MacWorld Boston 1988

On location coverage of the annual MacWorld expo in Boston. Guests include Jean Louis Gassee and Bob Metcalfe. Companies profiled include Aba Software, Cricket Software, Deneba Software, Microillusions, Silicon Beach, Advent, Claris, Dynaware, Pixelogic, Aldus, Letraset, Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Springboard Software, Aegis, MacroMind, TrueVision, Electronic Arts, SuperMac, and Apple. Originally broadcast in 1988.

This item is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: macworld; macintosh; apple

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Reviewer: Arvid Rudling - - January 25, 2006
Subject: Business software-o-rama

This episode scans through a lot of business software from old school mac companies like Cricket, Silicon Beach Software and Macromedia.

The then-new desktop publishing sector gets the most attention, and it's interesting to see how much variety there was in paint- and layout software at the time. Most demoed professional apps are strikingly slow though.

Oh, and there's some hilarious late-80s fashion in there. Random access also features a piece on the upcoming NeXT computer.