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 Message 1412 
 Alexander Grotewohl to Grant Weasner 
 Re: age required for classic comp 
 05 Apr 25 14:06:15 
 
TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47
MSGID: 1:120/616 547d7bf7
REPLY: 191.fidonet_classic_computer@1:138/397 2c5594c1
TZUTC: -0400
On 04 Apr 2025, Grant Weasner said the following...
 
 GW> I have some desktops.
 GW> 
 GW> I'm wondering the age a computer should be to be considered classic?

for P3/AMD stuff there were boards that had AGP, PCI _AND_ ISA still..
incredibly versatile for DOS with a Sound Blaster 16 and then on up to Windows
98 for some earlier Windows games.

i would draw the line at the availability of an ISA slot i think

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