Re: RFD: create unmoderated newsgroup uk.comp.retro
- From: Ewan Mac Mahon <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 10 Aug 2005 12:44:32 GMT
On Monday, 8 August, Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
> On Sunday, in article <3lmmr5F13f0imU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> AlexNOOOOO!!!!!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Dr Zoidberg" wrote:
>
>> Retro to me seems the most appropriate and from a quick count of the replies
>> , seems the most popular as well so I think that's what we'll be aiming for.
>
> No; to me "retro" seems to indicate a *modern* reimplementation of
> something in the /style/ of something much older. For an example, see
> the Roberts DAB radio receiver. For that reason, I would oppose a fast
> track, since the name is misleading.
>
I think you're right in the general case, but not for this;
'retro-computing' is an established term for the subject the group's
supposed to be about, even if it wasn't the best choice it's already been
made. Secondly; modern reimplementations of something older in the sense of
emulators would be on topic as well as actual old hardware.
> u.c.vintage (or even u.c.classic) would be preferable.
>
I think that would tend to focus attention more on just vintage kit and
away from the wider subject.
Ewan
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