40 years ago, American television saw the dawn of a nationwide show updating viewers on the latest developments in the exciting world of computers, The Computer Chronicles.

We dive into the history of this show with blogger S.M.Oliva, author of The Computer Chronicles Revisited, to find out what it was, what it achieved, and how it left us an invaluable record of the early consumer computer industry.

 

Recorded: October 2023

 

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Links:

https://www.smoliva.blog/

https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles?tab=about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon_(console)

Halcyon Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeI5zKeGELA

Halcyon NFL game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EbCv48z84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4HyBLgmRlw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Morrow_(computers)

https://www.mobygames.com/game/1775/amnesia/

Julie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewu_NBUHePU

Mr. Gameshow Game - https://youtu.be/OKR5nxQcj3M?si=tUAW5Jw9msonwEvF

https://www.mobygames.com/game/54306/apache-strike/

https://www.mobygames.com/company/1338/pbi-software-inc/

https://www.smoliva.blog/post/computer-chronicles-revisited-100-strategic-conquest-beyond-dark-castle-apache-strike-chuck-yeager-advanced-flight-trainer-mean-18/

https://www.mobygames.com/person/12686/richard-l-seaborne/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall

Gary Kildall Special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdj8gh9GPc4

 

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