On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I for one obviously don't have a problem with having an official 'cool
> factor clause'. After all, then my DEC PWS 433au running OpenVMS would be
> ontopic, as would systems such as BeBox's and the like.
>
> I think as a whole, systems that aren't x86 based, or Mac's that are less
> than 10 years old have been considered to have suffecient 'coolness factor'.
> Besides, about all that seems to cover is UNIX workstations, and OpenVMS
> systems.
>
> Also, I think 'custom built' x86 systems that have been specifically built
> to emulate older hardware, such as a PDP-10 are almost ontopic.
I think as long as this doesn't become a Windows technical support forum
then we're fine.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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