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- A Personal Computer
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- The personal computer industry was shocked recently when
- Penthouse merged with Commodore and entered the PC market. The
- venture will be introducing the Penthouse Pet, a very personal
- computer designed to satisfy a variety of users' needs.
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- Planning a new line of velvet and satin soft-waer, the
- company's Times Square R&D fsacility is working on applications
- packages for the home entertainment market. One of the niftier
- applications is a word processing package called "Sleazy Writer,"
- which can generate an almost infinite number of Penthouse Forum
- letters using a vocabulary of only fifty words. Other packages
- include Accounts Painable, Visi-Crotch, a Eunichs Operating System,
- Electronic Male, and a graphics package featuring 200 shades of
- pink. A user-friendly language called VIRGIN will guide first-timers
- every step of the way.
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- One of the main research thrusts is to develop a warm
- man-machine interface. According to Penthouse sources, "erotica is
- simply and extension of ergonomics." The PET terminal has been
- designed with a ribbed exterior and comes in a variety of
- tropical colors. California publisher Blue Boy is offering an
- AC/DC power supply. A company spokesperson also lauded the PET's
- portability. "With moisture-resistant packaging, you can take
- your PET anywhere -- you can go swimming with it, take it into
- a jacuzzi, or even go to bed with it!"
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- In addition, the Penthouse PET will be able to interface
- with the next generation of interactive video-discs. Users will be
- able to pick from a wide variety of fantasies with the aid of a
- groan-activated selector. Of course, the system does come with a
- joy-stick.
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- For the party market, Penthouse has developed a Local Area
- Network called ORGYNET, which the company claims is a breakthrough
- in compatibility. With the ORGYNET input-output port, "you can just
- stick your plug right in." A cluster controller has also been
- designed to satisfy the interactive needs of up to four uses at the
- same time. Unlike other LANs that use a single coaxial cable, ORGYNET
- features a tangle of coax (OEMed from COX) and uses TSMA (tactile
- sense multiple access) to allow up to 69 users to interact with the
- system and each other simultaneously. Although Penthouse reports that
- ORGYNET can sustain prolonged interactive sessions, insiders report
- that the throughput peaks after 30 seconds.
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- The PET will be distributed by Fredick's of Hollywood, local
- newsstands, and Sears. Penthouse is also strong in Service &
- Maintenance; S&M will be handled by a nationwide fleet of vans
- equipped with a variety of whips, chains, and other tools.
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- The new generation of personal computers was totally
- anticipated by the Yankee Group. From a limp beginning, the erotic
- information processing market has been rising in recent years and is
- now quite firm, although the recession has created some soft spots.
- Penthouse's strategy is to use its solid orders to enter the soft
- markets, jack up production when things get going, and pull out just
- before competitors come rushing into the market.
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