Computer Chronicles: Season 14
Season 14 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Computer Chronicles Season 13.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 14 Progress Shield
MacWorld Boston 1996
Oct 24, 1996
On-location coverage of the 1996 annual MacWorld Expo in Boston.
Cyber Cafes
Oct 1, 1996
As the Internet continued to take hold, new hangouts called cyber cafes started opening up where you could surf the web and just pay by the minute.
Internet Telephony
Oct 8, 1996
If you can send data over the internet, why not voice, and if voice, why not phone calls, and if phone calls, why not video phone calls?
Search Engines
Oct 15, 1996
An early pre-Google look at search engine technology. Featured are DataQuest, Alta Vista, Zip 2, Autonomy, Pointcast, and The Angle.
Cyber Politics
Oct 29, 1996
A review of the growing use of the internet and computers in political campaigns in 1996.
Online Shopping
Nov 5, 1996
A look at early online shopping sites in 1996 including Amazon, onsale.com, CyberCash, NetRadio, Verisign and Cybergold.
ETRE Conference Berlin
Nov 12, 1996
On-location coverage of the 1996 annual European Technology Roundtable Exhibition conference in Berlin.
Consumer's Buying Guide
Dec 3, 1996
Our 1996 annual review of the coolest new high-tech gadgets for the holiday season.
Digital Photography
Dec 10, 1996
Digital photography got its start in the mid 1990's. This program looks at early examples of digital photography hardware and software.
Internet TV
Jan 7, 1997
After hearing about convergence for years, the television and the computer finally have started to merge, with video images moving on to the PC and web pages showing up on the TV.
Comdex Special 1996
Jan 14, 1997
A look at the best new products introduced at the 1996 annual COMDEX computer trade show in Las Vegas.
Sports Simulation Software
Jan 28, 1997
A review of new sports software that lets couch potatoes feel like athletes.
Cyber Dating
Feb 4, 1997
One of the most popular early uses of the Internet was finding a date. This program looks at some of the first sites that offered to find that special someone.
Consumer Electronics Show 1997
Feb 11, 1997
On-location coverage of the 1997 annual winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Computers and the Disabled
Mar 4, 1997
The computer revolution was great, but it presented real challenges to disabled people who found new barriers to accessing information. This program looks at several solutions to t
Cyber Music
Mar 11, 1997
A review of hardware and software that can turn your personal computer into a music studio.
SPA Codie Awards 1997
Mar 25, 1997
Coverage of the 1997 annual Codie Awards presented by the Software Publishers Association.
Cyber Security
Apr 22, 1997
With more and more computers becoming terminals on the internet, concerns were growing for internet security.