Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
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Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:32 PM
Subject: RE: Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system



> A serious problem indeed.  My personal opinion is that classiccmp's format
> itself of using a plain email list is a big part of the obstacle our hobby
> will soon face, re: our breed becoming extinct, if we're already on the
> endangered list.  For the most part I strongly prefer the simple email
list,
> and I think most people here agree.  But communities like the web forum at
> www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum and the group blog at
> http://community.livejournal.com/vintagecomputer/ are growing faster than
> classiccmp, at least to my perception.  Why?

Probably because most people are visual creatures and anything on the WWW
can have pictures attached and are easily searchable via Google. A Google
search for a specific item will show hits on the vcforum and most likely the
livejournal site you listed, but nothing would come up for an email list. My
preference for searches starts doing a specific search using Google via the
WWW, if that does not get a good hit I will then try Google on the
newsgroups, if I still have no luck I might try matching up the model number
on Google images and hunt there. My next try is doing a less specific search
(still using google) for the manufacturer and that usually turns up plenty
of websites and forums. If all else fails I look for email lists that cater
to the subject and join, hoping nobody bites my head off when I post a
question (same as with newsgroups).