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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:45 AM Original message |
Anyone remember the TRS-80? |
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RevolutionStartsNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember that game! |
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ltfranklin (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Jeeze, that's a pretty late model... |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My friend had several bells and whistles |
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ltfranklin (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Shhhhh!!! |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Nononono .... |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. To bad he couldn't see into the future some people collect those old |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great, now I'm horny. Thank you very much. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. Zork? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. That sounds like it |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. That looks like a GD post... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. I had one. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Remember? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. omg, I remember Rainbow mag |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Wow, a fellow traveler! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, I remember that thing |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think ours is still around |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Copy Protection ... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. Z-80 "Bigboard" based, CP/M, acoustic coupler, etc. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
18. Reminds me of this old ad: |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. MicroChannel (MCA) Architecture |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. I learned how to program on my neighbor's TRS-80 |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. I played those text based adventure games in the mid 80's. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. I Learned BASIC and Assembler on a Trash-80 in High School |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Me too |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. My school had those...... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. Good Lord, that remined me that I still have a TI-99/44A up |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I still have my TI-99 put away somewhere |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. The TI-99 flavor of BASIC was a bit different |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I remember that., |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. My earliest computer memory is the Apple Two Plus |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. I had an Atari 400 |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. Star Raiders is /still/ one of my favorite games n/t |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
26. My brother had one of these |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. three rules for complaining about your first computer |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. The cheapest TRS-80 had 4k memory! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Oh but the Commodore 64 was a big improvement right? |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. 'Professional Computer' |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. I still have this |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. We have two of those at the office, on a shelf in back |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Look Table. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Lol. I went through pretty much the same thing |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. I had an Atari 600 XL, I think |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. I had a TI-99 4A |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
34. That and then the 8" floppies....nt |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. My TRS-80 "Coco" had a 16k memory |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Bedlam!!!!!!! |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Put the blue pill into the hamburger and feed it to the guard dog |
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short bus president (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
36. Raaka Tu! |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
37. Oh yeah, I used to use SCRIPSIT (sp?) to write my papaers |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. I bought one for $25 |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. Mine was not so fancy but I remember that game |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. The "SpectraVideo" was my first PC |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. Since there's so much discussion of text games in this thread.... |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. yeah, Infocom was great. Did mine on Atari. n/t |
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kurtyboy (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
55. I remember it from college--But I never touched one in those days. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
56. what do you think I'm using right now? |
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