How an old program serves as an influence to the democratization of hardware and a new form of expression. That, and a healthy dose of nostalgia. — Retro-computing is a weird hobby of mine. I collect, rebuild, and like to play with old hardware, particularly 80's micro’s. It’s something my wife, with her allergy to accumulating old junk, has to endure. She has no choice really — it was part of a verbal prenup we made before…