Mastodawn

RC2014 20h ago

@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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dwardoric

@rc2014 @mos_8502 I'm definitely in the "retro throwback memory" camp. However I find myself more and more in the "what if" thought loop, likely because of the current mess we're in. Also at least in my memory it was good to work a machine that would fit in my head.
On the other hand most of my daily driver hardware is old enough to be considered retro by some. 😅