• Re: age required for classic comp

    From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Grant Weasner on Thu Mar 12 10:53:43 2026
    On Wed 11-Mar-2026 9:53p, Grant Weasner@1:138/397.0 said to Borax Man:
    Re: Re: age required for classic comp
    By: Borax Man to Fernando Miculan on Mon Apr 14 2025 00:43:39


    I would consider a "classic computer" to be any computer which is, both
    in
    terms of hardware and software, quite different to what is running
    today,
    and is able to run old hardware and software which modern computers
    cannot.
    So I wouldn't consider my old desktop computer from 2009 "classic" as
    its
    not really that different to computers today, but the DOS PC's, which
    can
    run Windows 98, DOS, OPL3 midi and the like are, because they can do
    things
    new computers can't.

    That is a pretty good definition.

    Huh? What can new computers do that old computers can not? Also MIDI as a standard is still in use today...

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