I felt a wave of nostalgia at the title and the first photograph, so I was shocked to read the conclusion that “No one really misses amber monitors today”.

When I was an undergraduate in the mid '90s, my college had a row of terminals linked to the central university computer (which I think was a DEC Alpha). Most of them were green, but one was amber. That was my favourite, which I always used if I could. I liked the softness of it, compared to the harsh green.

So yes, I do miss amber monitors today. And as with all nostalgia, I suppose what I really miss is being young and discovering new worlds in the machine, but the particularity of the amber terminal resonates more strongly than I realised until I felt myself bristle at that curt dismissal.