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A review of the reasons behind the current slump in the computer business.
Demos: Adam Computer, Osborne Computer
http://archive.org/details/Slowdown1985
Part two of this special series looking at the causes of the downturn in the computer industry.
Demos: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST 520
http://archive.org/details/Slowdown1985_2
Meet the top women in a field that has traditionally been dominated by men.
http://archive.org/details/WomeninC1985
A survey of the new hardware and software visualization tools for business.
Demos: IBM QuietWriter, Okimate 20 Color Thermal Transfer, Hewlett Packard LaserJet Plus, Apple LaserWriter
http://archive.org/details/Printers1985
From newsrooms to sports arenas, computers have invaded the media.
Demos: Aurora 75 Graphics System, Pacific Data Images
http://archive.org/details/Computer1985_2
From high-tech trysts to selling black-market software, computers users are talking.
Guests: Ezra Shapiro, Byte Magazine; Rory O'Connor, InforWorld; Matthew McClure, The Well; Donald Ingrim, Alameda County DA; George Morrow, Morrow Computing
Products/Demos: CompuServe, Byte BBS, The Well.
http://archive.org/details/ModemsBu1985
A look at the new technology for computers communicating with other computers.
Demos: EtherMacToken Ring, TOPS Network
http://archive.org/details/Computer1985_3
A look at how computers are changing the political process including campaign management, voter profiling, fundraising, and grass roots organizing.
Demos: Washington Alert Service, Q Systems Solon
http://archive.org/details/Computer1985_4
Doctors are turning to computers for medical research, diagnosis and clinic management.
Demos: Drexler LaserCard, MicroMedex, Computerized Clinical Information System, Poisindex, Drugdex, Emergindex, Pulmonary Function (PUFF), MedLine
http://archive.org/details/Computer1985_5
A look at the newest mass storage devices including the compact disc ROM.
Demos: Activenture Knowledge Retrieval System, Information Storage WO Drive, Encyclopedia on a Disk, ISI Worm Disk, Digital Equipment CD-ROM Drive
http://archive.org/details/OpticalS1985
A review of the current offerings in word processors, spreadsheets, and database managers.
Demos: Wordstar 2000, WordPerfect 4.1, Lotus 123, Javelin, ParadoxPC File/R
http://archive.org/details/Business1985
How much computer can you get at the bottom end of the market - comparison between the Commodore Amiga and the Atari 520ST.
Demos: Atari 800, Commodore 64, Amiga IBM PC Emulator, Commodore Amiga, Atari 520, STNEO Paint
http://archive.org/details/Amigaand1985
A consumer's review of the hottest hardware and software goodies for the techie on your holiday shopping list.
http://archive.org/details/Christma1985
As applications and files get larger, users need a hard disk drive, a Bernoulli box or a tape streamer.
Demos: Iomega Bernoulli Box, Hard Card, Hyperdrive
http://archive.org/details/HardDisk1985
Expert systems, decision support software, and natural language communication.
Guests: Harry Tennant, Texas Instruments; Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley; Gary Hendrix, Symantec; S. Jerrold Kaplan, Lotus Developmnt; Gary Kildall, Digital Research
Products/Demos: Personal Consultant, Q&A.
http://archive.org/details/Artifici1986
A review of computer applications for police, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
Demos: Probe One, Criterion Mapping System, SHRLOC Computer Aided Dispatch
http://archive.org/details/Computer1986
A look at how investors are using computers to analyze and invest in the stock market.
Demos: Wizards of Wall Street, The Equalizer, Lotus Signal, TelescanAnalyzer
http://archive.org/details/Investme1986
The use of computers to analyze personality and diagnose problems of human relations.
Demos: Intracourse, Mind Over Minors, Biofeedback, Psychotherapy on a Disk, Therapeutic Learning Program
http://archive.org/details/Psycholo1986
Computer programs for the amateur astronomer plus tools for tracking Halley's Comet.
Demos: Tellstar, StarSoft HalleyComet Halley
http://archive.org/details/Astronom1986
A look at the job opportunities and requirements in the fast growing computer field.
http://archive.org/details/Careersi1986
Are there limits on the speed of computers and their CPUs? A review of new processor architectures to increase computing speed.
http://archive.org/details/Parallel1986
The world's biggest computer user is the U.S. government and the military in particular. This program reviews the military uses of computer technology. Shot on location at various research centers around the country. Featured are the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Advanced Decision Systems in Mountain View, California. Demonstrations include the Pilot's Assistant and the Battlefield Commander's Assistant. Also flight and battle simulators from Singer Link. Guests include Raj Reddy, Director of the Robotics Institute at CMU.
http://archive.org/details/Computer1986_2
A look at the uses of computer hardware and software in the Defense Department. Shot on location at various military installations around the country. Featured are demonstrations of SDI, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the AEGIS combat control system on board the USS Valley Forge advanced navy cruiser, and the Air Force's Advanced Sensory Exploitation System using distributed networks and artificial intelligence to detect enemy threats
http://archive.org/details/Computer1986_3
