I have similar experiences and sentiments myself. One difference is I was into Apple and Atari computers, but that does not seem to matter all that much.
As a younger person, I did demos and explored the tech plenty without actually building finished applications and or games.
Learned a ton! And had major league fun. Great times filled with bits of understanding I draw on all the time.
And YES! Good grief, the pixels are dancing in ways nobody would have predicted back then.
When I hop on the machines today I find them simpler than I remember and fun to program.
I have similar experiences and sentiments myself. One difference is I was into Apple and Atari computers, but that does not seem to matter all that much.
As a younger person, I did demos and explored the tech plenty without actually building finished applications and or games.
Learned a ton! And had major league fun. Great times filled with bits of understanding I draw on all the time.
And YES! Good grief, the pixels are dancing in ways nobody would have predicted back then.
When I hop on the machines today I find them simpler than I remember and fun to program.