Top 150 Collectible Microcomputers

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sat Jun 19 09:38:02 1999

<On a side note, perhaps it would be better to have the most
<collectable by category (e.g. 8 bit home, S-100, early GUI, etc).
<That way more items can be listed but still be managed. Plus then
<everyone can argue about how to classify things (does the
<CompuPro go under CPM or S100 or both).

Well, the people that classify things have a field day. The reality with
computers is that they are metamorphic making that a challenge.

For it to work the list must have a coherent set of rules. For example:
S100 is a buss but that does not dictate what cpus are used and the list
of CPUs (and OSs) are quite large(nearly every cpu used!). Listing by
OS narrows that to groups or specific cpus.

the list in my mind has these criteria. Order by introduction,
by OS or CPU, by bus used, by attributes (first, portable, GUI...).
I'm sure there are more ways but it would likely end up looking like a
matrix.

Allison
Received on Sat Jun 19 1999 - 09:38:02 BST