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    Question Help Identify This Old Computer with Integrated Monitor, Two Adjustment Knobs, No Built-In Floppies

    What is the name of the classic computer that appears in the Mr. Download Says video on "Nintendo Video," the 3DS video channel? Unfortunately the video is no longer active on the Nintendo 3DS video cycle, but it was an oldie from the 1980's, beige, had an integrated screen with control knobs for the video, and (possibly) special red and yellow keys in addition to the regular beige keys with white or black lettering. The red & yellow keys might have just been added for the video to differentiate the computer from a standard one for some legal reasoning. Important to note are that the computer *did not* have integrated floppy drives but the integrated monitor did have a curved top instead of the commonly flat, boxy type of top which a lot of home computers had in the 1980's. Obviously, the monitor could not swivel and it was most likely a phosphor green monitor.

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    The video's on Youtube, looks more like a dumb terminal than a computer. Probably a VT52 clone.

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    I was thinking a terminal as well. The knob reminds me of a Lear-Siegler ADM terminal.
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    Found it on youtube too... It actually looks vaguely familiar but I can't quite place it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAbPkVECNYM
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    Closest thing I can find is this, but it's definitely not it. Similar body style, though. I like it.

    I don't think what you're talking about is a computer. Something tells me it's a terminal. The design is clearly from the 60's or early 70s, like something out of Kubrick's 2001.

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