Angie - The Computer did (1984)
(found via http://grafiks.tumblr.com/)
Transvolta - Disco Computer
This collection is so bad it's good, enjoy...
VIDEODROME (1983) Trailer with hyper '80s graphics for the David Cronenberg classic
JVC - Time Rider - Computer Dreaming (1981)
Unbelievably painfully cheesy video effects demo from JVC circa 1981. They suffered for their art - now it's your turn.
Quest (1985)
Computer animated short from 1985 featured gratuitous amounts of ray tracing, rendered on a network of 108 Apollo Workstations.
Star Rider (1983)
Background visuals from the hybrid laserdisc/CG arcade game "Star Rider." (watch from 46 seconds onwards...)
Bio-Sensor (1984) / Sio-Benbor (1988)
(This is very odd!) Two shorts for the price of one! Bio-Sensor (1984) is a surreal Japanese film notable for its early use of primitive motion capture, using profile and head-on films of a tiger walking (a la Muybridge). Sio-Benbor (1988) is a French parody notable for having a really cute kitty cat.
Brilliance (1985)
...And now for the obligitary sexy female robot
More pages of a 1978 reprint version here http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/24/how-it-works-the-com.html or compare both versions side by side here http://davidguy.brinkster.net/computer/
Interview with Apple Computers in 1982, talking about the future of personal computers and the tech environment of the early '80s.
BBC Micro Live 1986 - Computer Animation
A look at animation software on the BBC Micro and the 'cutting-edge' 32-bit Amiga. Presented by Fred Harris and Lesley Judd. Gotta love Fred Harris...
Having previously posted 'Pixillation' by Lillian Schwartz and Ken Knowlton, @Rich_Oglesby sent me more links about Lillian's work, which I love - here's a collection of my favourites. There's lots more on http://lillian.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/user/LillianFSchwartz
"An art film by artist Lillian Schwartz and artist/scientist Ken Knowlton,who both worked at Bell Labs. Uses both conventional and early computer animation. There were 3 different versions of this film but we are not certain which version this is. Gershon Kingsley of the popular computer music group Perrey and Kingsley did the music with a Moog synthesizer. The music is a fantastic, giddy complement to the psychedelic machine images and weirdly hypnotic washes of color." via techchannel.att.com