Season 8 (1990)

The Global Software Market
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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

Windows 3.0
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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

Hypertext
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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

Rebirth of the Home Computer
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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

Palmtop Computers
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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

Input Devices
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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

The Amiga 3000
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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

Consumer Buying Guide (1990)
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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

Memory Management
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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

Video Game Consoles
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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

Viruses
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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

Speech Technology
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January 8, 1991 • 30m

A look at voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies. Demonstrations include Dragon Dictate, the VPC 1000 Speech Recognit...Read more

Macros
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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

CD-ROM Software (1991)
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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

Sleeper Software
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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

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (1991)
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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

Computers and Medicine
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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

Scanners
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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

Software in the Schools
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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

Fonts City
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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

Network Security
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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

Computer Bowl III: Part 1
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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

Computer Bowl III: Part 2
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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

Neural Networks
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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