Are IBM PCs classic?

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue May 18 11:39:27 1999

On Tue, 18 May 1999, Max Eskin wrote:

> Huw Davies wrote:
> > I don't think PCs will ever be quite as "classical" as say a PERQ due > to the numbers involved. I wouldn't be surprised if there were three
>
> I dearly hope that someday, high-quality fast stable efficient
> well-designed machines will be running systems that we have yet to
> imagine, and PCs in the modern sense will become antiques. Of course, I
> doubt that any of the people who have had to deal with PCs will go back
> to them for old times' sake.

I'm sure that's what many old timer's think about the Altair but look
what's happening there. Time makes us forget sometimes just how miserable
past experiences really were.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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