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

[Brent Hilpert]

On 2016-May-16, at 9:57 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:

> On Mon, 16 May 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote:
>> http://www.studiofynn.com/design/computer-server-panda Found with some 
>> judicious googling. I guess that's cheating, so no prize for me.
> 
> I cheated and found it with Google Image Search but I kept quiet to let 
> others run it down. 
> 
>> Seems to have been purely a design concept, not a product.
> 
> They don't really talk about the guts, at all. Also by 1995 SGI had 
> already made a lot of really cool machines, but hey others were free to 
> join in! 
> 
> Honestly, I didn't say much because at first I thought they were coffee 
> machines, espresso makers, or some other non-computer. Then when someone 
> piped up with "Isn't that an early XYZ Frobniz-2000 with the acceleration 
> module?" he'd spring it on them saying "GOTCHA! It's a coffee maker!" :-P

Seems it did get a little further than design concept.
The "Archistrat" computer from "The Panda Project" of Boca Raton, Fl.
Was getting a lot of press buzz around 1995.

	http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/37955/archistrat-computer
	http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-02-11/business/9602090578_1_panda-semiconductor-computer
	http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-11-25/business/9411220267_1_panda-project-crane-electronics-ibm
	http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19941112&slug=1941368
	http://ftp.vim.org/documents/published/unix-world/archives/95/review/004.html
	https://www.pinterest.com/pin/250301691762333319/