[Editors] authentic old computer

[Terry Hill]

Educate us and we'll buy even more stupid things!


At 02:02 PM 12/2/2004 -0500, Debbie Levey wrote:
>         This picture was taken at the Computer History Museum in southern 
> California almost two years ago.  The sleek and streamlined orange 
> kitchen computer was supposed to simplify the housewife's meal planning 
> and cooking (even though the computer never learned to slice onions or 
> boil eggs). Apparently Honeywell didn't sell a single unit, because they 
> cost $10,000 in 1969 dollars, had few functions, occupied a big chunk of 
> kitchen space, and probably clashed with harvest gold and avocado green 
> appliances. In addition, they were user-hostile and complex, while being 
> marketed to women who generally had been shunted away from learning 
> science and technology.
>
>Debbie
>
>
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