Peter Cohen on Nostr: I miss BASIC. I miss just using a CLI. I miss the gateway to entry on the Internet ...
I miss BASIC. I miss just using a CLI. I miss the gateway to entry on the Internet being able to cobble together TCP/IP support for your dialup modem.
Maybe this is just old man yelling at iCloud, but I really think we lost something when we commodified technology.
#retrocomputing #80sKid #GenX
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