21 Dec
2022
21 Dec
'22
7:45 p.m.
There were many computers that predate the 8 bit microprocessor based
computers.
Most of these systems are 12 bits, 16 bits, 18 bits and 36 bits (I
excluded 32 bits because I'm not familiar with any 32 bits systems that
were not microprocessors)
DEC, Data General, CDC, IBM, Honeywell, Amdahl, GE & Cray to name just a
few systems that predate 1990 that are not 8 bit microprocessor based
systems.
All of these would be totally on topic.
On 12/21/2022 1:05 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
Chris,
That was me saying after 1990, within the context that one should start
thinking "is this on topic" if the thing is any newer, and I gave some
examples of then it would be and not so much be in my opinion. I also
mentioned that to high school kids interested in vintage computers, their
*start* point is 1990 many of them based on what I have seen at Kennett
Classic museum. They're interested in much newer stuff. Also, smartphones
and devices, not just computers.
But for this list, as we are today, we're vintage of the 8-bit era vintage
computer hobbyist.
b
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 1:52 PM Chris via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> So Jay West doesn't own the list anymore? Since when was the cutoff
> declared to be 1990? No one is in charge here? What if a revolution takes
> place? Who will martial the forces to put ot down and hang all the
> imsurgents?