COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 50 — THE CEMAX-1000, POISINDEX, PUFF, AND THE EXPERT SYSTEM
This episode of Computer Chronicles from November 1985 returned to a favorite topic of the show: artificial intelligence and expert systems.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 49 — SOLON, BOB CARR, ED ZSCHAU, AND F-15 STRIKE EAGLE
Many Computer Chronicles episodes to this point have discussed, or at least mentioned, the influence of politics on the tech industry.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 48 — ETHERMAC, TOKEN RING, AND TOPS
IBM was not having the best year in 1985. In October, Big Blue reported its third consecutive drop in quarterly profits.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 47 — THE WELL
A “Random Access” item in the last episode discussed a 1985 bill introduced in the United States Senate, S.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 46 — KRON-TV, USA TODAY, KCBS RADIO, AND THE AURORA/75 GRAPHICS SYSTEM
Few industries were transformed more by the rise in computer technology than the media.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 45 — THE OKIMATE 20, IBM QUIETWRITER, HP LASERJET PLUS, AND ADOBE POSTSCRIPT
The Macintosh never lived up to the hype of the infamous “1984” Super Bowl ad.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 44 — THELMA ESTRIN, JUDITH ESTRIN, ELIZABETH STOTT, KAY GILLILAND, JAN LEWIS, AND ADELE GOLDBERG
There’s a telling comment from the previous Computer Chronicles episode that helps set the stage for this next program.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 43 — TRIP HAWKINS, JOHN MERSON, BEN ANIXTER, AND RICHARD O'BRIEN
This next episode continued the previous discussion about the noticeable slowdown in the computer industry during the summer of 1985.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED, PART 42 — DAVID CROCKETT, SAM COLELLA, DEBORAH WISE, AND DAVID NORMAN
The third season of Computer Chronicles debuted in September 1985 with a two-part look at the “slowdown in Silicon Valley.
COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED SPECIAL NO. 5 — KEN USTON'S PROFESSIONAL BLACKJACK
In one of his earliest software reviews for the “Random Access” segment of Computer Chronicles, Paul Schindler praised Ken Uston’s Professional Blackjack, noting that while “most computer games will just play blackjack with you,” this program “will teach you how to play the game and win using various point counting methods.