The good old days of home computing? Not.

Lee_Teschler — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:57:00 GMT

I friend sent me this CNET link and commentary today:

Ahh, seeing this warmed the cockles of mine heart on this fine Friday.

It also reminded me of the total possession obsession I had for the Atari 800 that was never to be satisfied. (A quick trip to eBay shows them selling for $50 - which seems about $40 too high.)

Instead, I had temporary custody of a Commodore-64, which quickly drove me mad. (Say, how come the C-64 and VIC-20 aren't in this collection? Not to mention Cromemco!)

Those were not the days of home computing.

http://www.news.com/2300-1042_3-6213000-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

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Boy, I'll say. My first experience with microprocessors was with a 4004. I found the whole thing frustrating and time consuming. As home computers came out, I could not for the life of me figure out why anyone would invest the copius amounts of time needed to get those old machines to do anything remotely interesting.

from the editor's desk : 4004

The good old days of home computing? Not.