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 The jacket is back because.... Uh, so, say it’s the 1980s --late 1980s or early 1990s, and you’ve always wanted to be able to write your letters as a document, save them to a floppy disk to edit later, but you’ve never been able to afford one of these newfangled personal computers. Well, Smith Corona has got you covered with this: This bad boy is the Smith Corona PWP-3200. It is a typewriter that has a VERY large LCD display and most importantly, a floppy disk drive. Let’s take a look at it. Alright so let’s get into it. Obviously this was a Goodwill find, as you can see by the sticker, I’ve had this for a number of years and you’ll see a great example of that in just a moment. So really, all this is a daisy wheel printer (and well look a bit more at that in a bit) but it’s a daisy wheel printer which has been integrated into a typewriter chassis with a floppy disk drive and a very basic computer. And, well first let’s turn it on. Most typewriters don’t turn on like this. Alright,...

Hello, and welcome back to the 8-Bit Guy. In this episode, I want to show you this bizarre little computer known as the IQ Unlimited by Advantech. Now, you might be wondering “What is this company Advantech?” Well, if you turn the computer over you’ll see it was actually produced by Video Technology Electronics, otherwise known as V-Tech.” Yes, that’s the same V-Tech that has produced tons of cordless telephones, kids learning computers, baby monitors, and a variety of other things. They are also the ones that built the Laser 128, which was an Apple II clone, along with the matching Laser XT which was a PC clone. They also produced the laser line of portable computers, and even a series of proprietary desktop computers that carried the laser brand name. So, needless to say V-Tech is no stranger to making computers. But, I think this may be the strangest one they ever made. The front of the box claims it to be complete, powerful, simple, and affordable. They are also those that built th...

 Greetings and welcome to LGR Odd ware! Where were taking a look at hardware and software hat is odd, forgotten and obsolete. And today we get this little thingy right here. This is the HP Photo smart Mobile Camera from 2003 a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, with manual focusing and everything, that’s bolted onto an SD card. And you got an interface that plugs straight in to compatible PDAs in the early 2000. Let’s check this thing out. So right here we have the HP Photo smart Mobile Camera for iPaq Pocket PCs, including a series of hx1000 devices and this was sold at an initial asking price of 149.99 USD in October of 2003 which was when it first hit the North American market. And just a real quick thanks to TJ, an LGR viewer who sent this in among some other awesome things. Very much appreciated. I have been looking out for one of these for a little while actually because I had an HP iPaq back in the day.  I remember reading about this and always thought it would be super coo...