List of Computer Chronicles episodes
The following is a list of Computer Chronicles episodes, produced by Public Broadcasting Service and presented by Gary Kildall and George Morrow on Sundays with a duration of 30 minutes, aired in the at 18:00 east time, 4 episodes a month, 48 episodes per year from 1983 to 2002.
The series was created in 1983[1] by Stewart Cheifet (later the show's co-host), who was then the station manager of the College of San Mateo's KCSM-TV. The show was initially broadcast as a local weekly series. The show was co-produced by WITF-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It became a national series on PBS from fall 1983 to 2002, with Cheifet co-hosting most of the later seasons. Gary Kildall served as co-host from 1983 to 1990, providing insights and commentary on products, as well as discussions on the future of the ever-expanding personal computer sphere.
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| September 1983 | Mainframes to Minis to Micros |
| October 1983 | Operating Systems |
| October 1983 | Integrated Software |
| Computers in education | |
| December 1983 | Printers |
| 5 December 1983 | Word Processing |
| December 1983 | Chips[2] |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 18 January 1984 | Business Applications |
| 24 January 1984 | Computer-Aided Decision Making |
| 9 February 1984 | Programming Languages |
| 26 February 1984 | Computer Music |
| 28 February 1984 | Computer Games |
| 16 March 1984 | Artificial Intellegence |
| March 1984 | People in Computing |
| 26 March 1984 | Computer Security |
| 5 April 1984 | Computer Graphics |
| 29 May 1984 | Computer Ergonomics |
| 26 November 1984 | Local Area Networks |
| 10 December 1984 | Fifth Generation Computers |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 1 April 1985 | Japanese PC's |
| 12 April 1985 | Low End Computers |
| 12 November 1985 | The Macintosh Computer |
| 18 June 1985 | Computer Graphics |
| 12 November 1985 | Computers & Medicine |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 13 February | Astronomy Software |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 26 February 1987 | Portables |
| 18 November 1987 | Local Area Networks: IBM Compatibles |
| 25 November 1987 | Local Area Networks: Apple |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 1 December 1988 | Consumer Buyers Guide 1988 |
| Apple II Forever | |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 28 March 1989 | Writing Software |
| 18 April 1989 | Unix |
| 25 April 1989 | Atari St |
| 9 May 1989 | Laptops |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 18 October 1990 | Home Computers |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| Notebooks | |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| The Internet | |
| Self Improvement Software | |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| CD ROM Software | |
| December 1994 | Interactive Music |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| Cyber cafes | |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| Computer Art | |
| Computers and the Disable | |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 30 November 1999 | European Technology Roundtable Exhibition (ETRE) Monte Carlo Part One |
| European Technology Roundtable Exhibition (ETRE) Monte Carlo Part Two | |
| Computers and the Disable | |
| 3 August 1999 | Speech Technology |
| 12 October 1999 | Computer Games |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 1/18/2000 | ETRE (European Technology Roundtable Exposition) - Part 3 |
| 1/25/2000 | Faster Net Access |
| 2/1/2000 | Music on the PC |
| 2000-02-15 | Internet Showcase Special Part 1 |
| 2/8/2000 | Computers Without Keyboards |
| High Tech Dayton | |
| 2000-02-22 | Internet Showcase Special Part 2 |
| 3/21/2000 | Online Investing |
| 3/28/2000 | Computers & Politics 2000 |
| 08/08/00 | Cooking with Your PC |
| 08/29/00 | Digital Living Room 2000 Part 1 |
| User's group special | |
| 9/19/2000 | Digital Living Room 2000 Part 1 |
| 9/26/2000 | Digital Living Room 2000 Part 2 |
| 10/24/2000 | Copyright Issues Online |
| Computer Buyers Guide - 2000 | |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 2 January 2001 | Online Gaming |
| 9 January 2001 | Privacy Online |
| 1/16/2001 | Home Networking |
| 1/23/2001 | TV Meets PC |
| 2/13/2001 | Hi Tech Hawaii - Part 3 |
| 2/27/2001 | Creating Your Own Website |
| 3/20/2001 | Wireless Technology |
| 3/27/2001 | Finding a Job Online |
| 4/3/2001 | Security and Viruses |
| 4/17/21 | ETRE 2000 Prague - Part 1 |
| 5/1/2001 | Online Universities |
| 6/12/2001 | Web Surfing on your TV |
| Interactive Television | |
| Cooking with Your PC | |
| 10/9/2001 | MP3 Secrets |
| 11/13/2001 | Computers and The Pentagon, Part 1 |
| 10/2/2001 | Technology and the Church, CCN Special Part Three |
| Date | Episode name |
|---|---|
| 1/22/2001 | Easy Web Cams |
| 26 March 2002 | Preventing Spam |
| 5 March 2002 | Computers and the Olympics - Part 2 |
| 26 February 2002 | Computers and the Olympics - Part 1 |
| Computers and Helthcare |
References
- "stquantum.com: Computer Chronicles". 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421311/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1