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悲伤的第六阶段是复古计算
The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-Computing
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导读
这篇散文探讨“复古计算”作为哀悼的一种形式：人们通过在模拟器中重访旧操作系统、旧机器，去追回逝去的亲人与逝去的时代，以及当年围绕技术形成的人际联结。作者将怀旧、技术史与个人情感交织，写出技术社区中普遍的乡愁。
为什么经久不衰：它把怀旧计算提升为对失去与人际联结的思考，文字出色，跨越多年仍能击中技术人群的共同记忆。
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复古计算承载着对逝去亲人的哀思，编程的意义在于人与人之间的联结
我父亲三年前去世，他六十年代从穿孔卡片开始编程，五岁时就教我写程序。他走后我整理他的电脑，翻看他未完成的项目，那其实是我和父亲的最后一次关于计算机的对话。看到文中那些旧系统的虚拟机，我看到的都是父亲。编程最终的意义，是它让我们与生命中最重要的人紧密相连。
japhyr查看英文原文
My dad passed away three years ago. He began his career in the 60's and 70's, programming on punch cards. I remember him taking my brother and I to his cubicle at DEC in the 70's, letting us play a space invaders clone on a terminal. He taught me to program at 5 or 6 years old; I'll always remember my parents playing a simple number-guessing game I wrote in BASIC. When my dad passed away, I went through his computer to help my mom figure out what to do with it. I say it was to help my mom, but really it was one last conversation about computers with my dad. I pored over the projects he was working on, and the books he had open on his desk. I remember thinking that this was the last language he'd use, the last modern framework he'd be working with. I remember feeling sad that no one would get to use this last project he was building. So I see the old OS's popping up in the virtual machines described in the article, and all I can see is my dad. It starts to feel like grief, but then that feeling mixes with appreciation for everything my dad shared with me over the years. I didn't go into programming professionally out of college, but my dad's passing is pulling me back into it. I wish for one more day's conversation with him, to share what I'm doing these days. We all love programming for many reasons, but at the end of the day it's really about how our work with computers and programming brings us into close circles with some of the best people we'll know.
旧游戏和旧机器承载着对逝去友人的怀念，成年后难以复得那种纯粹快乐
这篇文章让我注册账号来评论。我至今还在用 SNES 模拟器玩《最终幻想6》的改档存档，想找回小时候和挚友一起折腾 HIMEM.SYS 玩游戏的那个下午的感觉。任何度假或工作成就都换不回那种感觉。尼克，我想你。
kraig911查看英文原文
This really got to me and made me want to make an account just to comment that I am finding myself doing the same. I run the same old SNES emulator of FFVI(FF3) on SNES to play a hacked saved rom file I made to try and feel that energy I felt when I was just a boy with my best friend. Now I'm just a man that is caught up in habits of telling my wife I love her and pays the bills and all. I feel no amount of planning an getaway vacation or getting a great project at work etc can bring me back that feeling of just kicking back with my friend jacking around with HIMEM.SYS to play Falcon 3.0 while we waited for duck tales to come on... I miss you Nick - I wish you never found that gun.
称赞文章文笔出色，是技术与情感的精彩融合
这篇文章写得极好，比如这句：“Windows 是操作系统界的超级碗中场秀——考虑到投入的钱和人力，你本以为它会更令人难忘。”它是技术与情感的绝妙融合，有点像 Neal Stephenson 最佳状态的作品，让我想重新打开 PDP-11 模拟器玩玩 Unix V6。
jackgill查看英文原文
The writing in this post is superb. One of my favorite lines: "Windows is the Superbowl Halftime Show of operating systems. Given what everyone got paid, and how many people were involved, you’d think it would be a lot more memorable." As someone who spends a lot of time with Windows...yeah. But the post is really an amazing blend of technology and sentiment, kind of reminiscent of Neal Stephenson at his best. Makes me want to dust off my PDP-11 emulator and take another crack at Unix V6.
呼吁成年人成为孩子成长中那位不求回报的引路人
作者写道：如果没有孩子，就搬到一个有门廊的地方，需要爱的孩子会自己找到门廊。我小时候也有类似经历，只是对象是 Atari 而非 Amiga——一位大人真心倾听我这个无名小孩，不求回报。如果你有这样的门廊和意愿，请去做那个大人，你不知道你能带来多大的善。
aazaa查看英文原文
> That was when I said to my wife: If we do not have children, we will move somewhere where there is a porch. The children who need love will find the porch. They will know how to find it. We will be as much parents as we want to be. I had a very similar experience growing up. Instead of Amiga, it was Atari. The common thread was that we both shared this very strange (at the time) interest in computers, he actually listened to me - a nobody kid, and he asked for absolutely nothing in return. Given that experience, I can say that if you have the porch and the inclination, consider being that adult. You have no idea the good you can do.
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