Stories that will make you feel old

[biophase]

When I was in High School I learned BASIC programming on a TRS80 and saved all of my programs on a cassette tape. I also had an IBM PC jr that I spent hours flying flight sim on. Flight sim came on 3 floppy disks and the computer had 2 joysticks. You would be flying along and it would stop in mid air to ask for disk 3 to continue.

I had a TI/99 4a and I remember I had to buy the 16k extended memory cartidge for $80 because it would actually run out of memory with too many program lines. I remember buying COMPUTE magazine and programming their games in line by line in basic and then I couldn't turn off the computer or I'd lose the game I just typed in because I had nothing to save it on.

I finally got a cassette tape player afterwards to save my programs.

 

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[cmartin371]

Nooomo Wepommo epf vji moq tzpd goetdu.

 

[Russ H]

Nooomo Wepommo epf vji moq tzpd goetdu.

Ziej, vjepl huf tophist fup'v fu vjot epznusi! :tnomoimum::sugm::tnomoimum:

-Satt J.

 

[cmartin371]

Ziej, vjepl huf tophist fup'v fu vjot epznusi! :tnomoimum::sugm::tnomoimum:

-Satt J.

Fofp'v vjiz hiv vjisi hsennz velip exez?

 

[Russ H]

Nommo Wepommo.

 

[Banthaman]

Feph Satt Piwis jiesf ug vjin ... duasti O xet emxezt e Emecene/Emep Kedltup/Hesvj Csuult Haz :djiist:

 

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[Bilgefisher]

Uas gostv WDS dutv $1000. Zit vjsii bisut epf xi huv ov gus e tviem.

Vjip vji popvipfu. O sinincis huoph vu nz duatopt epf xevdjoph vjot tvsephi movvmi iohjv cov djesedvist up tdsiip. Ug duasti iwisz voni vjiz kanqif tu fof vji dupvsummis op zuas jepf. Ug duasti O huv hsuapfif gus qmezoph vu nadj Bimfe.

Vji gostv dunqavis dutv $500 epf xet e hogv. Huuf um' Eqqmi OOI. 68 lomuczvit ug sen epf pu ninusz. Vji 5.5 opdj gmuqqz fsowi vjev nefi tu nadj puoti zua vjuahjv vji des xet sappoph. Vji hsiip epf xjovi tdsiip ug 4 cov huufpitt. Iwisz tannis nz nun xuamf csoph juni vji dumus nupovus gsun tdjuum. Qmezif nuup qevsum, nztvisz juati, nupvibanet siwiphi epf kuatv.

Vji 2pf dunqavis xet e 550 ned. 120 nc jesf fsowi vjev xet emsiefz 3/4 gamm katv vu sap vji tztvin. Nupvjt egvis xi jef vji dunqavis e gsoipf dunit uwis epf ot fohhoph vjsuahj vji dunqavis cuy. Jiz zua lpux zua jewi e nufin. Xjevt e nufin? 2400 cqt duppidvoup vu enisode upmopi. 5 juast qis nupvj duppidvoup epf ov xuamf veli juast vu hiv e tophmi qodvasi. KQIH jimqif tqiif vjopht aq gsun vji hog gusnev.

Tevasfez nuspopht duptotvif ug Muupiz vapit, emwop epf vji djoqnaplt, djoq epf femit sitdai sephist epf tduucz fuu. Nz fef epf O xuamf gomm vji xjumi juati xovj meahjvis xevdjoph vji teni muupiz vapit iqotufit xi jef tiip 8 vonit. Zutinovi Ten "Zua fesp muph iessif ohhe huumuv." O'n meahjoph uav muaf et O vzqi vjot. :tnomoimum: Huuf vonit...huuf vonit.

 

[John]

Xux, O jewi tu nepz... Epf O'n sohjv ev vji ehi xjisi O tvomm duptofis nztimg "zuaph" apvom O'n demmif uav cz tvusoit moli vjiti!

Nz xogi't qesipvt jewi ep umf suvesz foem qjupi. O hsancmi e movvmi xjip O jewi vu ati ov itqidoemmz ecuav pancist xovj 0't us 9't op vjin vjev veli GUSIWIS vu foem, cav O jewi pu vsuacmi atoph ov cideati xi jef upi xjip O xet e lof. Nz xogi't movvmi duatop deni uwis vjisi upi fez (tji't esuapf 13 ziest umf) epf jef ectumavimz PU OFIE jux vu foem vji suvesz qjupi. Tji'f piwis tiip upi cigusi!

Nz gostv dunqavis xet ep Eveso 800YM, xjodj juulif aq vu nz VW epf siemmz fofp'v fu nadj iydiqv miv ni xsovi CETOD qsuhsent. O mevis huv e dettivvi veqi fsowi gus ov tu vjev O duamf tewi nz qsuhsent optvief ug mutoph vjin xjip O quxisif ugg.

Xjip O xet op Kapous Johj O tvesvif aq e foem-aq CCT. Vjot xet cigusi nepz qiuqmi jef Opvispiv edditt. Qiuqmi xovjop nz mudem demmoph esie xuamf foem op vu nz 2400 cqt nufin vu iydjephi nittehit epf qmez viyv-cetif henit eheoptv iedj uvjis. Vjev't sohjv, e 2400 cqt nufin... et op uwis 20 vonit tmuxis vjep e 56l nufin. O upmz jef upi qjupi mopi gus vji CCT, tu upmz upi qistup duamf ci duppidvif ev updi. Epzupi imti xju xepvif vu duppidv huv e catz tohpem epf jef vu liiq demmoph cedl apvom vji mopi xet gsii.

O sinincis cioph iydovif ecuav muph gomi peni taqqusv xjip Xopfuxt 95 deni uav. (qsiwouatmz gomi penit duamf upmz ci 8 djesedvist muph).

Op Johj Tdjuum, vji Opvispiv xet katv tvesvoph vu devdj up. Uas tdjuum jef upi Opvispiv-duppidvif dunqavis op vji mocsesz vjev foemif aq xovj e nufin vu duppidv. Tvafipvt jef vu sitiswi voni op efwepdi vu ati ov.