Wrong Way:New Definiton REQUIRED

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Nov 18 22:14:37 1997

From: bill_r_at_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
Received on Tue Nov 18 1997 - 22:14:37 GMT