Subj : Day to day uses for retro computers To : Bob Worm From : Darklord Date : Sat Aug 05 2023 20:00:56 On 03 Aug 23 18:00:45 Bob Worm wrote... BW> Hi, all. BW> BW> I'm curious to hear what (if any!) day-to-day tasks people are BW> performing using their retro computers. BW> BW> I'm in the middle of restoring a 90s Acorn A3020 I saved from a skip BW> (dumpster?) around 20 years ago so at the moment hardware repairs and BW> finding / writing software to get a usable system is keeping me busy. BW> Now that the serial port is working I have even done a *little* bit BW> of BBSing on there, but to be honest it's not very good at it (quirks BW> with the ANSI support, etc). I never owned one of these back in their BW> heyday so I don't long for any particular games, however I love the BW> system and would really like to put it to good use. BW> BW> I'm a bit of a radio nerd so imagine there are probably a few things BW> to look at there but how do you guys squeeze utility out of your BW> ancient tech? BW> BW> Thanks in advance! BW> To which Darklord replies... Well, first off and rather obvious, but I run my BBS on my Atari Mega ST4 (DarkForce!). I play games, listen to music, zen out to "euro" style demos's and do BBS coding (think BASIC) on my Atari Mega STe. I also have an Atari STacy that I play games on, read classic (text) books from the Project Gutenberg website, etc. The key thing about the STacy is, it's portable! Not really a laptop but more of a "luggable" it's still pretty easy to transport around and a lot of fun. :) /\ Dark>