Help me HN: I've become obsessed with buying 8 bit computers
When I was a kid in the late 1970s we could not afford a home computer. I spent all my time dreaming about them and reading computer mags.<p>Now in my 40&#x27;s I can&#x27;t stop buying the damn things even though I can&#x27;t really afford to. I&#x27;m still seeking that ultimate high of finding a classic machine with all the optional extras in mint condition.<p>I dream of getting the time to sit down for a few months and program them in assembler and he the programmer I always wanted to be when I was a kid.<p>Argh! I seem to be obsessed with the past but in a strange way I find these old 8 bit machines just as interesting as the latest in software development technology.<p>So many machines. My house is filling with boxes. They arrive and I don&#x27;t even open them to have a look... I just accumulate and want more.