Definition of Obsolete... (was: Re: gauging interest in VAX 6000-530

From: Mike Cheponis <mac_at_Wireless.Com>
Date: Mon Oct 25 19:45:18 1999

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Mike Cheponis may have mentioned these words:

>>Sure, if the old stuff works, why change? (Even if it -is- obsolete!)
>>It does indeed make sense.

> I can honestly say that is where you and I differ greatly: the definition
> of "obsolete."

My dictionary's first definition says "No longer in use OR in fashion".
Clearly, CoCos are no longer "in fashion". PCs and Macs are "in fashion".

> My CoCo3 is *not* obsolete. It plays Rogue wonderfully (the PC port sucked

Perhaps you are using the 2nd definition of "Obsolete": No longer used
or useful, because of outmoded design or construction, or because of
hard ware, like an obsolete locomotive.

So, in the end, I think we agree. It's just English ambiguity nailing us.

> [[BTW, just to clear things up - in a previous post you mentioned "and why
> more and more L2 cache is onboard the PIII modules." Hate to tell you this,
> but the PII & PIII's *never* changed their cache size or (relative) speed.
> 512K Level2 Cache, running at 1/2 clock speed of the processor. The Xeon
> processors (both PII & PIII versions) come in 512K, 1M & 2M cache sizes
> that run at the processor clock speed.]]

Clearly, I meant the Xeon, and I thought that was clear from context. I'll
be more specific next time.

> Just my $0.0000000000002 (USD),
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger

-mac
Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 19:45:18 BST