8 Mar
1999
8 Mar
'99
6:17 p.m.
You wrote...
PERQ? (Or do you count the fact that you can get them
with PERQ systems
and ICL nameplates as badging. On the grounds they were partially
developped by both companies, I am not so sure).
I would have to call that rebadging, but I do see your point on that one.
PERQ 3a (only ever ICL)
Philips machines (although they _did_ badge other people's PCs at one
point)
Acorn Archimedes?
HP9100 (a computer in all but name)
Xerox Alto, D-machines?
Yes, but would most people call ALL of these classic? Not to disparage them,
but... perhaps it's my interpretation of "classic" getting in the way.
Jay West
8 Mar
8 Mar
7:17 p.m.
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7:49 p.m.
Date sent: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 01:17:08 +0000 (GMT)
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From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: WAS: rebadged - etc etc etc
If you have a tighter definition, of course, it's quite possible that all
the machines were badged/oemed/...
Click! I remember,
Besides brands on machines, some components get rebranded or
renumbered...and more.
Some chips are actually rebadged.
PCmates and VXpro/TXpro used different chipsets, Crystal
(actually UMC chips) and some other chips as well.
I have sneaking suspecisions that Intel's 740 is partly Cirrus Logic
design.
Wizard
PERQ 3a (only ever ICL)
them, but... perhaps it's my interpretation of "classic" getting in
the
way.
Jay West
-tony
9:55 p.m.
Tony wrote:
Anyway, the list included the first workstation
(Alto),
Are you sure about that? I thought the first workstation was the IBM
Autopoint computer (Type 610), introduced in 1954 [*]. Unless you count
the IBM CPC, 1940.
And _History of Personal Workstations_ seems to classify the HP 9100 (1968)
as a workstation.
Oh, did you mean graphical workstation? Then maybe it was the DEC GT40,
introduced in 1972.
Never mind, no one ever agrees on these "firsts".
Eric
[*] That's the date listed in several online sources, but I'm not sure
it is correct. Definitely not any ealier than 1954, and probably not
later than 1958.
9:58 p.m.
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9 Mar
9 Mar
12:23 p.m.
Tony wrote:
What about the Tectronics terminals with vector graphics? I remember
playing basketball on one in 74.
Anyway, the list included the first workstation
(Alto),
Are you sure about that? I thought the first workstation was the IBM
Autopoint computer (Type 610), introduced in 1954 [*]. Unless you count
the IBM CPC, 1940.
And _History of Personal Workstations_ seems to classify the HP 9100 (1968)
as a workstation.
Oh, did you mean graphical workstation? Then maybe it was the DEC GT40,
introduced in 1972.
Never mind, no one ever agrees on these "firsts".
4:07 p.m.
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