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You nailed it. My attraction to retro-computing is a mixture of nostalgia and a desire to unplug and go "off the grid". Early computers (DOS, Mac, C64, Apple II
by chongli 5y ago
You nailed it. My attraction to retro-computing is a mixture of nostalgia and a desire to unplug and go "off the grid". Early computers (DOS, Mac, C64, Apple II, BBC Micro, etc.) had a much more intimate feel than today's omni-connected communications devices. It's kind of like reading a book vs watching a live stream (with busy chat scrolling by).
Another aspect to it is the low latency you get when using a machine with very few layers of abstraction between the software and the (usually CRT) display. Using something like WordPerfect for DOS is a dramatically different experience than modern MS Word or Google Docs. Vastly fewer visual distractions as well.