Computer Chronicles
Season 8 Episode 22 - Sleeper Software
Most popular software titles get there as the result of an expensive sales and marketing campaign. Other programs are so popular they climb to the top of the charts just through word-of-mouth, or BBS chat. This program looks at several of these "sleeper" software programs that are worthy of note. Among the titles demonstrated are Commander Keen, PopDBF, Resident Task Manager, Prism, Pianoman, 4DOS, CommandPost, Windows Wallpaper, LCD 2.0, LJ2UP, MacBillboard, BigCheese, Ripper FKey, TappyType, Fish!, Globe, Solarian II, Melt DA, Address Book, FlashWrite, Stuffit, ToDo!, TidyItUp, DisKeeper, Red Ryder, White Knight, and Vietnam War. Guests include Jim Button, founder of the Association of Shareware Professionals. Originally broadcast in 1991. http://archive.org/details/sleepersw
Episodes in Season 8
The Global Software Market
30 min
Windows 3.0
30 min
Hypertext
30 min
Rebirth of the Home Computer
30 min
Palmtop Computers
30 min
Input Devices
30 min
The Amiga 3000
30 min
Consumer Buying Guide (1990)
30 min
Memory Management
30 min
Video Game Consoles
30 min
Viruses
30 min
Speech Technology
30 min
Macros
30 min
CD-ROM Software (1991)
30 min
Sleeper Software
30 min
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (1991)
30 min
Computers and Medicine
30 min
Scanners
30 min
Software in the Schools
30 min
Fonts City
30 min
Network Security
30 min
Computer Bowl III: Part 1
30 min
Computer Bowl III: Part 2
30 min
Neural Networks
30 min
