Here's something to consider. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Sep 1998

Because people  don't want to feel like they're singlehandedly
running the Ministry of Truth from a desk in their room. Something
engineers never seem to get is the concept of a nice look. Many of
the people on this list mention how ugly something is, and if I've
seen it, I'm often forced to agree.
...
 > STD Bus 8080 Computer board set mounted in a
compucolor comercial  color
...
 > terminal. This terminal was a large metal box with
a 19 inch monitor
> inside. It weighed 70 or 80 pounds. No one would have wanted it in  their
...
 > house. It was ugly, huge, very unwieldy and heavy.
You could attach a  8"
...
 > hard drive, 8" or 5 " floppys and any
other interface availiable on  STD
...
 > bus that would fit in a near full 6 slot
backplane. No comparison to  an
...
   Apple II,
which many people wanted in their homes.  
Well, you just spent a paragraph telling us your opinion of the
Compucolor, without giving any technical reasons as to why one would
prefer an Apple II over a Compucolor. 

Sam                                        Alternate e-mail:  dastar(a)siconic.com
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