Editing Compy 386

{{redirects|Compy}} {{for|company|Compy, Inc.}}

[[Image:sbemail.png|thumb|right|A spectacle of graphics and sound.]]
[[Image:Compy logo.PNG|thumb|The Compy 386 logo.]]
The '''Compy 386''' was [[Strong Bad]]'s second computer, and in his words, "[[Strong Bad's Technology|a spectacle of graphics and sound]]." He used this machine to answer his emails after the [[Tandy 400]] was thrown out at the beginning of [[invisibility]]. This machine was built by [[Compy, Inc.]] and seemed to have [[couch patch#Easter Eggs|something against The Cheat]]. Strong Bad did 78 emails on the Compy, more than double the number of emails he checked on the Tandy. If seen [[:Image:compy_386_side_view.png|from the side]] or from the far front, it is noticable that the keyboard is wireless even though all other features of the computer are of lesser technology. Every Compy 386 email had [[Easter egg]]s, with the exception of [[lures & jigs#Easter Eggs|lures & jigs]], which didn't have any when first released, but had some added to it later.

== Quick Facts ==
'''Debut:''' [[invisibility]]

'''Interactive Feature:''' Click on the wheels on the bottom of the computer repeatedly to change the screen contrast gradually from black to blue and then back to black again.  There are 18 levels of contrast.

'''Virus Death:''' Damaged by [[Bubs's shotgun]] after being infected by 423,827 [[The Virus|viruses]] in the email "[[virus]]." [[Bubs]] later sold it to [[Homestar Runner]] as seen in the [[Broken Compy Menu]]. Strong Bad replaced the Compy with the [[Lappy 486]].

'''Retirement Death:''' The damaged Compy later appeared with the Tandy in [[retirement]], lappynapping the Lappy 486 in order to check one last email. It was killed and presumably fully destroyed when it was eaten by [[Strong Mad]]. Its ghost lives on.

'''Font:''' [[Fonts#Commodore 64|Commodore 64]]

'''Error Screen:''' The Compy had a blue [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant System Error]] screen that appeared when it encountered a major problem. Resembling the [[wikipedia:Windows_9x|Windows '9X]] famous [[Wikipedia:Blue Screen of Death|Blue Screen Of Death]], it gave Strong Bad some vague information as to what went wrong. This screen first appeared in "[[50 emails]]" when [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]]'s many failed attempts to [[DELETED|delete]] an email crashed the system. It later appeared in "[[virus]]" after Strong Bad learned that the Compy was infected with 423,827 [[The Virus|viruses]].

'''Emails checked on the computer:''' {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Compy 386 Emails}}
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== Programs ==
Some of the programs Strong Bad had on the Compy 386, most of which were started by typing the filename only after the prompt:
*'''strongbad_email.exe''' (Used in emails 41-118, with the exceptions of [[anything|email 78 (anything)]], (see below) and [[mile|email 87 (mile)]], which The Cheat answers. Also used in [[retirement|159 (retirement)]].)
*'''Message [[Thyme]]''' ([[marzipan]] - an IM similar to AOL Instant Messenger)
*'''[[take-a-break.exe]]''' ([[huttah!]] - a relaxing animated beach scene)
*'''spellchecka.exe''' ([[autobiography]] - checks the spelling of the email Strong Bad is reading)
*'''print_of_it.exe''' ([[autobiography]] - prints out the email Strong Bad is reading)
*'''M4RZ1P4N''', '''bu-hubs''', '''undabite''', '''no-neck''', '''dacheese''', '''mr.smith''' ([[big white face]] - These bring up pixellated pictures of [[Marzipan]], [[Bubs]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Mad]], [[The Cheat]], and [[The Poopsmith]] respectively. Each of these is run by typing '''run "M4RZ1P4N"''' etc.)
*'''[[b/w]]''' ([[big white face]] - converts display to a black-and-white Macintosh; run by typing '''run "b/w"''')
*'''fightsong''' ([[mascot]] - plays the [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] fight song: run by typing '''run "fightsong"''')
*In [[funny]], Strong Bad accidentally types:
**'''stongbad_email.exe''' (File not found.)
*'''sb_enail.com''' ([[anything]], which is entered by Homestar Runner who actually uses this command to get an email)
*'''[[Extra Real Dating Sim XR|hsramerdsxr.exe]]''' ([[date]] - Dating simulator; run by typing '''run "hsramerdsxr.exe"''')
*In [[couch patch]]:
**Strong Bad tries these unaccepted commands:
***'''print out million dollar bill.exe''' (Bad command or file name.)
***'''no for real, print me out a million dollar bill, man.exe''' (Syntax error.)
***'''um, this time really print me out a million dollars bill.nofoolin'''' (Cut it out, you.)
***'''make homestar's head explode.exe''' (No can do.)
**'''print out million dollar bill, please.exe''' - This one is accepted and the computer prints out an [[ASCII art]] million dollar bill.
*'''[[Peasant's Quest]]''' - ([[for kids]])
*'''[[Edgar|Edgarware.exe]]''' ([[virus]] - runs Edgarware virus scanner)
*'''strongbad_eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_windows98desktoptheme''' ([[April Fools' 2014]] - displays a Windows 98 desktop with Strong Bad's desktop theme)

== The Real Computer ==
[[Image:Puppet_Compy.PNG|thumb|The Compy (or at least an Apple II monitor and a Dell keyboard) appearing in [[Puppet Time]].]]
Like the Tandy 400, this was an almost-reference to a real computer. There was a [[Wikipedia:Intel 80386|386 processor]] made by [[Wikipedia:Intel|Intel]], which was very popular in its day, but there was no company called "Compy" that made a 386 version of their computer. The "386" logo in "[[invisibility]]" is most likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:IBM|IBM]] logo. The blue startup screen is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:IBM Personal Computer XT|IBM PC-XT]], which ran [[DOS]] like the Compy 386, but did not actually have a 80386 CPU.

The design of the computer itself seems to be a take on the old [[Wikipedia:Compaq|Compaq]] Deskpro 386, which has a similar monitor and keyboard. It also seems to spoof the [[Wikipedia:IBM Personal System/2|IBM Personal System/2 Model 25]] due to its generation and that the PC is integrated with the monitor. However, the monitor in the [[Puppet Time]] movie is an old [[Wikipedia:Apple II family|Apple]] II monitor. The keyboard is a recent model of the [[Wikipedia:Dell, Inc.|Dell]] QuietKey keyboard that came with earlier Dell computers.

Interestingly, both the exploded Compy 386 and [[Tandy 400]] contain identical gears and fans, despite being built by different manufacturers and being different generations of computers.

==Fun Facts==
*The hole in it has been greatly downsized between [[virus]] and [[retirement]]. This is so they could fit an email on the screen.
*According to Strong Bad in [[Baddest Of The Bands]], the Compy came with a free album entitled "Left-Shift Alt Delete".
*When the back button appears on the Compy 386 screen at the end of all emails from [[invisibility]] to [[2 emails]], the clickable area extends to the left significantly further than the word "back", off the left side of the screen itself.
*Strong Bad was emotionally distraught after the Compy was shotgunned; however, he seemed to have no problem destroying it in [[retirement]].

==Variations==
<gallery>
Image:invisibility.PNG|Compy 386 Version 1.5 Screen logo from [[invisibility]].
Image:flagrant_system_error.PNG|Flagrant System Error
Image:compy_386_side_view.png|Side view seen in [[fingers]] (with his "fingers" edited out)
Image:Powered_Compy.PNG|The Compy appearing in [[Powered by The Cheat]] form in [[mile]], under the name "Compa".
Image:End_compy.png|Slightly Shotgunned
Image:sbemail159b.png|Automatic hole-formatting
Image:Compy Skeleton.png|Restored as a ghost, with a [[Bad Graphics Ghost#Compy 386 Skeleton|dancing skeleton]]
</gallery>

==Appearances outside [[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era Emails]]==

*[[Arcade Game]]
*[[Puppet Time]]
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]
*[[Decemberween In July]]
*Email [[geddup noise]]
*Email [[retirement]]
*Email [[the paper]]
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in His Craw]]
*[[Loading Screens]]
*[[April Fools' 2014]]

The following Compy 386 emails are only available on [[strongbad_email.exe]] [[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc One]] and [[strongbad email.exe Disc Four|Disc Four]] respectively and are outside the normal numbering scheme: 

*[[Videro Games]]
*[[Family Resemblence]]

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