2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
9:03 a.m.
At 07:04 PM 11/2/98 +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
Personally I don't have a problem if people want to discuss early PCs here.
I agree there are better forums for a lot of it, but as older styles of PCs,
say, VLB and EISA become more and more obselete, those other forums will
gradually know less and less about them, and they become more and more our
bailiwick. Personally I too find the discussions about old DEC mini's and
apple 2's to be of the most interest because I know something about those
machines, but I'm not willing to say we shouldn't discuss early PCs or Macs.
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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Yes, but fortunately the starting date doesn't move forwards as well. In
other words, OK, some 386 PCs with custom chips in them are now classics
on this list (I have a problem with saying that, BTW...).
I tend to agree with you. Discussion of ten-year-old IBM PC clones
isn't as interesting. Dare I cause a schism by suggesting that
the ten-year-rule be changed to "computers first made before 19xx?"
I'll leave the date open to debate. :-)
- John