19 Apr
2002
19 Apr
'02
1:17 p.m.
Machines with blikenlights are bigger and more heavy
than modern
workstations, so you got this included. If we use to arbitrarily
citeria (like Display, MS ability, etc. pp. it looks less 'serious'.
I consider less common machines way cooler than boxes you can find at
the next corner, and I consider this a "serious" criterium.
So, why don't we take into account the number of units that were built
when rating the machine? This number should go into the denominator to
decrease the rating for use-once-and-throw-away computers, of course. A
Z1 rating would not be influenced too badly (only one original plus one
reconstruction, AFAIK, and I even doubt the reconstruction needs to be
counted), but those PeeCees will need their rating to be recomputed
daily...
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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com