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25 Episodes 1994 - 1995
Episode 1
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
On location coverage of the annual PC Expo trade show in New York. Featured guests include Stewart Alsop, Larry Magid, Tim Bajarin, and Phillipe Kahn.
Episode 2
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
On-location coverage of the 1994 annual Boston MacWorld Expo. Guests include analyst Tim Bajarin and writer Stewart Alsop. New products covered include System 7.5, WordPerfect for Mac, Claris Office Suite, PowerBook, Loga Vista, Newton, Visioneer, Wacom Tablet, Hyperglot, Opcode Systems, and Solustan.
Episode 4
Thu, Oct 13, 1994
Motorola's new PowerPC microprocessor launched a whole new generation of computers including the PowerMac. This program looks at the increased speed and functionality of computers using the new Motorola CPU.
Episode 5
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
Episode 6
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
Adding peripherals used to be a nightmare with a PC, having to manually figure out all kinds of settings and switches. Windows 95 promised to end all that with Plug and Play, though many users called it Plug and Pray. This program looks at the early efforts to simplify adding peripherals. Covered are sound cards, SCSI controllers, video cards, mice, CD-ROM drives, and PCMCIA cards. Also covered is Plug and Tell, which helped you figure out what settings had to be changed, and Compaq's Hot Docking technology.
Episode 7
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
The upgrade from Windows 3.0 to Windows 95 was the big leap for Microsoft and began its domination of the desktop. This program looks at the new OS, originally code named "Chicago" and Windows 4.0, and new applications developed specifically for Win 95. Demonstrations include Windows 95, Norton Utilities for Win 95, Visio, and Picture Publisher. Also included are demonstrations of IBM's Warp OS/2, and the Macintosh Operating System OS 7.5.
Episode 8
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
The advent of the internet meant people could now start communicating and collaborating over the web. This program looks at several early examples of virtual meeting technology. Demonstrations include Cross Ties for Workgroups, Groupware for Windows from Ventana, HP's OmniShare, CU-See Me, Intel's ProShare 200, the Sharevision PC3000 from Creative Labs, VIVO 320 from Vivo Software, AT&T's VideoPhone, and Sony's Magic Link PDA.
Episode 10
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
An annual review of cool new technology products for the 1994 holiday buying season, as selected by Stewart Cheifet, Paul Schindler of CMP, Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies, and Ken Ratcliffe of PC Connection. Products reviewed include Lexmark's Ergonomic Keyboard, 7th Level's Complete Waste of Time, Banner Blue's Family Tree Maker, Maxis Gift Maker, Glider Pro, GPS Trailblazer, Greatest Paper Airplanes, the NEC Satellite Phone, Putt Putt from Humungous Entertainment, Sega's Road Rash II, the Simpsons Screen Saver from Berkeley Systems, Star Trek Interactive, T/Maker's Stradiwackius, and Wacom's Art Pad Dabble bundle.
Episode 11
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
On-location coverage of the 1994 annual fall Comdex trade show in Las Vegas. Includes highlights of the Bill Gates keynote speech. Features analysis from Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies.
Episode 12
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
Almost ten years after this show was produced, we are still not talking to our computers. This program looks at several early attempts at a voice interface. Products demonstrated include VoiceUser for Windows, VoiceUser for WorkGroups, Wildfire, VPro, TruVoice, Dragon Dictate, Kurzweil Voice for Windows, Voice Organizer and Philips Dictation System.
Episode 15
Thu, Dec 1, 199427 mins
A look at new approaches to creating and sharing music in the digital revolution.
Episode 16
Mon, Jan 24, 1994
As the popularity of digital cameras grew, photofinishing software followed. This program looks at several early examples of computer based photo processing. Demonstrations include Photoshop 2.5, Nikon's LS-10 CoolScan, PhotoFlash 2.0, Apple's QuickTake Camera, Paint Alchemy, Terrazzo, Picture Window 1.0, EverColor and ArtLink.
Episode 18
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
A look at the hot new computer games of 1995. Games covered include Voyeur, Astronomica, Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, Master of Magic, Nascar Racing, Front Page Sports: Football Pro '95, Daedalus Encounter from Mechadeus, and Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine. Includes visits to Electronic Arts and Rocket Science Games and an interview with "The Fat Man", George Sanger.
Episode 19
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Episode 20
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Episode 23
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
In the mid 1990's, it wasn't yet an all Windows world. A battle was on between Microsoft's Windows and IBM's OS/2. This program compared the two operating systems and various add-ons for Windows and OS/2. Products demonstrated include Windows 95, OS/2 Warp, Voice Pilot for OS/2, and Colorworks for OS/2. Guests include IBM's David Barnes and syndicated columnist Dan Gillmor.
Episode 24
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Computers have become a key tool in planning an investment strategy and building a retirement nest egg. This program looked at several investment programs including Value Screen Investment Survey, Prodigy Online Information Services, Windows on Wall Street, WealthBuilder, Plan Ahead Your Financial Future, Schwab's Street Smart, and MetaStock.
Episode 26
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Personal computers have become a major component of modern educational systems. This program looks at some of the strides being made in computer-based learning. Product demonstrations include Measurement in Motion, Grammar Games, Tangible Math, Inside the SAT, and The Musical World of Professor Piccolo. Companies profiled are Apple, Davidson and Associates, Logal, Princeton Review, and Opcode Interactive. Also featured are a visit to an Electronic Learning Fair and the online University of Phoenix.
Episode 27
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
If you were a DOS user back in the early 1990's, you had to deal with "insufficient memory" issues. Over and over again. This program looks at solutions for expanding computer memory. Demonstrations include how to install SIMMs, MemMaker, QAPlus for Windows, RAM Doubler 1.51, Quarterdeck's QEMM 7.5, Multimedia Cloaking Utility from Helix Software, and Netroom 3.0.
Episode 29
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Highlights from the tenth annual Codie Awards for outstanding software, presented by the Software Publishers Association. Shot on location in San Diego. Hosted by actor and comedian Kevin Pollack. Best consumer program of the year was Microsoft Encarta.
Episode 30
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
The digital video revolution started to take hold in the mid nineties. This program looks at early examples of desktop video products. Demonstrations include QuickTime VR, Sigma Designs MPEG video, Video Director, Avid Video Shop, Video Machine Lite, Radius Edit, Video Vision, SGI's Set Top Box, CyberLab7, and QuickTime Conferencing.
Episode 31
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Industry prognosticators predicted that 1995 would be "the year of the portable". And it was, as mobile computing became mainstream. This program looks at several mobile computing solutions, including the Morrow Pivot II, the Apple PowerBook 540C, Toshiba's T2150 CDT, IBM's Butterfly subnotebook, Apple's Newton MessagePad, the Sharp Zaurus, Sony's Magic Link, the Psion 3A, the Pentax PocketJet printer, Xircom's CreditCard Ethernet, Zenith's CD-ROM Z Player, Dell's Latitude, Bell South's Simon, HP's Omnibook 600, and the X-Jack Modem from Megahertz.
Episode 32
Sat, Apr 1, 199527 mins
A look at the growing phenomenon of the internet and the new open world of the web. Guests include New York Times technology writer John Markoff and Severe Tire Damage, the first band to perform live over the internet.
Episode 36
Tue, Jan 24, 1995
Episode 45
Fri, Jul 28, 199528 mins
A tribute to late co-host Gary Kildall and his pioneering contributions to the PC industry, from the origin of CP/M to how IBM ended up adopting MS-DOS.