>One of the other recycled computer places I went to yesterday had an
>interesting non-classic PC. It was a small, heavy, metal thing, with a
>marbled paintjob, called a "Moby Brick". 486-DX25. It had a matching
>marbled keyboard. Really cute. I would have taken it home with me had
>it not been missing the external power supply, or if they hadn't wanted
>$40 for it. (For a cute doorstop, maybe I'd pay $25-$30, but not $40.
>At least not until I regret leaving it behind and go back for it. :) )
You passed up a "Moby Brick"?!?! I've never even seen one, but remember
seeing it in PC Magazine about 8 or 9 years ago. That's one of the few
PC's I'd consider adding to my collection, just because it is such an
odd-ball.
The other one I would consider from this era is the one that was built into
a keyboard.
>Anyway, I think this machine might be a future collectable. There are
>so few modern machines with anything interesting about them, that I
>think that unusual case designs might be the only thing to look forward
>to.
>
>Other than the BeBox and wierd Atari ST and Amiga clones, anyway. :)
Well, the 20th Anniversary Mac comes to mind. Still of the systems you'd
normally find in a home the last 10 years have been pretty slim pickings.
With the last of the Amiga's and Atari's close reaching the 10 year mark.
To find anything interesting and unusual in the last ten years you've just
about got to look at the Workstation, and Server markets. For example the
Sparc 20, Ultra 2, or AlphaStation 500 are all semi-recent systems that are
interesting.
I've got to confess the main reason I like AlphaStation 255's and 500's is
the case :^) Now if only you could get a matching monitor, keyboard and
mouse :^)
Zane
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Received on Sat Oct 02 1999 - 15:59:42 BST