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Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>: > Where I worked we had a systems guy who hated "pretty", saying it was > inefficient. I've always iked a nice GUI but there is something to be > said for the old spare efficient methods, Maybe we'll go back to that > if the energy gets scarce. Who knows? I am fascinated by some of the > old software & hardware, I suppose it's my age, sob, sob, sniffle. > > Clare (in her 60s) > Clare > Oh I don't know, I'm in my late 20's (29) and I love the old technology. When I was growing up I only got to see a handful of machines but I was really interested in anything computer related. Now much to my other half's annoyance I'm collect old computers (well I say collect, I buy them at car boot sales or off e-Bay if they're local and can sneak them in). In my selection of old machines I have a working VIC20 without a tape deck, an Acorn Electron, a 48k Spectrum+ without a power supply, a ZX81 16k ram pack and a couple of old consoles. As much as I like emulation I'd love to play with the actual real hardware. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html