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This is the Cefucom-21, an English language teaching computer from Japan - and it's *very* weird. So let's see what it's all about!
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Chapters:
00:00 Introducing The Cefucom-21
05:52 Teardown & Hardware Tour
14:43 Test & Final Thoughts