Re: What is vintage (was: Why don't you respect the mail threads?!)

[Evan Koblentz via cctalk]

Sounds like some people need to adjust their sarcasm meters. Guys: BILL 
WAS JOKING because the topic was about threadjacking.

Re: What is vintage (was: Why don't you respect the mail threads?!)

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

> 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 something like that count?

When the list was formed, it was defined as 20 years.  Of course now, the list 
itself is over 20 years old.

Zane

Re: What is vintage (was: Why don't you respect the mail threads?!)

[Fred Cisin via cctalk]

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 ~> vintage"??
I can't tell them apart since the 1970s!
Yes, I can tell the difference between the bumpers of 1973 Honda V 1974, 
but only because i was working on them.
In the 1960s, there were some more interesting cars: The Honda S800 (not 
imported to USA) was a 2 seater sports car that was a poor man'd 
Ferrari - a design exercise that got out of hand and went into 
production, with dual OHC, roller bearing, (even distributor shaft), 9.5K 
(conservatively) redline.
Meanwhile, the Toyota 800 was a very similar body with barely more than a 
lawn mower engine.   When competing, the question was whether the race 
would be long enough to be decided by speed or DNF.




Does something like that count?


NO!

long time ago, some claimed that the definition for this list (a claim 
rejected by list management) was "ten years".


Today, I might agree with 27 years, but next year I would want an 
increment.


Although I consider PC to be fun, I'm not sure that I could agree with 
calling it "vintage".




If John Titor is around, I will supply a 5100 (APL AND BASIC) and a good 
investment portfolio in exchange for ONE-WAY back 55 years.  Payment 
arranged after arrival.   I'll take the long way part-way home.



--
Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com

Re: What is vintage (was: Why don't you respect the mail threads?!)

[Grant Taylor via cctalk]

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

Re: What is vintage (was: Why don't you respect the mail threads?!)

[Fred Cisin via cctalk]

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, . . .

What is vintage (was: Why don't you respect the mail threads?!)

[Bill Degnan via cctalk]

What is vintage computing?

I think it's the IBM PC.  Anything else is not vintage computing.

 b

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> It's gone meta: people threadjacking a thread about threadjacking. Now
> it's some posters trying to show others who is smartest about arcane
> details of obsolete email software.
>