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[[Image:block_computer.PNG|thumb|[[Strong Bad]] answering a Polish email on the Block]]
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'''Block''' is the computer [[Strong Bad]] uses to answer email from his Eastern European viewers, "across the pond." It has been seen only in the email "[[other days]]." It has a white monochrome screen like the [[Compy 386]] and scrolling horizontal lines like the [[Tandy 400]]. The screen font is thick and utilitarian, however the question mark is notably thinr. This machine lacks contrast buttons or any other interactive feature common to Strong Bad's other personal computing systems.
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'''Block''' is the computer [[Strong Bad]] uses to answer email from his Eastern European viewers, "across the pond." It has been seen only in the email "[[other days]]".
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== Fun Facts ==
== Fun Facts ==
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*The term "Block" is probably in reference to [[Wikipedia:Poland|Poland]] (and most of Eastern Europe) being once part of the "Soviet Bloc".
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*The term "Block" is probably in reference to [[Wikipedia:Poland|Poland]] (and most of Eastern Europe) once being part of the "Soviet Bloc".
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*This is Strong Bad's only computer that you cannot click on in some way.
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    *not unless you include the Lappy 486, which has no cantrast buttons, either.
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*This seems to be a mix between the [[Compy 386]] and the [[Tandy 400]]. It's black & white, but there are lines going across the screen.
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*The question mark (?) is much less wide than the other characters (letters and numbers and punctuation).
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*This computer does not have contrast buttons, unlike the [[Tandy 400]] and the [[Compy 386]].
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[[Category: Computers]]
[[Category: Computers]]

Revision as of 21:43, 5 February 2005

Strong Bad answering a Polish email on the Block

Block is the computer Strong Bad uses to answer email from his Eastern European viewers, "across the pond." It has been seen only in the email "other days." It has a white monochrome screen like the Compy 386 and scrolling horizontal lines like the Tandy 400. The screen font is thick and utilitarian, however the question mark is notably thinr. This machine lacks contrast buttons or any other interactive feature common to Strong Bad's other personal computing systems.

Fun Facts

  • The term "Block" is probably in reference to Poland (and most of Eastern Europe) once being part of the "Soviet Bloc".
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