I feel like I’m kind of alone in this. I was born in 2004 so the two retro computers I tinker with the most (a C64 and a 486 clone) are way older than I am. Are there any other younger retro enthusiasts who never grew up with the hardware but are into it now?

Also this is my first post on Lemmy, so I’m sorry if this is out of place here.

  • ruri@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    18 小时前

    No worries, I don’t think this is out of place. Funnily enough, I think this marks my first Lemmy comment lol.

    I was born in the early 00s and I love retro computers. To be more specific:

    • The practicality, or whether or not they can still be used today, e.g. permacomputing
    • The art aspect, or how they’re relatively simple and transparent
    • The challenge of squeezing an impressive program into constrained hardware, e.g. demoscene

    The oldest computer I have as of writing is a Fujitsu-Siemens K Amilo 7600 from 2004. The laptop’s GPU lacks 3D acceleration via modern Linux/BSDs and struggles with period-accurate games, so I prefer to use it for studying and maybe a bit of ClassiCube and Quake 3. Most of my exposure to retro computers otherwise is via emulators like 86Box, MAME, and VICE.