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! +---------------+ | | | r | Alfredo [log in to unmask] | e | http://www.adager.com | g | F. Alfredo Rego Tel 208 726-9100 | a | Manager, Theoretical Group Fax 208 726-2822 | d | Adager Corporation | A | Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 U.S.A. | | +---------------+