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    Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery

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    Image of infmom infmom
    12/11/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
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    Image of the_Sleepwalker the_Sleepwalker
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    If you haven't seen the Windows 386 promo video, prepare to have your mind blown... one window at a time. Sorry.
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    I still have fond, fond memories of my little Sinclair ZX81. The programming manual that came with it (a $10.99 value!) is still BY FAR the best introductory BASIC programming manual I've ever seen/read.


    The problem with it was that there was essentially no software for it, and while you could use any cassette player for storage, the odds of actually saving your work successfully were slim. So we caved in and got an Apple II+ a year or so later.

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    Image of infmom infmom
    12/11/08

    @A Pimp Named DaveR: We did the same thing. Had a Sinclair ZX-80 that drove my husband berserk. Not just the cassette business, but because he could never remember that the computer helpfully typed in the whole command when you pressed the first letter.


    We went out and bought a Commodore Vic-20 about six months after we got the Sinclair.

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    Image of Huemonster Huemonster
    12/10/08

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    Ah...I remember loading "Jumpman" from a Datassette onto a Commodore 64, you couldn't move for like 20 or 30 minutes or the vibration would cause a load error.


    We also had some crazy book full of machine code games that could be typed in...pages and pages of 000101000 000001110 0000110001... We had the VIC-20 before the 64...can't remember much about it though.


    Brings a tear to my eye.

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    12/10/08

    @Huemonster: same thing!! i thought it was awesome when you finally finished all the code and typed run... nothing happens. you review the code line by line and find you misspelled goto somewhere (gato)


    and then the whoa factor and mild sense of accomplishment!

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    The first PC I ever used was a Commodore PET. Applications were run from cassettes. I always thought it should have used 8 tracks instead...
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    I wish i had kept the marketing material that came with my first laptop PC, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 425CDS. It had a blazing Pentium 100Mhz processor, a whopping 8MB of RAM, and more storage than you could ever want in its 810MB hard drive. This was top of the line in 1996.
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    12/10/08

    @Zlevee: Zeppelin Rules
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    12/10/08

    @admoseremic: Yes they do. And my love of music is actually what turned me into a PC hardware geek.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    That thing looks like it should be mounted in an Apollo mission space capsule cockpit..
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    According to the US Department of Labor's Inflation Calculator, this machine would cost $1,576.99 today.


    Congratulations, Imagination Machine. You make Apple, Inc. look reasonable in comparison.

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    12/10/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: Just don't try that inflation calculator with the original Macintosh.
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    Image of chuckdogg80 chuckdogg80
    12/10/08

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    Looks like it has built-in Intellivision as well.
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    Image of wirelessdeo wirelessdeo
    12/10/08

    @chuckdogg80: To me it looks more like a Colecovision system.
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    12/10/08

    @chuckdogg80: @wirelessdeo: Or... maybe, just maybe its... BOTH!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/10/08

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    Seems the ad, as well as the machine, is fueled by LSD.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/10/08

    @Kaiser-Machead:



    No, it's powered by Magic

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/10/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: OK, is that a blink tag, or am I on a bad trip?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    8 Colors! 1500 baud rate! "A fine resolution"! But more importantly, it creates Imagination. Or something. Oh, 80's (?).
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    I'd rather use that than Vista.
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    Image of 1.21Gigawatts 1.21Gigawatts
    12/10/08

    @bobdobbs: Weird, I've been using Vista for months now, and I've yet to encounter any problems. I'm not big on Windows, but I have to give credit where it's due. Vista is extremely stable for me.


    2.6 Quadcore

    Asus P5Q

    4GB OCZ plat

    GT260

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    Image of vista64guy vista64guy
    12/10/08

    @bobdobbs: LOL you just had to.
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    12/10/08

    @vista64guy: Gotta clear out my stash of hacky Vista jabs before Windows 7 gets here.
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    Image of dr_lha dr_lha
    12/10/08

    @1.21Gigawatts: Really? You had to come in and defend Vista? It was just a joke. Vista users are so touchy. ;)
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    12/10/08

    @dr_lha: You know Stockholm Syndrome, where hostages become loyal to those who have taken them hostage? It's like that.
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery
    What year is the ad from? It's not a bad buy for $599 with all those specs, if it's from the '80s or early '90s.
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    12/10/08

    @1.21Gigawatts: 1980. Another year with a shitty economy.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/10/08

    @1.21Gigawatts: Agreed. 9k of RAM is way more than 9g of RAM. It's 4 letters more in fact.
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    Image of 1.21Gigawatts 1.21Gigawatts
    12/10/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: I don't know if you're trying to be funny, or sincere, but it fails.
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    12/10/08

    @1.21Gigawatts: obviously never heard of the benefits of z-ray over x-ray.
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    12/11/08

    @1.21Gigawatts:
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