I think I may have a good retro activity story. I was with my dad showing him an Apple II emulator. We then talked about the machines he worked on his good days. An Apple II clone, a Spectrum... the nostalgia struck on him like a hurricane, I might’ve created a retro monster, because we were then checking the “brazilian ebay” version (mercadolivre.com.br), the original ebay itself, for these same machines. Actually, he worked with a brazilian manufactured Apple II clone (Microdigital TK-3000).
While I was showing him the emulator, he then began reminiscing on it what he used there: CPM, ProDOS, FORTRAN, BASIC, VisiCalc... we were from 9Pm to 2AM on it. Amazing to see his experience on it. Now he wants me to install the emulator on his mac and wants to port the JavaScript ES6 version (if possible) to his iPad Pro for offline use 😄. He didn’t even wanted to check the DOS emulators I have running DOS622/Windows - its about the Apple II his greatest nostalgia interest.
I definitely created another retro computing addict. 🤦🏻♂️😂
I always like to do these things with him. He’s my hero, and the reason why I do what I do at work (UI/UX Design for web & mobile apps). He teached me many things - including my very first BASIC program when I was 8 yrs old. Now it’s my turn to teach him web design & PHP coding 😂 and although he’s now a retired Systems Analyst, he still likes to work at home and decided to go for web commerce content management systems.
I hope that one day I can have the same experience if I have kids.
"Design isn't just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
JOBS, Steve.
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