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Virtual 2XL

Growing up as an only child, I spent a lot of time with an 8-track playing "robot" called 2XL. You'd get tapes and he'd ask you questions, to answer you'd press a button and then depending what you pressed it would play another portion of a track. It was pretty cool at the time and the Science tape was my favorite. Someone has made a Flash based one with many of the tapes you can try out and play. Memories! Link.

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Posted by: Novysan on May 10, 2005 at 5:31 PM

Of course, I had to search ebay for one, and email the the seller for the exact dimensions. Mini-itx.com here I come....again!

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Posted by: Novysan on May 11, 2005 at 9:28 AM

2-XL is approximately 11.5" high X 8.5" at widest X 6" at deepest.

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Posted by: Dave on December 17, 2007 at 10:50 AM

Christmas 1977 I was allowed to open one present before my parents got up so in my bedroom at 5:00 I was ecstatic to find my own personal robot! Had to turn the volume down low so his computations wouldn't be heard.

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