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George is just pacing himself
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And he's writing it on like an Apple 2, so like a good 30 minutes is spent waiting for his machine to boot up. By the time it does, he probably forgets that he was gonna do it.
I think it is an old PC with WordStar
You're right, it's an old DOS machine. I misremembered
I can't tell if this is satire or real, because I know artists do weird things to get in the right zone.
He absolutely does. Supposedly it helps limit distractions. I don't think it's helping.
Man loves his solitaire.
Didn't machines at that time take mere seconds to boot?
There was nothing to boot! My mom has MSDOS on a whatever that was built sometime probably around 1989 or 1990. Had a big red switch, flick on, a couple of strange noises, a hello line of text, and then flashy cursor let you knew you were ready to play Jeopardy or Worms.
Lol, I was like 5 when they were prevalent. I don't remember at all.