On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Jay West via cctalk wrote:
The OP was being sarcastic. Please not this thread again.
. . . and a sarcastic response just further exacerbates the situation.
Sorry.
The OP was being sarcastic. Please not this thread again.
J
I SUCK at basic arithmetic.
But i'm stupidly fast with a slide rule.
I'm in between useless and obtuse!
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:56 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Zane Healy wrote:
>
>> I’ve started seeing toys (mainly action figures) from the
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
> Guzis via cctalk
> Sent: 26 February 2018 03:42
> To: allison via cctalk
> Subject: Re: What is vintage
>
> I thought vintage had to do with wine--and not necessa
Sounds like some people need to adjust their sarcasm meters. Guys: BILL
WAS JOKING because the topic was about threadjacking.
When the list was formed, it was defined as 20 years. Of course now, the list
itself is over 20 years old.
Sigh ... well if we're really have this conversation I maintain that
the present definition of "vintage", or at least how we see it over at
Vintage Computer Federation, is no longer
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Zane Healy wrote:
I’ve started seeing toys (mainly action figures) from the 80’s and
early 90’s in Antique Shops. :-(
When Erector sets switched from their mains powered motor with gears to a
plastic batter powerd, I wondered about the future of engineering in the
USA.
> On Feb 25, 2018, at 8:30 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> It make me laugh and cry when I see on craigslist "Antique Computer" and it
> is a C 64
I’ve started seeing toys (mainly action figures) from the 80’s and early 90’s
in Antique Shops. :-(
Zane
It make me laugh and cry when I see on craigslist "Antique Computer" and it
is a C 64
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> It could be argued that the industry was already going before that.
>
> How many remember
> Thinker Toys
> Kentucky Fried
> On Feb 25, 2018, at 6:35 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 02/25/2018 05:51 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
>> What is vintage computing?
>
> I think the Department of Motor Vehicle of my home state considers any cars
> over 25 years old to be historic ~> vintage.
>
> Does some
It could be argued that the industry was already going before that.
How many remember
Thinker Toys
Kentucky Fried Computers
Intergalactic Digital research
When the industry lost its sense of humor,
it was the beginning of the end.
THAT was the beginning of the end of "vintage".
Now, of course,
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 8:42 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I thought vintage had to do with wine--and not necessarily old.
>
> e.g. 2006 cabernet sauvignon.
>
> "Vintage computing" occurs when you figure out how many bottles you've
> drunk.
>
And here I was thinking
I thought vintage had to do with wine--and not necessarily old.
e.g. 2006 cabernet sauvignon.
"Vintage computing" occurs when you figure out how many bottles you've
drunk.
--Chuck
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
I know it has been discussed a billion times before...
My personal measure has nothing to do with the 20 year rule - I use the
introduction of the PC as the end of the Vintage era. IBM made the
computing industry standard and boring.
Anything p
I know it has been discussed a billion times before...
My personal measure has nothing to do with the 20 year rule - I use the
introduction of the PC as the end of the Vintage era. IBM made the
computing industry standard and boring.
Anything pre - 1982 is interesting, anything post 1982 is a bo
What is vintage computing?
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
I think the Department of Motor Vehicle of my home state considers any cars
over 25 years old to be historic ~> vintage.
Which aspects do you consider the DMV to be competent in?
Is a 1983 car really "historic ~>
On 02/25/2018 09:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
>> What is vintage computing?
>> I think it's the IBM PC. Anything else is not vintage computing.
>
> Frankly, I'm shocked.
>
> I could have understood, if you were to have chosen Atari, Super
On 02/25/2018 05:51 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
What is vintage computing?
I think the Department of Motor Vehicle of my home state considers any
cars over 25 years old to be historic ~> vintage.
Does something like that count?
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
What is vintage computing?
I think it's the IBM PC. Anything else is not vintage computing.
Frankly, I'm shocked.
I could have understood, if you were to have chosen Atari, Superbrain,
Commodore 64, or Coleco Adam. Anything other than those
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