22 Jan
1999
22 Jan
'99
4:15 a.m.
> On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Current machines aren't like that at all. So I am wondering if there will
> > be any '10 year old' machines in 2009 or whenever. I bet some of us are
> > still discussing PDP11s and PDP8s and PERQs and CDCs and.... in that year :-)
> If someone has an honest question about a
10-year-old computer, by all
> means, let them ask. But, there isn't too much traffic on this list about
Oh sure. I am not trying to flame anyone for talking
about 10-year old
PCs. They are _certainly_ on-topic here.
My comments were more that I wonder if there will be
any 10-year old PCs
in the future. My guess is that a lot of the machines that we now
consider classic will still be running in 10 years time - they're made of
standard parts, repair manuals exist, etc. But will the current machines
still exist?
I think thee will. The nect generation will again be more complex
and less easy to understand. Just think, the IBM is some 15 years
old, now go abou half way back in time - A Super High Class PC
was a 486 with ISA slots and an ET4000 VGA - Already _way_way_
apart from the first PC, XT or AT - even way away from an AT386,
if you look at the motherboard design or the integration level.