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And just banging away building what looked to me like bunk beds
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And just banging awaybuilding what lookedto me like bunk beds

And just banging away
building what looked
to me like bunk beds

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And just banging away building what looked to me like bunk beds.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:55:44
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

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The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartp
I said, "Guys, what, what are you doing here?" They said, "We're building bunk beds." - General Magic 00:09
I said, "Guys, what, what are you doing here?" The...
We had to go up against it, pull it together to get - General Magic 00:07
We had to go up against it, pull it together to get
I remember like sleeping on, you know, some random - General Magic 00:09
I remember like sleeping on, you know, some random
So we're just working all out all the time, uh, and I-- I was actually sleeping - General Magic 00:09
So we're just working all out all the time, uh, and I--...
It's night time, people are clustered around a handful of machines. - General Magic 00:05
It's night time, people are clustered around a handful ...
The rabbits are running around under their feet, the parrot is squawking - General Magic 00:07
The rabbits are running around under their feet, the parrot ...
Uh, it-- it was dank, musty, you know it smelt of sweat - General Magic 00:14
Uh, it-- it was dank, musty, you know it smelt of sweat
We'll have it, we'll have it tomorrow morning, alright? So-- - General Magic 00:08
We'll have it, we'll have it tomorrow morning, alr...
There was this constant drum beat of, - General Magic 00:18
There was this constant drum beat of,
- That'll never work. - One finger at the other end. - General Magic 00:04
- That'll never work. - One finger at the other end.
It's quick, it's-- there's a pleasing pace to it. - General Magic 00:04
It's quick, it's-- there's a pleasing pace to...
It's this incredible experience - General Magic 00:07
It's this incredible experience
This thing that we imagined, now has become real. - General Magic 00:05
This thing that we imagined, now has become real.
We've done it, and now you can see it and touch it and use it as well. - General Magic 00:05
We've done it, and now you can see it and touch it and ...
It's time to ship. We need to get this out. - General Magic 00:05
It's time to ship. We need to get this out.
It was one in the morning, everyone was there, - General Magic 00:05
It was one in the morning, everyone was there,
It was a classic decision - General Magic 00:05
It was a classic decision
So here we all were, in it together and saying like, "Is this it, are we done?" - General Magic 00:09
So here we all were, in it together and saying like, "I...
Is the software ready?" And a ton of engineers said, "We should wait." - General Magic 00:11
Is the software ready?" And a ton of engineers said, &q...
So welcome to the first public demonstration of-- of General Magic's technologies. - General Magic 00:05
So welcome to the first public demonstration of-- of General...