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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:58:10 +0000 From: Captain Nemo Subject: Re: Just wondering... Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm References: <18453d040a5eef02$10919$3915$22dd686e@news.thundernews.com> <184547367afeac23$122319$67230$2add606e@news.thundernews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:58:10 +0000 Lines: 30 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-Hmot5mL28ubV5bzn6D/fAXxUulLDT/K6cqQpPFCivY1HsIp8yxFnn1JCLQReEukSSbhGLgd16XNRsOb!5V6gxZVrOjTqzyAaP1HfCOn6sIsT95yjdzie3Z/kmWxlilaLFJg/J7lLTqBZ8GdKu6S66MTp X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2297 On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 11:38:49 -0500, John wrote: > I get it that the youngsters don't have the old machines, as they seem > to expend a lot of effort recreating workalikes. I don't know about others, but part of my interest in vintage machines was to learn about computers in general. And the old machines are simpler with more discrete components - not everything bundled into one chip that you can't modify. > So... where have the machines gone? > When grandad dies, does he leave them to a museum? eBay, estate sales, etc. Plenty at the Vintage Computer Festivals. As I get older, I'm making plans to liquidate my collection at some point. I'll probably get a table at a VCF near me and sell them, with the assurance that they are going to people who know what they are. Not perfect, but it's the best that I think is humanly possible. > It seems only a few years ago there were many posts here. > Now it's dead quiet. Probably because Google stopped accepting new messages. Many BBSs (yes, they still exist) were using Google as a message-base-Usenet gateway and the amount of spam was getting pretty bad in some groups. So Google turned it off.