>Now remember the PERQ again, and think back to the start of this (long)
>thread. The PERQ happens to be the first commercial machine that would
>now be classed as a workstation. For that reason alone it should not be
>forgotten. But few people have ever heard of it (OK, not on this list
>since I do go on about it :-)), or seen one. Which comes back to the
>original point. Where should the average man in the street go to see the
>machines that led up to the PC he's now using (I'll assume Windows, if
>only because it's the most common OS).
There's been a lot of talk of talk recently about preserving ROM
images and the like so that the machines will still be usable generations
from now. But isn't the history of these machines and of how they were
designed just as important as the computer itself?
Who cares how much enjoyable it is to read, just so long as the
information exists.
Tom Owad (whom luckily, isn't knowledgable enough to write a book about
classic computers :-)
Sysop of Caesarville Online
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Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 21:40:13 BST