>pretty useless Your opinion. Even the micros of the 70's, not just 80's, were useful. Not just for fun. Even for work. Just do some Googling. And check out r

>pretty useless Your opinion. Even the micros of the 70's, not just 80's, were useful. Not just for fun. Even for work. Just do some Googling. And check out recent HN thread about Don Lancaster's sites and work, for just one interesting example. There were many more. Heard of Steve Ciarcia? Jerry Pournelle? BYTE? SCSI? S-100? Z80? 6502? 6809? Acorn? VIC-20? Commodore-64? BBC Micro? Amstrad? Also, without those precursors, you would not even have the h/w and s/w stuff you may consider "useful" today. Because, evolution.