Good afternoon #SDF and the wider #fediverse! I think I talked about this before, but in a different context. What do you guys think of #homecomputers like the #C64, #BBCMicro, #ZXSpectrum and so on and so forth in this day and age? Do you wish #modern computers all booted up to a #BASIC screen? What do you think modern systems lack that older systems had plenty of? Do you run any homecomputers currently?
@fuuko I don't want retro tech, I mainly just want to return to this very small window in time where hardware was super compatible and switchable, and extend that principle to smaller electronics, like phones and laptops.
I wish computers were made in a way that didn't hermetically seal the insides, so homebrew and repair culture extended to other devices.
Everything else I liked from the past I still have. ^_^
@fuuko Def miss my old C64! Still love using a cli environment and do whenever I can...I direct result of a 3rd grader learning on a Commodore..
@fuuko I don't really have a desire for modern computers to boot to basic, but I do kind of miss how their was one major interpreted language (with many dialects) that you could use to target lots of machines.
I am fascinated by old magazines which came with basic code &whatnot.
I've long had a retro computing crush on the Cambridge Z88, where ive mostly admired it from afar.
Oh and Ive watched a few episodes of "The Computer Programme" in fascination from Archive.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Programme