Back when Apple's first Macintosh computer was introduced, there was an explosion of interest from not just geeks and nerds, but "the rest of us" too – that's what this television program explores.

Back in 1995, a public television show called "The Computer Chronicles" made an episode about an emerging technology: "The Net." We found the video after venture capitalist MG Siegler embedded it on ...

Ahhh, the early 1980s. Those heady days when the Mac was new, computer user groups were the way that you learned about your Mac (and made copies of software), and the Computer Chronicles was on TV.

The Computer Chronicles was an American television series, broadcast during 1981-2002 on Public Broadcasting Service public television, which documented the rise of the personal computer from its ...

It was the biggest ever launch of a software product with stores opening at midnight and buyers around the world waiting to get their hands on - an operating system. It was Windows 95. Various ...

Remember when microcomputers were the size of your face and everyone who used a computer was called a hacker? I don’t, but that might actually be what makes this 1983 holiday episode of The Computer ...

In "Worm: The First Digital World War," journalist Mark Bowden chronicles computer security experts' campaign to detect and defeat a sophisticated new computer worm. Margret Warner and Bowden discuss ...

In this episode of Computer Chronicles from 20 years ago, host Stewart Cheifet explores a bunch of possible technologies that might represent the PC of the future: A "smart" telephone dubbed ...

In 1979, the MIT Computer Museum was founded, and in 1983 the television show Computer Chronicles TV went to visit. The tour highlights the early computers, like card punch calculators and the rare ...

Computer Show is a spoof of 80s computer TV shows, specifically Computer Chronicles, which was actually an excellent program (see below for more on that). "Gary Fabert and co-host Angela Dancy welcome ...

Some people say computers are here to stay and others aren’t so sure. Adam Lisagor and Roxana Altamirano are the people who say they are here to stay and are sure. How sure? So sure that they videoed ...

In April 1981, the floor of the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco was crowded with hobbyist tinkerers, engineers and curious gawkers. However, against a backdrop of beige desktop boxes sat ...