IndieGO have rights for walker case

[Trev]

So, so ugly. Produced at a time when competing with Apple was inexplicably believed to be possible.

If development of the Amiga platform had continued along its original path, I imagine a modern Amiga would resemble a Nintendo Wii U with a novel input device.

[Trev]

In key European markets such as Germany, Amiga print magazines still outsold monthly Mac publications by a large margin in 1995 / 1996.

You're right, of course. Jobs hadn't returned to Apple yet. 1995 was a big year for technology, but Apple wasn't among the leaders. Why am I thinking of the Walker as something made closer to the new millennium?

[Trev]

Has there been any computer company who managed to successfully penetrate the market for settop boxes in the 90s and early 00s? Despite all the talk about rise of the settop boxes back then, it seems to have largely remained a mirage for many years.

Sony? They were already producing components for the living room, of course, but the Playstation (and the Xbox) has become nearly what everyone imagined STBs to be in the 90's.

[Trev]

I'd always equated STBs with convergence "in the living room." Was the industry of the time really just focused on single-purpose devices? My memories of the late 1900's are those of a teenager and twenty-something; I would have been much less conservative with my hopes for technology.

EDIT: And hotel systems still suck. What's up with that?