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You talk of vertically integrated contraptions. What are they for?
by spankibalt 15d ago
You talk of vertically integrated contraptions. What are they for?
- pjmlp 15d agoIn the 70's and 80's, they were called home computers.
- spankibalt 15d agoYeah, I know. I just consider that "vertically integrated", or more precise closed system, approach inferior for general purpose computing.
- pjmlp 15d agoThey were general purpose computing for most of us, and much better experience.
- spankibalt 14d agoWell, at least you got to experience the "innocent" and magical beginnings of the extremely integrated general-purpose computer, still very open to tinkering. Its overspecialized modern logical conclusion, and I'm not talking about the retro scene here, is not something I want to be associated with. My personal computing life began much later, in the early 90s, in a very strange place filled with people whose very personal philosophies, and computer experiences, were a much better fit for x86 land. But this is something you rarely see explored in the thinkpieces that often make the rounds here.
- detourdog 15d agoGeneral purpose computing.
- spankibalt 15d agoGPC, eh? :) Careful... overspecialize (overintegrate), and you breed in weakness.