Posted July 29, 2016

CharlesGrey
Original Grey
Registered: Sep 2013
From Germany

Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany

PaterAlf
Cookie Monster
Registered: Apr 2012
From Christmas Island
Posted July 29, 2016
You really don't know??? It's the record label of this new talented band. I think they are called "The Beetles" or something like that.

Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany

Randalator
Deadpan Snarker
Registered: Jun 2012
From Germany

Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany

AlienMind
GOG sells DRM+microtransactions + accept is a joke
Registered: Oct 2012
From Germany
Posted July 31, 2016
Now I understand why the are calling them Portable Computers. You can take this thing anywhere!

Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden
Posted July 31, 2016
Neat.
That's almost as good as my (1989, I believe) Victor V386PX, where the keyboard uses that new PS/2 connector and is attached with a cable so you can lift it out and close the lid if you connect to a larger, external, monitor.
That's almost as good as my (1989, I believe) Victor V386PX, where the keyboard uses that new PS/2 connector and is attached with a cable so you can lift it out and close the lid if you connect to a larger, external, monitor.
Post edited July 31, 2016 by Maighstir

SeeJayGamer
Insert Coin
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted August 01, 2016
The best portable computer: The Compaq Portable

Randalator
Deadpan Snarker
Registered: Jun 2012
From Germany

paigosa
New User
Registered: Oct 2013
From United States

Lifthrasil
Bring the GOG-Downloader back!
Registered: Apr 2011
From Germany

TwoHandedSword
Sharp tongue, rapier wit, cutting sense of humor
Registered: Sep 2011
From United States
Posted August 01, 2016
Ah, memories.
TRS-80:
My parents owned a small pet store in the same shopping center as a Radio Shack. When the first one came out, I was over there almost every day after school, learning the basics of BASIC. I never bought it, but it did lead to me getting an Apple ][+ a few years later.
Side note: my middle school had brand new Commodore PET-2001s, and (of course) I joined the after-school computer club. The 8" monochrome screen was built into the console, as was the (pre-hard drive) tape recorder. I remember that Space Invaders took four minutes and fifty seconds to load; and if there was a glitch in the process, you had to rewind the tape and wait another five full minutes. Heh.
Rocky Horror:
Every Friday and Saturday. At midnight. For more than six years.
I became part of the local floor show, usually performing as Eddie and Dr. Scott. (Fun fact: Meatloaf played both roles in the Broadway show.) To this day I have the entire movie memorized. And the London cast recording on vinyl, as well as the Australian one on audio cassette. (Note that I no longer have any way to actually play either of them; sadly, time warps on.)
That, and my love of RenFaires, made me one of the original cosplayers, before even the Japanese, much less American Japanophiles. Great Scott!
*ducks, covers, and runs as rolls of Scott tissue are lobbed in my general direction*
TRS-80:
My parents owned a small pet store in the same shopping center as a Radio Shack. When the first one came out, I was over there almost every day after school, learning the basics of BASIC. I never bought it, but it did lead to me getting an Apple ][+ a few years later.
Side note: my middle school had brand new Commodore PET-2001s, and (of course) I joined the after-school computer club. The 8" monochrome screen was built into the console, as was the (pre-hard drive) tape recorder. I remember that Space Invaders took four minutes and fifty seconds to load; and if there was a glitch in the process, you had to rewind the tape and wait another five full minutes. Heh.
Rocky Horror:
Every Friday and Saturday. At midnight. For more than six years.
I became part of the local floor show, usually performing as Eddie and Dr. Scott. (Fun fact: Meatloaf played both roles in the Broadway show.) To this day I have the entire movie memorized. And the London cast recording on vinyl, as well as the Australian one on audio cassette. (Note that I no longer have any way to actually play either of them; sadly, time warps on.)
That, and my love of RenFaires, made me one of the original cosplayers, before even the Japanese, much less American Japanophiles. Great Scott!
*ducks, covers, and runs as rolls of Scott tissue are lobbed in my general direction*
Post edited August 01, 2016 by TwoHandedSword

Emachine9643
"LOL LOL whazza chiggi chugga - love you people!"
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States

Bad Hair Day
Find me in STEAM OT
Registered: Dec 2012
From Other