18 Nov
1997
18 Nov
'97
2:14 p.m.
From: bill_r(a)inetnebr.com (Bill Richman)
<How about making the rule something to the effect of "Systems older
<than 20 years, or which were actively produced for less than _x_ (2?)
<years running" ? Too complicated? At least it would cover almost all
<of the "unique" machines. If they were made for more than 2 years,
Really. Lets see the LINC was over twenty years ago and made for more
than two years. There are very few of them. Back then (64-66ish) a
couple dozen were a lot of any machine! It would also eliminate the
Altair, Imsai, KIM-1, PDP-8 and a few others.
It doesn't work.
Allison