Instant Holiday Promotion
Honeywell had pitched the machines for industry, mathematics, medical, scientific research, and other advanced uses – but apparently Nieman Marcus thought they could possibly have a place in the kitchen. What was billed as a "writing table" became a kitchen cutting-board and voilà -- instant holiday promotion!
The advertisement reads:
If she can only cook as well as Honeywell can compute"Her soufflés are supreme, her meal planning a challenge? She's what the Honeywell people had in mind when they devised our Kitchen Computer. She'll learn to program it with a cross-reference to her favorite recipes by N-M's own Helen Corbitt. Then by simply pushing a few buttons obtain a complete menu organized around the entrée. And if she pales at reckoning her lunch tabs, she can program it to balance the family checkbook.
In 1952, Nieman Marcus introduced a tradition of listing extravagant gifts on its Christmas catalog. Since then, it's advertised obnoxious luxuries like a toy tiger covered in diamonds, a golden toilet seat, and a robe worn by a Chinese emperor in 1770.
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COMMENTS
Cutting Edge Technology
It's the designer's integration of features useful in a kitchen that really impressed me. I'm talking about the built-in cutting board... though I'm not sure what happened if you washed it...
But who on Earth... would ?..
"1969. Aliens are already here, but humanity isn't subjugated yet."
@MacroRodent
re oric 1.
yes and the display didnt really work well in PAL land, circles would come out as ellipses etc///
Title needed why?
"Special Features: Built-in cutting board"
So what happens when the cutting board BSODs?
Laugh all you want
I'm quite sure the Kitchen Computer met its sales target and provided useful PR.
