Can anyone tell me the name given to a computer built from compatable non same brand conponents plea

Hi all, can anyone remember what the proper name is for a computer built
from un branded compatible components please!

I remember something like "Quantell" but the dictionary does not say that.

Mick.

 

Mick wrote:
Subject: Can anyone tell me the name given to a computer built from
compatable non same brand conponents please?

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Typically the generic term for such computers is 'white box' -- here's
an article context for that definition
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=170498&rl=1 Buying a
Non-Branded "White Box" PC

 

Cheap?

Neil.

 

Computer

 

George.

 

Do you mean ICL mainframe software?

 

Generic

 

No, I mean "George".

 

I prefer to use the word "clone". Add an "R" somewhere and I think you have
a clone-box in Quantell. I'm to believe that IBM had the right call it a
PC, no one else. Of course, IBM only made the BIOS on the original PC,
everything else came from companies like Intel and Western Digital.

Go Phillies.

 

Clone is the correct answer and sometimes "white box".

 

Cite, please.

 

Come to think of it, that makes almost no sense. But, back when I sold the
things, I would tell people that the only one that could call the machine a
PC was IBM as they were the inventor. Everyone else was a knock-off.

I imagine they did try and copywrite it, and that ought to be a matter of
public record.

 

Salesman's bullshit, IOW. I remain unsurprised.

 

I'd call it a "custom computer" - but that's not a 'proper name.'

 

One of the IBM salesmans inside jokes used to be "You can buy better
than IBM, but you can't pay more."

 

Cheap?

 

"Grey Box" (beige, actually)
"Clone"

I wonder if you can grow one from stem cell sweepings at the HP
factory?

 

Pyles dream system

or maybe

Dell

 

Since I bought my last computer (the basis for the one I'm using right
now) in 1990, I like to think of it as an Evolved System.

 

Well, the Dell computers are not really "unbranded" components, but close
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