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Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

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Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

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Why do they blur the keyboard in every photo? So strange

I think Blackberry lawyers may have suggested it was too close to actual Blackberry.

Especially in light of the fact that the product was originally called the "beepberry".

Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

#24

Their website has not prevented me from finding out what this is! It is hardware. I even found some photos elsewhere: https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/oxocard-learning-to-programme...

That page has prices shown as numbers without any indication of currency; I've never seen that

Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

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Looks like the site could do with some proof-reading. But 40 CHF (approximately the same in dollars or euro) is pretty good for a tiny computer with a screen and a pile of sensors and an easy programming environment.

Maybe I am mis-reading the e-shop, but I see the book as CHF40 and the 12-sensor card as CHF89. Am I wrong?

You're right.

Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

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post #24

Their website has not prevented me from finding out what this is! It is hardware. I even found some photos elsewhere: https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/oxocard-learning-to-programme...

That page has prices shown as numbers without any indication of currency; I've never seen that

Swiss don't need to know the currency to know they can afford it

Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

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post #24

Their website has not prevented me from finding out what this is! It is hardware. I even found some photos elsewhere: https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/oxocard-learning-to-programme...

That page has prices shown as numbers without any indication of currency; I've never seen that

In the store prices are shown with CHF to the left of the number. CHF means Swiss Francs.

I agree with could have been clearer. Had they used Helvetica, instead of a Helvetica derivative, it would have been more obvious this was a Swiss store.

Re: Oxocards: Interactive programmable minicomputers

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post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That page has prices shown as numbers without any indication of currency; I've never seen that

In the store prices are shown with CHF to the left of the number. CHF means Swiss Francs. I agree with could have been clearer. Had they used Helvetica, instead of a Helvetica derivative, it would have been more obvious this was a Swiss store.

Lol

I mean, it was obvious that it was Swiss, it's in the title, but international prices are often shown in USD or €.

Anyway, to me it felt like it could be the result of a slight aversion to discussing money, or a slight glorification of numbers, and I hadn't seen that before.

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