21 Apr
2021
21 Apr
'21
8:22 p.m.
On Apr 21, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire
at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 4/21/21 2:12 PM, Keith Halewood wrote:
Indeed. While a lot of us are old timers, there definitely are younger generation members
involved. To pick one example: the PLATO system (described at cyber1.org) has a
non-trivial percentage of users on it that never experienced the original system. Some
are just using it, some are actually creating new software. A group from Switzerland is
using it as the platform to teach a course about computer gaming design, including some
newly created PLATO games! And I think the current expert in PLATO terminal restauration
isn't old enough to have seen the original, yet he has restored a number of original
units to full operating condition.
paul
With what was going on about RT11, I showed a
much younger colleague some of the conversations on this list.
Let?s just say that I fear for the future of the human race.
I share your concern. Why don't you try to get him interested in the
vintage stuff? At LSSM, we've found that a great many of the younger
folks actually do get interested, when they take the time to see just
how cool things used to be...which usually translates to "when someone
like us takes the time to show them".
We've also found that many younger folk appreciate the elegant
simplicity (relatively speaking) of vintage systems.
-Dave