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This mentality is why many beautiful 80s home computers were tossed back in the day. They have aesthetic and cultural value that will be recognized one day.
by stallmanite 7y ago
This mentality is why many beautiful 80s home computers were tossed back in the day. They have aesthetic and cultural value that will be recognized one day.
- throwaway2048 7y ago80s computers still wouldn't be worth much of anything if 99% of them didn't get recycled. I don't think there is anything beautiful, interesting or unique about a couple of million outdated generic x86 2U servers, nor will there really ever be.
- stallmanite 7y agoI felt this way about some of my early “generic” x86 systems and threw them out. Now I feel like an idiot because I’d love to fire up my old 486 again.
- throwaway2048 7y agoI don't think many people are ever gonna feel nostalgic about firing up their 48 server rack and paying a $1000 power bill.