cool to see how many ppl got a c64, i started with a ti99/4a as well got it for xmas from my folks, took it along on holiday to germany and wrote the first slotmachine prg there was here in holland, sold it made an xray version even, i got a playmate poster and draw the outlines and "digitised" it, that is i took a piece of maths paper 8x8 and colored each block black and made the strings in the machines then put it all together my friends were amazed and all bought the prg hehe...
got a c64 after that went to berlin on schooltrip bought a viddigitiser there for $300 (a lot then) and got a friend with a HUGE vidcam from his dad, took all my playboys and digitised the pics sold them on disks to germany austria holland anywhere i got like $500 a month so i started a BBS as well hehe... half duplex 1 tel line my dad went insane when the phone rang at 3am hahaha cool to see how many ppl did the same
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those were the days...