On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Allison J Parent wrote:
> < > Here's a question: what _obsolete_ computer would you choose for this
> < > miracle machine, assuming you have unlimited power?
> <
> < I'd get out my best documentary camera, place an Altair on the catapult
> < and then film you guys trying to catch it. :-)
>
> I'd want to be the one pulling the catapult release. ;)
If I were the enterprising event coordinator, and the computer to be
launched was an Altair, I would auction the privelege to pull the catapult
release on eBay. I might be able to pull in $12,100.
> But, before I did that one it would be a TI99/4a... nice cpu hobbled by a
> really bad design.
Why take it out on the computers? They're innocent parties in all this.
Go after the designers. I'd elect to put Bill Gates in there and launch
his ass into the next county.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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