Other Systems section

[CP/M User]

Erik,

Just a suggestion, I was just wonderning if it would help having a
section for the moment for other systems you don't cover? That
way you could go into other vintage computer groups & let them
know they have a section to post their messages in?

Anyway, it's just an idea.

Cheers.

[Erik]

I'll add a section for "Other" right now.

I can add sections for any machine or family of machines folks want to have focused discussions about.

Just ask! :)

Erik

[CP/M User]

"Erik" Wrote in message:

> I'll add a section for "Other" right now.

> I can add sections for any machine or family of machines folks
> want to have focused discussions about.

> Just ask! :)

Well it was just idea of perhaps tying to get people from other vintage computer groups discussing in there first & when a certain machine looks capable of having it's own seperate group, perhaps adding it then.

You could setup an Amstrad group for me, but I might only be the only
one posting in there! ;-)

Regards.

[Terry Yager]

I'd like to see a section dedicated to Kaypro computers.

[Erik]

I'd like to see a section dedicated to Kaypro computers.

Did you want a section specifically for Kapro (the portables, the Robbie and later DOS based laptops and desktops) or were you more interested in CP/M portables (including Osborne, Zorba et. al?)

Erik

[CP/M User]

"Erik" wrote in message:

>> I'd like to see a section dedicated to Kaypro computers.

> Did you want a section specifically for Kapro (the portables,
> the Robbie and later DOS based laptops and desktops) or
> were you more interested in CP/M portables (including
> Osborne, Zorba et. al?)

Yes, there are quite a few different Kaypro around. There
seems to be this mad rush to include all these computers,
however that's why I had the 'Other' section made, so that
anyone could post their discussions there, so whenever a
group of people came along, the proper sections could be
made for that machine.

It just saves creating more groups & really defeats the
purpose of having an 'other' section.

However, it's Erik's site, so whatever he does with it is
up to him.

Cheers.

[Terry Yager]

I'm mostly interested in the Kaypro CP/M machines but I wouldn't mind more info on the Kaypro 16 or the 2000 laptop, either.

-T

[mrdo]

I thought this was the "Vintage Computer Forum". Doesn't that mean all the older computers or am I missing something here?

[CP/M User]

"mrdo" wrote in message:

> I thought this was the "Vintage Computer Forum". Doesn't that
> mean all the older computers or am I missing something
> here?

All of the Kaypro's I know of are pretty old now. I suppose the
main concern about machines is, how old is old enough to
be classed as a vintage machine? It may also depend of the
class of the machine. If it's an 8bit/16bit/32bit machine.

Cheers.

[Erik]

I thought this was the "Vintage Computer Forum". Doesn't that mean all the older computers or am I missing something here?

Certainly.

I want this site to support discussions on any and all computers, operating systems, programming languages or other technologies that are considered to be obsolete today.

I think the question really becomes: How granular do we make the individual boards? I could add a board for every machine listed in http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/viewtopic.php?t=71 but most of the discussion areas would be pretty sparsely used.

I think CP/M Users point is valid. Let discussions not already covered fall into the "other systems" area until a large enough subset of the community is contributing to make a separate area worthwhile.

That isn't to say that I won't add new sections now (and the Kaypro idea sounds like a good one, although maybe more generalized), but there are some areas that are already lightly used, so maybe we wait and see where interests take us.

Erik

[CP/M User]

"Erik" wrote in message:

>> I thought this was the "Vintage Computer Forum".
>> Doesn't that mean all the older computers or am I
>> missing something here?

> Certainly.

> I want this site to support discussions on any
> and all computers, operating systems, programming
> languages or other technologies that are considered
> to be obsolete today.

> I think the question really becomes: How granular do
> we make the individual boards? I could add a board '
> for every machine listed in
> http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/viewtopic.php?t=71
> but most of the discussion areas would be pretty
> sparsely used.

> I think CP/M Users point is valid. Let discussions not
> already covered fall into the "other systems" area
> until a large enough subset of the community is
> contributing to make a separate area worthwhile.

> That isn't to say that I won't add new sections now
> (and the Kaypro idea sounds like a good one,
> although maybe more generalized), but there are
> some areas that are already lightly used, so maybe
> we wait and see where interests take us.

I think it would be great if we could get some Kaypro
users in here. Unfortunately, quite a few of them are
still tied up in the comp.os.cpm group. But I would
assume that the Kaypro is more than just CP/M
itself, so there are perhaps times where it could
do with another group! :-)

Cheers.