Tandy Computers
(I remember those)
Seven programs,
whoa. Tandy, you're just giving it away now.
Way back in the
day, I remember watching children-based game shows that always had a
Tandy personal computer as one of the prizes. If I remember
correctly, Double Dare, Carmen Sandiego and Fun House would give
these things away.
I was always
underwhelmed with that prize. I would have rather gotten the
encyclopedia collection instead. Plus, the computers seemed to be
shittier versions of the computers everyone else had. No one really
liked Tandy computers even the people that owned them. Yes,
Commodore 16 users laughed at you.
You could also
get one from Radio Shack, which they heavily promoted in their stores
for years. Heck, you could say Radio Shack without thinking of a
Tandy computer. What found amusing is that the Tandy Company stopped
making computers in 1993 just before the Internet craze started to
take off. They would have been the E-Machines before that brand
debuted.
Whenever some
egg-head would talk about computers, I believe it is my duty to bring up the
Tandy computer. It always gets a good laugh. I think it still lives on as a reference due to
Strong Bad's first computer was a parody of a Tandy.
Also, Bill
Bixby (David Banner of the Hulk show) was the spokesman for the
Tandy PC. You wouldn't like the computer when it gets angry.
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