I just designed my first PCB and I have to admit it did give excitement. I am sure current maker movement with 3D printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc. gives to some people the same excitement to people as Amiga did to us.
Times are different but not worse.
Now there is a sentiment I can get behind.
I've been doing some hacking myself and its fun with a capital "F".
Even helping a friend run off a batch of 80 column display boards for the old Tandy Color Computer was a kick in the ass (since it used a Yamaha V9958 which is one cool VDP).
And I've been discussing a 68HC000 project with the designer of the Kiwi (a very cool computer that uses a V9990).
You guys want that old feeling?
Starting learning how to design and build something.
There is some cool stuff out there and its cheap.
OR embrace something different and start using ARM or PPC.
Ditch the X86, fu*k Windows, at the very least use Linux or better yet something REALLY exotic.
COME ON guys.
This used to be fun.
It can be again if you don't join in with the sheeple.
