8 Oct
2016
8 Oct
'16
10:58 p.m.
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 8:54 PM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
To me, getting old computers up and running, or
programming on them *is*
the game as far as I am concerned. More fun than most packaged software
games. I have made my own games, and I certainly play computer games, but
that's not why I am interested in vintage computing.
I just spent a few hours tonight attempting to network my NeXTstation color
computer and get to the post of accessing the vcfed.org forum so I could
post a message on there. Just for fun, using ancient dawn of the WWW
technology. Feels like a game to me, there is no practical purpose to
doing this other than enjoyment.
My point is for those of us who pooh pooh vintage gamers not to take
themselves too seriously. We're all just playing games if you ask me.
Maybe thirty years ago, I had a friend who was into computers as a hobby,
as was I, and both of us also worked with them in our day jobs. We'd get
together and he'd tell me about his latest game acquisition. Then it was
my turn to talk, and I'd tell him about hacking the 0.98 Linux kernel to do
something I thought was interesting.
I've never been a gamer, but always played games down in the kernel.
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
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