I remember Computer Chronicles from some older ATi CD-s, that had some shorter and longer video clips.

FullYes wrote on 2026-01-02, 10:41:

Just found out Stewart Cheifet, main host of the Computer Chronicles has passed away aged 87 […]
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Just found out Stewart Cheifet, main host of the Computer Chronicles has passed away aged 87

Anyone who is into retro hardware, those old episodes he helped get onto archive.org are well worth a look.

I discovered them about 15 years ago. Not being from the USA, I was not aware of this program as a kid, but spent a lot of time watching them as an adult. They are a great resource of computing history, and I know Stewart was part of getting them online.

A lot of them are now on a dedicated YouTube channel

https://youtube.com/@computerchroniclesyt?si= … wMm_P1tpTG30fYM

You can also leave a comment for his family in the link below

https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet

I’m in no way affiliated with the family, I just know that, as a group of retro computer enthusiasts, this news may be of interest to a lot of you.

Im not english native, and Computer Chronicles is some of this TV shows i enjoy TOO MUCH even without subtitles, the quality lf every episode is amazing

Gary Kildall did amazing work too and every guest

thanks stewart and all people that make other people times better, in a world is not always easy

Computer Chronicles was an interesting resource when it was on YouTube. I wasn't around when this originally aired but watching various episodes where a demo of Diablo was being showcased, a glimpse of Quake's competitive multiplayer scene and even the mentioning of multiplayer services like Mplayer.com and TEN were nice.

I recall Alienware during it's early days were featured on an episode covering PC Gaming (in 2001)

Some of the stuff I've learned was all thanks to his show and it always had me wondering what it would've been like had the show continued to run after 2002. Rest in peace Stewart.

I've been going through a lot of Computer Chronicles by grabbing the mpeg2video files from The Internet Archive and also been watching the spin-off Net Cafe.

87 years is a long time to live and I feel he lived a really good life, wasn't he also running journalism classes for the time after the end of Computer Chronicles as a series itself? I wonder if he used his times spent working on both shows as material for those classes he taught.

I'm not from the US, so I didn't watch Computer Chronicles when it originally aired. But I do like checking some of those episodes on YouTube nowadays. They offer an interesting window into the past, showing how rapidly tech had advanced back in the day.

This YouTube channel hosts their episodes, which makes for easy viewing. Always fun to go back in time with one of those.

What a weird feeling, i watched quite a few episodes in the 26th and 27th of December.

Thanks, Stewart RIP.