Indeed. I'm currently leafing through a book about Atari 800 assembly language, and recently had a go at some 8bit generative art code on a C64 emulator (using magazine code from the 80s and such). There is something to be said about the simplicity of those times.
By the way (after looking at your profile here); I was once a collector of the all time classics as well, but foolishly donated my sizeable collection to a museum. I still regret it.
Not much harm if you can visit the museum's workshop. In my hometown (São Paulo, Brazil) there are two groups in the local big state uni that talk about building a computer museum, but that talk, from both engineering and computing groups, has been going on for decade after decade with not a single room being dedicated. Such an endeavor would require constant funding for years and the space to match and I'm absolutely sure they'll be stuck in this duck measurement contest until the cold death of the universe.
I would gladly donate part of my collection if I could be sure the machines would be preserved and available to the public to see. It's more likely I'll bring it to Ireland and help a local college start a museum than wait for those duckheads to make up their minds.
Edit: I blame the autocorrect. And HN not dealing well with asterisks.
The museum is back in Israel where I'm originally from, but I live in the UK. Transporting this collection was not trivial and at the time it was easier to donate. I can only hope they made good use of them.
At least I got some photos: https://imgur.com/a/qSIR5
Very nice collection. I really love the QL keycaps. People say the keyboard wasn't nearly as nice to type as it was to look at. Also wish more computers would allow me to slide the keyboard under the computer.
