would want to buy a computer for the home. Yu also said Grove was skeptical about the Apple II as well but Yu felt that the Apple was successful because it targeted a market (computer enthusiasts) that was easier to sell to. The Apple was also quite a bit more powerful and more expensive. It was an open system, with many expansion slots and fully documented software and hardware – to target the enthusiast community. Although it lacked lowercase, its keyboard was both full-travel and of a normal layout. The VideoBrain, by contrast, was a much more closed design targeting home users with more simplicity and low cost. Even the keyboard was simplified, in terms of the number of keys. Apple created closed systems designed around simplicity later, such as the original Macintosh (which eschewed slots, hard disk support, and the numeric keypad) and the much later iMac (which eschewed slots and the floppy disk). See also Fairchild Channel F, a video game console built on the same F8 CPU as the VideoBrain. Exidy Sorcerer, a competing home computer system at the time Interact Home Computer, another competing home computer system References and footnotes Further reading Ahl, David H., "Where are they Now? Bally, Interact, and VideoBrain", Creative Computing magazine Peak, Mike, "VideoBrain: The Consumer Computer", February 1978, "Interface Age" Magazine, Article. - AtariProtos.com VideoBrain Cartridges "VideoBrain Family Computer", Popular Science, November 1978, advertisement. VideoBrain - Old Computer Museum VideoBrain Emulation - VideoBrain emulation info - Yahoo Group: Channel F And VideoBrain Videobrain Unwrapped by Kevin Horton (aka kevtris) Home computers Computer-related introductions in 1977 8-bit computers