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I was wowed when I first got home Internet in 1995 because it was so much more than the BBSs I’d been using up to that point, but nothing has recreated the sens

I was wowed when I first got home Internet in 1995 because it was so much more than the BBSs I’d been using up to that point, but nothing has recreated the sense of wonder I had on 8-bit machines in the 80s. Even when I bought a secondhand PC in the late 80s, going through the hand-labelled disks was like a treasure hunt. That’s how I first discovered Hack/Nethack, played Leygref’s Castle and started learning Borland Turbo Pascal.

b112 1y ago
If you get ice crean for dessert nightly, it's not exciting or even a joy. It needs to be rare, or new, to be a treat. I think now, there's always a computer near me. How can it still be special? Even the change in sound and graphics was astonishing, now it's minor tweaks.