Gordon wrote...
> Do you know what? I think I've finally
reached my "It's off-topic"
> saturation point.
To which Tony replied....
I'm gettign that way too...
and
I guess I'm a bit like you here. I like oddball
technology. When it comes
to computers, I like things like a calculator with no ALU or even an
adder. A calculator with a bit-serial CPU. A soft-microcoded workstation
processor. A 32016-based workstation with a bit-serial gtraphics
processor that was acvtually slower than doing the operations on the
32016. A home computer with both a Z80 and a 6809 inside. That sort of
thing.
And every one of those things you mention is on-topic, always has been, and
was never questioned. So what's the beef.
The thing is, though, this is Jay's list, and he
gets to say what goes on
here. And by the accepted rules of this list, a PC/XT is a classic
computer (yes, I have difficulty with that too).
I try to do so by building
consensus and almost always going with what the
majority wants. However, it occasionally seems that a very vocal minority
isn't happy unless everything is 100% the way they want. Screw that, I'm
tired of trying to please the last bit under the tail of the bell curve. And
for the record, I'm not a big fan of PC/XT anything being on topic. However,
I don't always go with what *I* think is "right". It's called trying to
get
along. Perhaps the vocal minority should attempt the same.
So add-ons for it are on-topic, whereas much fo what
you and I (and
apparently other list
members) are interested in is not.
Given that all the above stuff you listed is
on-topic I guess I don't see
the problem. Some of the stuff we have in common (like cars, cameras, etc)
isn't on-topic. There's other lists for that.
Jay