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|    Dave Drum to Fernando Miculan    |
|    age required for classic    |
|    08 Apr 25 04:50:43    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 1180.fido_classicc@1:124/5016 2c5a2c0f       REPLY: 4:902/19.40 67f45382       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/7dd9d919a Apr 07 2025 GCC 13.3.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.24-Linux master/7dd9d919a Apr 07 2025 GCC 13.3.0       BBSID: EOTLBBS       CHRS: CP437 2       -=> Fernando Miculan wrote to Grant Weasner <=-               FM> Hello Grant!               FM> El viernes 04 de abril de 2025, Grant Weasner le escribi˘ a All:               GW> I have some desktops.        GW> I'm wondering the age a computer should be to be considered classic?               FM> Umm... depend. 10 or 15 years old must be suficient, but classic        FM> original is 286, 386 and 486. Is my opinion. :)              Age should be less of a factor thaan archicecture. What of the 8086 mother       boardss? Or the Motoroola 680?                     ... Mainframe: The biggest PC peripheral you can buy.       === MultiMail/Win v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux        * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 19/25 38 50 105/81 106/201 987 124/0 5014 5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/305 130/330 153/7715 154/10 110 218/700 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 111 114 206 275 300 307 317 400 426 428 470 664 700       SEEN-BY: 229/705 266/512 280/464 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 387/18 25 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5075/35       PATH: 124/5016 396/45 229/426           |
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