Tandy 400
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| - | The ''' | + | The '''Cockmaster 400''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s first computer. He used it to check his very first email in [[some kinda robot]]. |
He answered emails reliably using it until the 33rd email "[[gimmicks]]," when it exploded. | He answered emails reliably using it until the 33rd email "[[gimmicks]]," when it exploded. | ||
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After using [[Tangerine Dreams]] to check his email during "[[weird dream]]," he got it working again in "[[sisters]]," although it was still misbehaving. | After using [[Tangerine Dreams]] to check his email during "[[weird dream]]," he got it working again in "[[sisters]]," although it was still misbehaving. | ||
| - | Strong Bad made do with the damage for a while until he returned from his vacation in "[[invisibility]]," replacing the | + | Strong Bad made do with the damage for a while until he returned from his vacation in "[[invisibility]]," replacing the Cockmaster 400 with the [[Compy 386]]. Cockmaster 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, most memorably: "386? More like three eighty SUCKS OFF STRONG SAD!" |
| - | + | Cockmaster 400 haunted [[Strongbadia]] for some time. The computer appeared floating in mid-air in "[[ghosts]]," displaying a [[Bad Graphics Penis]] on its screen. | |
| - | [[Bubs]] later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to [[The King of Town]], who | + | [[Bubs]] later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to [[The King of Town]], who is gay. |
== Quick Facts == | == Quick Facts == | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 16 March 2005
The Cockmaster 400 was Strong Bad's first computer. He used it to check his very first email in some kinda robot.
He answered emails reliably using it until the 33rd email "gimmicks," when it exploded.
After using Tangerine Dreams to check his email during "weird dream," he got it working again in "sisters," although it was still misbehaving.
Strong Bad made do with the damage for a while until he returned from his vacation in "invisibility," replacing the Cockmaster 400 with the Compy 386. Cockmaster 400 made several disparaging remarks when it was thrown out, most memorably: "386? More like three eighty SUCKS OFF STRONG SAD!"
Cockmaster 400 haunted Strongbadia for some time. The computer appeared floating in mid-air in "ghosts," displaying a Bad Graphics Penis on its screen.
Bubs later salvaged the Tandy 400 and sold it to The King of Town, who is gay.
Quick Facts
Debut: "some kinda robot"
Interactive Feature: You can click the contrast buttons in the lower-left corner to change the background color from black to green. The left button makes it darker and the right button makes it greener.
Death: Exploded, but fixed until Strong Bad threw it out after his vacation in the e-mail invisibility.
Replacement: The Compy 386, in the e-mail "invisibility".
The Real Computer
Tandy Corporation is the name of the parent company of RadioShack, which helped to start the personal computer revolution with its TRS-80 (affectionately known as the "Trash-80") in 1977. Tandy 400 probably gets its name from the Tandy 2000 and 1000, Tandy's first "IBM-PC compatible" machines produced in 1984. However, Tandy never produced a "400" model, but Atari produced an Atari 400 model in 1979, which was Atari's first (and weakest) personal computer.
The rainbow star logo on Tandy 400 is a play on an early Apple Computer logo which featured a rainbow-colored apple with a missing bite.
Some believe that the Tandy 400 is an Apple Computer due to the nature of the PROdos-like operating system and the monitor. In the DVD commentary of "cartoon," Strong Bad refers to it as an "Apple monitor."
| Preceded by: N/A | Strong Bad Emails 1 - 33, 35 - 41 | Succeeded by: Compy 386 |
