[TUHS] AT&T Videotape Library

[segaloco via TUHS]

I recently saw some auctions for "AT&T Videotape Library" ephemera while
searching for documents and it seems there were a fair deal of tapes one
could order on subjects such as typical shell usage and UNIX internals.
This is distinct from tapes that were distributed by USL, although I
couldn't tell you what they published besides C education, I happened
upon a Volume 2 set from a early '90s C educational film set.

Anywho, I've found myself curious about the content and frankly the
production, especially CG effects for transitions and demonstrations.
Has anyone on list viewed any of these tapes or even better have the
scoop on the production thereof?  I have a particular soft spot for
corporate educational material of bygone days, I type as I look at my
stack of BSP manuals.  Some day I hope to have the hardware to preserve
VHS tapes because I've already got 5 tapes of various AT&T stuff I've
picked up over the years.

Also just in general, any historic educational video content concerning
UNIX you find particularly memorable?  For me it's the early '80s AT&T
promotional films about UNIX in which you can tell they're editing over
"The UNIX System" in post after everyone had already said just UNIX
during taping.  It's funny, the manual edits feel quite the same:

g/\(UNIX\)/s//The \1 System/g

Not saying that to disparage either, I find it a charming little edit
with an interesting back story.

- Matt G.