[rescue] Computers as Furniture - was Re: "In My Way", 2015 Edition

[JP Hindin]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Ian Finder wrote:
> FWIW, the E3000 makes great night stand or end table. I use one
> currently in this capacity and it performs quite well. :)

My boss uses a pair of Cisco 6509s as end tables in his office. They
generally have the desired effect on customers.

Incidentally, the first computer I 'collected' was a Sun 4/470 that was
being used as table legs - they had a door propped up on it and the
accounting group spread their work out on it. I bought them a table for
$40 and took the Suns.

 - JP

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Jonathan Patschke <jp at celestrion.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Mar 2015, Jonathan Patschke wrote:
> >
> >>        A Ross SPARCplug, the cutest SPARC you've ever seen, if you'll
> >>        forgive its single sbus and mbus slots.  It's in an ugly PC-style
> >>        case that Ross shipped it in if you didn't intend to put it into a
> >>        bigger, uglier PC.
> >
> >
> > The SPARCplug has been claimed seven times over.
> >
> > You really wanted an E3000 or U80, though, right?
> >
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> > Jonathan Patschke | "Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our
> > Elgin, TX         |  servant, are oppressing us."
> > USA               |                                       -- Jef Raskin
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