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Anyone other young people into Retro Computing? (self.retrocomputing)

submitted 2 days ago by RetroDragon to c/retrocomputing

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I feel like I'm kind of alone in this. I was born in 2004 so the two retro computers I tinker with the most (a C64 and a 486 clone) are way older than I am. Are there any other younger retro enthusiasts who never grew up with the hardware but are into it now?

Also this is my first post on Lemmy, so I'm sorry if this is out of place here.

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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Absolutely. I was born in 1996 but got into retro games in 2007 thanks to AVGN, after which retro computers came shortly after. I learned how to program in BASIC during covid and made a text adventure RPG that I then translated into Python to learn that language.

I still think BASIC is a great programming language to learn for a beginner. It gives you the blocks of what you'll need to tackle a modern language rather than being overwhelmed.