What Classic Computer are All About - A Lovers

Fujitsu Eagles GOOD? I remember that Fujitsu made a bunch of real dogs in the line, with new drives crashing all over the place. Tucked inside my Sun-4/280 was a thinly veiled letter of apology from Sun, basically stating that they were sorry that they had to ship units with Eagles, and the problems would be sorted out as soon as possible. Incidently, comparing modern micros to yesterday's minis I feel is a bit silly. The minis, being big expensive things, perhaps doing mission critical tasks, were produced to very high standards. One bad unit could really cause a stink and a customer, perhaps worth millions, could be lost. Fujitsu still is "known" for Eagles. Micros (even the classic ones), on the other hand, are built with every cost cutting trick known (including in the QA department), and individual failures, if kept in low numbers, are relatively harmless to the business. No folks, the overall quality of computers has not changed. There were gems and junk in the past, just as there are gems and junk now. William Donzelli william(a)ans.net