In 1999, toy car-maker Hot Wheels released a desktop computer for kids that zoomed into obscurity almost as soon as it appeared. A $600 disappointment, the computer looked as flashy as a toy Ferrari, ...

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Hot Wheels released a personal computer in 1999. When last the flame-wrapped blue chunk of plastic and circuitry graced our website, Joe Blevins described it as “a kid’s idea of what a personal ...