Mastodawn

RC2014 Apr 6

@mos_8502 Being a productive home computer was never the goal of the #RC2014. It is great that it has grown in to something *almost* practical, whilst also sad that in 2026 we would need such things.

The point was a combination of having fun building your own computer that could do... something. Getting to understand the hardware, tick a task off your bucket list, and have retro throwback memories to yesteyear are enough for most people.

If I ever start stealing users away from Mac/Windows/Linux it'll be a bitter sweet day.

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diyelectromusic

@rc2014 @mos_8502 I think the major breakthrough would be a system that can be used to design and bootstrap itself.

At present, there are many options for designing and building systems, but they all assume a modern computer stack of some kind to get them going, even if that just means access to community information/events online, being able to order a PCB, buy kits, or components, or being able to load firmware onto a modern microcontroller.