Subj : Re: Housekeeping
To   : Poindexter Fortran
From : Thom Miller
Date : Sat Apr 15 2023 11:10 am

 > I'm a big fan of virtualization. I started off running VMWare
 > Workstation on my desktop, later moved to Proxmox running on a laptop.
 > On that I can spin up an operating system for old-time's sake and run
 > it in a window or full screen on my desktop, without the hassle
 > of more hardware (and trying to keep old hardware running, which
 > is getting increasingly difficult...)

That's one of the great things about the hobby, IMO. There are all different
approaches and interests. I very specifically did not want to run new
software, or run old software on new hardware (in a VM or otherwise). I had a
386 that was sitting on a shelf not getting much use, and thought, "Man, it'd
be cool to get that thing on-line and have it function like it did in the old
days." I wanted to run old software on old hardware, and see if I could get
it to talk to 'new' software. To me, the tinkering (both with the software
and the hardware) is a big part of the fun.

There's no right or wrong way. That's true of the 'retro computer' scene
in general, I think. If emulators, virtual machines, FPGA, or vintage
hardware get you where you want to go, I think it's awesome, even if your
chosen method to get there isn't the one that I'd have taken.

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