Behind the scenes:
- This whole concept is likely a satire on clunky old computers being pushed forward, presented as a futuristic modern home use.
- Current low-end smartphones have more computing power than machines of this type.
- Such systems began to be used by businesses, where they saved a great deal of expenses for accounting, billing, and inventory control.
- During the era of these machines, theories and predictions about Artificial Intelligence were made which were terribly wrong and which have for the most part still not been achieved.