19 Jun
1999
19 Jun
'99
8:06 a.m.
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Sellam Ismail wrote:
I could never kid about something as ugly as an iMac. It looks like a
severed head.
The Honeywell's chief strength is the simple elegance of its design. It
is very restrained and the black and cream cabinet is attractive. Too
many computers have been characterless grey boxes or improbable glitzy
designs. There is just enough styling on the Honeywell to confirm its
shape is intentional, not some generic third party box.
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Has anyone ever put together a list of handsomely
designed computers?
Not great runners, not powerful, but just aesthetically pleasing? My
impression is that there probably are not all that many, and that the
first machines to exclude from such a list are the iMac grotesques.
You're kidding about the iMac, right?
I would offer just a very few for initial
consideration:
Honeywell DPS-6
Huh? What's so interesting about this design?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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