On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Fred Cisin <[email protected]> wrote:
> The premise is that some things will NEVER be considered "classic". EVER. > Not for historians. Not for Anthropologists. Not for archeologists. Not > for paleontologists. There are some machines that the coprolite > (fossilized feces) collectors will pass up. > That's the second time I've seen that term used in the classiccmp realm. The first was when I came across this company: https://www.facebook.com/coprolitecomputers/ [...] OTOH, there were SOME machines that were classic as soon as they existed. > I think that my collection of OQOs qualifies. > The iMac is definitely one of those. If you were to collect everything > ever available about ADM3a, what machine would you store those files on? > Imagine a museum collection of the history of the ADM3a; at the end of the > row is an iMac on which you can view schematics, news articles of its > introduction, etc. > "The files are IN the computer! It's so simple." I'm imagining the museum's visitors behaving thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2uHBhKTSe0 -- Eric Christopherson
