That's a great word, Catatonic, "charming". There is no end to frustration when this stuff doesn't work, but when it works, I know I get a special feeling messing around with it. Today's computers are so clinical, so powerful, so lacking in personality (even as filled with personality as Mac's are, there are a large number of systems in the line, not to mention iPhone, iPods, Apple TV's, etc., that all have the same exact vibe), that it's genuinely refreshing to go back to basics and the simplistic beauty of a flashing BASIC prompt. This stuff is not so old that it's unusable (try using a blinking lights system) and not so new that manufacturers knew what the correct formula was.
That's a great word, Catatonic, "charming". There is no end to frustration when this stuff doesn't work, but when it works, I know I get a special feeling messing around with it. Today's computers are so clinical, so powerful, so lacking in personality (even as filled with personality as Mac's are, there are a large number of systems in the line, not to mention iPhone, iPods, Apple TV's, etc., that all have the same exact vibe), that it's genuinely refreshing to go back to basics and the simplistic beauty of a flashing BASIC prompt. This stuff is not so old that it's unusable (try using a blinking lights system) and not so new that manufacturers knew what the correct formula was.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.