Crazy for a Gen-Z like me to think about a time when the latest computer developments and chatter was transmitted in actual paper magazines, development was done on bare-metal or very close to it, and the finished product was boxed and plucked off shelves the way new iPhones are today [1]. Speaks to a more exciting era where everything was a novelty and evolving (from chips to systems to software), compared to today's relatively stale web and computing platforms (Windows, Mac, Android, Google, Facebook) that practically everybody takes for granted.<p>[1] <a href="https://i.imgur.com/sRGxoKy.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/sRGxoKy.jpg</a>