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The Workboy software itself was developed by Source, in association with Fabtek and Montague-Weston. The unit was planned for release in the US during June 1992, with a UK release to follow later on. The unit would have cost $79.99, as much as the Game Boy on its own.
April 1992 (Game Zone)#
It was shown in an article in the April 1992 issue of the UK Game Zone magazine.
According to the article, Source already had plans for a followup, which would have also included an actual word processor. They also said that they had been contacted by developers who wished to use the keyboard for text-based games.
(Source: Sharkie's Game Controllers & Game Zone, April 1992)
May 1992 (Nintendo Power)#
The Workboy unit was also showcased in the May 1992 Nintendo Power, on Pages 56-57.
Its Game Boy menu seems to list a ROM version of 5.21, which is different from the leaked ROM's ones.
Interestingly, some menu icons differ between the version covered in this article and the leaked ROM:
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- The icon for the Local Clock displays 5:00 instead of 9:00. The rim appears to have different shading.
- The Calculator shows a full calculator instead of just a few buttons.
- The Records icon shows a filing cabinet drawer instead of an opened record book.
- The Calendar icon was redrawn from a page-a-day calendar to a page-a-month calendar.
- The Travel icon shows a miniature world map instead of a generic globe.
- The thermometer on the Temperature icon is slightly more detailed.
- The A on the Accounts icon was changed to a C.
- The dollar sign on Exchange was redrawn and a few banknotes and coins were added, likely to distinguish it from Control Menu.