# Goodbye Computer Chronicles.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-computer-chronicles/143039>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-computer-chronicles/143039 "2002-12-16T07:23:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-computer-chronicles/143039/1 "2002-12-16T07:23:36Z")

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[After twenty years, the worlds longest running television program dedicated to computers and computing technology has been canceled.](http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20021211&Category=APF&ArtNo=212111160&Ref=AR)

Wow, that show is almost as old as me. Goodness! I remember them reviewing the first computer encyclopedias, it was on a laser disc. I never really thought that it would end. Yeah, it was little more than a platform for free advertising for the products that they “reviewed”. However, I am still sad to see it go. ☹

It would be really cool if you were able to dig up some of the really old episodes of that show. Imagine seeing in-depth television reviews of TRS-80s, Commodore PETs, and some nutty new little program called Windows.

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-computer-chronicles/143039/2 "2002-12-16T13:07:40Z")

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I’ll miss the host’s ridiculous combover and the super cheesy theme music.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-computer-chronicles/143039/3 "2002-12-16T21:21:30Z")

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Hey, leave Stewart Cheifet alone! He was a great host!

I watched this show constantly from about 92 to 97 until my PBS station stopped carrying it. I’ll never forget watching a half dozen software billionaires (Gates included) participating in those god awful quiz shows they did once a year (imagine a really bad, really really cheap cable access game show!)

I’m surprised TechTV didn’t pick it up.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-computer-chronicles/143039/4 "2002-12-16T22:18:45Z")

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It was a great show.

I remember a couple of things from early shows that impressed me at the time - Captain Crunch, color palette cycling on the Amiga.