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Anyone other young people into Retro Computing? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 month ago by RetroDragon@lemmy.sdf.org to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
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I feel like I'm kind of alone in this. I was born in 2004 so the two retro computers I tinker with the most (a C64 and a 486 clone) are way older than I am. Are there any other younger retro enthusiasts who never grew up with the hardware but are into it now?

Also this is my first post on Lemmy, so I'm sorry if this is out of place here.

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

can confirm there's at least a few of us

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vogager gives you a baby icon (the new account indicator), which makes you seem very young indeed

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol. i moved from lemmy.sdf.org because their servers had issues too often. seems like it's back now tho @hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think maintaining two accounts is sensible as servers/instances die all the time. I've got my subscriptions synchronised between this account and one on infosec.pub.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

i'll be fully migrating, tho i still occasionally login to the old instance due to muscle memory.. lol gotta setup a redirect