> Richard wrote....
> > You mean we can't talk about Windows 95? Its vintage, baby.
To which I replied...
> Nope.
To which Richard replied...
Its 10 years old. I thought that was the
requirement for "on topic",
or are we going to get snooty about *which* 10 year old things we can
talk about?
Back up just a second here. You're saying anything which doesn't meet what
YOU THOUGHT the rule was, is snooty?
Apparently I need to be much more vocal in expressing the guidelines. Or
Well, it's your list, and you can therefore decide what is, and is not,
on topic here. But have the rules changed without me knowing it?
The original charter did say simply 'A classic computer is one that's at
least 10 years old ' Nothing more, nothing less. Yes, there was at least
one debate in the early days of the list as to whether that meant a
machine where the _design_ was at least 10 years old, or a machine that
had been produced at least 10 years ago.
more specifically, I need to slap myself for not
updating the list
charter/FAQ so that new people to the list just assume they know the scoop.
My bad, I have been remiss for too long!
The rule for on-topicness is NOT simply anything over 10 years. I'm sorry I
have not repeated this since some of the newer members joined the list, so
they assume anything over 10 years goes. That is not the case. There are
many things over 10 years that are not on topic. There are a few things less
Well, leaving out things that are clearly not computer-related, even if
over 10 years old, what are you thining of here?
Somebody else suggested that the machine must be inovative or something
like that. Does that mean the PDP11/34 is off-topic? There's little in
that machine that wasn't in earlier PDP11s. Is the TRS-80 Model 3
off-topic (it's a Model 1 in an all-in-one case with minor changes --
I've had Model 3 BASIC running on a Model 1 ...). Are all PETs after the
2001 off-topic? And so on. This would seem to be impossible to administer.
I don't want this list to become yet-another-Windows-list of course. But
now I am confused as to what is, and is not, on-topic.
-tony