I used to read Byte as a lad. I never had money or knowledge to really do anything since I was alas, just a lad. I had to wait several years to acquire a C-64.

I used to read Byte as a lad. I never had money or knowledge to really do anything since I was alas, just a lad. I had to wait several years to acquire a C-64. From the present article, it occurs to me there was a special kind of hell, if one did have money and time in that era, to fiddle, endlessly, with peripheals and software, never really doing anything. Dr Pournelled wrote some great books (with Niven) so he at least did get some things done despite the distractions.