s100 busses!

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed May 10 01:13:42 2000

>On Wed, 10 May 2000, John Wilson wrote:
>
>> I *love* the idea of someone selling new S100 machines in this day and age!
>
>Actually it's unprecedented. As far as I know this is the first example
>of a company coming out of hibernation (according to Todd IMSAI never
>really ceased to exist) and offering a new model of an obsoleted
>computer product line.
>
>If there are any other examples of this I'd like to hear about them.

MacIntosh MC275 tube amplifier rereleased a few years ago in a limited run
of about 5000.

Western Electric going back into production of the 300B tube.

Neumann I think also did a U67 again.

Not too many areas where it is possible to bring back an old product, do to
regs etc.
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 01:13:42 BST