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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market. -
#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@AdrianRiskin yes! Put the word out on here, using the tags #retrocomputing , #vintagecomputing , #commodorepet and optionally #losangeles and you'll get people popping up offering to take it off your hands. If you can include a snap or two, so much the better. Good luck!
I suggest not putting power into it, as the chemistry-based electronics will have degraded in storage and might pop, making repair harder.
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@rogerparkinson did you consider them mere toys at the time?
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@wotsac yes "heyday" is shorthand for "the time during which a machine felt new and exciting and was productive".
This is not remotely a scientific poll! I have no idea if people who are answering are really current retrocomputing aficionados, for example.
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@argv_minus_one yes, they overlapped. In 1992, Atari released the Falcon and Commodore released the Amiga 4000.
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@rogerparkinson did you skip the 8-bitters entirely?
You're a candidate for the minicomputer poll!
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@maccruiskeen wow, I'd never heard of that system. What a privilege to be exposed to such an early personal computer!
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@howtophil so post-heyday? The machines were considered obsolete by the time you got your hands on them?
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@bthylafh ...and you got to use it at that age?
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@quinn it's more of a mix than I expected!
(I had guessed just 10% of retrocomputing folk didn't, when they were first released, have access to the machines that are currently their retrocomputers of choice. The poll indicates right now it's over 20%, which I find encouraging, as it indicates there's a sizeable chunk for whom retrocomputing is not about nostalgia primarily.)
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@Foritus yes! I never had an MSX but I remember finding them intriguing at the time. I still do. They were popular in Europe, the Middle East and South America, if I remember correctly.
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@AdrianRiskin thank you for sharing that story. The PET is probably repairable for not much money!
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@stilvoid yeah, likewise. Constructing polls is a science!
I missed the 16-bit generation due to changed family circumstances. In the last couple of years I got hold of a beautiful example of the 16-bit machine I lusted after in 1985.
Answer in whatever way makes sense to you, and thank you for the comment adding nuance!
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.@Foritus it sure was! And that's also retrocomputing as far as I'm concerned!
I was thinking of doing a poll for 32-bit and up consumer home/personal computers. What do you think?
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#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market.#retrocomputing folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market. I want everyone's input! Please boost!
This poll is about the early consumer home computers released between say 1977 and 1994.
Minicomputer poll: https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/116026497511100991
32-bit home/personal computer poll: https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/116026605156645610
