Rumor has it that Hans Franke may have mentioned these words:
...Asking me about the 'huge' old disks and
showing
complete surprise when I pulled an 8". Even having a hard time to
understand the idea of 3" disks :))
I now keep a box of 8" disks on my desk just for that purpose - even though
I've never owned a computer that actually used 'em. ;-)
To conclude this (on my side), for me freedom is more
important than any
pure dogma, rules are to avoide problems, not to curb freedom, and no
rule should be made just out of momentary feelings.
Yes, but what if that freedom *is* the problem? One of the things that have
been stated by not only the original creator of the list (anyone remember
his name? Sellam; Tony; Me (yes, me - this is a trivia question after
all... ;-) a handful of others, but many folks on the list only know Jay as
the list-marm) and Jay both have stated that this list should never
degenerate to a "WinTel support list." And also, *IMHO* any Linux kernel
version newer than... say... 1.3.x is also too new to be considered "classic."
If this is truly what's happening now, then I think the list won't be
nearly as active (or subsequently, interesting) WRT the older machines.
And properly used (and as hard as it comes for me to
advocate this),
Pentiums are by now quite fine on this list.
Ah, but only Jay has the power to set policy - if he states that Pentiums
are off-topic for the list, then "so geht es Ihnen."[1]
[1] Auf English: "That's the way it goes."
See? I still remember a [very] little of my Deutsch... :-)
IMHO, what I'd like to see is a ballpark rule (15 years would be my "sweet
spot") but allow/disallow families of computers if they're deemed "odd"
enough to be instant classics. My Amiga (by the 10-year-rule) is still
off-topic, having been built in '98.
Jay? Is it time to rethink the list charter, or should we all STFU?
;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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