[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] Re: what is on topic?

>> We used to shun anything newer than and including the IBM PC but >> time.marches on. You're safe if you discuss systems produced before 1990. >> After that put an OT in the front of your subject so as not to offend the >> purists. Personally I think anything built after 1995 is too new for >> cctalk, but thats just me. > As mentioned elsewhere, the old "10 year" rule is long irrelevant. > I think 1995 is a good general cut-off for a strictly time-based > threshold, but it's not a hard boundary - PPC Macs I would think > should still be in bounds. > > A softer rule would probably be "(nearly) anything goes except > nearly-current Windows PCs". If a machine can run WinXP, it's too > new. Also as mentioned, there are plenty of lists about modern PCs.

For PC’s, being able to run WinXP is an interesting cutoff, and I think makes sense.