We used to shun anything newer than and including the IBM PC but
time.marches on. You're safe if you discuss systems produced before 1990.
After that put an OT in the front of your subject so as not to offend the
purists. Personally I think anything built after 1995 is too new for
cctalk, but thats just me.
As mentioned elsewhere, the old "10 year" rule is long irrelevant.
I think 1995 is a good general cut-off for a strictly time-based
threshold, but it's not a hard boundary - PPC Macs I would think
should still be in bounds.
A softer rule would probably be "(nearly) anything goes except
nearly-current Windows PCs". If a machine can run WinXP, it's too
new. Also as mentioned, there are plenty of lists about modern PCs.
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
For PC’s, being able to run WinXP is an interesting cutoff, and I
think makes sense.
Another possible exception for banning XP:
I think that the OQO is interesting enough to call for inclusion.
It is a handheld, running XP. Screen slides partway off to reveal a
keyboard.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected]
