In a world where millions of people carry a 1990s-grade supercomputer in their pockets, it’s fun to revisit tech from a time when a 1 megahertz machine on a desktop represented a significant leap ...

It’s 2002 and I’ve just unstuck my legs from the school bus seat, run through the front door and up the stairs using all four limbs, and rocketed into the computer room. I push the power button in, ...