beige rant (was Re: IBM 5150 with red case on ebay)

[Mike Ross]

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Tor Arntsen <kspt.tor at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 May 2016 at 00:20, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do not blame the computer companies, blame the customers. Beige and
>> gray were the colors they wanted.
>
> When companies buy, someone will have to approve (that is, provide the
> money). That's often the company's own beancounters.. Engineer:
> "We'll need this particular computer. This here model will do."
> Beancounter (looking in sales brochure): "Purple? We don't do that
> kind of thing here. This other model will do, surely" (points to beige
> version).

Companies other than SGI did 'interesting' colors. Here's something
really obscure; bonus points to anyone who can identify it just from
the photo. No cheating! And treble points for anyone who HAS one. A
Prince's ransom if you have one for sale :-)   -

http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~r_high/memorial/panda/boxes.gif

Mike

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