Age cutoff, was: Recommendations for operating system

[Tony Duell]

> I would like to add the caveat that if, say, someone is using a
> hyper-super modern number-crunching x86 PC to do DSP-stuff
> for the express purpose of doing data recovery from DECtapes
> or 7-track magtape from 40 years ago, that IS INTERESTING and
> probably on-topic. Not so much for exactly what the modern
> computer is, but more for what it does and how it gives a window
> into the old media.

I would agree (and I seem to remember similar 'exemptions' under the 10 
year rule). The idea of using a modern comptuer as a tool to help with 
preservation of old software/data seems 100% on-topic. As would be using 
such a machine as, say, a mass storage device for an old computer (so we 
can talk about TU58 emulators here, even if they run on modern PCs). 

-tony