28 Aug
2006
28 Aug
'06
7:13 a.m.
Am 28 Aug 2006 9:39 meinte Evan Koblentz:
>>> I think that this just squeaks in as
being on topic.
Granted, this is the on- and off-topic list, vs.
cctech as frequently (and
recently!) noted here. But having said that, and at the risk of starting
the you-know-what conversation, I * strongly * disagree with putting
"Pentium" (or anything newer than most computers based on a 286/386) into
the on-topicness of classiccmp. I know this is supposed to be a vaguely
family-friendly list and all, but as for the fucking 10-year-rule, I say
let's fucking throw it away and never fucking bring it up again.
Chronological rules don't work because of Moore's Law.
Well, I could add quite some apropriate German words her (and Schwein
wouldn't be among :), but for the sake of all the thousands little kids
monitoring the list, lets go without.
You know, basicly I realy do go along with your intention. Except, the
10 year rule is not about whats on topic, it's in case of doubt to tell
exactly what's _NOT_ topic of the list. It's about definitive exclusion.
It does not make stuff older than 10 years automatic classic.
The few exemptens, like recreations and new hardware for real old stuff,
are usualy also not in dispute.
Now, having said that, or I should say I did go along - more or less
until the last posing - when I realized how outdated a Pentium already
is, and what simple fun it was to tune it - going all from just changing
the bus speed from 50 to 60 MHz until building a water cooling system
with a massive silver CPU pice - if you go there, you should go with
better thermal transport than just Al or Cu :))
Also, recently I had to learn, that it becomes be a problem to keep
a certain socket 7 system (aka Pentium P5/P54C) working for museum
purpose.
TIme might pass faster than one thought.
Gruss
H.
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