>>>>> On the other hand, especialy you may agree that almost any kind of 94ish
PDA is vintage from todays view. Isn't it?
Yes, as no one (who is sane) uses a Newton or HP200LX for day-to-day business.
LOL, that kind of comment nearly got me attacked at the "10th anniversary of
the Newton" celebration at MIT last year. For safety I avoid the HP200 mailing
list entirely. :)
--- Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_siemens.com> wrote:
> Am 17 Nov 2004 8:17 meinte Computer Collector E-Mail Newsletter:
> > --- Ladyelec_at_aol.com wrote:
> > > Why not make it :
> > > 10 years: Vintage
> > > 20 years: classic
> > > 25 years: antique
> > > or something similar to that?
> > > Isa
>
> > The terms are too similar, people will just get more confused.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > All I intended to do when I started this discussion topic was to point out
> the
> > obsurdity of considering things like the Web and Pentiums as "vintage" (or
> any
> > other synonym). But then others observed back that I was being
> short-sighted
> > -- if you ignore that actual age, "vintage" just means "anything considered
> > obsolete by the mainstream," and that's a good enough answer for me. But I
> do
> > think that 15 years, not 10, is a better divider between what's just "old"
> and
> > what's truly vintage.
>
> Well, the important part was to get the off the actual stuff.
> Everything else is hard to do just by years. Shure, a 1994 PC
> might be about where you still may use it, and more important,
> might not look interesting at all from a colectors view. On
> the other hand, especialy you may agree that almost any kind
> 0f 94ish PDA is vintage from todays view. Isn't it?
>
> In fact, for VCFe the same 10 year limit is enfoced (exempts
> need very good reasoning). Everythin below is NADA, everything
> above up to everyones own judgement. So, I'm expecting PCs to
> show up soon.
>
> Gruss
> H.
> --
> VCF Europa 6.0 am 30.April und 01.Mai 2005 in Muenchen
> http://www.vcfe.org/
>
>
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