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Article #1285Re: Anyone (else) own a Geniac/Brainiac?
From: stu... Harold Stuart
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 23:14
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 23:14
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In article <65...@internal.Apple.COM> c...@Apple.COM (Christopher Pettus) writes: >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. [Much stuff deleted here] It was called "DIGICOMP", and came in both basic and advanced models, as I remember. The program I remember simulated an elevator. Another interesting point: The device had its own user group. Harold Stuart
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!luth!eru!bloom-beacon!snorkelwacker!apple!stuart From: stu...@Apple.COM (Harold Stuart) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone (else) own a Geniac/Brainiac? Message-ID: <38470@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 8 Feb 90 23:14:07 GMT References: <6822@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <840@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> <4816@brazos.Rice.edu> <6598@internal.Apple.COM> Distribution: alt Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 22 Posted: Fri Feb 9 00:14:07 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit