Gumby, wasn't that a machine of the very early 80's ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
I was only 5 years old in 1980 so I could also be full of crap too ;)
Steve.
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Gumby, wasn't that a machine of the very early 80's ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
I was only 5 years old in 1980 so I could also be full of crap too ;)
Steve.
No, definitely 70's. I remember being amazed that you could play ping-pong on the TV. :eek: I think it was around $80 which would have been fairly expensive then. I think the Commodore 64 was around 83-84, but I could be wrong.
Yep, the C64 was released in Australia in 1983 from memory (hey, I'm gettin' old now) but the Vic 20 was out for a few years before it.
Just did a quick Google search (because I'm a dork and I've got nothing else to do at work on a Friday afternoon) and found that the Vic20 was released in 1980 and the C64 was released in late 1982. Goto http://www.commodore.ca/products/vic...ore_vic-20.htm if you could be bothered.
I do remember the price tho ... the C64 Family Pack RRP'd for $399.00 and the Amiga pack RRP'd for $899.00 but dropped as time went by.
Gees, that's a lot considering you can buy brand new PC's (without monitor but with warranty) for $349 these days ! Ouch !!
Steve.
My 1st was a Mac 560K with the optional 800K external floppy drive, B&W monitor and dot matrix printer with tractor feed, cost about $4500 when I bought it.
Also taught me about backup when I lost 4000 words of a 5000 essay for uni I was doing when we had a power failure.
Was powered up with 3.5" floppys and memory was the same.
I also remember the Amstrad with their own weird little 3.25" (I think) floppy.
Had several Macs since this and now have a hybrid PC made for me by a friend who is a systems anylyst, running pentium 4, 480gig HD and 1 gig RAM, a couple of years ago this would have seemed impossible.
I also used to have a Sheen ping pong game, came out about the same time as the pubs had them in the bar at 20c a time, this one plugged into the TV and made the silly 'plock' noise as the ball bounced of the wall.
Sold by Target for about $20 from memory.
THAT explains a lot.. after all these years you still hav'nt made up for those lost words :D :D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
That's the one I couldn't remember the name of. Sheen , yeah what a machine !Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
:)
We had a Texas Instruments machine and a VIC 20 before progressing to the Commodore 64. Atleast back in those days you didnt have to worry if you had a fast enough processor, or memory or graphics card to run the latest games.
Tickering away here at work on an HP 41.....have had it since 1986 and its only on its second set of batteries.