1 Jul
2016
1 Jul
'16
1:51 p.m.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
The premise is that some things will NEVER be
considered "classic". EVER.
Not for historians. Not for Anthropologists. Not for archeologists. Not
for paleontologists. There are some machines that the coprolite
(fossilized feces) collectors will pass up.
That's the second time I've seen that term used in the classiccmp realm.
The first was when I came across this company:
https://www.facebook.com/coprolitecomputers/
[...]
OTOH, there were SOME machines that were classic as soon as they existed.
I think that my collection of OQOs qualifies.
The iMac is definitely one of those. If you were to collect everything
ever available about ADM3a, what machine would you store those files on?
Imagine a museum collection of the history of the ADM3a; at the end of the
row is an iMac on which you can view schematics, news articles of its
introduction, etc.
"The files are IN the computer! It's so simple." I'm imagining the
museum's
visitors behaving thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2uHBhKTSe0
--
Eric Christopherson