Artistic Computers (was: Re: Lost Treasures (was: Cray-1))

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Sat May 2 01:32:15 1998

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:

> On Fri, 1 May 1998, William Donzelli wrote:
>
> > Speaking of which, what are the ugliest machines?
>
> Kaypros. I've heard that George Morrow referred to them as "Darth Vadar
> Lunch Boxes".

I vote for the IBM PC. It made blandness an acceptable standard in
exterior case design. Before the PC more machines than not were
interesting to look at from the outside.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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