Old 8-bits are fun. All you need is a television generally and you're ready to go. Power it up, drop into BASIC, and start doing stuff.
With a PC you need a keyboard, a monitor, a mouse probably, a desktop, some software, etc. How cumbersome. And uninteresting. And boring. Maybe not the greatest comparison but that's why I don't come to the ClassicCmp maillist expecting PC discussions. Sellam On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 11:22 PM Chris via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Ok for cbm and atari yes I'm familiar with most of those. I meant in > general. And specifically where would you go for server related discussions > for pII through socket 771? Every classic/vintage forum seems to adhere to > a classic in it's own right (but perhaps totally valid) definition of > obsolete hardware and software. Remember before this stuff was classic it > was overwhelmingly considered to be obsolete junk. Win98/2000/XP has been > moderately collectible for a while. Don't care what category it falls into. > Socket 775 stuff is more or less just obsolete junk. There's a grouping > between and contemporary somewhat with those 2 and that's the early-ish > server class, which no one may _ever_ care much about, because it's > comparitively rare (few can relate) and lacks agp, so less then ideal for > gaming. So where do I go for those discussions? > > As an aside 2000+\- beige boxes have become pretty collectible, and the > larger server cases like an Inwin A500 has a chassis that slides out. Real > nifty. It'll take a full size ssi-eeb mobo, and standard atx. If someone > gets their hands on 1 they'll likely toss the serverboard and replace it > with something more appropriate for gaming. > > On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 01:49:24 AM EST, Jim Brain via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 12/21/2022 12:28 AM, Chris via cctalk wrote: > > I keep hearing allusions to many forums. I think there are very few. I > don't do FB. > > There are many web forums. Just for CBM, there's lemon 64, vcforum, > atariage (yes, CBM on atariage), denial, Everything 64, and 6502.org > handles a few things. If you can grok German, there's forum64.de > > Mailing lists include cbm-hackers. > > Apple, TI, Atari all have similar. AtariAge handles all of them > nominally. Retro Hackers also handles multiple. > > Jim > > >
