October 2, 1990 • 30m
As the decade of the nineties began, it became clear the United States was dominating the world software market. This program is a...Read more
October 9, 1990 • 30m
The first major upgrade to Windows was the 3.0 version, launched in 1990. This program reviews Windows 3.0 , some competitive prod...Read more
October 16, 1990 • 30m
Apple's Hypercard 2.0 brought new sophistication to the concept of hypertext, and laid the groundwork for the powerful Internet co...Read more
October 23, 1990 • 30m
After disasters like IBM's PC Jr and the failure of PC companies like Texas Instruments and Atari, the future of home personal com...Read more
October 30, 1990 • 30m
In the eighties we moved from desktops to laptops; in the nineties we started to move from laptops to palmtops. This program looks...Read more
November 6, 1990 • 30m
While we now take a computer mouse for granted, fifteen years ago there was still a debate about what would be the ultimate pointi...Read more
November 13, 1990 • 30m
For fans of the Commodore Amiga, the introduction of the new Amiga 3000 was big news, even though the price tag was nearly $4,000....Read more
November 27, 1990 • 30m
A guide to cool new high tech gifts for the holiday season. Featured are product recommendations from Jan Lewis, Paul Schindler, C...Read more
December 4, 1990 • 30m
There used to be a limit to the amount of memory you could have in a DOS based computer - 640k. But as new applications demanded m...Read more
December 11, 1990 • 30m
Computers became a great platform for game players, but dedicated videogame consoles were even better. This program compares the v...Read more
December 18, 1990 • 30m
Viruses are spreading to personal computers and causing havoc to individuals and businesses. A look at how to prevent viruses from...Read more
January 8, 1991 • 30m
A look at voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies. Demonstrations include Dragon Dictate, the VPC 1000 Speech Recognit...Read more
January 29, 1991 • 30m
As computer users discovered that many of the tasks they did on computers required repetitive commands, there became a growing int...Read more
February 19, 1991 • 30m
In the early 1990's the computer industry settled on a CD-ROM standard and that fanned the growth of CD-ROMs as a storage medium. ...Read more
February 26, 1991 • 30m
Most popular software titles get there as the result of an expensive sales and marketing campaign. Other programs are so popular t...Read more
March 12, 1991 • 30m
Highlights from the annual winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas featuring new personal technology products. Guest's inclu...Read more
March 19, 1991 • 30m
A look at how doctors and health professionals are using computer technology to change the practice of medicine. Demonstrations in...Read more
April 2, 1991 • 30m
With the growth of desktop publishing, scanners became an important new PC peripheral, with sales in the early 1990s growing at 25...Read more
April 16, 1991 • 30m
With computer hardware showing up in just about every school, this program looks at software applications designed for the school ...Read more
April 23, 1991 • 30m
The advent of desktop publishing software got people thinking about fonts and the endless choice of ways to present text on a comp...Read more
April 30, 1991 • 30m
As local area networks grew, so did concerns for network security. This program looks at some early solutions. Demonstrations incl...Read more
May 7, 1991 • 30m
The third annual Computer Bowl with East coast geeks up against West coast nerds to see who knows more about computer trivia. West...Read more
May 14, 1991 • 30m
The conclusion of the third annual Computer Bowl contest, held as a fund-raiser for the Computer Museum of Boston. The game pits a...Read more
May 21, 1991 • 30m
Neural networks are artificial intelligence systems modeled after the human brain. This program looks at several examples and appl...Read more