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“Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. > Edit: I understand a motivation if it is on simplicity choosing one or the other, but other than that I don't see why t

by grebc 4mo ago

“Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. > Edit: I understand a motivation if it is on simplicity choosing one or the other, but other than that I don't see why that should ever be a goal worthy to be pursued. Software should really "just work" no matter the number of bits and bytes. Not really how software works.

Aldipower 4mo ago
> “Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. Just sold my SGI Indigo 2 for 900 $ ! Vintage 64 bit is absolutely a thing. :-)
- amuradbegovic 4mo ago
  they said PCs
trashb 4mo ago
The DEC 3000 would like to have a word with you.
- Aldipower 4mo ago
  It even has 64 bit "word" size!
- nocman 4mo ago
  Yeah, DEC Alpha was the first thing to come to my mind. I guess some might argue it wasn't a "PC" - if you don't include what used to be called "workstations". This is largely because PC meant "personal computer", and very few people could afford their own DEC Alpha - they were very pricey ($20k at some point in the 90's, I believe).
RobotToaster 4mo ago
Itanium was released 25 years ago now...
- hnlmorg 4mo ago
  Whilst that’s definitely old in computer terms, even “retro”, is it old enough to be “vintage”? Personally I’d have said it isn’t. But these terms are subjective.
  - rob74 4mo ago
    "Vintage" usually refers to actually old stuff, while "retro" refers to new stuff that looks/sounds/feels like old stuff. So GentleOS is a retro OS designed to run on vintage hardware. (That distinction wasn't clear to me either, so I had to look it up - TIL).
    - hnlmorg 4mo ago
      That’s not true in computer terminology. “Retro” has a long history (“vintage” you might say haha) of referring to old hardware and software. Just type the word “retro” into YouTube (for example) and you’ll see thousands of videos from hundreds of channels spanning decades talking about old games and computers. Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_gaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_gaming

by grebc 4mo ago

Aldipower 4mo ago

> “Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. Just sold my SGI Indigo 2 for 900 $ ! Vintage 64 bit is absolutely a thing. :-)

amuradbegovic 4mo ago
they said PCs

trashb 4mo ago

The DEC 3000 would like to have a word with you.

Aldipower 4mo ago
It even has 64 bit "word" size!
nocman 4mo ago
Yeah, DEC Alpha was the first thing to come to my mind. I guess some might argue it wasn't a "PC" - if you don't include what used to be called "workstations". This is largely because PC meant "personal computer", and very few people could afford their own DEC Alpha - they were very pricey ($20k at some point in the 90's, I believe).

RobotToaster 4mo ago

Itanium was released 25 years ago now...

hnlmorg 4mo ago
Whilst that’s definitely old in computer terms, even “retro”, is it old enough to be “vintage”? Personally I’d have said it isn’t. But these terms are subjective.
- rob74 4mo ago
  "Vintage" usually refers to actually old stuff, while "retro" refers to new stuff that looks/sounds/feels like old stuff. So GentleOS is a retro OS designed to run on vintage hardware. (That distinction wasn't clear to me either, so I had to look it up - TIL).
  - hnlmorg 4mo ago
    That’s not true in computer terminology. “Retro” has a long history (“vintage” you might say haha) of referring to old hardware and software. Just type the word “retro” into YouTube (for example) and you’ll see thousands of videos from hundreds of channels spanning decades talking about old games and computers. Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_gaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_gaming