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Re: OT: Late 80's Infomercial - Type of Computer?
- Subject: Re: OT: Late 80's Infomercial - Type of Computer?
- From: Thomas A. Compter <tcompter@delphi.com>
- Date: 1998/02/13
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
- References: <6c05fb$g64$1@ocean.silcom.com>
Joe Seeley <joe@smoe.com> writes:
>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 PC used 5 1/4" and kicked output onto a nine pin dot matrix. The program
>My question is: What type of PC? I remember thinking it was a Commodore 64
Sounds like the ill-fated "OSBORNE". It was about the size
of a sewing machine.
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|homas