Tag: nostalgia
Mixing the Old and the New
What is it about old stuff that makes us get nostalgic when we look at it? I seem to get nostalgic over lots of stuff — even stuff which was created before my time. Like this Lear-Siegler ADM-3A terminal, for example. Doesn’t just looking it at it make you miss the clickity-clackity keys of the old keyboards and the green hue of the computer terminal?
Lear Siegler ADM3A System
Or what about the classic Nintendo Entertainment System? I remember playing this machine for the first time at my uncle and aunt’s house when I was probably 6 years old. I remember being amazed at the lush 8-bit graphics and amazing beeps and boops the games made.
The pinnacle of video game console achievement.
And sometimes, I even start to miss the sumptuous computing experience that was Windows 3.1. This was the first non command line operating system I ever used. Just look at it — doesn’t it make you pine for the days gone by when the Clock application could be considered a “feature” of an operating system?
Windows 3.11 Workspace - Has Minesweeper really not changed since 1992?
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Posted under Computer Science, The Internets, Video Games on Jul 11, 2009.
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