"Toy" computers (was Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers)

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu Apr 25 09:42:00 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]

> Hey! I did say the mass storage interface had to be internal to the
> "computer" and not necessarily the mass storage devices.

Sure, but my point was, for instance, the C64 had drives that used
what basically amounts to a straight serial (or is that parallel?)
interface, and that is in the computer. But they're "toys," right?

> campus is the enclosure, while if it's a desktop, it's pretty

Is that like "the network is the computer?" :)

> Besides, though I didn't originally point this out, some of
> you guys have, as
> toys, some of those very machines that you're pointing out
> aren't really toys.
> Are you guys trying to have it both ways?

Just because they're not toys doesn't make it impossible to play
with them like toys.

We could just define anything that's not necessary for survival
to be a toy, and be done with it. :)

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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