The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing
Prices for vintage PCs in need of repairs and hard-to-find parts have shot up on resale sites.
A Commodore computer being used in 1983.Credit.John Nobley/Fairfax Media, via Getty Images
By Kim Key
Jan. 8, 2021
For all the personal technology introduced and popularized in 2020 upscale fitness bikes, at-home Covid tests, game consoles new and old the personal computer lands on the list with a bit of a thud. PCs lack the novelty of other gadgets, but they’re practical, essential even, in a year when work, school and social life have come to rely heavily upon them.