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[META] What are the demographics of this community? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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Am I the only Zoomer? I see a lot of "I remember"-type responses, so I have to wonder.

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[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Another Oregan Trail generation here.

I'm curious about what's going to happen with Gen Alpha. Any other moms and dads here exposing their kids to retrotech? I have two little ones that I've made a DOSBox installation for (Mixed-Up Mother Goose and Donald Duck's Playground are their favourites). I do wonder how they're going to think about old tech when they're older. I haven't told them that it's "old" or "retro" yet, so they just think they're normal fun games.

[–] kalleboo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah my kids get to play 90's CD-ROM infotainment games. World of Richard Scarry and such. Basic math, phonics and spelling haven't changed since then and these games are guaranteed to not have any in-app purchases or ads! First it was on a PowerBook G3 that is going bad so it's been swapped out for an iMac G4.

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

these games are guaranteed to not have any in-app purchases or ads

That's a big plus. I also like that they have to use the keyboard, since the mouse can be a bit tricky when you're young.

I had no idea there was a Richard Scarry game! They love the books, so maybe I should give it a shot. (Though it does look pretty mouse-heavy)

[–] Sandra@idiomdrottning.org 2 points 1 year ago

Same here, 43 years old.

The alphas probably won't have a lot of computing on the cinder. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Unless we all get to it & fix climate 💁🏻‍♀️

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

I have two little ones that I’ve made a DOSBox installation for (Mixed-Up Mother Goose and Donald Duck’s Playground are their favourites)

And they appreciate it, huh. It makes sense, I guess that's the digital-age version of a kid playing with the box their toy came in. And man, some of those old games really are timeless. If I had some of my own, and they expressed interest, I'd like to try teaching them from both ends of the stack instead of starting in the middle like I did. It was a bit frustrating knowing how to code, but not how to either make a modern-looking application, or how the code was itself working.