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|    Alexander Grotewohl to Grant Weasner    |
|    Re: age required for classic comp    |
|    05 Apr 25 14:06:15    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:120/616 547d7bf7       REPLY: 191.fidonet_classic_computer@1:138/397 2c5594c1       TZUTC: -0400       On 04 Apr 2025, Grant Weasner said the following...                GW> I have some desktops.        GW>         GW> I'm wondering the age a computer should be to be considered classic?              for P3/AMD stuff there were boards that had AGP, PCI _AND_ ISA still..       incredibly versatile for DOS with a Sound Blaster 16 and then on up to Windows       98 for some earlier Windows games.              i would draw the line at the availability of an ISA slot i think              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)        * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (1:120/616)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 104/119 105/81 106/201 120/616 128/187 129/305 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 50 110 218/700 220/10 20 90 221/6 226/18 30 44 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 111 114 206 275 300 307 310 317 400 426 428 470 664       SEEN-BY: 229/700 705 266/512 280/464 291/111 292/854 301/1 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 120/616 154/10 229/426           |
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