On Dec 20, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Chris via cctalk
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> wrote:
> >
> > Specifically as pertaining to old/vintage/classic/retro compuing
> discussion, what exactly is on topic? On top of my head as a for
> imstance I
> have some questions pertaining to Windows 2003 and socket 603/604.
> Something tells me that doesn't qualify, so it behooves me to ask.
>
> The original rule, back around ’96/97 was anything older than 10
> years was
> on-topic. I think the idea behind that is still valid, but these
> days a 10
> year old system isn’t that much different from a current one. I
> think at
> one point someone suggested it should be shifted to 20+ years.
Maybe it should be "Before Moore's Law was over." Processors hit 3 GHz
about twenty years ago, and haven't gotten any faster.