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Adding local short description: "Hobbyist use of older computer equipment", overriding Wikidata description "running old computer technology in modern times as heritage and as a hobby" |
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Occasionally, however, an obsolete computer system has to be "resurrected" to run software specific to that system, to access data stored on obsolete media, or to use a [[peripheral]] that requires that system.
[[File:Retrocomputing 2010 Athens Greece.jpg|thumb|Retrosystem 2010, a retrocomputing event in [[Athens]]]]
Retrocomputing
==Hardware retrocomputing==
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==Education==
Due to their low complexity together with other technical advantages, 8-bit computers are frequently re-discovered for education, especially for introductory programming classes in [[Primary school|elementary schools]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} [[8-bit|8-bit computers]] turn on and directly present a programming environment; there are no distractions, and no need for other features or additional connectivity. The [[BASIC]] language is a simple-to-learn programming language that has access to the entire system without having to load libraries for sound, graphics, math, etc. The focus of the programming language is on efficiency; in particular, one command does one thing immediately (e.g. {{code|COLOR 0,6|basic}} turns the screen green).
▲Retrocomputing (and [[retrogaming]] as aspect) has been described in one paper as [[Digital preservation|preservation]] activity and as aspect of the [[remix culture]].<ref>{{cite conference |title=Retrocomputing as Preservation and Remix |last1=Takhteyev |first1=Yuri |last2=DuPont |first2=Quinn |date=2013 |publisher=iSchools |book-title=iConference 2013 Proceedings |pages= 422–432 |___location=Fort Worth, Texas |doi=10.9776/13230|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024|hdl=2142/38392}}</ref>
==See also==
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* [[Computer Conservation Society]]
* [[Living Computers: Museum + Labs]]
* [[Retro gaming]]
==References==
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