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- Loonette the clown and her dolly Molly solve everyday problems while residing in the comfort of a large couch.
- The most popular television program about consumer technology during the rise of the personal computer revolution from 1983 to 2002. Episodes featured interviews with luminaries from the tech industry.
- "The Show" ran for 26 weeks in 1970 bringing a "who's, who" of contemporary rock bands and folk singers to national television. In 1969, during the early years of public television, and only a year after the Public Broadcasting Service began, WITF-TV in little Hersey, Pennsylvania, applied to PBS for a grant to produce a national series of programs for high school kids. It was to be called The Show...a forum where young people could address the events of the day with prominent guests and listen to contemporary music. This was the year of Woodstock, so the importance of music in the life of teens was vital.
- A comparative look at the new breed of IBM lookalike PCs.
- As files got larger and disk storage capacity stagnated, software developers came up with utilities to compress and shrink the size of files.
- In 1979, a plant malfunction causes confusion and radiation leak. As fear spreads, so does suspicion that the authorities are concealing the truth.
- 202242mTV-147.1 (243)TV EpisodePanic strikes the community as a full-blown catastrophe looms. Locals mobilize to confront the authorities and protest the nuclear power industry.
- During cleanup at the plant, insiders claim that cost-cutting measures and intimidation tactics create a danger far worse than the accident itself.
- Despite disturbing revelations of wrongdoing at Three Mile Island before and after the accident, the utility fights to bring the plant back online.
- AT&T's computer operating system is threatening to take over IBM's MS-DOS dominance.
- An in-depth look at IBM, the IBM standard and the impact of its dominant role in the PC marketplace.
- The Atari ST is a big hit in Europe but it's not very popular yet in the U.S. A look at some of the cool features that attract Atari fans.
- Laser disks and optical storage devices are changing the way we can use computers.
- A survey of the technology embedded in modern office buildings and private homes.
- A look at early computer games. Featured are Earl Weaver Baseball, Ferrari Formula One, Tower of Myraglen, and Shanghai.
- 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.
- A look at new software programs that reside in RAM and are always ready but may conflict with each other.
- In the late 1980's PC users were ecstatic over the introduction of 32 bit processors and CPUs running at the blazing speed of 33 megahertz. This program looks at some of those performance innovations.
- While we now take a computer mouse for granted, fifteen years ago there was still a debate about what would be the ultimate pointing device.
- Neural networks are artificial intelligence systems modeled after the human brain. This program looks at several examples and applications.
- With the advent of Windows 1.0, software vendors came out with new programs to take advantage of the new GUI operating system.
- With color and graphics moving into the world of personal computers, display technology became an important subject.
- In 1992, the big issue was - is it worth the money to upgrade my 386 PC to the new 486 chip?
- Most popular software titles get there as the result of an expensive sales and marketing campaign. Other programs are so popular they climb to the top of the charts just through word-of-mouth, or BBS chat.
- The worlds of television and computers are quickly converging. This program looks at new video applications on personal computers.
- Groupware was the buzzword of the early 1990s as users wanted to find ways to connect their personal computers, their applications and their data, and find platforms for sharing and collaborative work.
- Many computer users got their start with the TRS-80, the Tandy Color Computer, or the Model 100 portable computer.
- A review of hardware and software products for artists.
- A look at how doctors and health professionals are using computer technology to change the practice of medicine.
- With the growth of desktop publishing, scanners became an important new PC peripheral, with sales in the early 1990s growing at 250% per year.
- Why buy a computer when you can build your own? This program looks at various approaches to assembling your own PC.
- 1983–2002TV-GTV Episode1989: India is the hot place now for companies to look at for new software development. The trend actually started more than fifteen years ago. (Part 1 of 2)
- An examination of hardware and software solutions to organize and manage personal information.
- Covers space and astronomy-themed software for consumers, from simulators to games.
- An early look at the Apple Macintosh computer, software, and accessories during the first MacWorld Exposition in San Francisco.
- Various Macintosh clones and the new PowerPC PowerBook are reviewed after a demonstration of "Copland", Apple's unfinished operating system that was supposed to become "System 8".
- A first look at the innovations of the new IBM Personal System 2 computer.
- A look at the hottest computer games in the early 1990s.
- Software pirates and computer lawyers debate over issues of software ownership.
- A review of the new Macintosh SE and II, including their adoption of expansion slots and hardware capabilities more associated with IBM-compatible computers.
- A look at Apple's early efforts at networking computers such as Appletalk, AppleShare, FileServer and MacLink.
- 1983–200228mTV-GTV EpisodeA look at some early networking technologies for IBM PC compatibles, including Grapevine, EasyLAN, 3Com, and Novell.
- 1983–200229mTV-GTV EpisodeAfter a series of failures, new home computers are being launched to bring the business back, including the IBM PS/1, the Tandy 1000, the Magnavox Headstart, low cost Macs such as the LC, and the Commodore 64C with GEOS.
- Demonstrations of the new 7.0 operating system for the Macintosh with a comparative look at the new DOS 5.0 for PCs.
- Virtual Reality is explored with demonstrations of the Talking Glove, AutoDesk's Cyberspace, Virtual Hand, GestureGlove, CyberGlove, CyberCAD, Virtus WalkThrough, and other emerging technologies at the VR Showcase in Santa Clara.
- A review of where major Japanese technology companies are in the PC hardware and software markets.
- A review of the reasons behind the current slump in the computer business.
- A look at the newest mass storage devices including the compact disc ROM.