Subj : age required for classic
To   : Fernando Miculan
From : Dave Drum
Date : Wed Apr 09 2025 04:32:00

-=> Fernando Miculan wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 FM> Hola Dave!

 FM> El martes 08 de abril de 2025, Dave Drum le escribi˘ a Fernando
 FM> Miculan:

 GW>> I have some desktops.
 GW>> I'm wondering the age a computer should be to be considered
 GW>> classic?
 FM>> Umm... depend. 10 or 15 years old must be suficient, but classic
 FM>> original is 286, 386 and 486. Is my opinion. :)
 DD> Age should be less of a factor thaan archicecture. What of the 8086
 DD> mother boardss? Or the Motoroola 680?

 FM> Very Old Classics. XD

Of which I currently own ZERO. Since I made a rookie mistake and hot-swapped
printer cables on my Amiga 4000. Fried the CIA chip ... which is surface
ounted
in the 4000 instead of being socketed. And my soldering skills were/are not up
to replacing surface mount components.


.... Amiga made it possible. Commodore made it dead.
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