re: #665 buzzsawmonkey

The impressiveness was largely due to that gray crackle-finish paint on the metal housings; you knew you were in the presence of something technical and scientific.

Whatever happened to that gray crackle-finish? I’d love to see it on a laptop.

How about those huge consoles with lots of blinking lights? I want an old IBM 360 panel.
That showed you were really using a COMPUTER!