[geeks] Computer beauty

[Ken Hansen]

Well, to me, beauty is on the inside - I liked the Fortune Computing system (name a bit fuzzy), it had 3 CPUs - an 8086, a Z-80, and a 68000 were all built-in. It was designed to be compatible with something like 80-90% of the software available, back in 1983-84.

It could emulate a Z-80 C/PM machine, an Apple II, and a C/PM 68K system, IIRC...

I also really like the Sun Lunchbox - it satisfied my sense of "just enough" system expansion (for it's time). I often lamented that there wasn't a similar PC design, but I guess the LPX/NLX form-factors come close...

It would be interesting to see an Ultra Lunchbox system, it would look like most modern 2 Meter Ham rigs ( a heatsink with a faceplate installed!)...

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: William Staniewicz [mailto:wstan at localhostnl.demon.nl]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:36 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: [geeks] Computer beauty


I think we are definitely at a point where computers are
regarded as more than "fancy adding machines". Some may
even consider them fashionable.
Other than the iMac, does anyone have a favorite computer
design? I came upon an image of the Cray-2 which I
have heard others describe as a thing of beauty. I tend
to agree. Anyone have other favorites?

Cray-2 http://www.localhostnl.demon.nl/crayimage.jpg

		-Bill

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