The Commodore Amiga is what did it for me – what really solidified my interest in computers. It was amazing at the time – great graphics, fantastic sound, and it could multitask – all things that people take for granted today, but many people shunned at the time. Why do you …
A few people I knew had Commodore 64s and I remember envying the software they had – mostly a cousin who lived out of state and we visited once per year. He had TONS of software - what seemed like an amazing amount to me back then. I saved up and purchased another …
I must have been 12 or 13 at the time, but even then I noticed the quirks of the Adam. Booting directly to a word processor seemed odd to me. The power supply and switch for the whole computer built into the printer?? What if I wanted a new/better printer, …
Here’s a little backstory. My first computer was a Commodore 64 – loved it, but a disk drive was not in the budget at the time. I remember the hours spent typing in programs from magazines, the pain of finding mistakes when the program didn’t run properly, and the joy …
I’ve recently taken an interest in old computers, mostly from the 80s and 90s – the machines that got me interested in the field I am in today. I wanted to set up a site where I could share some of the history, and also some of the information and …