comp.sys.mac.vintage proposal, was Re: Apple II card for Macintosh PDS Slots

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

Your Name wrote:
> In article <dog_cow-1362429527@macgui.com>, D Finnigan
> <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
>> Steve Nickolas wrote:
>> > On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, osgeld wrote:
>> >> On Sunday, March 3, 2013 3:59:20 PM UTC-6, D Finnigan wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> If we could convince the Big-8 Management Board that a new group for
>> >>> old
>> >>> Macs would get traffic, we could certainly have our vintage Mac
>> >>> Usenet
>> >>> group! :-)
>> >>>
>> >>> comp.sys.mac.vintage
>> >>
>> >> I would use it
>> > 
>> > I'd prolly lurk there too, if EternalSeptember would carry it. xD
>> > 
>> > Not because I care about Macs but because I have a thing for 80s
>> > computer
>> > hardware.
>> 
>> Well then, I'll draft a proposal later this week and we'll see what
>> happens.
>> :-)
> 
> I'm still using a "vintage" Mac as my main computer, both for personal use
> and running my own business. I've had it for about 15 years and both it
> and the inkjet printyer bought at the same time are still going perfectly
> well.  :-)

My parents are still using a b&w Power Mac G3 with OS 10.4 as their main
computer. In fact I just bought a 512 MB RAM upgrade for it. :-)

Anyway, I realize that we're getting off-topic for this newsgroup, so I'd
just like to finish by saying that the proposal is now in
news.groups.proposals, and it seems to be accepted by a number of people so
far.

If you are interested in such a group, please reply to the RFD saying so.


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