Tag Archives: The Computer Chronicles

Early Re-Writable CD-ROM…Price? $5000

Posted on June 9, 2010 by The Retroist

This is a clip from a 1988 episode of the groundbreaking computer tech show, The Computer Chronicles, that is introducing a brand new re-writable CD-ROM drive. 650 megs on a disc was absolutely mind blowing in 1988.

The H.P. Touch Computer on the Computer Chronicles in 1983

Posted on May 4, 2010 by The Retroist

The HP-150, a “compact, powerful and innovative” computer made by Hewlett-Packard in 1983 and based on the Intel 8088, was one of the world’s earliest commercialized touch screen computers. The machine was not IBM PC compatible, although it was MS-DOS … Continue reading →

Ghostbusters for the Commodore 64 on The Computer Chronicles with David Crane (1985)

Posted on December 30, 2009 by The Retroist

The Computer Chronicles ran from 1981-2002. It was a great series which documented the rise of the personal computer from its infancy to it its ubiquity. The series was created in the Fall of 1981, by Stewart Cheifet, then the … Continue reading →