Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

[woodelf]

Evan Koblentz wrote:

>>>>> if it's a computing device of some sort, and it isn't made anymore, it
> should be on topic.

> That's preposterous.  People may be sick of my favorite analogy (cars), but
> you're suggesting that we allow, say, discussion of a 2005 Dodge Neon onto
> an antique cars list simply because it's been discontinued for 2006.

The age cut off is about 1985 for most of the computers talked about on the
list from my view point. The only new computer I have seen that fits my classic
view-point of having a front-panel or not a consumer market computer( read PeeCees)
is the SBC1620.