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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, woodelf wrote: GAK! >>>>>>>>> I did not write the above, Sellam did :-) Communication technology failed us. Well, many old machines, like the 1950's LGP-30, don't have *any* blinking lights. My LGP-21 POWER, STOP, START, I/O pushbuttons. Only three of them light. None blink. It's old. I think 10 yrs is as fine as anything, for now. Personally (my personal preference, not a judgement call) is anything in a beige box is landfill (I make rare exceptions). Hypothetically, in 5, 10, 15 years when the DEC crowd (bulk of the list) has been replaced with Microsoft products, I won't be here. That stuff bores me to tears. I realize others stay up at night fantasizing over it. Each their own perversions. Another alternative to the 10-year rule is something with a specific cutoff date, and an entirely subjective sloppy exceptions list. Personally, I'd be happy with the list utterly excluding Microsoft and Apple products wider than 8 bits (8088 is 16 bits). Or maybe two [four] lists, vintage Dos/Win (actually, that might fly anyways) and the crustier stuff separate. Not very seriously, you could say any computer that consumes < 5 amps at the line cord is excluded, but then there's the LGP-21 again -- 300 watts. Tom Jennings &lt;tomj(a)wps.com&gt;