I will have to admit that, until I joined the CC list in 1997 when it was first launched by Bill Whitson (anyone ever heard from him since he last posted about sticking razorblades to the underside of his dashboard to thwart thieves, which apparently worked?) I didn't have much knowledge about computers before 1980, and I was amazed to learn that the first computers were being built in the 1930s (to say nothing of Charles Babbage's work in the 1830s). I was pretty much a neophyte of computer history. However, I quickly became interested in all machines of all eras after joining the mailing list.
Sellam On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 11:05 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Chris, > That was me saying after 1990, within the context that one should start > thinking "is this on topic" if the thing is any newer, and I gave some > examples of then it would be and not so much be in my opinion. I also > mentioned that to high school kids interested in vintage computers, their > *start* point is 1990 many of them based on what I have seen at Kennett > Classic museum. They're interested in much newer stuff. Also, smartphones > and devices, not just computers. > > But for this list, as we are today, we're vintage of the 8-bit era vintage > computer hobbyist. > > b > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 1:52 PM Chris via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > So Jay West doesn't own the list anymore? Since when was the cutoff > > declared to be 1990? No one is in charge here? What if a revolution takes > > place? Who will martial the forces to put ot down and hang all the > > imsurgents? >
