Let’s see, to begin with, the fish weighed 22 pounds. So did the Compaq Portable II computer (in retrospect, perhaps “luggable” is more accurate). Here, in a British commercial from 1986 or so, former Python John Cleese lays out the rest of the argument for the computer’s superiority – including its big 4.2 megabytes of memory.
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John Cleese Explains Why The Compaq II Is Better Than A Dead Fish
By
Lynn Peril
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