[vcf-midatlantic] IBM PC near-compatibles

[Jim Scheef]

Herb,
I have to agree. Booting DOS and watching Tandy, Wang, Zenith or HP appear 
in the copyrights is pretty much where the thrill ends. Unless, of course, 
you can find software ported to the platform and most of that is 
business-oriented. The fact that this hobby is less popular than baseball 
is probably not a big surprise. :-) In fact we may have taken up the hobby 
because we can't play baseball.
Jim



On Tue, 24 Oct 2017, Ethan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ethan via vcf-midatlantic
>     <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org>
> To: Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic
>     <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org>
> Cc: Ethan <telmnstr at 757.org>, Herb Johnson <hjohnson at retrotechnology.info>
> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] IBM PC near-compatibles
> 
>> can you point me to an exciting YouTube video of a  PC non-compatible? What 
>> is exciting about a box with a keyboard, and a CGA or VGA or EGA monitor?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLnTAYMMLOc    Only has 60K views versus the 
> newer stuff which gets 250K+ quickly IIRC
>
> (LGR has a lot of good videos)
>
>> It may be technically interesting if it has advanced graphics or faster 
>> speed (Compaqs draw some interest). It might be visually interesting if the 
>> case styling is unique. Those provide "interesting" attributes, but videos 
>> are not needed for those.
>
> I see the videos as the gateway that the newer crowd is finding out about the 
> retro stuff.
>
> 			- Ethan
>

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