An introduction to Apple's Hypercard. Demonstrations include Hypercard 1.0, Complete Car Cost Guide, Focal Point, Laserstacks, and National Galllery of Art. https://archive.org/details/CC501_hypercard

Remember daisy wheel printers? Dot matrix printers? Ribbon printers? They largely disappeared when the early laser printers were introduced. The first laser printers sold for more than $100,000. So it was big news when Canon came out in 1979 with a laser printer for $10,000. The first Apple laserwriter sold for $6,798 in 1987. This show looks at several early printer options including the Apple LaserWriter Plus, the Hewlett Packard LaserJet II, and the Okidata LaserLine 6. Also featured is a demonstration of one of the first desktop publishing programs to take advantage of laser printers, Ready Set Go 4.0 from Letraset. https://archive.org/details/laserprinter

Highlights from the annual Comdex trade show in Las Vegas. Originally broadcast in 1987. https://archive.org/details/comdex_2

It didn't take long after the introduction of personal computers for users to want to network their PCs and share files and peripherals. This program looks at some early networking technologies incuding Grapevine, EasyLAN, 3Com, and Novell. http://www.archive.org/details/DesktopP1986

A look at early attempts to network personal computers. This show focuses on Apple products including Appletalk, AppleShare FileServer, and MacLink. Also includes a look at Apple networks in use at Arthur Young & Company and at Stanford University. http://www.archive.org/details/networks1

The annual holiday buyer's guide for computer products featuring geeky recommendations for cool new gadgets from George Morrow, Wendy Woods, Paul Schindler, Gary Kildall, and Stewart Cheifet. Products reviewed include Toshiba T1000 Laptop, Touchbase Worldport 1200 Modem, Diconix 150 Portable Printer, LapLink, Ashton-Tate's Byline, Higgins, Complete Hand Scanner, Worlds of Wonder Julie Doll, Microsoft Bookshelf, Broderbund's Science Tool Kit, Complete PC Fax Board, Mr. Game Show, Ask God, Macromind Videoworks, and Apple's Hypercard.

Most users thought of the PC as the business computer and the Macintosh as the creative computer. But you could also run your business on a Mac. This program looks at several business applications designed for the Macintosh computer. Demonstrations include Multi-Finder, 4th Dimension, the Macintosh Business Letter, Write Now for Mac, Trapeze, and VideoWorks. https://archive.org/details/macbussoftwa

A look at early computer games. Featured are Earl Weaver Baseball, Ferrari Formula One, Tower of Myraglen, and Shanghai. Includes a visit to Electronic Arts customer support department and an interview with author and game designer Douglas Adams. https://archive.org/details/games1

A look at some of the leading computer games in the late 1980's. Demonstrations include Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, Accolade's Mean 18 golf game, Apache Strike, Beyond Dark Castle, The Other Side, and Strategic Conquest. Also features an early look at CompuServe's on line game playing. https://archive.org/details/games2

In the heyday of artificial intelligence and expert systems, it was thought that computers could make human like decisions. This program looks at several early examples. Products demonstrated include Decision Aide from Kepner-Tregoe, AT RISK! from Palisade, Super Tree from Strategic Decisions, and Teknowledge. https://archive.org/details/decisionsoft

A look at the use of personal computers to digitize and process images. Demonstrations include the Datacopy 830 Scanner, MacImage 2.0, TrueForm from Spectrum Digital, Image Studio from Fractal Software, and PicturePower Color System. Guests include Jerry Borrell of MacWorld, George Morrow of Nestar, and Gary Kildall of Digital Research. https://archive.org/details/imaging_2

On location coverage of the annual winter MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. Big stories at this MacWorld were desktop publishing, new color computers, HyperCard, and PC emulators. Guests include George Morrow, Jerry Borrell and Jan Lewis. http://www.archive.org/details/macworld_3

The advent of CD-ROM storage changed the way people used personal computers and opened up a whole new range of software applications. This program looks at several examples including Microsoft Bookshelf, the Boeing Maintenance Manual, Media Mixer Retrieval Engine, The Visual Dictionary, N/Hance Systems 525E WORM Optical Disk Drive, Poisondex, Electronic Arts CD-I, and Knowledge Set. Guests include George Morrow, Gary Kildall, and Paul Schindler. Originally broadcast in 1988. Copyright 1988 Stewart Cheifet Productions. https://archive.org/details/cdroms

A review of the latest tax preparation software packages including: MacinTax and TaxView from SoftView, Lasser's Your Income Tax, Tax Preparer from HowardSoft, TurboTax from ChipSoft, Tax Partner from Best Programs, and Federal Tax Forms for the Apple II from Sky Computer Resources. Includes a visit to the IRS center in Fresno, California. Originally broadcast in 1988. https://archive.org/details/taxpreparati

In the early days of PCs, you had to know how to open up the box and add the functionality you really wanted when you bought the computer. This program looks at some of the upgrade options including AST's Rampage 286 board, Paradise Systems' VGA Plus Graphics card, IBM's Inboard/386, and Quadram's JT Fax board, and the TV Producer board for the Macintosh II. http://www.archive.org/details/CC524_add-on_boards

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