• @[email protected]
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    13 days ago

    I don’t recall ever computing with the monitor next to the CPU. Did anyone else, or was this an aesthetically pleasing way of setting up gear for ad photos?

  • @glimse
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    106 days ago

    William Osman loves these things

  • @[email protected]
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    66 days ago

    I like the tabs for the nested loops in the code shown onscreen. As a kid, I’d program in basic (on a Sinclair or a Commodore) but never indent the nested loops. This looks much more modern and legible than anything I was doing at the time. I don’t even remember sample code having tabbed code like this at the time.

    • @rhacer
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      36 days ago

      When I was in high school, one of my friends had TRS Model II.

      Sunday nights after church we would turn on KGON, dig out a programming magazine and type in the code presented there. Then play Pong, or Asteroids or whatever other game we had just “written”. When we were done, we’d save it to casette tape for later.

      • @[email protected]
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        26 days ago

        The ending to your story made me really anxious. If I’d managed to get anything typed in from a magazine, I’d save right away. No playin around until that

        • @rhacer
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          25 days ago

          We spent quite a bit of time re-typing!

        • @RubberElectrons
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          26 days ago

          I am way too used to seeing those horrible light pink tomatoes when we’re out of growing season.

          Might be turkey on shredded lettuce.

            • @RubberElectrons
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              26 days ago

              Yeah, but usually it’s a nice sandwich.

              Toasted bread, a small amount of shredded lettuce and thin sliced tomato before you get to the cheese and whatever. Maybe some mayo or hot sauce. Gives you a nice crunch along with the savory fillings.

  • @Plagiatus
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    36 days ago

    How much is that in today’s money?

  • @SpiceDealer
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    26 days ago

    The real question is: Can it run Oregon Trail?