Max Eskin wrote:
>
> What amazes me is that no one has ever marketed a mainframe-like
> machine out of modern processors. Someone mentioned they had made
> one out of a 286 and some z80s, but why did no single company ever
> sell any? I would think such machines could be very useful. OTOH, it
> makes more money to sell 1000 machines than 3 machines and 1000 dumb
> terminals...sometimes I wish capitalism was never invented...
Well, since only essentially capitalist countries have ever invented
useful products of any kind and computers are useful...
Of course, the US is more socialist every week since 1933.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 22:54:09 BST