Editing Compy 386

[[Image:compy_386_side_view.png|thumb|left|Side view seen in [[fingers]] (with "fingers" edited out)]]
[[Image:sbemail.png|thumb|right|Strong Bad checks his email.]]
The '''Compy 386''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s second computer, and in his words, "a spectacle of graphics and sound." He used this machine to answer his Emails after the [[Tandy 400]] was thrown out at the beginning of "invisibility". This machine was built by [[Compy, Inc]] and seemed to have [[couch patch#Easter Eggs|something against The Cheat]].
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== Quick Facts ==
'''Debut''': [[invisibility]]

'''Interactive Feature''': You can click on the little wheels repeatedly to change the screen contrast from black to blue and then back to black again.
[[Image:End_compy.png|thumb|left|Slightly Shotgunned!]]
'''Death''': Destroyed by [[Bubs' shotgun]] after being infected by 423,827 [[The Virus|viruses]] in the email "[[virus]]." [[Bubs]] later sold it to [[Homestar Runner]] as seen in the [[Broken Compy Menu]].

'''Font''': [http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/commodore_64.html Commodore 64]

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[[Image:flagrant_system_error.PNG|right|thumb|That's not a good prize!]]
'''Error Screen''': The Compy had a blue [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant System Error]] screen that appeared when it encountered a major problem. Resembling the Windows 9x famous "Blue Screen of Death," it gave Strong Bad some vague information as to what went wrong. This screen appeared in "[[50 emails]]," when Homestar's many failed attempts to delete an email crashed the system. It later appeared in "[[virus]]," after Strong Bad learned that the Compy was infected with 423,827 viruses.
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== The Real Computer ==
[[Image:Powered_Compy.PNG|thumb|right|The Compy appearing in [[Powered by The Cheat]] form in [[mile]], under the name "Compa"]]
[[Image:Puppet_Compy.PNG|thumb|left|The Compy (or at least an Apple II monitor and a Dell keyboard) appearing in [[Puppet Time]]]]
Like the Tandy 400, this was an almost-reference to a real computer. There was a 386 processor, which was very popular in its day, but there was no company called "Compy" that made a 386 version of their computer. The "386" logo in "[[invisibility]]" is most likely a reference to the real-life logo of IBM, though the Compy 386 is running DOS (programs are .exe), the blue startup screen is a reference to the Commodore 64, or C64, which was Commodore's predecessor to the Amiga.

The design of the computer itself seems to be a take on the old Compaq Deskpro 386, which has a similar monitor and keyboard. However, the monitor in the [[Puppet Time]] movie is an old Apple II monitor. The keyboard is a recent model of the Dell QuietKey keyboard that came with earlier Dell computers.

Interestingly, both the exploded Compy 386 and [[Tandy 400]] contain identical gears and fans, despite being built by different manufacturers and being different generations of computer.
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{{Succession box | before = [[Tandy 400]] | title =  [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad Emails]] | years = 41 - 118 | after = [[Lappy 486]]}}
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