40 years ago, American television saw the dawn of a nationwide show updating viewers on the latest developments in the exciting world of computers, The Computer Chronicles. We dive into the history of this show with blogger S.M.Oliva, author of The Computer Chronicles Revisited, to find out what it was, what it achieved, and how it left us an invaluable record of the early consumer computer industry.   Recorded: October 2023   Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine   And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM   Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected]   Links: https://www.smoliva.blog/ https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles?tab=about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon_(console) Halcyon Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeI5zKeGELA Halcyon NFL game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EbCv48z84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4HyBLgmRlw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Morrow_(computers) https://www.mobygames.com/game/1775/amnesia/ Julie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewu_NBUHePU Mr. Gameshow Game - https://youtu.be/OKR5nxQcj3M?si=tUAW5Jw9msonwEvF https://www.mobygames.com/game/54306/apache-strike/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1338/pbi-software-inc/ https://www.smoliva.blog/post/computer-chronicles-revisited-100-strategic-conquest-beyond-dark-castle-apache-strike-chuck-yeager-advanced-flight-trainer-mean-18/ https://www.mobygames.com/person/12686/richard-l-seaborne/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall Gary Kildall Special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdj8gh9GPc4   Copyright Karl Kuras