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.

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