The Bizarre 1999 Commodore 64 Web.it Internet Computer

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A system so strange I don't know where to begin! This is the Web It Internet Computer from Web Computers in 1999. It's effectively a 66MHz 486 PC with 16MB RAM that not only runs IBM PC DOS 7.0 and Windows 3.1, but also C64 software! To a degree. And the closer you look the weirder it gets.

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00:00 Look at this weirdness!
01:05 The C64 Web.it Internet Computer
02:10 A web of bankruptcies and acquisitions
02:51 The new Commodore 64 for the 90s
03:14 It's Dutch? But it's German
04:01 Trackpad mouse? Nah, stylus
05:01 Ports and I/O
05:42 Powering on with dual CRTs
06:19 Say hello to embOS from IBM
07:27 A MIDI music test
07:53 Windows 3.1 except not
09:02 No hard drive, it's all flash
10:06 Stuck with preconfigured PC-DOS
10:42 It runs DOOM
11:09 Commodore 64 software
13:21 Dreaming of better hardware
14:22 Eh I'll pretend it's from 1993. This is neat!
16:01 Outroduction

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