Another Day With My PC

Do you still have that very first PC of yours?

I was browsing through some of the sites on the Web for old computer parts for my prehistoric AMD K62 computer when I chanced upon the Computer History Museum’s Web page. Google may have already placed the K62 on its “ancient PCs” list as I saw words, such as “vintage” and “obsolete,” on the search results.

Old PCs are already practically useless. They can’t run most of the programs that are commonly being used today. Sure, you may still have old DOS programs on your shelves. But chances are, most of them are already corrupted or aren’t working properly anymore.

Some Web sites offer free downloads of old PC games and applications that might still run on old XTs. Call me a nostalgic weirdo, but the thought of being able to run WordStar or play Pacman on my old 286SX clone PC still gives me that static energy effect all over my body.

I hope that there will be more individuals or organizations that would sponsor exhibits involving old PCs. It would be fun to let generation X have a glimpse of what it was like when the typewriter was still seen as a threat to computers as far as word processing was concern.