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I haven’t seen this before. There’s also a bit (relatively) updated version which I prefer: https://youtu.be/8d4RtvMQp10 https://youtu.be/8d4RtvMQp10

Dwedit 3y ago
Gateway AnyKey keyboard with diagonal arrow keys.
- acheron 3y ago
  Ha yes it is. And the two sets of function keys. I loved the Anykey keyboard.
- duxup 3y ago
  I worked tech support for gateway way back in the day. The reset programming for the AnyKey was a very common call, many people didn’t even know they had an AnyKey keyboard and would accidentally remap keys.
- CoastalCoder 3y ago
  My first PC was a Gateway 2000 (in 1991). The provided Anykey keyboard was awesome. I loved its ability to record and playback macros.
  - mixmastamyk 3y ago
    I had it for a while and mapped Ctrl+Alt+P to my password + Enter. This made the Unix guy at work groan audibly when I told him. :D
acheron 3y ago
I remember the old one but I've never seen that one. That's great.
neilv 3y ago
What is the appeal of either of these? For young children, what's the developmental impact?
- hiimshort 3y ago
  It's a harmless bit. The joke (if I remember correctly) is that these two creatures are aliens that pop up and don't know what the thing in front of them is. For children (and adults) it is silly because, of course, we know what a computer is – we've seen one dozens of hundreds of times! Compound that confusion with a silly way of speaking to reaffirm that they're not from earth and it makes you giggle. As for the developmental impact, I think it's quite positive. Sesame Street has been and continues to be a great source of knowledge and useful lessons & morals for children. Adding in some silly situations like this helps keep them engaged and develop their sense of humor.
- trebligdivad 3y ago
  It doesn't show the year; but assuming this was about 1980, home computers were only just starting to appear - many kids wouldn't have seen them; and you've just told taught them computers do what you tell them to do, and not by themselves and also told them what the flashing thing is. For Sesame street that's more than enough for a little sketch. (And that the computer guy fixes everything....)
  - acherion 3y ago
    The machine depicted in the clip is an Apple IIe, which first came out in 1983. But this might not be a 1983 model, because the monitor depicted with the machine is the ColorMonitor IIe, which came out in 1985. Because it's a computer used on a set for a TV show, it's possibly a loan machine, perhaps from Apple themselves, so it was likely supplied as a new computer + new monitor combination. So I'd hazard a guess and say this setup is from 1985 or later. If we take my previous assumption further, the Platinum IIe was released in 1987, which came with a numerical keypad built in, and looks distinctly different from the IIe. Even though this Youtube clip is 240p, you can distinctly see that there is no "divide" in the keyboard, so this is definitely not a Platinum IIe. I would say this machine was manufactured between 1985 and 1987.

Dwedit 3y ago

Gateway AnyKey keyboard with diagonal arrow keys.

acheron 3y ago
Ha yes it is. And the two sets of function keys. I loved the Anykey keyboard.
duxup 3y ago
I worked tech support for gateway way back in the day. The reset programming for the AnyKey was a very common call, many people didn’t even know they had an AnyKey keyboard and would accidentally remap keys.
CoastalCoder 3y ago
My first PC was a Gateway 2000 (in 1991). The provided Anykey keyboard was awesome. I loved its ability to record and playback macros.
- mixmastamyk 3y ago
  I had it for a while and mapped Ctrl+Alt+P to my password + Enter. This made the Unix guy at work groan audibly when I told him. :D

acheron 3y ago

I remember the old one but I've never seen that one. That's great.

neilv 3y ago

What is the appeal of either of these? For young children, what's the developmental impact?

hiimshort 3y ago
It's a harmless bit. The joke (if I remember correctly) is that these two creatures are aliens that pop up and don't know what the thing in front of them is. For children (and adults) it is silly because, of course, we know what a computer is – we've seen one dozens of hundreds of times! Compound that confusion with a silly way of speaking to reaffirm that they're not from earth and it makes you giggle. As for the developmental impact, I think it's quite positive. Sesame Street has been and continues to be a great source of knowledge and useful lessons & morals for children. Adding in some silly situations like this helps keep them engaged and develop their sense of humor.
trebligdivad 3y ago
It doesn't show the year; but assuming this was about 1980, home computers were only just starting to appear - many kids wouldn't have seen them; and you've just told taught them computers do what you tell them to do, and not by themselves and also told them what the flashing thing is. For Sesame street that's more than enough for a little sketch. (And that the computer guy fixes everything....)
- acherion 3y ago
  The machine depicted in the clip is an Apple IIe, which first came out in 1983. But this might not be a 1983 model, because the monitor depicted with the machine is the ColorMonitor IIe, which came out in 1985. Because it's a computer used on a set for a TV show, it's possibly a loan machine, perhaps from Apple themselves, so it was likely supplied as a new computer + new monitor combination. So I'd hazard a guess and say this setup is from 1985 or later. If we take my previous assumption further, the Platinum IIe was released in 1987, which came with a numerical keypad built in, and looks distinctly different from the IIe. Even though this Youtube clip is 240p, you can distinctly see that there is no "divide" in the keyboard, so this is definitely not a Platinum IIe. I would say this machine was manufactured between 1985 and 1987.