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[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

also they are much easier to repair yourself and learn a lot about
electronics. You can build a computer with a few CI's

Modern hardware are replaceable not repairable.


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM, L. Curtis Boyle
<curtisboyle at sasktel.net>wrote:

> I think part of it is that the older systems are simple enough that a
> young person can actually learn all about it (the OS, how the hardware
> works, how to build custom hardware, etc. ). Modern systems are far too
> complicated than that, and thus the old systems are far less daunting).
> Of course, older parents "infecting" their children with a love of the old
> machines may have an effect, too...  :)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013-04-18, at 8:36 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:20 AM, "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <
> retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't understand why people still like old stuff, like they never
> >> evolve... let me get back to my coco OH WAIT! :P
> >
> > We are a strange breed.
> >
> > In the 1990s, the 8-bits were losing. I used to say: It is like someone
> who keeps an old car around and works on it. There are newer cars that ride
> nicer, faster, better... I think retrocomputing is like that.
> >
> > For us old people. It's nostalgia, of our past, or younger days.
> >
> > But when I see a YOUNG person getting in to them... That I cannot
> explain :)
> >
> >        -- ALlen
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