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thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) writes:
>Anyone remember the "sexy" ads that were run in Personal Computing in the
>early '80s?  As I remember it, the ad had a lady in enticing attire laying
>on a bed of satin with a white TRS-80 on the bed with her.  The ad was for
>some "adult" software.  Anybody know what this stuff was?  I thought about
>ordering it at the time, but never got around to it....

Interlude!  I had almost forgotten!  Interlude was a program that would
query a man and a woman about their sexual interests; when finished, it
would suggest an Interlude number.  Most of the numbers referenced a
description in a booklet (I think this was because if memory limitations,
not copy protection).  "The Ultimate Interlude" was encoded in the program
and was only revealed to the truly kinky -- or so the ads claimed.  I recall
that the program was pretty popular and even got some attention from the
mainstream media.

I had a chance to flip through the booklet once.  It wasn't very interesting.
The only "Interlude" I remember suggested spending time brushing your
partner's hair -- hair brushing, it claimed, was very sensous.  Since I was
in high school at the time and hair-brushing was something I could actually
convince my girlfriend to do -- I decided that it must not be that fun; thus,
I lost interest in finding out anything more about "Interlude".

Of course, there could have been another ad with a sexy woman and a computer,
but I'd be surprised.

-Charles
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In article <126.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) writes:

>>    On some of the older model Commodore PET's (you know, those big bulky
>> things that used to compete against TSR80s, and were shown in Playboy as the
>> new "macho toy" for the late 70's...) had a problem with a certain signals

>Anyone remember the "sexy" ads that were run in Personal Computing in the
Yeah, I do, cept they were in the now defunct A+ magazine.  Called
'Interlude' I do believe.  There were actually 2 of em!

>some "adult" software.  Anybody know what this stuff was?  I thought about
>ordering it at the time, but never got around to it....
As far as I can tell, remember, this program was something akin to Eliza
(AI program to that simulated conversation for any neophytes, been
ported to probably every language in the book! :)  Anyways, it was set
up for different "conversations/scenarios" and as I recall, was more of
something to get a couple going versus actually being some kind of one
person "adult" software (least how I saw it), although I suppose if ya
was real lonely....

>I also recall that the ad only ran for a few issues before disappearing.
>I wonder if the company did the same....
Not in A+ it didn't.  Ran for a good long time.  Long enough for a
second version to come out.  Must admit, the ad did have some eye
catching appeal to it.  Special in a magazine where you don't expect to
find a picture of a woman in seemingly ONLY a overcoat.

-kareth.

I remember an ad with a rather busty woman prominently displayed -- and the
banner read "Keep Abreast" -- truly tasteless.

By the way, who remebers the "Lifetime Subscription"s one could get to
Creative Computing?  I think they ran about $300.00.  What is David Ahl
up to nowadays?

Stan
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In article <4029@convex.UUCP> fors...@convex.com (Charles Forsythe) writes:
>thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) writes:
>>Anyone remember the "sexy" ads that were run in Personal Computing in the
>>early '80s?  As I remember it, the ad had a lady in enticing attire laying
>>on a bed of satin with a white TRS-80 on the bed with her.  The ad was for
>>some "adult" software.  Anybody know what this stuff was?  I thought about
>>ordering it at the time, but never got around to it....
>
>Interlude!  I had almost forgotten!  Interlude was a program that would
>query a man and a woman about their sexual interests; when finished, it
>would suggest an Interlude number.  Most of the numbers referenced a
>description in a booklet (I think this was because if memory limitations,
>not copy protection).  "The Ultimate Interlude" was encoded in the program
>and was only revealed to the truly kinky -- or so the ads claimed.  I recall
>that the program was pretty popular and even got some attention from the
>mainstream media.
>
>I had a chance to flip through the booklet once.  It wasn't very interesting.
>The only "Interlude" I remember suggested spending time brushing your
>partner's hair -- hair brushing, it claimed, was very sensous.  Since I was
>in high school at the time and hair-brushing was something I could actually
>convince my girlfriend to do -- I decided that it must not be that fun; thus,
>I lost interest in finding out anything more about "Interlude".
>
>Of course, there could have been another ad with a sexy woman and a computer,
>but I'd be surprised.
>
>-Charles
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I believe the file INTRLUDE.ZIP is available from grape.ecs.clarkson.edu,
and contains a compressed file which has several hundred of the
interludes.  I don't remember if any of them were the ultimate, though.

Kevin Martin
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