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The thing I don't like about modern screens is that you won't get a chance to spend hours futzing around with AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS to get your system jus
by foobarian 8y ago
The thing I don't like about modern screens is that you won't get a chance to spend hours futzing around with AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS to get your system just right, or play with IRQ jumpers and settings. I'm actively looking for plan Bs in the form of Raspberry Pis or similar kinds of gear.
- sokoloff 8y agoOh man, how many memories I have of hours of fiddling "I just need 128 more bytes of HiMem [or whatever category] so I can play this game..."
- jtms 8y agoYes! I had exactly this experience when I so desperately wanted to play wing commander. Now I’m a programmer
- lordnacho 8y agoYou do get to look at dev tools on the browser. HTML/CSS/js is a pretty good introduction to mucking about with things, and reasonably meaty. Plus changes are immediately visible, kids patience being what it is.
- vorpalhex 8y agoCheck out the Kano computing kit, which is built around the Pi. You could also probably stick them in DOSBOX.
- asteli 8y agooh man, all the hours I spent futzing with xorg.conf as a kid. or trying to get wifi on my laptop working using ndiswrapper. kids these days will never know the pain (or eventual satisfaction)
- therealx 8y agoA friend of mine bought their kids old Mac's and the kids absolutely love it, and are learning about their computer as well.