576:(two external links fixed). One link does not work, the other points to someone selling old Apples. IMO vintage computers are notable topic but the current text is not what one would expect from encyclopedia. In my experience this type of article needs to be created (almost) complete, otherwise it will stay untouched for years useful only for spammers.
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The article only scratches the surface of my own experience with such groups and as such briefly mentions Apple Inc. only. The reality is the vintage computer community is enormous, spanning all makes and models, even predating personal computers. While I have not conducted personal research into the
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Please read what I actually said. In any case, this article is not really referenced either. As to your last point, that is in fact exactly what I was saying. THe term applies to all personal computing, but the only specific discussion is of Apple products. This article is, at best, woefully
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I didn't really see the exhaustive references you mention, but I concur that it could in part be covered here as well. However, as I point out below ... Vintage computing has a rather large following not exclusive of Apple
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