beige rant (was Re: IBM 5150 with red case on ebay)

[Sean Caron]

On Sat, 14 May 2016, Mike Ross wrote:

> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Tor Arntsen <kspt.tor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 14 May 2016 at 00:20, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Do not blame the computer companies, blame the customers. Beige and
>>> gray were the colors they wanted.
>>
>> When companies buy, someone will have to approve (that is, provide the
>> money). That's often the company's own beancounters.. Engineer:
>> "We'll need this particular computer. This here model will do."
>> Beancounter (looking in sales brochure): "Purple? We don't do that
>> kind of thing here. This other model will do, surely" (points to beige
>> version).
>
> Companies other than SGI did 'interesting' colors. Here's something
> really obscure; bonus points to anyone who can identify it just from
> the photo. No cheating! And treble points for anyone who HAS one. A
> Prince's ransom if you have one for sale :-)   -
>
> http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~r_high/memorial/panda/boxes.gif
>

Nobody bit and my curiousity is definitely piqued ... what are those 
things?

Best,

Sean