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Tandy 1000 spotted in commercial spot

geoffm3

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There's a new Ghostbusters themed Quickbooks ad on TV right now. In the background is clearly a Tandy 1000 desktop case model.
 
It's the original 1000 (or 1000A) because it only has three expansion slots. But without the monitor or keyboard in sight, I think they're just using it to prop up the dot matrix printer that's sitting on top of it.

 
I guess finding a DEC Rainbow would have been a bit of a stretch for the prop department.

(Nitpicky observation: in the movie the printer was *next* to the system unit, not on top. Obviously that would also need a bigger desk.)
 
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