My first puter was the Vic 20, I had a 300 baud modem and the cassette data drive with it. I used to call up Pirates Cove BBS. Ran up some huge ass phone bills until I started Phreaking
2nd was C64 with a real hard drive and 16K expansion memory card.
3rd was C128
4th was a IBM 8086....Then 286/386/486/so on...
Remember loading programs from the datasette?
Hit load, press play on the cassette, and go eat dinner...
Come back 30 mins later to sometimes see: LOAD ERROR
ahahah...
Originally posted by MrPheer My first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000, I got the C-64 a couple of years later
My first was a Timex Sinclair too. I paid the extra to not have to solder one together
I remember sitting down with a magazine that had about 3 pages of code and eventually typing in a very crude space invaders game. Although the Sinclair was a neat toy for a bit, it never had any real practical uses for me.
Later I got a Radio Shack CoCo. Had some neat cartridges for it (and some text games & simple programs on cassette tape) but at the time the games we all wanted to play were mostly being grabbed up by Atari, so I spent more time with the 2600 than the CoCo. I remember hooking the CoCo to the output of my stereo where it displayed a spectograph and feeling sooo hitech
we were absolutely psyched when Dad brought home the C64 - the ghetto kids actually had something that was technologically advanced - it was fabulous!!! Then we upgraded to the Atari and also had the Apple IIC with the green and black screen - but I still kicked eveyone's ass in the Kung Fu game! And still will to this day!
Originally posted by thinkx yeah i remember that... my gf next door had a game with a song thats still in my head lol something with a lawnmoyer and song uh something with english garden i watcher her played that for hours (and stared at her tits hehe)
That was Hovver Bovver from Llamasoft
I picked up a mint condition boxed set Commodore a couple of months back and am still looking to find Archon (my fave ever game).
I love the machine, and didint even mind the load times. The Hobbit used to take 18 minutes to load (245 on the tape counter), but I still played it loads.
Oh I had one and i loved it. The games were amazing!! I played Gianna Sisters till I dropped, Wonderboy was so cool too. Frogger, Hunchback, Pitfall, Snoopy, Donkey Kong.... Winter, Summer, World and California Games... amazing!! Me and my friends kept a little notebook with the Highscores. If i see that notebook now I can't stop laughing.
...and now my parents have thrown it away, together with the 100's of floppy's with 1000's of games i had. Shit.
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Originally posted by Lee That was Hovver Bovver from Llamasoft
I picked up a mint condition boxed set Commodore a couple of months back and am still looking to find Archon (my fave ever game).
I love the machine, and didint even mind the load times. The Hobbit used to take 18 minutes to load (245 on the tape counter), but I still played it loads.
Archon the odd "chess" like game? hahah, damn, that was cool. Loved beating up that obelisk (or whatever that fast fucker was called) with a slow grunt with a big stick. Have the original here somewhere.
I had one. I remember the 2800 baud modem was an option you could by, and I think compuserve was the service you could get thru it? something like that, man thats some old shit.
Originally posted by extreme Archon the odd "chess" like game? hahah, damn, that was cool. Loved beating up that obelisk (or whatever that fast fucker was called) with a slow grunt with a big stick. Have the original here somewhere.
Hehe the Basilisk. I am envoius of you having the original
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