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Article #1284Re: Anyone (else) own a Geniac/Brainiac?
From: c... Christopher Pettus
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 22:48
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 22:48
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In article <48...@brazos.Rice.edu> pre...@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes:
>In article <8...@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> a...@grendal.EBay.Sun.COM (Andrew MacRae) writes:
>>In article <68...@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> to...@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:
>>>Was this anyone elses first computer?
>>
>>I didn't have a Braniac though I remember the ads well. I did have the red
>>plastic flip flop computer kit (from Edmund?). It had a series of inter-
>
>Yes! But what was it called?
>My parents may still have it around; I'll have to search.
>
Well, I suppose you could count "Cardiac" (sic), a cardboard sliding-part
based computer that was used in my high school's introduction to computers
class. Does anyone else remember (or even have one of) _those_?
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