It was so fun back then. Not the yelling and moaning we have going on today.
Here on Lemmy, even in non-political discussions some is always whining about the current president or whatever.
Or calling for alt voices to be banned.
Back in the 80’s computer stuff and conversation was more fun and not so freakin’ political.
It was about games, DYI, trying to learn to hack, learning the new tech. It was awesome!
I was part of it, but not as much as I could have been because I was in a small town and couldn’t afford a lot. But I def had a foot in the scene, and it was awesome!
I’m old enough to remember the 70s and 80s computers fondly, but mostly because it was my youth and everything that happens when you’re young seems rosier.
But more importantly, I’m old enough to know the 90s’ beige computers young people in the retrocomputing community lovingly restore and preserve today were utter shit. Most boring, uninspired commodity hardware ever.
And now I understand what my mom used to say about furniture from the 50s and 60s: vintage is all the shit we couldn’t get rid of fast enough when I was young that’s sold at insane prices today.