floppy drives! Then as it went on i recognized more and more, what a brilliant flashback this was! i think mine got damaged in the name of some kind of imaginative play when i was young but this really is brilliant, thanks for sharing!
Cool :), I loved this book as a kid for some reason, but had completely forgotten about it until I saw that classy cover hehe. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
"Who remembers the dial up noise?" I can, seeing as how I have a dial up account. No really I do. Not for main internet use. That would be ridiculous. I just use it for when I want to browse the internet, 90s style. The Space Jam website, which has been online since 1996, is a great website for testing a modem. :D
+1980sGamer pfft, the dial -up noise. A poor man's 8-bit tape-loading sound. Or maybe a rich man's, since a desktop computer with a modem would cost as much as the GDP of a small country back in the 1980's
I remember the sound as well. though I don't got me one. but I do remember having one and getting all excited when I was finally able to get a v.92 modem so I supposedly could stay on all day. except during a call. but that "modem on hold" never worked for me
1980sGamer yep, came out towards the end of the era of dial up. it was one of the more interesting 56k modem standards that made all sorts of promises. I do remember when I first got mine isps's would have standard dial up numbers and v92 numbers. I do remember getting decent (at the time) speeds off the modem but like I said the call waiting and on hold features where still hit and miss.
"No one has a Cathode Ray Tube TV anymore." I have a 1984 RCA Colortrak CRT lyceum model television I got from my grandmother's home when she passed away back in the 90s. Still works flawlessly and has the best built-in stereo sound of any CRT I ever owned over the years. I couldn't ask for a better TV to play my old consoles on.
If you traveled back to the 90s and told me I'd feel nostalgic for the dial up modem noise some day, I'd have slapped you in the face. But here we are.
I had a copy of this here in New Zealand. I donno where it came from, how it got here or where it is now, but I'll never forget it. God speed redundant cardboard informer, I hope you're appreciated wherever you are.
+SupaPhly I know. These computer things are a fad, right now I'm buying up all the type writer stock I can get my hands. When this Personal Computing bubble pops I'll be rich!
You sir, sir.. sir you.. you sir, need to narrate something. Absolutely anything, even a snail moving up a log when it's windy, you sir, could make it interesting.
"Nobody has a cathode ray tube anymore", "they're really bloody expensive", he says, as I watch this on a pretty bloody good CRT I picked up for 20 bucks roughly a month or two ago :U
Computers run by processing binary, its either 1 or 0 Quantum computers are able to interpret the data as either a 1 or a 0 depending on the situation, regardless of whether the code is acrually a 1 or 0. Kinda Schrödinger's cat there, it makes processors unbelievably faster, but they arent even past testing.
Ethan Barr nyanbarq well, it wouldn't be for us regular people, but scientists would have a use for it to run through large amounts of data quickly and efficiently.
this is bloody briliant i just went to amazon and found that exact same book one gye sold a used one i orderd id imeadiatly that thing should be mandatory for all scool children to understand the world we live in
Popup books are absolutely amazing, especially the older ones because they actually have mechanical bits and work really well, i find the newer ones to be crap, and uninspired, and digestion safe.
That was actually kind of amazing. I'm a nineties kid who would build computers that ran DOS with my dad so I knew most of this, but the printer stuff was new to me. Entertaining and informative. =)
There used to be a computerized customized greeting card machine at a department store near me when I was younger that used a plotter to produce the cards. I only ever convinced my mom to let me use it once, and it was amazing to watch it work.
For a pop-up book from the 1980's, this is really an impressive and immerse little work of art
Had those PC pop-up Books in my school when I was young
It's fantastic!
The actual mechanics of the book are pretty clever.
@Everett Jon these two might be bot account be careful gamers
I want Ashens to review me on his couch
+Neato Gaming *crotch FTFY
+Neato Gaming He probable would end up eating you tho!
+Larry Bundy Jr Eating me out ;)
hope ur face is fire proof bro
+Neato Gaming bow chicka wa wow
That's actually a pretty clever wee book. The explanations of ASCII, binary, logic etc are all genuinely useful to a raw beginner, and they help to explain how computers truly function - beyond the usual guide of "press X to make Y appear on the screen".
Amaritudine if pressing the x key shows a Y on your computer, there's something wrong with your computer.
Smartass. I like you.
That's why those guides are so useless.
Wow. I had this actual book. It was literally my favourite thing between ages 5 and 10.
To this day, I have never read any of the writing.
Hamish Woodland I have it too... and I am 12
NEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDD!
@@gwynplaine6710 3 years later and 0 people laughed
@@wolarts I know, looks like i'll have to give up my job as a youtube comedian .... sad times!
"Those were the days, when discs were flat."
I've got some good news for you, Ashens. They still are.
Holy shit my sides XD
I don't know what you're talking about. Data cubes are the universal standard, silly.
Well, they're not as flat. there's quite a difference between a paper thin floppy disk compared to flash storage or even the magnetic plates in a hard drive.
+Jyuim Suien Not where I live. Infojelly is all the rage these days.
Richard Pants
Being geographically and technologically between you and Jyuim, people in my city prefer Jello Cubes
That intro was excellently perfect.
This is an excellent comment.
This is an excellent reply...
this is an excellently comment and reply
Chef Excellence this reply is excellently perfect
This is an excellent youtuber
This video has convinced me that if Ashen did an educational video on anything, I would love it as an instant classic! Wonderful.
I love the ashens 80s intro and outro. I could watch them forever.
interestingly enough, this book could still be used today to teach kids the basics of computers. Other than the storage medium, storage size and ports, not much has really changed....
Btw, when it's spelled *disk* it's a magnetic drive (HDD -> Hard Drive Disk, Floppy Disk etc), but when it's optical it's spelled *disc* (DVD -> Digital Versatile Disc, CD -> Compact Disc etc)
And for those who are wondering what a VHS is, then it's a _Video Home System_
Honestly didn't know that, also the end part tickled me
Knew that with VHS, however the spelling of Disk/Disc baffled me (didn't know it came from Diskette, was a tad bit before I really got into computers and I'm from Austria)
@@Perceptified Don't worry, I'm American and it still baffled me until I read this comment haha
My understanding was that Disk is used for any computer storage and Disc was used for a round thing
@@therealvbw I've used "Disk" for a computer storage medium that was inseparable from its housing (hard disk drive, floppy diskette) and "Disc" for any round storage medium that could get naked (CD, DVD, and any other non-computer related thing).
its great that this pop-up from 85 is on the same level of sophistication like most in-depth tutorials nowadays
This popup book is amazing! It'd be so cool if they redid this popup book nowadays, and made another one for the 90's, and one for the 2000's
I LOVE the dialup connection sound. It's such a nostalgic sound. Reminds me of connecting to the internet after my parents had gone to bed, just to chat with people on IRC. Those were the days. :)
+Rebecca Schade
Bring back dialup modems and Bulletining board systems!
I also love the sound of old modems (Buzz, hiss, buzz....)
@@medworthy I also quite enjoyed BSing on a BBS
The wikipedia article on dialups has a recording for each of the old modems
I'm amazed it's not published by Usbourne really, they loved making computer books for kids back then.
That and teaching kids how to kill werewolves.
hey Larry get back over to ur own channel!
why are you in every video I watch?
+Larry Bundy Jr I have so many great memories with these books. I even learned how to program (BASIC) with these.
+Larry Bundy Jr Maybe a fact hunt episode?
Brings back memories of the screechy dot matrix printer in my old office when I had to print reports once a month. Screetch! Screetch! For hours.
I can't describe how cool hearing about all this outdated technology was. Thanks for taking a look at this, Ashens!
10:19 It's The Paper! Strong Bad would be pleased with this!
PREEEEOW
+Jake Sharratt (worldofjake2012) I was just thinking of that popup book episode that Strong Bad did.
+Oda Swifteye I had a dream that my friend had a Strong Bad popup book, it was the book of my dreams!!!!!!
+I'MA COOLDUDE I know! This calls for a celebration!
Anybody want a Cold One?
+Jake Sharratt (worldofjake2012) It's hardly a One if it isn't cold.
Spoiled kids and their fancy iPads will never know the true joy of pop-up books.
K
5th gen trash.
Too true
👦🏿🔫 kids these days amirite?
+Michael Mullins They have digital popup books now.
what an adorable book. And educational! I'm so glad that I know computers inside and out now. I sure feel ready to jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace.
What a beautiful and immersive book! I would have gone nuts for that in the 80s.
This video was educASHENal.
*facepalm*
mate that was dreadful but great at the same time
Just as amazing as Ashen's Rations
+Jiahong L -_-
Get out.
I would've loved having this as a child. Worth mentioning the "printer" has old green-lined, punch holed paper - don't see that much these days!
Still companies using those as they need printouts in true triplicate.
It reminds me of middle school.
Omg I have this book! My 7 year old son told me he new everything about computers now he's read that book. Explaining what outdated technology is to a child was a lot harder than I thought. Especially since he's got DVDs/Blu-rays along side his massive VHS collection as well as PS3 games with his NES games haha.
I bloody love your videos mate. But I am afraid I love this popup book even more and I need it in my life right now!!!! I will swap it you for a packet of Space Raiders and a Fredo?
Thanks for this mate... a gem of history :D
That's probably the most complexly structured, and informative, pop up book I've ever seen. I have literally read computer science papers less informative than that.
I've read strategy guides less informative than this.
A glimpse into North Korea's cutting edge cyber-warfare program.
Taylor Burrows remember when this was the Chinese Space Program? XD
Triple the nostalgia: Graphics, old computers and Pop-up books. I felt young again.
I just spent 15 minutes watching someone read a pop up book
+SuperPineapplejones So say we all. :)
And no one was dissapointed :3
Owned it. Loved it. I'm a computer programmer now, so thanks Sharon!
This is what LGR Reads to his kids every night before bed time.
This has got to be the coolest learning aid I have seen before. It's engaging yet informative. It gives kids something to fiddle with while getting them to pay attention just long enough to actually learn something. Very cool.
The best way I can describe what Ashens does is "Attain Conk Tat", which just so happens to be an anagram of Attack on Titan.
WIR SIND DIE JAEGER UND DU BIST DER ESSEN
or something along those lines
@@mspenrice For anyone interested, that translates to "We are the Busters, and you are the food."
Popup books are a timeless treasure. And to add old computer knowledge its like finding gold. Nice find Ashens, nice find my friend.
Meh, I doubt that computer networking thing will ever work out.
It has failure written all over it. What's next? wirelessly listening to music? New technology will never beat the classics, I hear they've got this thing called 'GPS' coming out that will let you track your location from anywhere in the world. What a load of rubbish, Computers will never be better at navigating than a paper map.
@@Fazer_600 what's bad about it?
That moment you realise you learned something from Ashens...
I once brought in some homework to school on a floppy disc. This was 2 years ago
+Ernesaurus Do you fucking want a medal, you fucking special snowflake?
Raditz フリーザ - The Illuminati145 YES
+iGeek REASON 1: It was shit
+Ernesaurus yeah in my university we had a machine in the chemistry lab that could only be connected to a very old computer (i think it runned win95). so the data could only be extracted to a floppy disk. this was 5 years ago. to my chemistry teacher floppy disks are like gold.
+Ernesaurus Was there a computer in the school that had a floppy disk drive? If not then why lol
The best Ashens videos are still the ones where he's actually passionate about the subject. Case in point.
I really want that book as when I was at school we just got taught how to use word etc. we didn't get taught the basic workings of a computer which really is a shame
I own a copy of this! Ashenseses' has more wear & tear than mine. When you pull the tab on the printer, there are supposed to be little teeth that "buzz" against a paper tab, simulating the musical sound of a real dot matrix printer in action.
Love that VCR quality intro XD
circa 1984
***** Nope. You need to watch it in 480i or 576i to get the original quality.
I love the 80s intro/outro.
I miss the dial-up noise, aahhh nostalgia.
please keep this intro forever
And the outtro too
This is probably one of the coolest things you've reviewed yet. Love the special 80s intro too
the intro.. noooooooooo
+Zoonzol he could at least include a low-quality "retro" or something...
+Zoonzol Don't worry, it's used in every review about an 80's tat, which DOESN'T happen always.
P.S. I also think that this intro is Ａｓｈｅｎｓｔｅｔｉｃ
+Zoonzol "He used the same intro he does for every video where the thing he reviews is from the 80s, I shall overreact like he's replaced his normal intro because I don't bother to do research"
+Evnyofdeath Oh fuck of mate, he doesn't have to do fucking researched to find out if the intros changed or not. He could be a newer watcher, I though the intro had changed too before I saw these comments. He asked a question, don't get at him with the whole "do your research" shit
+Zoonzol wat
Wow, I had this book as a kid and had totally forgotten about it till watching this video. This has sent me hurtling back through time by 28 years and unlocked a bunch of forgotten memories from when I was seven or eight years old and reading it for the first time. I'm getting all emotional.....
"Problems that would take a person hours, or even years to solve.". Like when I can't remember the name of that man in that movie.
+Jacob Hill Or settling a pub debate that would otherwise take actual research.
"Look Liechtenstein is next to Germany!"
"It's fucking next to Switzerland!"
"google it!"
"See Switzerland."
"Alright I owe you pint..."
(a real conversation between me and a friend...I had to buy him a beer, my geography is terrible...)
+luketfer That's a pretty good example!
Tom Hanks
This was really fun. I like seeing old educational stuff about obsolete things we've massively grown out of.
I also like those - often hilarious - "future predictions" things from times gone by.
Watching your videos before bed gives me sarcastic dreams.
What is a sarcastic dream? xD
Good god i remember this book! i must have had it at some point, as soon as i saw the first pop up i recognized the blinds effect on the screen and the floppy drives! Then as it went on i recognized more and more, what a brilliant flashback this was! i think mine got damaged in the name of some kind of imaginative play when i was young but this really is brilliant, thanks for sharing!
+ReplayRetro i know right! i remember this from primary school in the 90s!
Story Time with Uncle Ashens
+noisyturtle Pull up a chair, it's time to *learn*
At least it's not Uncle Stories...
That was really, really cool! I'm really glad you found that pop-up book, Ashens! That made for an entertaining and nostalgic video.
Oh man, my middle school library had this when I was there! I wonder if they still have it...
Cool :), I loved this book as a kid for some reason, but had completely forgotten about it until I saw that classy cover hehe. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
*JonTron in the distance* "Computers today is easy to use!"
Ti... tit... _Titenic_ ?!
Love the way he clearly looks up facts before he reviews things then pretends to come up with them on the spot. No one is fooled.
"Who remembers the dial up noise?" I can, seeing as how I have a dial up account. No really I do. Not for main internet use. That would be ridiculous. I just use it for when I want to browse the internet, 90s style. The Space Jam website, which has been online since 1996, is a great website for testing a modem. :D
+1980sGamer pfft, the dial -up noise. A poor man's 8-bit tape-loading sound. Or maybe a rich man's, since a desktop computer with a modem would cost as much as the GDP of a small country back in the 1980's
I remember the sound as well. though I don't got me one. but I do remember having one and getting all excited when I was finally able to get a v.92 modem so I supposedly could stay on all day. except during a call. but that "modem on hold" never worked for me
Kit Ramos I didn't even know there was such a thing as a V92 modem. Interesting!
1980sGamer
yep, came out towards the end of the era of dial up. it was one of the more interesting 56k modem standards that made all sorts of promises. I do remember when I first got mine isps's would have standard dial up numbers and v92 numbers. I do remember getting decent (at the time) speeds off the modem but like I said the call waiting and on hold features where still hit and miss.
I would have been the happiest kid on the planet if I'd received this book for my birthday in 1986 :)
This actually isn't that bad for a pop-up book from the 80's :3
"No one has a Cathode Ray Tube TV anymore."
I have a 1984 RCA Colortrak CRT lyceum model television I got from my grandmother's home when she passed away back in the 90s. Still works flawlessly and has the best built-in stereo sound of any CRT I ever owned over the years. I couldn't ask for a better TV to play my old consoles on.
If you traveled back to the 90s and told me I'd feel nostalgic for the dial up modem noise some day, I'd have slapped you in the face. But here we are.
I had a copy of this here in New Zealand. I donno where it came from, how it got here or where it is now, but I'll never forget it. God speed redundant cardboard informer, I hope you're appreciated wherever you are.
intro is a e s t h e t i c
v a p o r w a v e
One of the best Ashens episodes ever. Very interesting and a real blast from the past
yeah quality content
Ranson Curbersmith
Have you seen the ET one
I wonder if this computer book is the predecessor to notebook computers...
Kryten says "ASC 2" in the Red Dwarf episode "Camille" - Robert Llewellyn misread the script.
They should update this! It was actually really cool
love the 80s VHS quality intro and outro.
Weird that I just came from watching a Quantum Break Review, to this. And the first thing you mention is fracturing time and space.
I remember owning that book as a child. I was fascinated by the amazing and well made popup stuff.
Don't Copy that Floppy!
Oh ok
Don't frisk that disk!
Ok Mr Saville! 😂
I had this and you have just cast me back to my early years....Thank you
I forgot Ashens doesn't just review shit. This is a pretty nice book!
"Rom the space knight" We would have also accepted Rom the vacuous spider.
Communicate all over the world?
that's crazy talk!
+SupaPhly I know. These computer things are a fad, right now I'm buying up all the type writer stock I can get my hands. When this Personal Computing bubble pops I'll be rich!
+SupaPhly What is this sorcery!
I remember having this book as a kid! Makes me wonder if I still have it knocking about.
You sir, sir.. sir you.. you sir, need to narrate something. Absolutely anything, even a snail moving up a log when it's windy, you sir, could make it interesting.
"Nobody has a cathode ray tube anymore", "they're really bloody expensive", he says, as I watch this on a pretty bloody good CRT I picked up for 20 bucks roughly a month or two ago :U
This book got me into computing and programming. And yes, i memorised the decimal to binary thingy.
Me too.
This is probably the funniest Ashens video that I've seen. I snickered 2 or maybe even 3 times.
im hyped for the day that our current tech seems this out dated
+nyanbarq So, next year? I mean, my stuff from 2012 is horribly outdated by now.
fingers crossed for quantum computers in 30 years
Ethan Barr what would a quantum computer even do, that sounds like a rick and morty prop
Computers run by processing binary, its either 1 or 0
Quantum computers are able to interpret the data as either a 1 or a 0 depending on the situation, regardless of whether the code is acrually a 1 or 0.
Kinda Schrödinger's cat there, it makes processors unbelievably faster, but they arent even past testing.
Ethan Barr nyanbarq well, it wouldn't be for us regular people, but scientists would have a use for it to run through large amounts of data quickly and efficiently.
this is bloody briliant i just went to amazon and found that exact same book one gye sold a used one i orderd id imeadiatly that thing should be mandatory for all scool children to understand the world we live in
"when disks where flat"
My father had a plotter hooked to his Atmos Oric... Back in 1984. I'm definitely not missing it!!
Love that intro. Great video as usual
I loved the sarcasm used as reading parts of the book. Well played!
Still better than the i-watch.
The 115 Show
I prefer the name i-watch. It goes with everything else that they have been selling since 2000.
The 115 Show
True. Very true.
Popup books are absolutely amazing, especially the older ones because they actually have mechanical bits and work really well, i find the newer ones to be crap, and uninspired, and digestion safe.
wow that intro is really cool! Great job!
That was actually kind of amazing. I'm a nineties kid who would build computers that ran DOS with my dad so I knew most of this, but the printer stuff was new to me. Entertaining and informative. =)
The dialup sound still haunts my dreams
Its called dubstep
There used to be a computerized customized greeting card machine at a department store near me when I was younger that used a plotter to produce the cards. I only ever convinced my mom to let me use it once, and it was amazing to watch it work.
His humour in this one seemed a tad more heavy-handed than usual. More formulaic and kind of "lol teh random"-ish. Hope he's feeling well
This book is an order of magnitude cooler and more elaborate than any pop-up book I ever saw as a kid.
I fucking love this intro and outro sequence.
+nathanpreece
For the kiddies born before the 80s, yes everything looked like that back then.
whatever you paid was probably worth it. I enjoyed the nostalgia trip. I'm curious how many kids are impressed by your holographic technology video
I remember these books from my school library. Which I think says something about my school library cause I was at school in the mid 2000s
This really was an amazing find. Wonderful condition!
Why was the computer angry?
It had a hard drive
I'm so sorry...
That was actually incredibly cool and interesting, thanks for sharing that Ashens!