Thread: Do you remember?

kids today would look at that like it is some kind of UFO alien machine

loved playing on that thing

For our proud Brits, one of the best product of the year

we learn how to program that shit for school,

great for cheating on exams, they were actually allowed in tests

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

So what is that never seen one?

IBM PC 5110 Portable

Originally Posted by david44

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

So what is that never seen one?

Total shit heap once you tried 2x86 you'll never go back[/URL][/IMG]

A Roma street too far four X is I think a way of sorting the men form the boys Coopers a far superior quaff

but I was young naive and venerable to cougars and shit beer commercials back then.
Today I am the wizdomer

Originally Posted by misskit

(NCR 400 accounting machine was to appear here.)

My first computing experience.

Looking very smart Miss beany

I remember when vodka only came in vodka flavour.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

we learn how to program that shit for school,

great for cheating on exams, they were actually allowed in tests

Oh dear. I had one of these! Given to me by the local control valve rep. with valve sizing programs already loaded.

First Computer game you played?

For me it was the lunar lander (text version) on a DEC


Pretty sure the machine was similar to above and also had the early star trek game where klingon ships operated their cloaking device and attacked you with coke cans....

Originally Posted by Troy

First Computer game you played?

possibly

Sure the Graduate cured me of Simon and Garfunkel and encouraged me to go to college where I ironically met a lovely young sweet Miss Robinson with similar results !

Originally Posted by Troy

First Computer game you played?

Brings back memories.
Days of wasted time.

^ Larry! We thought it fun and funny....eg flushing the toilet in the bar and Larry drowning. The prostitute etc...quite risque. It had the "Boss" button, too; if you pressed ctr-B, the game would pause and a spreadsheet page would come up on the screen.

Those Sierra games guys had a sense of Humour, some of the dialogue was quite witty.
'A naugahyde couch. I wonder how many nauga's died for that'. was the only one I remember.