First post, by Damaniel
I've been a retro computing enthusiast/collector for about 5 years now, and have bought/found a number of different DOS-compatible PCs since then, from a pristine early model IBM 5150 to more than a few 486/Pentium beige boxes. However, I didn't own my first PC until 1995 and was a console gamer for years before that, so I have pretty much no nostalgia for DOS/Win9X-era PC games like most people do here. My main interest is writing games and software for older computers, since that was one of my favorite things to do on my first PC - especially once I learned about DJGPP and Allegro during the summer between my senior year of high school and when I went off to college. I also collect non-game software (especially development tools) and PC/DOS-centric programming books.
So, am I alone out here, or are there any other predominantly non-gaming retro PC enthusiasts around? What other non-gaming things do you do with your old computers?