Subj : age required for classic comp
To   : Fernando Miculan
From : Grant Weasner
Date : Tue Apr 08 2025 20:31:55

  Re: age required for classic comp
  By: Fernando Miculan to Grant Weasner on Mon Apr 07 2025 22:32:02

 > Hello Grant!
 >
 > El viernes 04 de abril de 2025, Grant Weasner le escribi˘ a All:
 >
 >  GW> I have some desktops.
 >  GW> I'm wondering the age a computer should be to be considered classic?
 >
 > Umm... depend. 10 or 15 years old must be suficient, but classic original is 286, 386 and 486. Is my opinion. :)

Hi Fernando,

I think 8080, 8088, 268, 386, 486 are there. I was happy to hear that i568 core 1 is there, just because I have one of them :).

My wife looked up the price of the motherboard for the Dell Optiplex GMT 5133, and that alone was $179. I'm not trying to sell my old gear, but some day I'm sure she will have to deal with my pile of old computers.

I really wish I had some of my old system, 8088, 386, 486, apple IIc.

The 386dx I had, I upgraded to the 486, so really I had the case of the 386dx with a 486 in it.
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
 * Origin: Lunar Outpost - lunarout.synchro.net (1:138/397)

.