20 Dec
2001
20 Dec
'01
2:53 p.m.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
At least in my case, other than a brief stint with a TRS-80, I've been a
PC user since day one (of me using a computer). Thus PCs are old hat and
mundane to me. Generally, I want to have the newest/fastest/biggest stuff
on my PC.
I retrocompute because there exist different computing cultures out there
than the one in which I developed. Each has its own luring force;
folklore and 'exotic' (to a PC user) hardware and software are common
draws. Newest/fastest/biggest is not a concern here; it is more important
for me to capture a computer in a historically accurate configuration.
Some of the stuff that interests me is not >=10 years old, but you've got
to draw the line somewhere to define what cmps can be classic.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
I had sort of
gotten the impression that PCs don't count on this
list.
I guess the reason mauy of the regulars here don't talk about PCs much
is that we feel there are some rather better machines around :-)