> > Windows 2003 and XP is about as obsolete now as the IBM PC was in 1995. > Probably more so. XP is popular on Vogons but I'm sure considerably less > then 5% of computers actually host it. > > There's also the issue of beating a dead horse. There will always and > forever (and forever...) be some esoteric issue to discuss about some > bizzare and mostly unknown 8 bit system that 3 people on the whole of > planet earth own (now not to brag, but chances are there are a dozen or > less Northstar Dimension owners (never mind users) out there. And I'm > proud to be 1). Who am I going to discuss that with?? And a larger issue > is what? An even larger issue is why? Well I got plans ... > > Lists of this sort are about tech and used by people who love it. Windows > 11 is not germain to these conversations. But what about, and I'm just > putting this out there, making pre UEFI shtuff -on-? I don't even know > how I personally feel about such a delineation. But the suggestion is > there. Nostalgic weirdos like older tech. Yes often dang old. Now a > Thinkpad T60p doesn't exactly seem dang old. But it's pretty much dang > obsolete (can't remember what sort of firmware it has but the processor, > though 64 bit, is part of that hazy quasi transitional grouping that had > more similarities to a 32 bit chip). On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, > 10:05:06 PM EST, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, Chris via cctalk wrote: >> Well there doesn't seem to be a great deal of activity these days, I has >> thought the suggestion about relaxing the rules might need discussing. >> I know there are people still using Windows 2003 puters, or a near >> equivalent based on XP? But that's entirely irrelevant, as I'm quite >> sure you could find someone out there still utilizing an 8088/286/386. >> Of course that's the discretion of the sysop. As it stands there's at >> least 1 opinion for every ahole attached to the person who types on this >> board. Whateber. The way I see it dang obsolete shouldd be open for >> discussion. > > To summarize: "On-Topic" == "Dang obsolete" >
It seems that the previous list owner lost interest in this mailing list and turfed us over to someone else who doesn't really say anything some time ago. At least I think that's what happened. Nobody really said anything. So, can someone enlighten me on how to stop receiving mail from the list until the holidays and/or this discussion are over under the new regime? Regards, Peter Coghlan
