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November 23, 2012 02:02 pm PST
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Honeywell's Kitchen Computer: the 1969 behemoth that didn't sell a single unit
Wired's Daniela Hernandez has an in-depth history of the Honeywell Kitchen Computer, a minicomputer that could track recipes and offer meal plans, which was listed in the 1969 Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog, though none ever sold. Not only were the technical challenges associated with installing one of these were formidable, they were also pitched for solving [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1RlpYoCExKA/honeywells-kitchen-computer.html
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