Computer Listing

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Mon Mar 24 21:21:11 1997

I am a little confused here...

I assume that the availability field of this listing would be for
collectors today, not original users years back. The two interpretations
have profound differences.

For example, IBM 360 and 370 mainframes were made in quite large
quantities, but very few exist today. One could list them as Uncommon or
Rare (probably very rare!).

Likewise, NeXT cubes were never made in huge numbers, but getting one
is not very hard.

Also, I think the Limited field really is more like "Very Rare". There is
a difference between those machines really made to a limited quantity (a
known production run), and those that tried to make it big, like failed
prototypes.

Perhaps the "Limited" flag should be listed in the machine description,
like a note.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Mar 24 1997 - 21:21:11 GMT