Subj : Day to day uses for retro computers
To   : Darklord
From : candycane
Date : Sat Aug 05 2023 22:32:41

  Re: Day to day uses for retro computers
  By: Darklord to Bob Worm on Sat Aug 05 2023 08:00 pm

 Da> On 03 Aug 23 18:00:45 Bob Worm wrote...

 BW>> Hi, all.

 BW>> I'm curious to hear what (if any!) day-to-day tasks people are
 BW>> performing using their retro computers.

 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
 BW>> and finding / writing software to get a usable system is keeping me
 BW>> busy. Now that the serial port is working I have even done a
 BW>> *little* bit of BBSing on there, but to be honest it's not very good
 BW>> at it (quirks with the ANSI support, etc). I never owned one of
 BW>> these back in their heyday so I don't long for any particular games,
 BW>> however I love the system and would really like to put it to good
 BW>> use. 

 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>> Thanks in advance!

 Da> To which Darklord replies...

 Da> Well, first off and rather obvious, but I run my BBS on my Atari Mega
 Da> ST4 (DarkForce!). I play games, listen to music, zen out to "euro" style
 Da> demos's and do BBS coding (think BASIC) on my Atari Mega STe. I also have
 Da> an Atari STacy that I play games on, read classic (text) books from the
 Da> Project Gutenberg website, etc. The key thing about the STacy is, it's
 Da> portable! Not really a laptop but more of a "luggable" it's still pretty
 Da> easy to transport around and a lot of fun. :)


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Wow, you can read books on old computers? What kinda books do you read?

candycane

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