BBC 'B': clunky light-beige, way too big. Not sexy.
Master System II: bit like a large piece of black Duplo.
Playstation 1: Grey, completely unremarkable
Speccy 128k: Again a bit too clunky, nicer than BBC 'B' though
Joefish is right about the stunning looking Oric Atmos. Though the original 16K/48K Speccy is a beautiful and tasteful design.
I quite like the Commodore Plus 4. It's spiky and renegade looks give it an air of 1980's American street gang about it. Probably ideal for leather jacketed punks in an episode of 'Police Academy' ;)
thinking about it.. if you had photo's of machines 20-30 years on and went back to the companies.. and showed em what their "wonderful" white machines would look like, would you prefer them in black ...
instead of smoke stained yellow or have to use retro bright...
one thing Sinclair did right and the plus4/c16/atmos etc but that white logo on the 48k rubber key, I rarely get them painted as original
I quite like the Commodore Plus 4. It's spiky and renegade looks give it an air of 1980's American street gang about it. Probably ideal for leather jacketed punks in an episode of 'Police Academy' ;)
I don't know about street gangs. But you could hang it from you on a strap and play 'Never gonna give you up...'
thinking about it.. if you had photo's of machines 20-30 years on and went back to the companies.. and showed em what their "wonderful" white machines would look like, would you prefer them in black ...
instead of smoke stained yellow or have to use retro bright...
one thing Sinclair did right and the plus4/c16/atmos etc but that white logo on the 48k rubber key, I rarely get them painted as original
Those late C64s and Amigas, and SNES consoles were dreadful for that. Oric-1's stay nice and white though.
Those late C64s and Amigas, and SNES consoles were dreadful for that. Oric-1's stay nice and white though.
Yep! My Amiga 600 has one of those plastic cover things over the keyboard. The keys are an immaculate, bright white, whereas the rest of the computer is chip-shop wall yellow! :D
thinking about it.. if you had photo's of machines 20-30 years on and went back to the companies.. and showed em what their "wonderful" white machines would look like, would you prefer them in black ...
instead of smoke stained yellow or have to use retro bright
interesting point, you could say the same with a lot of things, cars, women, music. i guess its just fashion of the age.
How about the original Cray? The epitome of a supercomputer, in that it even looks cool and something that the evil power crazed maniac trying to take over the world would have in their hollowed out mountain...
Something screams "CORE", "NUCLEAR" about that design... :-) "evil power crazed maniac trying to take over the world" works too... Probably some were used for nuclear weapons research.
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whats the middle bit ? a retractable bog roll holder?
ROFL.
It is in fact a 5.25" dual floppy unit called the RX50
others I've owned:
BBC 'B': clunky light-beige, way too big. Not sexy.
Master System II: bit like a large piece of black Duplo.
Playstation 1: Grey, completely unremarkable
Speccy 128k: Again a bit too clunky, nicer than BBC 'B' though
Yeah speccy 48k hands down
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I quite like the Commodore Plus 4. It's spiky and renegade looks give it an air of 1980's American street gang about it. Probably ideal for leather jacketed punks in an episode of 'Police Academy' ;)
instead of smoke stained yellow or have to use retro bright...
one thing Sinclair did right and the plus4/c16/atmos etc but that white logo on the 48k rubber key, I rarely get them painted as original
As for consoles, you can't beat a bit of woodgrain..
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Those late C64s and Amigas, and SNES consoles were dreadful for that. Oric-1's stay nice and white though.
Yep! My Amiga 600 has one of those plastic cover things over the keyboard. The keys are an immaculate, bright white, whereas the rest of the computer is chip-shop wall yellow! :D
interesting point, you could say the same with a lot of things, cars, women, music. i guess its just fashion of the age.
Don't have room for one, but I like!