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People still build their own computers. Just the other day I saw a (relatively recent) design for an Intel 486 motherboard. The only difference is they don't re
by phendrenad2 1y ago
People still build their own computers. Just the other day I saw a (relatively recent) design for an Intel 486 motherboard. The only difference is they don't really do anything with these hobby computers.
- kragen 1y agoThe article says, "Discussion of practical software applications appeared infrequently. One intrepid soul went so far as to hypothesize a microcomputer-based accounting program, but he doesn’t seem to have actually written it." So I think building hobby computers you don't really do anything with was already a popular activity at the time.