Table Of Content1991/92 Catalog
The Computer Museum Store
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The Computer Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
hello, I'm your
tour guide. Robot R-35 (On cover)
Standing a full 4 1/2 inches tall and made of genuine tin with red
plastic accents, this classic wind-up toy captures all the joie de rivets
of the '50s original, including toothy grin and bi-directional gaze.
Wind him up and he saunters forth, blithely heedless of anything in
his path. For today's kids, a fascinating toy. For the rest of us, a
happy reminder of times gone by.
Robot R-35, $10. A)
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Spreadsheets
Imagine the comfort, after a At 80-count percale, 50% Spreadsheets Twin Size,
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long day of frantic output, cotton/50% polyester, $45.95. (IB)
as you tuck yourself into Spreadsheets are also user- Spreadsheets Queen Size,
these giant replicas of the friendly. $59.95. (1C)
real thing, right down to the Spreadsheets two standard
Available in Twin Size: one
simulated tractor feed holes. pillowcases, $19.95. (ID)
flat sheet, one fitted sheet,
(The extra traction is
one standard pillowcase;
especially helpful for tossing
Queen size: one flat sheet,
and turning.) The elegant
one fitted sheet, and two
simplicity of their pattern fits
standard pillowcases. A set
any decor and actually
of two standard pillowcases
promotes creative dreaming
in a powered-down mode. is also available.
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Mousepads
Let your mouse know you
consider the Fred or
it
Ginger of the point-and-
click set. Give it the chic
dance floor deserves, the
it
pizzazz of a Moustrak
Mousepad.
ChocWare Diskette Macintosh Covers
Far more digestible and TLC for your Mac. Keep
Not only classy, these pads
flavorful than the real thing, your Macs monitor and
are durable. Their four-color
images are protected by a this diskette is pure, keyboard cozy and dust-free
delectable milk chocolate. with these smiling covers
long-wearing textured
laminate and bonded to a And more satisfying to the made of durable, machine-
non-slip rubber base. And brain's chocolate receptors, washable fabric.
their generous surface because a single bite from Mac Plus, SE, and SE/30
provides plenty of room for one of these diskettes is
cover with standard
equal to thousands of bytes
fancy mousework.
keyboard, $23, (2E),
on the real thing.
or extended keyboard, $25.
Choose from three designs
to match your decor and Center holes, 'though not as (2F)
mood: Space Cam (2A), tasty, are guaranteed Mac II, 1 3" monitor cover
Lava (2B), and Kentucky Burl calorie-free. with standard keyboard,
$25, (2G), or extended
(2C). ChocWare Diskette, $4.50
keyboard, $25. (2H)
Mousepads, $15. (2A-C) each; 5 for $20. (2D)
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Robot R-35 Manta Robot Kit
Seepage 1, $10. (1A) This little devil behaves just
like a politician. Whenever
sound sensor hears a
its
loud noise-like applause-
or comes in contact with an
obstacle, reverses direction
it
and takes a new course.
You get the fun of watching
the Manta obey your favorite
loud noises, plus, because
you assemble you get the
it,
fascination of learning what
makes
it tick.
Manta Robot Kit, $42. (3A)
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reset button, and.
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Lost In Space Robot Spider Robot Kit
Relive the Golden Age of Some spiders have four
sci-fi flicks, with this 4 1/2" eyes, some have eight. But
tall Losf in Space wind- the Spider Robot has an
up toy. infrared sensor. detects
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obstacles and avoids them,
What he lacks in facial
cranking its six "legs" and
expressiveness, this plastic
executing a sharp left turn.
replica more than makes
up for in relentless forward Because you assemble this
movement. Just wind him arachnoid droid, you get
up and he whirrs to life, a full—and intimate-appre-
coming closer...closer... ciation of its intelligent inner
ever closer...Yikes!! Is that workings.
a death ray??!! Get out of
Spider Robot Kit, $76. (4B)
here!! Ruuuunnn!!!!
Lost In Space Robot, $10.
(4A)
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Gifts from The Computer Museum Store. Because they're fun too.
Caution Byte T-Shirt
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Puns have been called the
lowest form of humor.
So, here's your chance to
get way down and punny,
50%
with this cotton/
50%
polyester T-shirt with
an attitude.
For Adults, the Caution
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Byte T-shirt comes in gold,
red, or light blue. Adult
sizes S, M, L, XL.
For children, the Caution
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Byte T-shirt comes in red or
blue only. Children's sizes
6-8, 10-12, 14-16.
Please specify size.
Caution Byte T-shirt, $10.
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Solar Calculator
Tame the power of the sun
for all your calculating
needs. The energy efficiency
of this stylish calculator is
matched by its efficient size:
3 1/2" square when closed,
3 1/2" x 6" when open.
The plastic cover slides open
for access to the keypad and
LCD
easy-to-read display.
Solar Calculator, $20. (6B)
Remember HAL, the computer in
the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Remember when he sang
Bicycle Builtfor Two? h
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Frankly, we Smart Machines are considerably more "with it" than that.
LEGO Technic
II
Add locomotion to your 20 all-color activity cards
LEGO LEGO
regular kit. help stimulate ideas for
Technic contains 278 creations that operate on
II
pieces, including eight kinds their own power.
of gears, axles, beams,
LEGO
Technic $72. (7A)
II,
universal joints, piston head,
and turntables. Plus, a 4.5
DC
volt motor with battery
pack. (Batteries not in-
cluded.)
The Computer Museum's Cybernetic Composer, for example.
You make a request-rock, jazz, Latin jazz, or ragtime—
and he improvises a chorus or two with his electronic trio.
On my next visit, I plan to sit in.
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Yomega, The Ye-Yo with
8B
a Brain
Yo! You always thought the
"Yo-Yo with a Brain" was
Propeller Beanie and Cap
your bigmouth brother-in-
Need a lift? Just put on one
law, the one with the PhD in
of these multi-colored beanies
nuclear physics. Wrong.
or caps.
This Yo-Yo with a Brain is
Experience the intoxicating
hum smart but silent. It can do all
of its plastic propeller...
the classic yo-yo tricks, plus
the tug of its mighty torque.,
the oohs and aahs of an it knows just how long to
spin and just when to return.
admiring public.
While you concentrate on
You won't be able to keep
having all the fun, Yomega,
from smiling.
the Yo-Yo with a Brain will
Sizes S, M, L, XL. do all the thinking.
Propeller Beanie, $10. (8A) Yomega, The Yo-Yo with a
Propeller Cap, $10. (8B) Brain, $12. (8C)
For me, visiting The Computer Museum's Smart Machines exhibit was like old-home week. There was
ELIZA and Shakey and Sea Rover and NASA's Mars Rover and AARON the computer artist and
...
so many I couldn't possibly register all the names.
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Fractal T-shirts Discoasters
Fractal math was conceived May we suggest a Sartoria You'd never use the real
by Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot Correct ensemble of a thing under a beverage,
in 1975. Fractal T-shirt complemented would you? Which makes
by a Propeller Beanie or this colorful sextet of 3.5"
But you don't need to under-
Cap? (See page 8.) diskette coasters all the
stand the good doctor's
more fun.
theories to appreciate the Fractal T-shirt: Nautilus
color and beauty of the Shell/Newton's Julia, $18. Discoasters, set of six, $1 5.
fractal images on these T- (9A) (9C)
shirts. Heavy, 00% cotton
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Fractal T-shirt: Candy/The
Fruit-of-the-Loom Ts.
Jewel, $18. (9B)
T-shirt pictured left has
"Nautilus Shell" on its front,
"Newton's Julia" on its
back. T-shirt on right has
"Candy" on its front, "The
Jewel" on back.
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