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2026-05-11 11:16 UTC
@mason@partychickens.net I know in all honesty I don’t miss those old operating systems and Macs, I miss how the made me FEEL. I created my personal website as a near pixel perfect homage to System 6-7 and HyperCard and I dearly loved doing it. But I do remember wishing for colors a bigger screen, a laser printer, etc. I have all those things now, but it don’t feel the same way inside as when I was 18 with a Mac SE/30. That’s what nostalgia feels like, I think. A warm happiness of being in the moment.
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@mason@partychickens.net 2026-05-11 14:31
@DanMorgan@vmst.io I think it really is the OS. Cooperative multitasking works well and the Toolbox was a joy to program. I used to release software that got somewhat popular. The community was friendly. It's not just the feeling. I felt more empowered as a programmer up through System 6. I even really enjoyed hacking on PalmOS given how much of a clone of the Mac it was. I love Unix - don't get me wrong! But I also loved the Mac, and my SE the most.