Just an observation and opinion

globaldesigns · #1 02-06-2013, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Hey I still have my TRS-80 CoCo 2 =)

OLD!!! I have my Commodore 64 with fast load cartridge, floppy drive and all disks, still in original packaging. Probably have my old pager kicking around somewhere, next the the ole 8-track or reel-2-reel.

Sad thing is that I know what a TRS-80 is, Good ole Tandy products. Good stuff back then!

lastlight · #2 02-06-2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by globaldesigns

Good ole Tandy products. Good stuff back then!

Nothing like popping in a cartridge or a cassette tape to load up a 'game' lol. You were spoiled with the fancy disk drive!

Reef Pilot · #3 02-06-2013, 05:02 PM

I think I got all you guys beat....LOL. Ever hear of paper tape, or a Univac 1004? Or 90 column (and I mean 90, not 80) punch cards?

lastlight · #4 02-06-2013, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I think I got all you guys beat....LOL. Ever hear of paper tape, or a Univac 1004? Or 90 column (and I mean 90, not 80) punch cards?

I hope there's a strapping young lad in the neighborhood to shovel your walks and do your water changes

Reef Pilot · #5 02-06-2013, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I hope there's a strapping young lad in the neighborhood to shovel your walks and do your water changes

Actually, it's funny, I ski and mountain bike with my son, and there are times (esp if we have a deep powder day) that he can't keep up with me....LOL.

lastlight · #6 02-06-2013, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Actually, it's funny, I ski and mountain bike with my son, and there are times (esp if we have a deep powder day) that he can't keep up with me....LOL.

you're doing dead lifts with your univac when nobody's around.

Reef Pilot · #7 02-06-2013, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

you're doing dead lifts with your univac when nobody's around.

You know, the one thing I regret, is not grabbing and keeping some souvenirs from the good old days. Used to always walk around with punch cards in my upper shirt pocket. We didn't have the yellow post-it pads in those days....

Yup, and programming in Assembler and debugging in machine code sure was fun.... Had to really know your hexadecimal, then later had to convert to ascii, unix, etc, etc..... <sigh>