Future uncollectable computers...

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sun Jul 20 12:29:00 2003

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, R. D. Davis wrote:

> Hopefully this isn't too off-topic, but a thought just occured to me
> about computers that some may, or may not, want to collect in the
> future, which aren't classics yet. It seems that many of the newer
> computers have been designed with uncollectability, as well as a high
> degree of user-annoyance, in mind. Somehow, either some marketing
> idiots, or clueless enginers, got the idea to design computer
> equipment that's unstackable due to its rounded-off shape... the iMacs
> and some Compaq PeeCees (e.g. Presario 4814) come to mind. Is anyone
> going to be seriously interested in collecting computer equipment that
> can't be stacked, and does anyone actually find equipment that can't
> be stacked, or have anything stacked on top of it (not even a monitor
> or books, etc), to be other than an annoyance?

Let's see:

AT&T Unix PC
Intertec SuperBrain
Commodore PET
PDP-8 (original)

...to name but a few.

All classics. None lend themselves well to stackability. But they are
certainly worth collecting.

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