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Assunto:  Re: age required for classic comp
De:       Rug Rat
Data:     Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:53:43 +0000
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On Wed 11-Mar-2026  9:53p, Grant Weasner@1:138/397.0 said to Borax Man:
GW>   Re: Re: age required for classic comp
GW>   By: Borax Man to Fernando Miculan on Mon Apr 14 2025 00:43:39

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

GW> 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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