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As with many nerds my age, The Computer Chronicles was one of my favorite show growing up. I learned many things and shared them with my nerdy friends. Fun was had.
However, I don’t remember the episode below and I’m probably better for it. I think I might’ve exploded. This is pure mid-80s robot bliss. Not [...]
This is how you remember your roots. By realizing both how terribly lame and amazingly great these things were. On TV. In Japan.
This is how you sell electronics. With meteors. And children sitting on them. Zapping other meteors. With Commodore computers. On TV. In Japan.
This is how you sell stacked electronics. With a knight in shining armor. And lazer-cut graphics. Both of which are geared entirely towards ‘The Space’. On TV. In Japan.
Not only are current gadgets way better in Japan, the gadgets of the past were as well!
Take for example this fantastic Toshiba TV model with built in cassetter recorder. While not exactly a video tape, it’s a pretty cool idea and I’m sure I would’ve love to have used this back in the day. [...]
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