[geeks] Seriously cool retro computing

Peter L. Wargo pwargo at basenji.com
Thu May 23 17:46:23 CDT 2002


On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 11:27 , Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> Cloths from the '70s is widely considered retro.  Likewise, Atari2600 
> and
> older video game systems have long been called retro.  And both are 
> from my
> life time, so just get used to it.

Clothes from the '70 aren't retro, they are offensive. (Long live the 
day that I cast off my red cords!)  The 2600 isn't retro, it's a 
classic, like pong and breakout arcade games.

Retro stops at 1959, and always will. :-)

-Pete



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