Computer Chronicles

- Season 5

(1987)

An introduction to Apple's Hypercard.

A look at some early networking technologies for IBM PC compatibles, including Grapevine, EasyLAN, 3Com, and Novell.

A look at Apple's early efforts at networking computers such as Appletalk, AppleShare, FileServer and MacLink.

A look at early computer games. Featured are Earl Weaver Baseball, Ferrari Formula One, Tower of Myraglen, and Shanghai.

A look at the use of personal computers to digitize and process images.

Shareware, a term first coined by programmer Jim Button, are applications created for users at no charge and can be distributed freely among colleagues and friends.

The Commodore 64 was the first computer for many families. This program looks at what you can do with the famous C-64.

As operating systems grew more robust, one of the key new features was the ability to multitask, run several applications at the same time.

So you've bought your laptop, but that's only the beginning. What else do you need to become the complete road warrior? This program looks at several add-on options.

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 those upgrade options.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs are used by engineers and architects, but new simplified CAD programs have come out for personal computers that let individual consumers use the power of CAD software.