24 Jan
2012
24 Jan
'12
8:29 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Jules Richardson wrote:
There are, of course, many interesting machines that were designed or
built after the IBM PC. Some of them even had 80c86 processors...
Hmm, have people on here ever found a *sensible*
way of defining our
interests such that it's obvious we're *not* interested in that x86 clone
PC running Windows that you bought in 2002 and have just unearthed in your
garage?
Y'mean it's NOT "10 years old" (to the nearest month)?
or "Pre August 1981"? "Must NOT be Y2K compliant!"
Actually, a fair numbero of vitnage computers don't have real time clocks
at all (or a dated filesystem), so they have no concept of the year.
Those are surely Y2K compliant.
I think the simnplest solution is, alas, to look at anything offered. If
it's of use (even if not a 'vintage' machine by any reasonable
definition, then accept it with thanks. If it's not, then politely
explain why it's not the sort of thing you collect, but do ask if there's
anyything else around (at least once the donor has said 'Oh, I didn't
think anyone would want that old stuff', and then been given a CP/M
machine)
-tony