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used to sell the Apricots back in the days. The PCs from Apricot and Grid stood out in terms of design, from the rest of beige uglies.
by jnaina 3mo ago
used to sell the Apricots back in the days. The PCs from Apricot and Grid stood out in terms of design, from the rest of beige uglies.
- le-mark 3mo agoWere they actually available to purchase? Seems like supply of these and others was usually a bit spotty.
- jnaina 3mo agoYes, I had the Apricot Xen in the shop. If I remember correctly, they were not 100% PC compatible, and did not exactly sell well. Neither did the Grids. But both were great conversation starters.
- Scramblejams 3mo agoThe Grid Compass series (especially the II models with the big screen) looked like it came from the future. Stunning in its era. Wouldn't mind seeing a reboot.
- jnaina 3mo agoYes, they were stunning. looked like a prop from bladerunner.
- FiddlerClamp 3mo agoAlso the Data General One (poor screen aside).
- rbanffy 3mo agoThe EL display one was nice, but the GRID ones were on a different level. They still look modern. Other than would be perfectly at home in a modern office is the QL. Put two SDCard slot where the micro drives were and four USB-C ports in the back (6, one for power, one for the first monitor, four for expansion) and it’ll still look cool. With a decent CPU (and a delete key) could be a daily driver.
- jnaina 3mo agoYes, the QL was another very clean modern design. Too bad the MicroDrives were an utter disaster and the sales tanked because of that
- rbanffy 3mo agoI think the Spectrum-like graphics and overall speed were what killed it. The 68008 was painfully slow compared to the 68000. Maybe someone could make a QL Next ;-) Or just a wireless keyboard with the same shape as the QL.
- spants 3mo agome too! In the pc business from 1981!, Apricots were great bits of kit. The GRIDs were good but very expensive at the time.