Re: Thorw away your 8 Bit shit and buy a PC

[Gary Tait <taitg@hurontel.on.ca>]

On 13 Aug 2003 16:43:53 -0700, darmzunge@yahoo.de (Lord Teviolus)
wrote:

>Why would anyone invest time in these stoneage systems like the ugly
>C64 , the even uglier ATARI 800 and the most ugly "mutated
>calculator", the Spectrum ?

Becuase they like them. Why would anybody want to work on restoring
and maintaining vintage automobiles? For pretty much the same reason.
I bet you listen to music, and watch TV shows and movies
from your youth.

>Throw away this old crap and buy a PC or a Playstation 2 if you want
>to play !

We don't want to play, we want to play good, and the games we like. 
Some are in it for the hardware, and to keep part of our popular
culture alive.


>Spend your money for modern stuff instead and invest in your economy
>instead of paying money for old crap hardware games,lots of money on
>ebay for worthless stuff greedy sellers bought for $0.01 on a
>flea-market.

Some of us get the vintage stuff for free, or cheap at flea markets 
and thrift stores. 

>Nostalgia makes no sense , these old computer-dinosaurs belong in a
>museum !
>

We need nostalgia to appreciate the modern, not just take it for
granted.

>If all people would still use old systems,we would still use the
>ABACUS today !

The people that have use the abacus in the far and recent past use
them now.