YADA10YR (Yet Another Discussion About the 10 Year Rule)

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Sep 4 13:56:00 2003

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> Personally I've always considered there to be a "Coolness" clause to the
> 10-year rule. Which covers stuff like SGI's, NeXT (I guess they're all
> finally on topic now), and even really cool PC hardware (the SGI
> VW320/540's would probably fall under this clause).

True, coolness factor counts for a lot. I guess the bottom line is that
if someone is getting way too PC, they'll hear about it from others.

> I really don't want to trudge through a bunch of PC and Windows
> discussions here, but I've got to admit that if I ever find the time to
> setup a DOS box like I've been wanting to, I'll probably have a few
> questions (it's been over 10 years since I really did anything with DOS),
> and I'll probably ask them here.

As with everything, with enough time passed, even DOS and Windows will be
interesting to discuss. Just not right now.

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