Category: Web Pages
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The End
The Chocolate Notebook had a slow, steady growth of sales, but when Knudsen’s Candy was no longer able to manufacture it, Silicon Valley Confection Company could not find another company that could do it for a reasonable cost. Unfortunately, that meant the company had to sell off its remaining assets and shutdown.
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2001-2004 Notebook Customization and Sales
The web pages below show how and where people were able to buy a Chocolate Notebook, and how to customize the screen. Click on an image to zoom in.
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2001 Introducing the Chocolate Notebook
The chocolate Year 2K Bug sales were sufficient enough to launch what was planned to be the first product from the Silicon Valley Confection Company: The Chocolate Motherboard. While the product was being developed, a box manufacturer suggested turning it into a simulated laptop computer. Knudsen’s Candy agreed to manufacture the new product. It was…
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2000 The End of the Year 2K Bug
After the worldwide scare about what would happen after midnight, December 31, 1999 ended with minimal affects, sales of the chocolate Year 2K Bug rapidly declined. By May 1, 2000 you could still buy it online and at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. Click on the image to zoom in.
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1999 Publicity and More Stores
These pages from the July 12, 1999 website shows the Year 2K Bug getting press coverage as sales expand to more stores across the United States. (See Company Milestones for links to media stories.) Click on an image to zoom in.
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1999 Year 2K Bug in Stores
By June 14, 1999 the Year 2K Bug was being manufactured and distributed for Silicon Valley Confection Company by Knudsen’s Candy. Click on an image to zoom in.
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1999 Year 2K Bug Introduced
The website home page introduced the Year 2K Bug on April 29, 1999. Here is how the animated ad appeared: The pages below are screen captures that include the Year 2K Bug product page, order information, a news release about the bug, and the site contact form. Click on an image to zoom in.
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1998 Y2K Bug
The first design of what would become the Chocolate Year 2K Bug was introduced February 26, 1999 with this web page. Click on the image to zoom in.
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Site Redesign 1998
Toward the end of 1998 the website’s navigation and look had been redesigned. Sections included Our Products, Order Info, Contact Us and Press Room. The Chocolate Mother Board was still the first planned product. The Press Room featured the company’s first news release. Click on an image to zoom in.
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First Web Pages 1997-98
Soon after registering the domain name SVC2.com the first draft of the company logo was featured on the first website home page. (Click an image to zoom in.) Months later the basic website design included a page for the company’s first planned product, the Chocolate Motherboard.