just thinkin' about late 1970s, early 1980s computing... sigh...

microsoft really did destroy all that, the hobbyist scene. it is back now, despite its relatively puny size and position as a 'subculture'.

i wonder what it would take to liberate the human from the computer today. something suggests to me that it lies in simple, expressive command prompts--staying clear of modern GUIs, while not necessarily rejecting WSIWYG

if i have enough money after i pay my bills tomorrow i will try and print out some magazines and do some deep research into the era of 8 bit computing. to try and answer the question: what would a powerful but minimal computer need for the average user today?