COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 80 — THE TAX ADVANTAGE, MACINTAX, TURBOTAX, AND PC/TAX CUT
While annual-release franchises are now a common feature of computer games–think Madden or Call of Duty–the practice arguably originated with tax preparation software.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 79 — THE KOWLOON HOTEL, EXCHANGE SQUARE, CITICORP CENTER, AND THE HSBC MAIN BUILDING
On December 19, 1984, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom signed a “joint declaration” with her counterpart from the People’s Republic of China, Zhai Siyang, formalizing the return of the British colony of Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 78 — BIX, NEXIS, EASYNET, AND MACWORLD EXPO 1987
The second part of Computer Chronicles’ two-part look at online services to open 1987 has a strong sense of deja vu.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 77 — QUANTUMLINK, DOW JONES INFORMATION SERVICES, DELPHI, AND MINITEL
An ad in the October 6, 1985, edition of The Scrantonian announced an upcoming meeting of the Scranton (Pennsylvania) Commodore Users Group on October 8 that would feature a demonstration of QuantumLink, a “new computer information network.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 76 — THE COMPAQ DESKPRO 386, ZENITH Z-386, AND VP/IX
The star of the November 1986 COMDEX show was the Intel 80386 microprocessor.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 75 — LOTUS EXPRESS, RE:SOURCE, AND WATSON
Email is one of those technologies that has seemingly always been around in one form or another.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 74 — VENTURE'S BUSINESS SIMULATOR, PC TYPE RIGHT, THE TOY SHOP, AND THOMAS M. DISCH'S AMNESIA
The second annual buyer’s guide episode of Computer Chronicles aired in early December 1986.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 73 — TIME LINE, MICROSOFT PROJECT, AND SUPERPROJECT PLUS
Project management software was in the midst of a boom in the late 1980s.
CCR SPECIAL 10 — PAUL SCHINDLER ON JEOPARDY!
Thirty-six years ago today, episode 482 of Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek aired in syndication.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 72 — COMDEX/FALL '86
The first Computer Dealers Exhibition was held in 1979 in the ballroom of the original MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.