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I think anyone remembering TVs from 1989 would in fact expect that.

• ineedasername 5y ago
  When I wrote it I was envisioning some high end TV from the time, like the Sharp Nintendo TV, and the expanded RAM of a specific cartridge like some of the 3rd-party multi-game cartridges. Or maybe something smaller like LUnix. If it wasn't that, I would expect a more truthful headline like "Embedding Linux SBC into a 1989 Television". If the headline of this had been "Embedding rPi Zero into a 1989 Laptop Chasis" then I would have though oh cool and checked it out rather than being annoyed that clickbait made it onto the HN front page.
  • varjag 5y ago
    That was a really oddball product that most people never heard about let alone considered owning. My parents bought a higher-end '89 Sony model back then. What it meant was a tuner up to 40 channels, a whopping 25" Trinitron tube curved only in one degree (i.e. cylindrical) and OSD for most functions. The pinnacle of TV technology was Picture-in-Picture, and that's about it.