Phillips Microcomputers

[Marvin Johnston]

I currently have three Phillips machines, two of one type and one of
another (don't remember the model numbers), all with floppy disk drives.
They were used in a classified environment and were being scrapped out
when I got them. I don't remember if they came with any software, but I
suspect not, and unfortunately they came with no documentation. The two
machines are about 24" x 24" x 24" and the single one is kind of a
desktop unit with the floppy and monitor built in. If anyone is
interested, let me know and make a reasonable ... or unreasonable :) ...
offer but realize *I* will not package and ship them.


> > True.  But other computer makers of even lower stature have shown up
> > on the CC list, and in bitsavers.  Apart from the big ones, it seems
> > to be just a random process that determines which machines appear and
> > which ones do not.  For example, I can't think of any other reason why
> > Varian would show up in Al's archive and Philips would not...
> 
> I doubt there were ever more than 100 Phillips machines in the US at any
> given time. Perhaps in Europe they were more popular, but here they were
> effectively not even a tiny speck in the minicomputer industry.
> 
> William Donzelli
> aw288 at osfn.org