It's a little bigger than an iPhone. A while back, I came across this Wall Street Journal article about the Computer Museum. I found this handy-dandy computer to help housewives cook a delicious meal! It's very practical:
(from here)
Sure, it takes up half the kitchen, but look at what the Neiman-Marcus catalog of 1969 says about it:
"The mini-computer was specially programmed to select meals fit for royalty. It appeared in the Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog in 1969."
Fit for royality! See how useful it is:
It does put smart phones in perspective....
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