Insanely stupid!

now ain't that subject line an attention grabber. Not exactly what you'd call a Mac related topic...at least not so much to me. But simply an opportunity to appreciate a particularly rare, exceedingly beautific (arty?) piece of vintage crappola. I posted this in the Tandy 2000 Yahoo group a few hours ago and thought I'd share it with the remainder of my faithful followers on this list. Yes your gratitude is well received. You can view the subject of the thread here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tandy2000/ you don't have to join, but what would be the reason not to??? my gosh it's soo beautiful *snifful* I can barely stand it ... I'm referring to the picture of the Xerox 16/8 I placed on the front page. I challenge ANYONE to find a more luxurious looking vintij puter.In reality, that box isn't the "puter" at all, but the drive expansion unit. The computer logic is embedded in the monitor - the Xerox 16/8 proper. It has an 8086 and a Z80 for the best of those worlds (but no it's not peecee compatible, but that sure done didn't make a difference back in them days. Nuh uh. We all bought puters like it, and lived to tell the tale...). My particular 16/8 is in exceptionally good shape, but I believe the hard drive is bad. When I had learned of it's existence I guess 2 years ago (that guy in N.Carolina, uh vintagemicros? had one up for bidding, w/the caption "Insanely Great!", no doubt trying to cast it as a Macintosh predecessor (cpu and crt integral sparky)), I did a search, and found a guy w/one in Maryland. The origins of the Mac are not estranged from Xerox corp. I guess, but the resemblance between a Mac and the 16/8 is somewhat hard to define other than what I pointed out. I rather suggest the caption should have read "Insanely Stoopit!" LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL A thoroughly beautific piece of vintage garbage though wouldn't you say? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367