Re: OT: Late 80's Infomercial - Type of Computer?

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joe@smoe.com (Joe Seeley) wrote:
>I remember sometime between 1987-1989 one of those half-hour late night 
>infomercials that was in the format of a phoney talk show and had a "boy 
>genius" as the guest.  He was demonstarting this "incredibly sophisticated 
>device" which actually was a very crude (even by the standards of the time) 
>lunchbox luggable PC of some sort with a tiny black and white built in screen.

>The program that this would-be Einstein was wowing the audience with was an
>early copy of Print Shop.  Of course, they were selling this "stellar, space
age
>device" at some discount price for "you today only my friend." (it ran
non-stop 
>everynight for two years it seemed =).
>
>If anybody else remembers this funny system and can say what it was, I would 
>enjoy hearing about it via followup postings.

It might have been that IQ Unlimited computer that was sold through an
infomercial hosted by Bosley, the dad from Happy Days.  I remember
that they were comparing it to a PC.  The PC was in pieces while the
IQ Unlimited had everything built in.  Even after the boy printed out a
greeting card, the technician had still not finished formatting the hard
drive on the PC.  The software was crude, even compared to an Apple II+
or a Commodore 64, but people didn't realize that.  The last time I saw
one was at Toys R Us in 1995 and it still sold for over $100.