Today, as I was reorganizing my files, I ran into some Boston 1990
memorabilia (including my ticket for the party that Interex organized at
the Boston Computer Museum).  So, I was fascinated when I ran into this
morsel as I surfed the Net with a focus on "Boston Computer Museum".
 
Wayne Cotter <[log in to unmask]> had this to say:
 
        I was at the Boston Computer Museum today. They have an exhibit
which is a
        giant computer, 2 stories tall.
 
        There's a 6-foot trackball, and kids are actually using it to play
games on
        a giant (projection-TV) monitor with giant speakers. On the
simulated giant
        CPU case, "Pentium Processor" and a giant "Intel Inside" logo are
        displayed. You walk through the computer, and inside are exhibits
on the
        parts of a PC: ROM BIOS, Sound Card, Pentium Chip, etc.
 
        As I was leaving, I heard a LOUD Mac startup chord. I turned
around, and
        one of the guides was restarting the system. On the giant screen:
MacOS.
 
        I asked her whether she thought it was odd that the box said Intel
and it
        was actually a Mac inside. She said "Oh, Intel donated the
hardware. The
        Mac is just the software."
 
 
 
Wonders never cease!  I immediately thought of the possibilities for HP
marketing :-)
 
Just consider this: Install an HP3000 running IMAGE inside a generic
computer box that is labeled (obviously) "generic computer" but,
nontheless, is capable of serving hundreds of concurrent users with blazing
speed and reliability, without the need for a resident guru...  Just to
make things even more dramatic, unplug the power (with
older-more-reliable-HP-discs) every now and then and see the thing running
after the silly message, "power failure" (has it been updated to say "power
failure RECOVERY"?)
 
Why not?  If the Boston Computer Museum can do it, HP certainly can do it!
 
 
 
 
 
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