Talk:Dick Smith Electronics

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This page is only a stub at the moment, but i am committed to making it better. So edit if you want, but don't delete until i've had a chance to bring it up to featured article status. Wifki 22:44, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Added the Dick Smith Cat, an Apple II clone and made a few small corrections:

• The VZ-200 and VZ-300 were not compatible with any Tandy computer, though they had some similarities to the TRS-80.

• Changed produced to sold for the Dick Smith brand computers. The Dick Smith brand computers were re-badged models of computers produced by EACA (System 80) and Video Technology (VZ-200, VZ-300 and Cat).

• "he paid for it to be included free in the popular electronics magazines such...Silicon Chip". I've removed Silicon Chip from this list. Silicon Chip was founded (1987) several years after Dick Smith had sold the company (1982).

--MoreCoffee 12:26, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The 'Electronic Nut'

I pretty much grew up with the Dick Smith ads and catalogues and I'm certain that his buzz line was "The Electronic Dick", not "The Electronic Nut". I Googled "Dick smith" and "Electronic Nut" and only got hits to this article. There are plenty there for "Electronic Dick". SilentC 22:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)