I don't mind old PC/MAC posts as long as they are geared towards the more
esoteric hardware. "I can't get my monitor to work on my Performa 400" is
probably the wrong question to ask in this forum, but "Anyone know how to
access the LCD panel on an Apricot 486?" is just wierd enough.
We could have a "recomended" models covered list for Macs, and maybe divvy
up the PC compatables by bus type/processor. I'd say EISA and MCA based PC's
are odd enough to be covered by classiccmp, especially because most
manufacturers that made the cards are gone or don't support them anymore.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 12:11 PM
Subject: YADA10YR (Yet Another Discussion About the 10 Year Rule)
> It has been a while since we've gone through this again, but this has to
> be probably the 8th time...
>
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Tillman, Edward wrote:
>
> > Has anyone actually tried to scale "on-topic" into something we can wrap
our
> > arms around? Once upon a time, I was told that any platform carrying a
> > version of Windows was off topic. What of my DEC SL486DX with DOS 5.0,
> > WIndows 3.1 and Office 4.0? The DEC manufacturer's tag clearly shows a
> > manufacture date of 1991 (so did some of the files I cleaned out of
it...).
> > A DEC recovery service tag also clearly shows a complete overhaul in
1993.
> > Is it on-topic by year of manufacture, but off-topic because of its
onboard
> > applications? What applies? What doesn't?
>
> The bottom line is this: do you really want to trudge through a bunch of
> boring discussions about PCs and Windows?
>
> I certainly do not.
>
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Received on Thu Sep 04 2003 - 12:44:00 BST