Subj : Day to day uses for retro computers
To   : Darklord
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Aug 06 2023 14:13:12

  Re: Day to day uses for retro computers
  By: Darklord to Bob Worm on Sat Aug 05 2023 20:00:56

Hi, Darklord!

 > Well, first off and rather obvious, but I run my BBS on my Atari Mega
 > ST4 (DarkForce!).
That's one solid use for classic hardware. Sadly I don't really trust leaving the Acorn on 24/7... And when I did accidentally leave it on over a weekend once I came back to find it had frozen. Maybe I'd consider doing it as an occasional thing, but that's not really how BBS works.

If I'm honest I probably don't have the creative flair to build something different enough to be worth visiting!

 > I play games, listen to music, zen out to "euro" style demos's
I went through a real demos phase in the late 90s / early 2000s. Sadly it was just downloading and watching them rather than attending any of the conventions or coding anything myself. Some of the stuff that is coming out now on C64 is incredible, I can hardly imagine how 10 year old me would have reacted if I'd seen them way back then.

 > I also have an Atari STacy that I play games on, read classic (text)
 > books from the Project Gutenberg website, etc.

I admire your dedication reading entire books on that screen :)

I never had an ST - my slightly richer friend had an STFM which I always found interesting, at that point I think I was busy with my Sega Megadrive and probably wishing my dad would get a mouse for his 286 PC. The first computer I ever remember us having was an Atari 800XL - it still makes me very sad that it got thrown away, these days I could probably get it working again :(

Thanks!

BobW
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