I think the most important lesson to be learned from vintage computing is to make much more wise use of resources. Over the last decade I've spent a lot of tim

I think the most important lesson to be learned from vintage computing is to make much more wise use of resources. Over the last decade I've spent a lot of time tinkering with various branches of the Minimig FPGA core, which aims to be an Amiga on a programmable chip. There's a certain minimalist delight in not only running and using the classic OS and the super-lightweight applications of the day, but also having to extend the same principles of frugality and elegance to other parts of the design, to make it fit within the confines of a relatively small FPGA and a single SDRAM chip.