21 Jan
1999
21 Jan
'99
10:30 a.m.
Actually,
that's not true. If that's what we are discussing here in 2007,
I'll be looking for a list with a charter to discuss computers at least
20 years old. As it is, I already would like to see the charter amended to
exclude all IBM-compatible x86 systems, but there are some people that
Personally, I'd include the IBM PC (5150) and maybe the XT (5160),
portable (5155) and AT (5170). Like it or not, they had a significant
impact on computing. But I don't think I'll ever think of a generic
PC-clone, no matter how old, as a 'classic'.
> actually LIKE the damned things, so it's apparently not going to happen.
Eric
-tony