I also very much agree with the comment about the increasingly dystopian vibes
All that stuff that was predicted in the 70s is happening - it's just taking us longer to get there than predicted

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-07-21, 08:52:

Heh, I wager a lot of us here were fans of sci-fi TV shows, and got into PC gaming during the middle of the 90s. That kinda goes […]
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zuldan wrote on 2024-07-21, 08:33:

Exactly the same! We would have been best mates in the 90’s

Heh, I wager a lot of us here were fans of sci-fi TV shows, and got into PC gaming during the middle of the 90s. That kinda goes together, at least from my experience. 😀

theelf wrote on 2024-07-21, 08:37:

No matter i have a bad day, taxes or work problems, as soon turn on one of my computers i travel on time

My thoughts exactly. It's easy to forget everyday issues when you fire up a retro rig. No wonder Phil calls them "time machines" in his videos. 😁

Amen to all that. For me, it was the X-Files 😉

Maybe it's not about going back. Which you can't do obviously. But about experiencing something "old" in new ways. I am not too much of a gamer. But over the past week or so I have this desire to go back and relearn 80x86 assembler (see how fuzzing old I am, nobody but me it seems says assembler anymore). Lay the ground work for other stuff. It is SO not needed these days. But perusing an old textbook won't kill me. I'm not in a competition.

I took up hobbies late in life that I had when I waz 13. There's a lot of stuff you can do at 50+ (or at least die trying!) that most people can't or won't do at 13. Due to being too young and dopey or do to monetary constraints. I've loved model train equipment and scenes/scenery since way back. I am not much of a "runner" of trains. But I'm trying my hand at building stuff from scratch. Wish me luck. Cuz I'm still kind of dopey.

Vintage pc's was always about tinkering. You can capture some of the feeling some of the time. But many people have broken new ground, extended them in various ways etx.

Regarding above, I had the urge to mess around with TurboC (that's another thread)
I think in some ways that's a case of "what might have been" - I have often wished I had majored in computer science. On the other hand, seeing the way many things have gone, maybe not.

Well knowing is always better then not (barring of course "knowing good from evil" 🤣). You don't have to major in computers. But at least 1 or 2 comprehensive intense courses should be required as far as I'm concerned. And that doesn't mean centered around learning Office and it's associated products. Or should I say mock ups? **** ups?