[rescue] FS: Another BeBox

[dave at cca.org]

jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu writes:

>On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 01:01:02AM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 01:25:57AM -0500, Eric Webb wrote:
>> > Why, just 'cuz it's a serious collector's item?  These are, after all, just 
>> > 601's, right?
>> 
>> THe blinkenlights, man.  The only machines with higher BL factor are
>> "proper front-panel" PDPs.

>What about the thinking machine CM line?  Those had a darn high BL factor.

Yes, but for *usefull* blinkenlights, the PDPs still win.

(Unless you go back to 50s mainframes. Some of those front panels make
the PDPs look minimalist.)

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