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by lnxg33k1 681 days ago
I'm sure if you had one you wouldn't even connect it to the power, it has a command line, some GUI and prince of persia, which you can play now even on modern PCs with emulators, it has really no use, rather than, I don't know
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Bluecobra 681 days ago
This is simply not true. There is a very active retro computing community these days and multiple vintage computer shows each year.

https://www.youtube.com/@The8BitGuy

https://www.youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement

https://www.youtube.com/@LGR

https://www.youtube.com/@TechTangents

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LightBug1 681 days ago
You'd be surprised. Why do people drive classic cars?

Man, I'd love to, once, run a program from a cassette again just for the nostalgic hell of it!

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vintermann 681 days ago
It was pretty fun that we could actually run games from ~40 year old tape. It impressed my son. It also impressed me actually, because I remember how often those things broke...
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