Subj : age required for classic comp
To   : Fernando Miculan
From : Grant Weasner
Date : Mon Apr 14 2025 21:52:13

  Re: age required for classic comp
  By: Fernando Miculan to Grant Weasner on Wed Apr 09 2025 21:24:38

Hi Fernando,

 > El martes 08 de abril de 2025, Grant Weasner le escribi˘ a Fernando Miculan:
 >
 >  GW> I think 8080, 8088, 268, 386, 486 are there. I was happy to hear that
 >  GW> i568 core 1 is there, just because I have one of them :).
 >  GW> My wife looked up the price of the motherboard for the Dell Optiplex
 >  GW> GMT 5133, and that alone was $179. I'm not trying to sell my old
 >  GW> gear,
 >  GW> but some day I'm sure she will have to deal with my pile of old
 >  GW> computers.
 >  GW> I really wish I had some of my old system, 8088, 386, 486, apple IIc.
 >  GW> The 386dx I had, I upgraded to the 486, so really I had the case of
 >  GW> the 386dx with a 486 in it.
 >
 > Of course!. The 586 and Pentium would also be considered classic computers. Actually, one sets the boundary between what's
 > classic
 > and what's not according to their own perspective. :)

Probably correct. I used to work with an old guy that was a mainframe operator, and I'm sure he wouldn't consider 586 classic. Well he probably wouldn't consider it at all.

I like to hear what people have to say about classic/retro systems. I know outside of the computing relm Cassett tapes are now retro/clasic. So you are on the mark with classic being ones perspective.

So many knew people considering systems from a time before they were born, or at least when they were very young coming into the space and being excited about it.

I get happy when I hear a 586 is considered by others as retro/classic. My old Dell is slow, and has those older sounds and takes a longer to complete post that a 10 year old laptop. Now my 586 doesn't have the feel of whats in my memory of my 386, but I only have my memory to go off of.

If the enthusiasm for retro/classic systems persists for another 15 years, maybe my children or other young people might get excited about a time from the past, and get as much or more out of it than I did.

Modern computer has so much to offer, but in some ways for me is getting abstracted more and more to the point where its different so different its not even comparable, or near as much of a wonder as it was years ago in the class/retro days.

We can go back with computers to the retro days and at this point because its been long enough it is once again an adventure, and a challenge like it was when they came out.

 > Sorry, but my english is not good. :(

take care
bbsing

P.S. You're english is great.
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