Re: Some Funny Pics.

thomthom · 5 Oct 2009, 06:36

LOL, is that someone's ashes in that Sparc unit?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10365289-71.html

david_h · 5 Oct 2009, 14:55

A firm I used to work for in Vegas bought a summagraphics computer system with a desk size digitizing table, separate concrete-lined hard drive (so you couldn't move it accidnetly)a single 14" BW monitor and other accesories that would fill a room. It had a whopping 256 M on the hard drive and perhaps a 1/2 meg of ram.

Price. . ..$120,000. We replaced it in 1990 with a 386 desktop that cost about $3000, and ended up dropping the $120K system off a cliff in the desert. (not really--but it ended up becoming the most expensive door stop in history)

EscapeArtist · 6 Oct 2009, 15:34

@thomthom said:

@escapeartist said:

LOL, is that someone's ashes in that Sparc unit?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10365289-71.html

Thanks for the link, that's actually pretty darn cool. I like the post-it notes idea.

boofredlay · 6 Oct 2009, 20:56

remus · 6 Oct 2009, 21:48

I can just imagine some awkward parents: "Now if you refer to the olives on your plate, its clear that they swim towards the egg, where the olives are..."