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|    Lloyd Alexandre to Mortar M.    |
|    Re: age required for classic comp    |
|    05 Apr 25 01:19:53    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48       MSGID: 1:153/151 ca774e0e       REPLY: 1169.fido_classicc@1:124/5016 2c55d2be       TZUTC: -0700        MM> > I'm wondering the age a computer should be to be considered classic?        MM>         MM> Ask 10 different people, you'll get 10 different answers.        MM>         MM> For me, I'd say anything before Intel's Core I series CPUs, which puts it        MM> before 2009.       I tend to agree with the pre-core series. To me its not so much about age, but       more about architecture changes. Which makes me wonder how long it would take       to get to the next step. I feel even with the core series, you can still use       modern operating systems, and can still use most software for a good period of       time. I imagine the next leap is when dedicated AI hardware is integrated into       our systems, and operation can be handled with AI, and I am not just talking       about copilot with windows.       I also feel the same way about game consoles. I still consider the HD era (aka       PS3 and up) to be not classic, and would take quite some time before it is       considered "classic". Again I think Ai in game consoles will be the next step,       and not just graphic frame generation, but how the game is played, like       customized story lines for each different player.              Lloyd (neoshock) sysop @ Vintage Pi BBS       vintagepi.asuscomm.com              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)        * Origin: Vintage Pi BBS vintagepi.asuscomm.com (1:153/151)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 19/10 104/119 105/81 106/201 120/616 128/187 129/305       SEEN-BY: 134/100 153/135 143 148 149 151 153 757 6809 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/50 110 218/700 840 220/10 20 90 221/1 6 360 226/18 30       SEEN-BY: 226/44 227/114 229/110 111 114 206 275 300 307 310 317 400       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 705 266/512 280/464 291/111 292/854       SEEN-BY: 301/1 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 902/26 2320/105 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 153/151 757 221/6 154/10 229/426           |
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