Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jun 2009 18:34 UTC
A while ago, I made a list of my ten most beautiful computers, which ignited some heavy debate since Cray wasn't mentioned. Anyway, one of the items on the list was the Honeywell Kitchen Computer, the H316. This was a very basic and incredibly difficult to handle machine which was supposed to store and display recipes, but its most awesome feature was a built-in cutting board. Despite its ridiculousness, I think it's a beautiful piece of design, a pre-cursor to a type of computer everyone in the '50s thought we would have now (get it?). Well, the idea of a kitchen computer is supposed to make a comeback. Update: Eugenia just pointed me to a photo her husband took of the H316 at the Computer History Museum in California, as well as a product photo of Be, Inc.'s take on the kitchen computer.
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RE: Regarding Be's kitchen computer
by mabhatter on Fri 5th Jun 2009 05:39
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My husband, JBQ (now at Google), worked on that BeOS-based model with Benoit Schillings (now at Trolltech/Nokia) back then at Be, Inc. While it was a prototype, I think he's very proud of the work the two of them did in a very short amount of time.
Didn't that become the BeIA platform in the Sony evilla (thanks to the googles)
That was another early attempt at a low-power all-in-one subdesktop. [Internet Appliance] It wasn't until ATOM that the whole thing finally took off in the eeePCs.
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2005-06-28
My husband, JBQ (now at Google), worked on that BeOS-based model with Benoit Schillings (now at Trolltech/Nokia) back then at Be, Inc. While it was a prototype, I think he's very proud of the work the two of them did in a very short amount of time.