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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: The ultimate portable computer
Message-ID: <1350@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-May-85 11:24:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 11:24:20 1985
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Seen on our office bulletin board...
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FINALLY, A COMPUTER THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A MAN

If you've seen the popular new portable computers, you know their major
drawback: they're so *small*.  They do not look like computers.  Where
are the big dials and whirring, beeping things?  Where are the spools
of thick black tape that spin from side to side?

A DISK DRIVE YOU CAN DRIVE

Relax.  Megadot is proud to announce the Megadata 10,000,000
Macrocomputer, the first portable computer too big to be transported
legally on many American roads.  Employing the most cumbersome
macrocircuitry available today, the Megadata 10,000,000 is the only
portable computer built to withstand a direct nuclear strike.  Five
hundred megabyte internal memory vault stores a universe of
information, smelts ore.  And how's this for convenience: the Dynarobic
fanfold tractor option is also a mini-helipad.

YOUR WIFE WILL HATE YOU

The Megadata 10,000,000'ss full vent-to-bore I/O compatibility insures
months of tedious cocktail party conversation.  Naturally, a complete
software library is just one part of the total package, including
WORDWIZ, SILICALC, INFOSNAP, SEMI-SHACK, DATAHUNK, choice of HOMOMERGE,
or FLIBIT, SOFTSTOOL, DABBA-DOO, LOG-A-DOG kennel organizer,
MICRO-SNIFF, OKEYDOKEY 1.1, BONER-PRO and CROSSBOSS II employee
discipline package.

The Megadata 10,000,000 is equipped with fully Touch-tronic numeric
keypad that boasts an individual key for every number from 1 to 1000.
One-stroke convenience eliminates costly errors!  Megadata's patented
11,872 character keyboard lets you compute in any alphabet currently
known to man.  Builtin ink-jet printer accepts paper up to 40 feet
across, 11 miles long.  Special patented process lets you print on
polished marble too -- without sticking or jamming!  FCC-assured
lambent radiation reduces the size of many simple tumors, gradually
eliminates the need for sunglasses.

Can you NOT afford to own a computer that costs $1.1 billion, shipping
not included?

				Author unknown
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Herb Chong...

I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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