The Computer Chronicles - Mainframes to Minis to Micros (1983)

Publication date 1984-02-12 Topics Episode year: 1983 This was the very first episode of the Computer Chronicles, originally broadcast in September 1983, covering the history and ancestry of today’s PC. Guests: Gary Kildall, DRI; Gordon Bell, DEC; Herb Lechner, SRI; Cyril Yansouni, HP Products/Demos: HP 150 PC, Computer Museum, TX-1 Computer. Copyright 1984 Stewart Cheifet Productions. Contact Information stewart@ ----------- The very first episode of The Computer Chronicles, a series which would end up spanning over twenty seasons, began right here exploring the dramatic change from room-filling mainframe computing setups to personal computers that fit on your desk. ------- Special thanks to for hosting these episodes. Downloads of all these episodes and more can be found at: