[taejo]

My understanding is that she'd like to treat a new machine "on its own terms" -- but modern machines are too complex. AmigaBASIC and Amiga C address the machine's native capabilities.

A bit of retro-brite and a few spare parts in knowing hands might be more her thing. Or maybe the plotter that was discussed here on HN last week.

[ZenoArrow]

Reading the video comments, the creators of the video suggest that the artist was impressed by their A1200 and was interested in getting one, so I guess that's 7 years forward in terms of modernity. Besides that, there's the commonly accepted notion that limitation spurs on creativity.