It's the thing itself. Some designs are made by passionate talented people pushing the limits of their own skills and imaginations to explore what might be pos

It's the thing itself. Some designs are made by passionate talented people pushing the limits of their own skills and imaginations to explore what might be possible. And others are made by mediocre people throwing some some minimal-cost low-effort derivative crap together to make as much money as possible. One is an inspiration. The other is kind of offensive. I suspect a lot of computer nostalgia is really about chasing that first feeling. I also suspect that's a lost cause, because you can't find the limits of imagination on the trailing edge. Of course you can get echoes of it. Which is almost reassuring - but I really wish there were more high-skill high-imagination projects in computing today.