Ah yes, the good old days:
When cars had carburetors (and none of that fancy electronic stuff), maintenance was so much simpler. Cold weather sometimes got in the way of starting up, but once you were running, the joy!<p>Using punch cards and mainframes really forced the programmer to think his solution through and optimize the hell out of it. Once in a while your cards would not get entered properly, but in the end this made you a better programmer even if you are still in therapy for it.<p>When games had less than 16 colors, and all you needed were a few pixels on a cathod ray tube. Playing Pong, and Tennis and hockey all on the same machine! Sometimes you'd forget which one you where playing, but that was also part of the fun!<p>Progress entails transitions, and we are now transitioning. It is sometimes painful and ugly, but it's always necessary unless you stay static forever ...