It's been a hell of a week!, er WEEKS, MONTHS! VERY OT

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Jim Leonard wrote:

> Ed Kelleher wrote:
> > How many flavors under each of these?
> > 8080
> > 6800
> > 6502
> > 68000
> > DEC PDP8
> > DEC PDP10
> > DEC PDP11, QBus, Unibus
> > DG Nova, Eclipse
> > HP??
> > IBM - forgettaboutit.
>
> Why the stigma against IBM?  Is the Model 5150 not "old" enough?  Or is it
> because that its grandchildren are still in use today?  (This question isn't
> directed squarely at you, but at everyone on this list who feels the same way
> -- again, not passing judgement, just trying to understand why (mostly)
> everyone on this list seems to hate "peecees")

I think it's a bit of a stretch to say people here "hate" PCs.  It
probably has more to do with the OS running on them.

For certain, most PCs are just off-topic.  And for the ones that aren't,
the vast majority are just plain boring.  There are a wealth of machines
that are--to me at least--much more worthwhile to explore.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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