Rumor has it that Vintage Computer Festival may have mentioned these words:
>On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Jay West wrote:
>
> > > I have PCs running windows because I must, but I don't need the latest
> > > and greatest Microsoft offering, I am running Windows NT4.0 with Office
> > > 95 (which btw will soon be covered by the 10 year boundary :-).
> >
> > I expect the 10 year boundary for the list may be revised soon ;)
>
>Yeah, when was Windows 3.0 (i.e. the beginning of the end)? 1990 right?
>I think (any prior) makes a good general rule. Nice and easy to
>remember.
>
>Exceptions apply.
I hope so... else later CoCo3s would become offtopic.
[ahem... again ;-) ]
Personally, I don't have a problem with discussion re:
Win <= 3.0,
Linux (kernel) <= 1.0.x
[PC|MS]DOS <= 5.x
because getting those systems running could be a lot more challenging...
hell, even linux nowadays is "point-n-click setup ooey-GUI from the getgo."
(Well, if you don't count LinuxFromScratch -- I've been having a lot of fun
with that... ;-) )
Of course, if the revised charter excludes those, I can certainly live with
it. If the revised charter excludes my beloved CoCo3s... well... them's
fighten' wordz... :^>
[[ As an aside -- the list *itself* is "gettin' up there..." over 7 years
old now, if memory serves. How many of us "original dudez" are left... say,
within the first 20 or 30 subscribers... A show of hands, maybe? ;-)
Sellam, I see your hand is raised, mine's up as well... ]]
Oh, and has anyone heard anything recently (within the last year or so) WRT
Bill Whitson's status?
Maybe he'll show up mysteriously at VCFeast? Is it Friday yet??? ;-P
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Received on Tue Jun 15 2004 - 23:25:41 BST