8 Mar
2023
8 Mar
'23
12:50 p.m.
That is great news. I think these kids saw the 90s as NES (Mario), Sega (Sonic), and
their dads playing either Leisure Suite Larry and later Doom on the PC. I think we need to
find a way to pull them to this news group, rather than them pulling us to their Discord
chats, and then all of us would have to behave with the kids around. :)
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
On Mar 8, 2023, at 12:46 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Running museum (kennettclassic.com) I meet with kids daily who are very
interested in computing history. They all seem to know the Youtubers who
specialize in vintage gaming and computing. These youtube channels are not
always historically accurate but it's a start. Most younger people
gravitate to systems made after 1990. They're not as interested in things
they can't identify with. It's hard to just jump in. Computers are not
like cars. Computers from 50 years ago are fundamentally different. Cars
that are 50 years old can still drive the highways
b
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:43 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 12:40 PM Will Cooke via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Everyone on this list is going to die sometime. Some sooner than later.
>> We need young people if all or any part of this history is going to be
>> preserved past us. All of the "museum" fiascos that have been covered
> here
>> show how easily it is lost. But as Tarek mentioned in his follow up,
> very
>> few young people are interested. So, how do we get them interested? I
>> can't think of a better idea than asking one of the few that IS
>> interested. Can you?
>>
>
> But ask them what exactly?
>
> Sellam
>