Well in my mind, if it ain't a Babbage computer it is not vintage. Everything else is modern by that benchmark __. Sarcasm aside, for me there are two ways to look at this passion we all have, technical/academic and nostalgia/pop culture. I like both aspect and I am sure people's age has a big part to play in how they see these things!
From a technical perspective, it is fascinating to see the origins of mass storage with giant tape reels and washing machine sized fixed storage, but from a nostalgia perspective it means nothing to me.
I don't know anything about CMP but it sounds a bit like the scientific societies of the 1800s. On 8/16/21, 2:41 PM, "vcf-midatlantic on behalf of Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic" <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org on behalf of vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: While that explains why he has an issue with the IBM, it doesn't seem to explain the issue with VCF On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 1:50 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > saying this again....there was a real thing about the IBM PC and not > allowing it to be included in "vintage computing" as well as a lot of the > home computers, when this hobby first started. This view is still held by > the original guard of vintage computerians. That's why classic cmp does > not dwell long on the C-64, Amiga, Ataris, Apple, etc. Classic CMP is not > the place to ask "hey can someone here help me fix my 1541 drive..." > > The original vintage computer festivals did not allow IBM PCs to be > exhibited. > > Bill