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SiliconValleyPirate Junior Member United Kingdom 273 Posts	Posted - 01 Sep 2002 : 21:08:22 Someone has just sprung on an idea that has potential to become Apple's entry into the world of environmental responsibility and recycling! http://www.krank.dk/newstuff/computer/MacII_Couch_600.jpg <crazy a$$ imagined marketing pitch not related to original author> I see it as a distributed computing/self heading electric sofa combo. It would run a custom version of A/UX geared towards totally distributed computing with multi-threaded apps. Should match a G3 in performance and at a fraction of the cost. For those needing a multiple cluster system or more power there are link kits for connecting the items of furniture via gigabit ethenet. If this is a success we intend to investigate redundancy in the next revision as well as extending our range to include an accompanying armchair RAID array made of old Quantum hard disk, pitched at the massage-as-you-work market, a notice board constructed from old Newton Message pads for paper-concious people and a video wall for software demos made from a 52x39 array of SEs, allowng big screen displays of resolutions of to 512x384! <crazy a$$ imagined marketing pitch not related to original author> God - I only woke up to get a Coke. It's 5am. Somoebody chan me down I'm going MAD!! -- Mark Benson FlatPackMacs http://fpm.gotdns.com 2nd Lieutenant - 68kMLA, LC Quartermaster Flat Packing Macs for 68k MLA airlift excercises Macs Liberated = 14!
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 01 Sep 2002 : 21:31:33 quote: God - I only woke up to get a Coke. It's 5am. Somoebody chan me down I'm going MAD!! That makes two of us, but it's only 12:25 AM here and I think I'm just going to work straight thru, if I ever start working that is! I have to finish a few things and rent a truck at 7 AM! bleh! Check out the Tekserve MacLivingroom video: http://www.tekserve.com/mw2000.html jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 02 Sep 2002 : 06:18:14 quote: http://www.krank.dk/newstuff/computer/MacII_Couch_600.jpg I see it as a distributed computing/self heading electric sofa combo With 25 Mac II's there would be a respectable 400 MHz of processing power. I love the couch, but it needs about 3 or 4 layers of old mouse pads for a seat cushion. Here's a few more ideas for this ultimate Mac decor room. What if the room lighting came from a few dozen Apple RGB monitors in the ceiling? All of the monitors would be tied to a single Mac through a video signal splitter/signal booster. That way the room's mood would be defined by the color/desktop pattern you choose. (Hmmm... an entire ceiling all running After Dark ) I'd also make a giant clock or sculpture using 60 mice radiating from a central point on the wall. Mounting some keyboards flat-side up to the wall would make nice shelves. And you could make drink coasters for a Macquarium coffee table by gluing together 5x5 arrays of keycaps off of old keyboards. Not sure what to do with all the old 2400 baud modems, though??? G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent & User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry
vanman2004 Starting Member USA 33 Posts	Posted - 06 Sep 2002 : 22:31:39 quote: [quote]http://www.krank.dk/newstuff/computer/MacII_Couch_600.jpg talk talk talk Not sure what to do with all the old 2400 baud modems, though??? eat them ____________________________________ Weapons Expert VanMan2004 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 15.5

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