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Discussion in 'Tilted Gear' started by rogue49, May 9, 2012.

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  1. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    Fremen, that's a great one!

    A roommate had one of these when I was in first year University. I was very happy when my girlfriend (now wife) got a PC with Word Perfect on it (a Tandy 1000 running DOS - pre Windows).
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    Charlatan, May 10, 2012
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  2. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Whoa. I mean, I'm sure I knew people who had one of those, I just don't recall ever seeing one. We got our first television with a remote in 1986 or so, when we moved into a new house. However, the Sony Trinitron we had--no remote, just push buttons for 13 channels plus 2 extras--we used that thing until the 1990s. After our cable operator expanded the lineup in the late 80s, we just hooked it up to a VCR with a remote and ran it on the VCR all the time.

    I do remember my grandparents' television throughout the 1980s had a remote with only a handful of buttons (channel, volume, power) and looked like a fine piece of furniture.
     
    snowy, May 10, 2012
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  3. Stan

    Stan Resident Dumbass

    Location:
    Colorado
    That would be one of the differences between a wife and a girlfriend ... "When are you going to get rid of this shit?" .

    I have full versions on DOS 3, 4, and 5, as well as OS/2 in a filing cabinet. I also have 8+ feet of vinyl albums on a shelf in the basement.
     
    Stan, May 10, 2012
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  4. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Hah, yes. Luckily my husband and I are at a draw--I own the vinyl, he owns boxes of old computer parts and cables.
     
    snowy, May 10, 2012
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  5. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
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    This was of the utmost importance, but I never seemed to remember to slide the switch until Kaboom! didn't show up.
     
    CinnamonGirl, May 10, 2012
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  6. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    OMG!! Kaboom! I loved that game...I must have twisted that knob faster than anything until I couldn't hold it more because of the sweat.
    (uhh...it's not a dirty as it sounds. :oops:)

    That damn mad bomber used to drive me nuts.
    And I got into a fight with my best friend who yanked out the cartridge right as I was getting my ultimate high score. (ok, I was hogging it a bit)
     
    rogue49, May 10, 2012
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  7. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    I learned from personal experience that Mario Brothers on the Atari 7800 loops back to level one after level 100. Of course it takes several hours to accomplish this though.
     
    Speed_Gibson, May 10, 2012
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  8. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
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    Some stuff lurking about my office.
     
    cynthetiq, May 10, 2012
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  9. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    I was walking down the street today and noticed how many people were reading their smartphones, ipads, kindles, and other computer type devices.

    Back in 1999 I bought an Omnisky Minstrel modem for my Palm V (shit you can still buy one for $9.99!) It looked like below. It was $299 on top of the cost of the Palm V and monthly was like $40/mo for service. It was data only and it had was internet in your hand on the street in 2000. I used Vindigo to know restaurant reviews, movie times, and all other information on the fly. It was awesome.

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    I could do surf, answer emails, VNC to a desktop, purchase something from Amazon....

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    One day I lost it on the plane... fell out of my pocket and I never replaced it. Now I rock a new iPad with LTE.
     
    cynthetiq, May 11, 2012
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  10. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    When I was in junior high, my parents were very excited about this:

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    There is an entire shelf of VHS tapes at my Mom's house, with everything from bungee jumping to talent shows to riding bikes to just playing in the yard. I loved to do my own filming when I was allowed, which always resulted in shakiness and zooming around at an alarming rate. Also, that thing got damn heavy after a while.



    My senior year of high school, I used my first digital camera. It looked a lot like this:

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    Yep, the images were stored on a floppy. Our school only had two, and I had to get a special permission slip signed to use it.



    Aaaand now, I can take pictures AND videos with my phone. I think I might start hauling around an old camcorder, just because.
     
    CinnamonGirl, May 11, 2012
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  11. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    I thought the Mavica cameras were the most awesomest things ever!
     
    cynthetiq, May 11, 2012
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  12. Bear Cub

    Bear Cub Goes down smooth.

    Location:
    At the bar, eyeing the pretty one.
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    Bear Cub, May 12, 2012
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