Yesterday's Technology

[Tetsuro]

I just managed to obtain one of these from the city dump:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1117

Here's a photo I took of the whole lot:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/Takeshi666/Pic_0126.jpg

The main unit works, not a clue of whether the same can be said of the peripherals. I certainly couldn't get the included cassettes to work.

Everything is included, down to those little metal plates that should be screwed into the back of the computer to cover the connectors (the screws are missing). In fact, the only thing missing from the lot is the styrofoam from the joystick box.

Of course, the question is...how much is it worth?

[NutWrench]

Maybe $10. :D

THIS was my first computer:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/700/sinclairzx811swz9.jpg

[Fernito]

Mine: :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ZXSpectrum48k.jpg/320px-ZXSpectrum48k.jpg

[Tetsuro]

Oh, MY first computer was this one:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=168

[ZaphodB]

My first PC:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=508

[8IronBob]

Here's a whole website devoted to the first PC that I ever had, seems like it was that popular of a machine for this day in age, unfortunately, the C64 sort of dethroned this one: http://www.99er.net/

[Nessus]

Here's a whole website devoted to the first PC that I ever had, seems like it was that popular of a machine for this day in age, unfortunately, the C64 sort of dethroned this one: http://www.99er.net/

That's what I had, the Ti99. I remember making pictures by writing code programming each individual pixel in the scene.

[Assault]

http://www.fresh99.com/images/nintendotoys/nintendo-072_22340.jpg

Made by Nintendo :D

[Blade Nightflame]

Have we progressed that much in a day? Wonder if we'll be flying hover cars tommorow.. :D

[8IronBob]

That's what I had, the Ti99. I remember making pictures by writing code programming each individual pixel in the scene.

Yes, and by using today's programming languages, I try to replicate some of those old relics, and give them the modern-day feel, but the TI-99/4A will always be remembered for one game in particular, Parsec. That was the best Defender clone... EVAR!!! :woot:

[The Dukenator]

At the rate we're going, DNF could already run on a Tandy 1000HX. :tinyted:

I still have the Tandy 1000HX, it still works almost 20 years later.

[Tetsuro]

I just put that machine for an auction with a starting bid of 20 euros, it's been open for less than 12 hours and it's already at 40 :o

[NutWrench]

I used to have an Atari 800XL (http://www.computercloset.org/atari800XL.htm). It had 64k of memory and a blazing fast 1.79 mhz processor. :)

[Dave-ros]

My first computer (actually my mum's) was a VIC-20 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20). Me = winnar :p

[Noam sane?]

When I was already 40 years old my first computer was an Atari 800 (not the 800xl NutWrench shows although later I had one of those too)
http://oldcomputers.net/atari800.html

I used this
http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an16/action.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_programming_language

to program a couple of simple games for the San Leandro Computer club and for a program that “forced” my young daughter to learn to type. She has since forgiven me however. It’s a good thing because she is a microbiologist now and could easily poison me with a variety of common pathogens at any of the family dinners that she hosts at her house. Her several refrigerators and freezers contain many unusual… things.

[Tetsuro]

The Salora Fellow machine sold...for 90 euros :o

[8IronBob]

Hmm, I wonder if anyone perfected a Duke 3D port to work on an Apple IIe yet.

[Hudson]

I had one of these:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=286

And then shortly after, received one of these:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=185

And so on and so forth.

[NutWrench]

Hmm, I wonder if anyone perfected a Duke 3D port to work on an Apple IIe yet.

If it's anything like Wizardry, then it's probably not worth it. :)
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/359/wizardry1tn9.png

[IwantMORE]

Mine: :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ZXSpectrum48k.jpg/320px-ZXSpectrum48k.jpg

Mine too

http://www.c64gg.com/Images/D/DTs_Decathlon.ip.gif

This game killed it ;)

[yossa]

This game killed it ;)
High fives all around!

ZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMZMM... Doh!

[Crispy Critters]

So, am I the only on here who was stuck playing Jumpman and various other games (which had to be coded out, since they were in these nifty thick books I used to call bricks) on a PC Jr.?

[8IronBob]

Oh, PSP, emulate the C64 and TI-99/4A for me, eh? :D