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Article #19157Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: Wayne Smith
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:15
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:15
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In article <ANKI.93Jan21212738@stekt3.oulu.fi> suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi writes: >> I very much agree with you that the term "x86", does not lend it nicely to >> suit the description that we are looking for. Further, as a previous poster >> had pointed out its a little technical in nature, and it _could_ be obscure >> to people, especially those who are new to the area of interest. > >> but, I somehow feel that just keeping "pc" instead of "ibm.pc" is too >> generic, and can be very confusing to people. > >How about "pc-clone"? >There are already comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit and >comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit groups. I wasn't aware of those groups. Do they focus on operating system discussions, or specific unix-related pc hardware? Is the "clone" in .pc-clone really needed? The existance of these .unix.pc-clone groups makes me wonder if we shouldn't have: comp.sys.pc.unix comp.sys.pc.dos comp.sys.pc.os/2 (?) comp.sys.pc.video comp.sys.pc.drives comp.sys.pc.sound etc...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,news.groups Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca!wlsmith From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:15:21 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan22.031521.22641@julian.uwo.ca> Sender: news@julian.uwo.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca Lines: 29