24 Jan
2012
24 Jan
'12
8:10 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of David Riley
Sent: 24 January 2012 02:23
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: defining 'vintage'
On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
All rules have exceptions?
> 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?
Yes. Just say, "No PC clones running Windows."
How hard is that?
Saying it is easy. Getting people to believe it is
another
thing. "But... but it's running, like, Windows 95. Isn't
that vintage? Seems like your sort of thing."
I guess that Windows 1.0 might be of interest to some people, and what about
OS/2 that ran Windows programs...
- Dave