Memory lane

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Vintage tech: Looking back at the Commodore 64 - News - PC & Tech Authority

I remember bringing home my powerful Commodore - 64 to replace my pitiful Commodore Vic 20. I had a 300 baud modem that was not even an autodial. It was technically illegal to use the modem since I did not call the phone company and register it. I got on Compuserve and ordered a pair of jeans in the early 80s. That was my first on-line purchase.

i had one and we too had compuserve..we had no idea what to do with it. it wasnt until 1990 when i went to college at a highly technical school that actually conducted an entire semester's class via email....

i still have all my C64 floppy discs including those coveted code breaking programs that you could use to copy games from friends. i wonder if they even work and what i can do with them? ive never had the heart to toss em in the trash

[iplagolf]

I had a 64, set it up and thought, what now??? Speaking of old phones anyone remember in a rural area your "ring" was like two short rings and a long ring. Always screwed me up when we were at my grandmothers house. I thought when the phone rang you answered it. Loved the old party lines...

[azasadny]

I remember lusting after a USRobotics dual standard HST 14.4 modem. It was a speed demon!!

[GH85Carrera]

I bought that USR dual standard with my tax refund. It was over 500 bucks as I remember. I used it to run my BBS.

[GH85Carrera]

That modem was the size of a net book of today, a big external unit!

[911boost]

Our first computer was an Apple 2C, with the small green monitor, and then later a larger color one. My dad still has it, all packed up in the original boxes, etc.

Remember Summer Games on C64 and Apple? In order to run fast you had to move the joystick back and forth as fast as you could. LIttle did I know that would be a motion that would come in handy later on when I didnt have a date for a saturday night.

Bill

[GH85Carrera]

I played more than a few games on my C-64. I moved on to the world of DOS and then Windows I have not played a game on my computer since Windows 3.3.

[Z-man]

I had one of these as a teenager:

That's a Texas Instruments TI-99 4a - the first 'home' computer with a true 16-bit processor.

And speaking of DEC's - in college, I learned all sorts of stuff (PASCAL, COBOL...etc) on a DEC PDP-1170. Back then, GUI meant you sat on an old carmel candy bar.

-Z-man.

[kaisen]

I had one of those too Z-man. TI/4A..... games weren't as good as Commodore or Colecovision

[dhoward]

My first was one of these.