Thank you, Josh. How did your passion start with classical computers? Maybe this helps in understanding the generation?
Regards, Tarek Hoteit > On May 19, 2024, at 08:39, Joshua Rice via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Younger folk are indeed more ignorant of where technology came from, but i > wouldn't say all of them are. I'm 32 years young and, well, i'm posting this > email on the mailing list, so that probably says enough. > > Sure, the pool of those interested in old computer tech might be smaller > nowadays than it used to be, but then so is the pool of those interested in > Ford Model T's or gasoline powered Maytag washing machines, or steam traction > engines. But as long as stuff exists, there will be people interested in > tinkering with it. It's just that some tech is just not relevant any more, so > those exposed to it or used it in anger are going to be fewer and far between. > > It's OK to be concerned, but i don't think the retro computing scene is as > dire as some might make it out to be. > > Cheers, > > Josh Rice > >> On 19/05/2024 16:14, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote: >> A friend of a friend had a birthday gathering. Everyone there was in their >> thirties, except for myself, my wife, and our friend. Anyway, I met a Google >> engineer, a Microsoft data scientist, an Amazon AWS recruiter (I think she >> was a recruiter), and a few others in tech who are friends with the party >> host. I had several conversations about computer origins, the early days of >> computing, its importance in what we have today, and so on. What I found >> disappointing and saddening at the same time is their utmost ignorance about >> computing history or even early computers. Except for their recall of the >> 3.5 floppy or early 2000’s Windows, there was absolutely nothing else that >> they were familiar with. That made me wonder if this is a sign that our >> living version of classical personal computing, in which many of us here in >> this group witnessed the invention of personal computing in the 70s, will >> stop with our generation. I assume that the most engaging folks in this >> newsgroup are in their fifties and beyond. (No offense to anyone. I am >> turning fifty myself) I sense that no other generation following this user >> group's generation will ever talk about Altairs, CP/M s, PDPs, S100 buses, >> Pascal, or anything deemed exciting in computing. Is there hope, or is this >> the end of the line for the most exciting era of personal computers? >> Thoughts? >> Regards, >> Tarek Hoteit
