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Toy aisle consoles and educational computers

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Educational computers: Updates
|Manufactured and distributed in 1997 by Comet during the 90s coupon craze that Turkey had. the CNC9606 was given out by Turkish newspapers after exchanging a coupon for it. and was designed to be both a simple PDA and a tool to teach basic english and computer skills. there was different versions depending on the newspaper you sent the coupon to, some had floppy drives and expansion ports while other had those features removed. it's unknown how many were given out.
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|Data Concepts Comquest|style="background:gainsboroRed;"|NonePreliminary
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|-|PreComputer|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|No|The PreComputer was a educational computer product line lanched by VTech in 1988. the first two models were similar to a Palmtop or a Pocket PC of the era, while the later Junior modal was the more common laptop design. although it doesn't use a mouse like later systems.|-|Precomputer Unlimited (PCU)|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|No|Released in 1998 by VTech, The Unlimited is a Console-Computer hybrid akin to something like the Coleco Adam or the Odyssey 2. the Precomputer brand dates back to 1988 with the [[wikipedia:VTech PreComputer 1000|model 1000]], and was your typical educational computer of the era. The Unlimited's main OS was heavily influenced by Windows 3.1 and the system it self included 45 programs built-in. Basic features and oddities that came standard on most late 90s and early 2000s VTech educational computers can be found on the PCU as well. this includes a cartridge slot for more programs and games, a parallel port for printing and an odd mouse that plugged into an RJ11 port. It is unknown how many units were sold, how many game were made for it or when it was discontinued.
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|Radio Shack Learning Computer
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|Released in 1986 by Sears. The Talking Computron has a Red 8x1 LCD Screen, 19 activities/games built in, and had a speech synthesis capabilities that were impresive for the time. Sears also sold four cartridges for extra content at their stores as well.
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|Talking Whiz Kid
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|Launching sometime in 1986, The Talking Whiz Kid was one of VTech's longest product lines. Many revisions of the Talking Whiz Kid were released throughout the 90s, and while some did have cross compatibility with other Whiz Kid's systems, a lot of the mid to late 90s Whiz Kid's did not as VTech started to use more custom parts in the computers.
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|Team Concepts Carmen Sandiego Acme
|TI Mouse Computer
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|VTech <br /> Genius Junior
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|VTech <br /> Genius Leader
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|VTech <br /> Pitagorin Junior
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|VTech PreComputer
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|The PreComputer was a educational computer product line lanched by VTech in 1988. the first two models were similar to a Palmtop or a Pocket PC of the era, while the later Junior modal was the more common laptop design. although it doesn't use a mouse like later systems.
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|VTech PreComputer Prestige Elite
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|VTech Precomputer Unlimited (PCU)
|style="background:gainsboro;"|None
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|Released in 1998 by VTech, The Unlimited is a Console-Computer hybrid akin to something like the Coleco Adam or the Odyssey 2. the Precomputer brand dates back to 1988 with the [[wikipedia:VTech PreComputer 1000|model 1000]], and was your typical educational computer of the era. The Unlimited's main OS was heavily influenced by Windows 3.1 and the system it self included 45 programs built-in. Basic features and oddities that came standard on most late 90s and early 2000s VTech educational computers can be found on the PCU as well. this includes a cartridge slot for more programs and games, a parallel port for printing and an odd mouse that plugged into an RJ11 port. It is unknown how many units were sold, how many game were made for it or when it was discontinued.
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|VTech <br /> Talking Whiz Kid
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|Launching sometime in 1986, The Talking Whiz Kid was one of VTech's longest product lines. Many revisions of the Talking Whiz Kid were released throughout the 90s, and while some did have cross compatibility with other Whiz Kid's systems, a lot of the mid to late 90s Whiz Kid's did not as VTech started to use more custom parts in the computers.
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|VTech Tote & Go Laptop
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