'computer chronicles' tv show from the 80's

[morkinva]

Description:
Meet teenage software pirates, computer lawyers and the battle over software ownership.

Guests: Mark Pump, Alpha Logic; Smith McKeithen, Activision; Frankie Mouse, Hacker; Neil Smith, Software Publish Assoc; John Draper (Captain Crunch); Gary Kildall, DRI

Quick Review:
Hairstyles, BBSing, huge floppy disks, it must be 1984!
Anyone interested in re-living the old days of the computer underworld needs to check this one out. Pay attention to the comments by Gary and the anti-piracy lawyer Neil regarding the copying of music. My have the times changed! There's some good interviews with the infamous Captain Crunch and a teen named "Frankie Mouse" identified as a "computer pirate" that will bring you back to 1984 with the BBS scene, underworld zines, and 1200 baud modems.. I had only recently learned that Captain Crunch was involved with writing software for the Macintosh and a little bit of that is discussed here. This one's a keeper!

Pick your Format and Go!

http://www.archive.org/downloa...Software1985_256kb.mp4 [77.1M - MPEG4 Format]
http://www.archive.org/downloa...1985/Software1985.mpeg [1.2G - MPEG2 Format]
http://www.archive.org/downloa.../Software1985_64kb.mp4 [34.2M - MP4 Format]

 

[SaltBoy]

Heh. Stewart Chiffeit (sp?) rules!

 

[Red Dawn]

That was back when the whole concept of Computers and Computing was excitng. Around the end of the century it started to become mundane and boring.

 

[FrustratedUser]

I'll check this out later.

 

[Wag]

I used to live for this show.

Last I remember, the show was still on a few years back. It still on?

 

[Ausm]

BBSing ahhh the good old days


Ausm

 

[raystorm]

I used to watch this show all the time too. Checking the computer chronicles website shows the last show aired June 18. 2002. Went on for 17 years..not a bad run there.

Computer Chronicles webpage

Steware Cheifet's other computer show, Net Cafe, seems to have ended the same year.


I used to watch this and another computer show called Digital Duo.. something like that anyways (which wasn't very good).