Fair enough 8) A few years back I recall Alan Cox (int al) demonstrating Linux booting on a hard disc. Not from a hard disc but actually on one - ie there is enough RAM etc to boot and run a shell in most peripherals.

That aside, have you seen what Jeff Minter and co could do with a C64? You have around 40Kb RAM to play with. You've got the SID for sound and sprites are a thing. Thank the good $DEITY that your storage isn't as noisy as a Spectrum and you have a decent amount of memory to work with. Now make a game to run on this thing!

I can see a Quickshot II across the dining room (WFH.) Hmmmm, when lunch time turns up I think some Mutant Camels will need a good kicking.