Ahh, the days of the CoCo... My first computers were a TRS-80 Model I and a CoCo II. Those were the days... 'saving' your data to an audiocassette, only to have it be corrupted on the back back in or run out of tape or... Many many many hours spent poring over basic manuals. Ah, the days of PUSHing POKEing and PEEKing. Good stuff :)
Rubin On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 09:34 -0400, Tony Harris wrote: > Actually I always felt that the big iron had the coolest look. The IBM > System/370 was big, jet black, and had a front panel covered with lights > that flashed as it worked. Only a few of them were *really* useful if you > were a sysadmin as opposed to a CSE (hardware tech). But it looked > *really* cool. And the coloring made it cooler looking than the > System/360, which had more lights and even switches (those big electrical > toggles, not rocker switches or anything), but a funny beige/white and blue > look. > > <http://www.thegalleryofoldiron.com/370_135.JPG> > > I'm also rather fond of my old TRS-80 Model III. > > <http://oldcomputers.net/trs80iii.html> > > But maybe I'm just nostalgic for some of the really fun times I had > programming on both systems. > > Tony > > --On Tuesday, April 15, 2008 03:54:40 PM -0400 Nick Floersch > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.osnews.com/story/19621/The_Ten_Most_Beautiful_Computers/page1 > > / > > > > > > > > As an avid enthusiast of SGI, NeXT, Be, Apple, and a proud computer-pr0n > > collector (i.e. naughty picks of hot - usually old - hardware), I was > > intrigued to see what choices were made here. I really can not agree > > with some of the choices, but to see some of my favorites on the list > > does warm my heart. I think anything from NeXT, SGI, or Cray > > automatically should win a prize (not that Cray made the list), but I > > admit that I feel the #1 choice on their list was well chosen, even if > > the other stuff on the list was just a smattering of the hundreds of > > great options out there. > > > > > > > > My biggest beef with the list - the IBM PS/2. There were some cases from > > IBM in that era that I really did love - the PS/2 Model 80 in particular > > ( http://www.silicium.org/ibm/ibm/ibmps2mod80.htm ), but none of them > > really strike me as beautiful. > > > > > > > > So, how about all of you? What are your favorites? > > > > > > > > Or, in "High Fidelity" language: what are your top-10, desert island, > > all-time, most beautiful computers? Links to photos might be fun, too. > > > > > > > > Try not to drool and gibber while responding... > > > > > > > > -Nick > > -- Rubin Bennett RB Technologies http://thatitguy.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (802)223-4448 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety" --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
