If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Ancient Computers in Use Today
A 25-year old Amiga 2000 still provides background music at home (when the wife is away).  A couple hundred megs of Mod files provide hours of nostalgia.  Some people meditate with incense, Amigans ruminate to the sounds of 80s tracker beats.<p>Here's a sample of a great mod: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWgXiVJbpI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWgXiVJbpI</a> - albeit from a lame demo.  There are thousands more available at aminet.net.<p>I've tried replacing the machine with emulation, but there is something comforting in seeing the old girl in the corner serving as well as she ever did.  Perhaps devices living beyond their natural lifespans comforts man's worries over his own perishable nature.