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This looks great.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/ed72/
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Historically the Big Red Switch (BRS) is of UTMOST utility. THIS one even comes with a keyboard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_5100
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wiki/IBM_Beam_Spring_Keyboards
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And only 24kg! Presumably they shaved the screen down to 64 columns because the standard 80 would have made it 30kg, which would just be stupid.
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Back then Men were Men and Portable Computers weren't wearing iPads.
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ripster wrote:Back then Men were Men and Portable Computers weren't wearing iPads.

Show me an iPad that boasts an unlimited multiple of 204Kb of mass storage and then I’ll be impressed!
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Mine has a Big Red Switch (BRS) app.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-big- ... 70800?mt=8
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