Comment by equalarrow

I was more of a Compute! / Compute!s Gazette guy.. But man, does this bring back memories..

Hayes modems. Compuserve! The 80's were so simple. Every computer back then was awesome and it was all about getting your hands on them and just trying stuff. Aka, hacking - before it was 'illegal'.

I'll never be able to impart on my kids what it was like pre-internet. (Btw, it was great!) But, like anything, you can bring these lessons forward and present them with some context that makes sense.

When I was young, this was all positive and all inspiring. I guess that was possible through the 6502. If someone could invent a time machine - what a magical time...