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A Computer You Can Bring on a Plane! (PIC)

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Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 10, 2009

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  • PxCxG, on 07/10/2009, -1/+328That sly smile tells you exactly what he's thinking:

    "Time to check out my ascii porn collection!"
  • diggan8, on 07/10/2009, -7/+231Yeah, but will it play Cry.... Solitaire?
  • inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+181Was everything really so brown back in 1983?
  • Miyae, on 07/10/2009, -2/+151So smug, I wonder what he'll do when he realizes the device isn't on.
  • idbjoshm, on 07/10/2009, -16/+159ARE YOU TIRED OF THE SAME OLD GIANT COMPUTERS? WANT TO BRING YOUR COMPUTER ON A PLANE, BUT JUST CAN'T SEEM TO FIT IT IN YOUR CARRY ON?

    HI, BILLY MAYS HERE FOR THE TRS-80 MODEL 100. ITS A COMPUTER THAT HAS THE POWER TO DO ADVANCE MATH, BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT IN ANY BAG OR BRIEFCASE. HERE WATCH THIS, WITH REGULAR COMPUTERS YOU NEED AN ENTIRE DESK AND WALL SPACE TO FIT IT, BUT WITH THE MODEL 100, YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT IN THE MOST CRAMPED OF SPACE. BRING IT ON THE AIRPLANE, IN THE BATHROOM, OR EVEN ON A BUS. WANT TO WORK ON YOUR DAY OFF? YOU CAN EVEN TAKE IT TO YOUR SON'S LITTLE LEAGUE GAME.

    SIMILAR PRODUCTS COST AS MUCH AS $1000, BUT TODAY, AND ITS ONLY $19.99. ORDER NOW!
  • BelatedHero, on 07/10/2009, -12/+109.................................................#..+#####.###.......................................................
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  • WunderTroll, on 07/10/2009, -2/+93text or it didn't happen
  • ar1c3, on 07/10/2009, -2/+898008

    thats why he is smiling
  • falstaff, on 07/10/2009, -0/+67Society had to come back down to earth after making everything hideous shades of green in the 70's.
  • nunofgs, on 07/10/2009, -5/+70BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
  • UnFriendlyFire, on 07/10/2009, -1/+48Dugg for remembering ASCII porn.
  • NeoNevermore, on 07/10/2009, -1/+47Yeah, but can it run Notepad?
  • marsbar, on 07/10/2009, -1/+44I'm a pilot and computers not more powerful than that operate many of the aircraft you fly on today. Checkout when the last MD-80 was built - 1999 with 1979 technology.
  • piieerrrree, on 07/10/2009, -2/+37CALL NOW AND GET A FREE PLANE TICKET TO ANYWHERE IN THE CONTINENTAL US, ABSOLUTELY FREE!
  • STPZ, on 07/10/2009, -2/+35AND A FREE TUB OF OXYCLEAN JUST PAY SHIPPING AND HANDLING!
  • ChileanGoD, on 07/10/2009, -1/+32...pong?
  • Nudar, on 07/11/2009, -0/+31Sometimes you want to keep things simple. I don't want my pilot's computer getting the blue screen of death while flying at 30,000 feet.
  • shuffler42, on 07/11/2009, -1/+31http://www.asciipr0n.com/pr0n/pinups/pinup03.txt
  • robbob, on 07/10/2009, -0/+30doesn't matter when you are staring at total awesomeness in the reflection
  • 123bucklemyshow, on 07/10/2009, -6/+33But can it run Pac-Man?
  • christoast, on 07/10/2009, -2/+28So people have actually jerked it to ascii?
  • RoroCo, on 07/10/2009, -1/+27If you squint you can get a semi...
  • tas08, on 07/11/2009, -0/+25My god. At least Mr. Mays will live on forever through the power of the internet now.
  • christoast, on 07/10/2009, -3/+26No to both of those.
  • tgc1, on 07/11/2009, -1/+23That computer only has two modes. Business and Fail.
  • inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2310 PRINT "Basic is ***** awesome!"
    20 GOTO 10
  • sean2112, on 07/10/2009, -2/+22It doesn't need to be on, its the principal of having it on a plane.
  • asgardshill, on 07/10/2009, -0/+20It beats Harvest Gold just 5 short years earlier.

    (My refrigerator, stove, and countertops were Harvest Gold back in the 70s. I cried tears of joy when the carpenter ripped out that crap when they redid the kitchen.)
  • shane1337, on 07/10/2009, -1/+21check out the next ad in the set:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_steve/3171768066/i ...

    early days of "to catch a predator"
  • mikemehak, on 07/10/2009, -0/+17*****, I bet that bad boy can calculate Pi to 6 maybe 7 digits.
  • BoneStamp, on 07/10/2009, -1/+18I remember writing BASIC on one of those.
  • ShitStainedBall, on 07/10/2009, -1/+17What if we had two computers and we put them together?
  • mrgreenjeans, on 07/10/2009, -0/+16If he turns it on, the plane will fall out of the sky.
  • tehdiggster, on 07/10/2009, -3/+17Is it WiFi enabled?
  • Nudar, on 07/11/2009, -0/+14If it can look like remotely like female breasts then men will find a way.
  • christoast, on 07/11/2009, -0/+14( . Y . )
  • pitdog, on 07/10/2009, -1/+15That slick dude is staring at his own reflection.
  • jcaino, on 07/10/2009, -2/+1680085
  • SmilinJoe, on 07/10/2009, -0/+14You forgot the semi-colon at the end of line 10 so that it fills the screen.
  • CaptainTater, on 07/11/2009, -1/+14I NEVER REALIZED HOW MANY OF THOSE COMMERCIALS I MUST'VE SEEN. BECAUSE I CAN'T READ A SINGLE WORD OF THESE WITHOUT HEARING THE EXACT TONE AND EMPHASIS THAT BILLY MAYS SHOUTED WITH AT ME ALL THOSE YEARS. :(
  • mandarin, on 07/10/2009, -3/+16Looks like a Label Maker to me...
  • takeo1775, on 07/10/2009, -1/+12srsly this is the first time I've realised there was ASCII porn, text or it didnt happen
  • schroeder, on 07/11/2009, -0/+11I like how all the + signs make it look like he just washed his face with Oxyclean.
  • inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+12ASCII porn is basically Rule 34 on Notepad
  • ar1c3, on 07/10/2009, -1/+12Yes, yes, yes, find one, yes!
  • ChromaVita, on 07/10/2009, -3/+14I'm 6'5, I can barely fully open my actually lap top.
  • ImYourRealDad, on 07/10/2009, -0/+10Is that an ashtray?! Those were better times to fly.
  • TobiasParker, on 07/11/2009, -0/+10Bookmarked.
  • noxcovenant, on 07/11/2009, -0/+9Only on the lowest settings.
  • daze23, on 07/11/2009, -1/+10zork?
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