I had this comic book, it was a special edition sold at Radio Shack when I was a kid. And yeah that pocket computer was just a big calculator that had a lot of keys.
I had that computer, and it was much more than a calculator, unless you mean a modern programmable one. This one could be programmed in BASIC. It also had a receipt-sized printer you could get.
Oh it’s a real thing. The frame seemed older than the 80s
Oh, “the late twentieth century” as someone said to me recently? It was eons ago.
How to impress your cousin you mean
I’m imagining Superman’s Krptonian family all arriving via their space pods to a family reunion where they, and the holograms of their parents, geek out over 80’s human tech.
six ounces of big computing power…
I think this just broke my brain:-P.