Re: CRAP Poll: Does The Tech Still Impress?

Werner P. <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:

I think the last computer which really impressed me, speaking of
computers only was the NeXT Cube.

I wasn't really all that impressed with the NeXTcube.  It wasn't all that
different from existing Unix workstations, including being very expensive.
I found the BeBox, released a few years later, more impressive as it had
dual CPUs and a much more affordable price.  While not really aimed at
consumers it was as close as we'd see to a dual-CPU home computer until
a decade later when the first dual core AMD and Intel CPUs came out.

Plus those "Blinkenlights", the two LED strips on the front of the case
showing CPU load on the two processors, was really cool.

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