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i'm not a retrocomputing person, i'm a modern computing person with respect for the past and an affection for certain old things, but mostly a belief that certain principles must not die
‪functionally though the difference is that i don't have a win9x computer. i have a 2017 macbook with a modern linux install and frequently use it to run old windows software in wine with a win9x theme. there's a difference,‬
‪i don't want everyone to go back to old computers, i do want everyone to be able to have a computer that empowers them for creative ends, that gets out of their way, and that is as good at running 30-year-old creative tools as it is at running whatever the hot new thing is‬
@hikari this has a bunch of corollaries that I like
One of them is that when we write software now, we should ideally write software that is likely to run well on HLE rather than only LLE. They way, if the machine we used to run the software originally goes away, it will be much easier to make a good enough emulator that runs fast rather than one that is slow. This way we won't require the replacement machine to be much faster than the original machine.
@hikari There is something about "old" tech that is straightforward and transparent. Hardware that you can replace a part of without worrying about proprietary firmware. systems that boot directly and instantly into the software it operates instead of chaining 6 bootloaders. Systems where you dont have to wonder how many crypto coins its secretly mining in the background while you wait for the keyboard to respond again. Where even 4MHz is lightening fast.