As user coffeemug said to me in an email a long time ago (relating to an old article https://web.archive.org/web/20090220121738/https://www.defma... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=452341 ), the ZX Spectrum computer has wabi-sabi . While the Spectrum had lots of very individual quirks, I think the same is true of old BASIC systems in general. Humble and fusty and clunky, it communicated a sense of patience with and love for the user.