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The 8-bit days were a lot more fun. Before they became yoked to the load and became 'workstations' with 'workspaces'. (Hardy-har) Before the rainbow became a ti
by 8bitsrule 6y ago
The 8-bit days were a lot more fun. Before they became yoked to the load and became 'workstations' with 'workspaces'. (Hardy-har) Before the rainbow became a tin-plated badge, before 'abstraction' for 'security', and 'performance' became 'critical'. Sic semper tyrannis.
Looks like the hobby's back, what with the numerous YTube refurb/collect/code channels and the expensive modern gear being used to diagnose their ills. Too bad I tossed out those glass jars full of logic chips a decade ago. (But not that rare Curtis chip.)
- wiz21c 6y agowere they ? I certainly enjoyed my Apple ][+ and 8086 back in the days but for different reasons. Back in the days, we had freedom to tinker : you could rip the computer apart (you had to sometimes). You had to use a fully understandable computer. But you also had to spend days to get things done : small memory, floppies, had to work in assembly to get meaningful results, 0-standardisation, documentation hard to get by, etc. But I was a kid and this was fun nonetheless, because it was coding for the sake of beating other coders, no need to earn one's life with it. Now I can start working on my neural network in a matter of 30 minutes, I can easily import graphics, sound, cut/paste them, etc. I can track my versions with git, got access to billions of web pages, etc. Now, however I have to earn a living with these tools... Less freedom, more work... So what's better ?