Philips In2it systeem kaarten
Philips In2it Kidcom System Cards
De Philips In2it kindercomputer is een aparte creatie van Philips, die nooit op de markt is uitgebracht en toch duiken er geregeld items op van deze Kidcom computer die je niet zou verwachten. Het lijkt erop dat Philips, net voor de release van dit systeem de stekker eruit uit heeft getrokken. Want de In2it producten die af en toe het daglicht zien, lijken wel rijp te zijn voor de productie en zo in de winkel zouden kunnen liggen.
Hieronder is een overzicht van In2it kaarten, compleet met beschermhoes. Philips heeft thema's bedacht voor de kaarten reeks van de Kidcom computer, waaronder de Basis, Reis, Hobby, Film/TV, Muziek, Specials of Mode kaarten. Wat wel opvallend is, is dat de bedrukking van de hoezen 3 talig is namelijk; Engels, Duits en Frans. Maar geen Nederlandse tekst te vinden op de hele hoes..... beetje teleur stellend Mr. Philips.
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Casio VL-Tone, keyboard
The Casio VL1 (or VL-Tone) was one of those truly bizarre products in musical history.

Half calculator, half 'synthesiser'... it had almost nothing to redeem itself other than its low cost - you certainly didn't buy one for its sounds which, as you might imagine, were cheap and cheezy. Apparently, the thing was originally designed to be produced solely as a 'musical instrument' (I use the term loosely!). One of the four Kashio brothers who founded the company was a would-be musician as well as an electronics engineer and he had designed a simple and inexpensive LSI (Large Scale Integration) chip that could be used for musical purposes but executives at the company weren't confident that it had enough features to sell in its own right so some bright spark at Casio had the idea to add (no pun intended!) a calculator! Obvious really! What else would you add to a small, portable musical instrument?! I guess that as one of the world's leaders in calculator manufacture, they had the technology for free.
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