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      derwood
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      Sure do remember it.. My dad had bought one right when it came out with a daisywheel printer and paid me to type up a 30 page document in WordStar.
      The keyboard was OK.. The screen sucked compared to my Commodore computer I had in my room.

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        My childhood bedroom got invaded by a Commodore PET. I wrote a basic chess program on it line by line from a book. Luckily it had a mass storage device(cassette tape) As I remember the program did not compile on the first go around.

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          I was trying to find the article i copied from and ran across this:
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Brothers

          Straight out of Austin Texas

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            jwt Netgate
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            Back in the day, Austin was a wonderful place.

            Now we have Yuppies and Republicans in SUVs.

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              MontTech
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              Why do I remember the screen being orange…?    :o

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                GomezAddams
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                @Phishfry:

                I was trying to find the article i copied from and ran across this:
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Brothers

                Straight out of Austin Texas

                I loved Freak Brothers comics in my teen years. Unfortunately, the state of Kentucky classified them as "paraphernalia", and my local record store had to stop carrying them. I still have every one of them 40 years later!

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                  heper
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                  Fired one of them up. A couple of filter caps exploded & shits started smoking (expected)
                  After a trip to the nearest electronics shop & some soldering, it works again :D :D

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                    KOM
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                    Reminds me of the first clone PC portables ("luggables' is more like it) that I used to sell back in the late 80's.  Weighed around 20-30 lbs, stood as tall as your knees, but you could carry it around.  Likely a ripoff of the IBM 5155 or Compaq Portable.

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                      kpa
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                      There was also a Commodore 64 built with a similar design:

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_SX-64

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                        KOM
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                        Looks more like the Oscilloscope 64, with optional keyboard  ;D

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