On 2016-May-16, at 9:57 AM, Swift Griggs wrote: > On Mon, 16 May 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote: >> http://www.studiofynn.com/design/computer-server-panda Found with some >> judicious googling. I guess that's cheating, so no prize for me. > > I cheated and found it with Google Image Search but I kept quiet to let > others run it down. > >> Seems to have been purely a design concept, not a product. > > They don't really talk about the guts, at all. Also by 1995 SGI had > already made a lot of really cool machines, but hey others were free to > join in! > > Honestly, I didn't say much because at first I thought they were coffee > machines, espresso makers, or some other non-computer. Then when someone > piped up with "Isn't that an early XYZ Frobniz-2000 with the acceleration > module?" he'd spring it on them saying "GOTCHA! It's a coffee maker!" :-P
Seems it did get a little further than design concept. The "Archistrat" computer from "The Panda Project" of Boca Raton, Fl. Was getting a lot of press buzz around 1995. http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/37955/archistrat-computer http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-02-11/business/9602090578_1_panda-semiconductor-computer http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-11-25/business/9411220267_1_panda-project-crane-electronics-ibm http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19941112&slug=1941368 http://ftp.vim.org/documents/published/unix-world/archives/95/review/004.html https://www.pinterest.com/pin/250301691762333319/