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A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
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Reged: 01/28/12
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Posts: 771
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Loc: Freeport, PA
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Re: Anyone remember the "good ole days" of hardware?
02/26/12 11:41 PM
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The BBS discussion reminds me of the "First" computer I had...
My first computer was a holiday gift from my parents when I was a much younger dolly in '84. It was an IBM PCjr with 128KB, a non-chiclet keyboard, 5.25" 360KB DS/DD floppy drive and RGB monitor for around $2000 or so. While it wasn't able to play many games in the end (though the PCjr cartridge port of "Pitfall II" was pure awesome) I used it to learn how to program and to dig into its internals.
With how emulation is advancing I will be quite giddy to see a complete IBM 5150 i8088 system emulated on a phone (with choice of authentic MDA or CGA). Though I'm sure it would be tough to attach the 5.25" 360KB DS/DD drives to the thing. Much less a compact cassette drive. ;-)
And yes I have the emulator for that rig right here. Ah, back in the day when old desktop iron would boot to Cassette BASIC. And we liked, no, we LOVED it that way!
--Bekki
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
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