> Well this list used to be good, now it has degenerated into 80%+ noise.
depends - I'll like it more every day.
> I joined the list some time ago because it was a means to get information
> about some of the old computers I have collected, hardware and software
> wise. This list no longer serves that purpose.
Depends waht you think information is - if it's just about
some date, most searchbots will give you faster information
(heaps). But if its about living knowledge the list is great.
I'm talking to people, not a database - and the asociative
search engine here delivers very interesting, related things
beside just numbers. In fact, most of all questions I ever had
to get information of a special kind from the listended up
nowhere, but I recived _very_ interesting implications about
the information I needed (And I'm still searching for a second
Commodore B500 and who owns the ROM rights on the KIM-1).
> What does a 64 bit Z80 have to do with old computers
It's an idea with some relations to the past (you know,
the good old times) wich imples a lot about fundamental
things. And if People are arguing about, it can't be realy
OT (even I belive it was just a troll).
> What does gripes about EBay have to do about old computers
Now come on - where you living ? eBay is a mayor place for
trade of our old stuff. Hey, this is on topic as on topic
can ever be. That are actual problems of collecting.
> What does a modern college education have to do with old computers
See the fist one - just a good old time thing - AND a
never ending question if we are the last generation able
to build a computer from scratch, even including the CPU.
> I have been watching closely what has been comming though and I have found
> that by just looking at the heading I trash 95% of all messages, spot
> checks have shown me that there is nothing worth while reading.
Reading just the headers is missleading - very missleading.
I did it sometimes, especialy when they where talking about
DEC stuff, where I have no personal link, even no information
about, and before I even realized I passed some _very_ interesting
themes - nobody can reflect complex things in just a header.
I've learned my lesson - now I peek at least inside _every_
message.
> Go back and re-read what this list was supposed to be about.
Hmm ever noticed that the FAQ is very vague about it ?
Maybe because a living list was intendet, not a list where
no talks at all are happening, because nobody is able to
say soooo important things that the holy charter will grant
him the right to post ?
> 99% of useful information I now get is off other peoples web sites.
Good for you. Single source information is always bad.
Gruss
H.
I beg for excuse for some cynic parts, but I cant withstand
my nature, especialy when its abaut regualtions.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Tue Oct 27 1998 - 08:22:24 GMT