Thirty-six years ago today, episode 482 of Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek aired in syndication. One of the contestants was someone familiar to readers of this blog: Paul Schindler, the longtime software reviewer and frequent panelist on Computer Chronicles. As it turned out Schindler–who recently celebrated his 70th birthday–was something of a game show aficionado back in the day.

According to Schindler’s own account, he first tried out for the original Jeopardy! (1964 - 1975) hosted by Art Fleming. While a freshman at MIT in the early 1970s, Schindler took the train from Boston to New York, where Jeopardy! *taped at the time, to take the test. But he never received a callback, which Scindler thought might have been due to his long hair and beard scaring off the producers at the time.

A prominent feature of early-era Computer Chronicles episodes was Paul Schindler’s software reviews, which normally appeared in the middle of the “Random Access” segment. This post keeps a running list of the products that Paul reviewed.

Episode	Date	Title	Description	Publisher	Price
118	May 1984	Archon: The Light and the Dark	Game	Electronic Arts	$40
125	October 1984	Ken Uston’s Professional Blackjack	Game	Intelligent Statements	$70
201	January 1985	Be Your Own Coach	Workout Scheduler	Avant-Garde	$50
202	January 1985	dBASE III	Database	Ashton-Tate	$700
203	January 1985	Free Will	Estate Planning Tool	San Francisco PC Users Group	$6 (Shareware)
204	February 1985	TuneSmith/PC	Music Converter	Blackhawk Data Corporation	$50
205	February 1985	Night Mission Pinball	Pinball Game	subLOGIC	$40
206	February 1985	PFS:Plan	Spreadsheet	Software Publishing Corp.	$140
207	February 1985	WordMaker	Crossword Dictionary	Word Associates	$10
208	March 1985	ExecuTime	Calendar Manager	Advanced Productivity Software	$50
209	March 1985	The Overhead Express	Presentation Software	Professional Software	$95
210	March 1985	TopView	DOS Shell	IBM	$149
211	March 1985	PFS:Proof	Spellchecker	Software Publishing Corp.	$95
213	April 1985	Higgins	Desk Organizer	Conectic Systems, Inc.	$400
215	April 1985	Ability	Office Suite	Xanaro	$495
218	May 1985	Copy II PC	Disk Copy Utility	Central Point Software	$50
219	May 1985	Bank President	Management Simulator	Lewis Lee Corporation	$75
222	June 1985	The Stickybear ABC	Edutainment	Xerox Educational Publications	$40
301	September 1985	CataList	Mailing List Manager	Automation Consultants International	$250
302	September 1985	Ultimate Trivia	Game	Mentor Learning Systems	$50
303	September 1985	Da Vinci	Outline Editor	Applied Microsystems	$50
304	September 1985	PC Color	Screensaver	Affirmware	$35/$44
307	October 1985	Bakup	Backup Utility	InfoTools	$150
308	October 1985	NFL Challenge	Sports Management Simulator	Xor	$99
309	October 1985	Concepts Computerized Atlas	Atlas	Software Concepts	$5/$50
310	May 1986	Paradox	Database	Ansa Software	$695
311	May 1986	An Apple a Day	Medical Information Organizer	Avant Garde	$79.95
312	May 1986	Zoomracks	Database Manager	Quickview	$125
313	November 1985	PC Planetarium	Astronomy	Light Software	$52
314	December 1985	Wizard of Wall Street	Stock Market Simulator	Synapse Software	$45
315	December 1985	Rocky’s Boots	Edutainment	The Learning Company	$50
316	December 1985	Golden Oldies	Games Compilation	Software Country	$35
317	January 1986	PFS:Access	Communications Package	Software Publishing Corp.	$95
320	February 1986	Volkswriter 3.0	Word Processor	Lifetree Software	$300
323	February 1986	411	Indexing Tool	Select Information Systems	$149
401	September 1986	Word Finder	Thesaurus	Writing Consultants, Inc.	$80
402	Septemebr 1986	Q-DOS	File Manager	Gazelle Systems	$30
403	September 1986	Color Magic	EGA Palette Selector	Lifetree Software	$40
404	October 1986	Tornado Notes	Note-taking Manager	Micro Logic	$50
405	October 1986	ServTech	PC Repair Guide	Rylos Technologies	$50
406	October 1986	Mean 18	Golf Game	Accolade	$45
407	October 1986	Get!	Electronic Mail	Signet Technologies	$90
408	October 1986	The Idea Generator	Decision Support System	Experience in Software	$200
409	November 1986	Scriptor	Television Script Utility	Screenplay Systems, Inc.	$300
410	November 1986	IQ Test	IQ Test	Rational Designs	$40
411	November 1986	The Toy Shop	Design Tool	Broderbund Software	$65
412	November 1986	Time Bandit	Maze Game	MichTron	$40
413	December 1986	Perspective	3D Graphing	3D Graphics	$300
414	June 1987	TMPC	Time Management	Acroatix	$50
416	January 1987	The Page	DOS Utility	Orion Microsystems	$22
421	February 1987	UX-Basic	Programming	Human Computing Resources	$400
422	February 1987	Ford Simulator	Advertisement	Beck-Tech	Free
425	December 1988	In-Synch	Remote Workgroup Tool	AVTC	$500
426	March 1987	KidsTime	Educational Games	Great Wave Software	$50
427	March 1987	IS-2000	Integrated Software	Noumenon Corporation	$40
428	October 1987	TimeSlips	Hourly Billing	North Edge Software Corporation	$100
429	April 1987	MORE	Outliner	Living Videotext	$295
430	May 1987	HFS Backup	Backup Utility	Personal Computing Peripherals	$50
431	September 1987	Dark Castle	Macintosh Game	Silicon Beach Software	$50
502	June 1988	Smart Alarms	Reminder Tool	Imagine Software	$50
503	November 1987	Klondike 3.0	Solitaire	Computer Capabilities Corporation	$50
504	November 1987	MultiMate	Data Manager	Broderbund Software	$80
505	November 1987	Webster’s Electronic Thesaurus	Thesaurus	Proximity Technology	$90
506	December 1987	‘Twas the Night Before Christmas	Holiday Card	Simon & Schuster	$10
506	December 1987	Science Toolkit - Body Module	Science Kit	Broderbund	$40
506	December 1987	Microsoft Bookshelf	Reference CD-ROM	Microsoft	N/A
508	December 1987	Smartcom II	Telecommunications	Hayes Microcomputer	$100
509	December 1987	Leather Godesses of Phobos	Text Adventure Game	Infocom	$50
511	December 1988	Gofer	Indexing & Search	Microlytics	$60
512	January 1988	Stepping Out	Virtual Monitor	Berkeley Systems Design	$95
513	July 1988	Microsoft Excel Templates	Shareware	Heizer Software	$4
514	July 1988	Test Drive	Racing Game	Accolade	$40
515	March 1988	Ad Lib Personal Computer Music System	Music Hardware/Software	Ad Lib	$250
516	July 1988	Mentor	Intelligence Testing	Heuristic Reserch	$50
517	March 1988	The Electronic Encyclopedia	CD-ROM Encyclopedia	Grolier Electronic Publishing	$300
518	August 1988	Suitcase	Accessories Manager	Software Supply	$60