Rob Sweeney wrote:
> Sometimes I feel the same way about people starting
> working with computers more recently, as the underlying
> complexity of "operating systems" (insert several hundred
> pages of the Windows/MSIE integration debate to explain
> those quote marks) - there was something special about
> working on a machine and knowing, or being able to know
> without spending years on learning the intricacies of a
> very complex interrelated system like a modern OS,
> everything about what was happening on the computer you
> were working on.
It's interesting to note that one of the prerequisites of
the original Personal Computer was that a suitably motivated
individual should be able to understand the entire system.
BM
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