Is retro computing about time traveling back to your childhood?
So maybe it is less about the tech and more about the time travel?
No, more about the joy of programming in an era of comprehensible systems, where everything doesn’t include everything else or is written in the current religious scripture.
Can't speak for everybody, but for me it's like looking at a photo album. I don't travel back to my childhood, but I do once again feel feelings that I haven't felt since the Reagan Administration.
But that doesn't mean it isn't about the tech.