That is great news. I think these kids saw the 90s as NES (Mario), Sega (Sonic), and their dads playing either Leisure Suite Larry and later Doom on the PC. I think we need to find a way to pull them to this news group, rather than them pulling us to their Discord chats, and then all of us would have to behave with the kids around. :)
Regards, Tarek Hoteit > On Mar 8, 2023, at 12:46 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Running museum (kennettclassic.com) I meet with kids daily who are very > interested in computing history. They all seem to know the Youtubers who > specialize in vintage gaming and computing. These youtube channels are not > always historically accurate but it's a start. Most younger people > gravitate to systems made after 1990. They're not as interested in things > they can't identify with. It's hard to just jump in. Computers are not > like cars. Computers from 50 years ago are fundamentally different. Cars > that are 50 years old can still drive the highways > b > >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:43 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 12:40 PM Will Cooke via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Everyone on this list is going to die sometime. Some sooner than later. >>> We need young people if all or any part of this history is going to be >>> preserved past us. All of the "museum" fiascos that have been covered >> here >>> show how easily it is lost. But as Tarek mentioned in his follow up, >> very >>> few young people are interested. So, how do we get them interested? I >>> can't think of a better idea than asking one of the few that IS >>> interested. Can you? >>> >> >> But ask them what exactly? >> >> Sellam >>
