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Learn the Art of Magic with Jay Alexander (1995 – $35)

Jay Alexander was born in Houston, Texas April 10, 1968. He is a famous American magician / comedian that has been on many TV shows, magazines, books, DVDs, and performed for many celebrities. When he was 11 years old, he found a trunk of magic gear in his grandparents attic and it all took off from there. Jay would perform weekends in his family’s shoe store. He was the youngest recipient of the Society of American Magicians Gold Medal of Honor at only the age of 14.

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Craig 4506 Calculator (1974)

This calculator was first introduced in 1974. It has a Vacuum Fluorescent Display. It is an arithmetic calculator with algebraic logic. The calculator has memory so you can keep adding to the last answer, it has decimal points rounded to 2 places, and can calculate percentages. If the answer exceeds 8 digits, it will display the 8 most significant digits and lock the keyboard until you press C.

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Pioneer DRM-6NX – Network Cache CD Changer (1999)

This is a very early NAS device that has a 6 CD changer and a Hard drive. The device will rip the CDs using a 24x speed CD-ROM reader onto the 5.1GB hard drive so the data is accessible over the network. By default you can have a maximum of 14 CDs available over the network, 8 discs cached on the Hard Drive and 6 more CDs in the CD Changer.

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Lowrance GlobalMap 100 Portable gps (1999/2000)

This portable GPS is the first mapping GPS receiver.

Features stunning 160 x 104 pixel high contrast display, 12 channel GPS, Mega Memory, rechargeable lithium backup battery, and more. The device runs on 4 AA batteries or external 5 to 35 volts DC with optional external cable.

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Microprose Entertainment Pack Vol 1 – Dr Floyds Desktop Toys (1993)

The back of the box describes using this in an office environment, to escape the meetings and boss yelling (Wouldn’t playing games on the office computer cause more boss yelling?).

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