Looking Forward to Going Backward

Alternatively, Looking Backward to Go Forward. But I think the first is right. I've been listening to a lot of the Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld interviews on YouTube. It's inspiring stuff, but also a bit melancholy. The future didn't turn out the way we'd planned, I think. Or hoped. Humanity seldom "plans" anything. Anyway, the thing I'm looking forward to is getting my MegaFlash card for my Apple IIc Plus. (The "official" name is "IIc Plus," I always thought it was IIc+, like Apple ][+.) The MegaFlash will, after I get everything configured, solve a lot of challenges I have with enjoying retro computing as a hobby here in this confined space. You can do a lot on an emulator, but it's not the same thing. As embodied beings, there's a physical experience that accompanies using older hardware. Much like the renaissance of typewriters at the moment. I think people like the interaction with the keys, and the paper and the different visual experience, watching letters appear…