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Who’s Newton? SynPet VHS Promo, 1989

My uncle was CEO/owner of SynPet back in the 80s/90s and gave us a VHS copy of the promo those ages ago. I remember taking it to school and getting permission to show it to my 6th grade classmates. Hard to believe anything like that could have run on an IMB XT, much less with 1200 baud. Anyhow, enjoy! HQ Version via Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.com/files/112852019/Ablestmage.com_-_Who_s_Newton_-_SynPet_VHS_Promo.wmv Original blog post: http://ablestmage.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/newton-by …

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25 responses to “Who’s Newton? SynPet VHS Promo, 1989”

  1. shivercanada Avatar
    shivercanada

    Never even HEARD of …
    Never even HEARD of this thing before.

    That 1200 BAUD Modem is WICKED!!
    And it has a FLOPPY DISK DRIVE??? HOW CONVENIENT!

    When they interface with Bio organisms , then the DALEKS will be born! Happy Days to come.

  2. ThatRunescaper Avatar
    ThatRunescaper

    lol the 80’s
    lol the 80’s

  3. garry12gg Avatar
    garry12gg

    x10?
    x10?

  4. 6364gg2 Avatar
    6364gg2

    send it to me. …
    send it to me. itllwork like new!

  5. ablestmage Avatar
    ablestmage

    most people don’t …
    most people don’t have multiple floor homes.

  6. Kevo216666 Avatar
    Kevo216666

    Well, they are …
    Well, they are usually aren’t they? I kind of qualified myself my mentioning the bungalow. Is this conversation going anywhere?

  7. ablestmage Avatar
    ablestmage

    where do you get …
    where do you get that the bedroom is upstairs?

  8. Kevo216666 Avatar
    Kevo216666

    Erm. Doesn’t really …
    Erm. Doesn’t really help with how it gets up stairs. He doesn’t exude off-road qualities. I can only ume you have to live in a bungalow to experience Newton’s full potential.

  9. ablestmage Avatar
    ablestmage

    wheels?
    wheels?

  10. Kevo216666 Avatar
    Kevo216666

    How’d he get to the …
    How’d he get to the bedroom! Newton sucks – I want my money back.

  11. missingyes Avatar
    missingyes

    Oh my GOD! It’s …
    Oh my GOD! It’s Newton!
    Is there any way you can get a hold of a scanned copy of any of Newton’s documentation? Manuals, brochures, or anything.

    It just so happens my technology teacher has one of these still kicking around, although the batteries have given up their ghost.

    We want to bring it back to life, and it’d be awesome to try and program some software for it.

  12. ablestmage Avatar
    ablestmage

    eBay is your best …
    eBay is your best bet, I’m sure.

  13. Carthandagor Avatar
    Carthandagor

    Where can I get one …
    Where can I get one? I’m serious. I want one.

  14. afghanosaurus Avatar
    afghanosaurus

    OMG – the music …
    OMG – the music sucks sooooooo bad. “He’s a dream come true. Bringing the future home to you, he’s watching you!”?! LMFAO!!!

  15. rbairos1 Avatar
    rbairos1

    Great commercial …
    Great commercial for 1989, but I doubt a mobile IBM Xt would provide meaningful companionship for an elderly lady!

  16. rm50310 Avatar
    rm50310

    Wow! this thing …
    Wow! this thing also has it own song at the end of the video

  17. dragonheadthing Avatar
    dragonheadthing

    Wow, so much can be …
    Wow, so much can be done with the lines from this commercial. “‘He expects excellence, but will praise effort and accomplishment’… as long as that accomplishment is toward the enslavement of man by robots by the year 2015.” They left that part out of the commercial.

  18. misterBasto Avatar
    misterBasto

    OMG 750K FLOPPY …
    OMG 750K FLOPPY DISK DRIVE!

  19. 6364gg2 Avatar
    6364gg2

    lol!
    lol!

  20. dragonheadthing Avatar
    dragonheadthing

    “Who’s Newton?… …
    “Who’s Newton?… Oh, he’s some guy we found on the street and have trapped in our house as he can’t go down stairs.”

    That’s for posting this video. It’s neat.

  21. simmy403 Avatar
    simmy403

    Did anyone else …
    Did anyone else laugh when he said ‘fall off elevated surfaces’?

  22. 6364gg2 Avatar
    6364gg2

    Really?
    Really?

  23. 6364gg2 Avatar
    6364gg2

    1:35 he ed.
    1:35 he ed.

  24. JimTheHermit Avatar
    JimTheHermit

    wow, I thought I …
    wow, I thought I knew all the 80s robots- I never seen this before

  25. 6364gg2 Avatar
    6364gg2

    No. Walle istad of …
    No. Walle istad of newton.

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