Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

[Tony Duell]

> 
> On 9/1/06 7:37 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
> 
> > So how about, "If it's a computing device of some sort that isn't made
> > anymore, nor is there any commercial support to be had for it. Oh, and if
> > the computing device is capable of running Windows 95 or better, it's still
> > off topic."
> 
> VMS, UNIX, BSD, Linux, AIX, OS/390, zOS, CP/M, A/UX, Mac OS, OS-9, QNX,
> Solaris, IRIX, ...
> 
> All off-topic, now? They're all better than Win95, aren't they?

Oh, that's easy to fixe. Juat say anuthing capable of running Windows 95 
or _worse_ is off-topic.

But there's anohter problem. Any computer with sufficient storage (either 
RAM or disk space which could simulate RAM) could run an emulator that 
could then run Windows 95 (or whatever). Sure it may take a couple of 
years to get to the statup screen, but a PDP11 with some kind of 
graphical output, or a PERQ, or ... is technuically _capable_ of running 
sai OS. Of course nobody would suggest doing it, but I'd hate it for all 
those fine machines to be declared non-classic.

-tony