dog Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 You were excited to receive an email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eddie Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 I remember when there was a hyphen in email - and when my CompuServe ID was nine octal digits with (I think) a period between the 5th and 6th. A few years later, POP3 was introduced - I didn't think it would catch on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Remember when, you were excited to receive a letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Remember when you phoned a company up and got straight through? And you where sat/stood in your hall and the phone was attached to the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 11 hours ago, dog said: You were excited to receive an email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Remember when you sat with your Spectrum/Commodore 64, waiting for your game to load off cassette tape, marveling at the picture that was displayed during the load, and the excitement after 5 minutes when it had loaded. Nowadays you put your disc in as Playstation etc and if the game is not up and running within 5 seconds you are about tipping the table over through frustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Kin hell I remember ms dos computers ,I thought Windows was the devils work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Paul71 said: Remember when you sat with your Spectrum/Commodore 64, waiting for your game to load off cassette tape, marveling at the picture that was displayed during the load, and the excitement after 5 minutes when it had loaded. Nowadays you put your disc in as Playstation etc and if the game is not up and running within 5 seconds you are about tipping the table over through frustration. Remember when you accidentally pulled the power lead out after spending most of the day typing in a magazine listing...and not saving part way through? Yep....meeeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Paul71 said: Remember when you sat with your Spectrum/Commodore 64, waiting for your game to load off cassette tape, marveling at the picture that was displayed during the load, and the excitement after 5 minutes when it had loaded. Nowadays you put your disc in as Playstation etc and if the game is not up and running within 5 seconds you are about tipping the table over through frustration. And getting to the end of a long loading game only to have it crash, tweaking the volume on the cassette recorder and hoping it worked next time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, TimRam said: Remember when you accidentally pulled the power lead out after spending most of the day typing in a magazine listing...and not saving part way through? Yep....meeeeee! Half the time they didn't work anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 29 minutes ago, Paul71 said: Half the time they didn't work anyway. Yep, the following issue always said "sorry but there was a mistake in last weeks game listing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 13 hours ago, McRamFan said: Remember when you phoned a company up and got straight through? And you where sat/stood in your hall and the phone was attached to the wall. Or in a malodorous, cold red metal and glass box on the corner of the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 11 hours ago, Paul71 said: Remember when you sat with your Spectrum/Commodore 64, waiting for your game to load off cassette tape, marveling at the picture that was displayed during the load, and the excitement after 5 minutes when it had loaded. Nowadays you put your disc in as Playstation etc and if the game is not up and running within 5 seconds you are about tipping the table over through frustration. Shout out for the humble acorn electron, plugged into a black and white tele with a knob to tune it in (but no arial, so it didn’t really matter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 9 hours ago, ilkleyram said: Or in a malodorous, cold red metal and glass box on the corner of the street Wow that took me back, waiting for the pips and slamming in the old style 2 pence piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 9 hours ago, TigerTedd said: Shout out for the humble acorn electron, plugged into a black and white tele with a knob to tune it in (but no arial, so it didn’t really matter). Yeah had one of them too. Showing my Age proper now but had a game for that called Mexico 86 Spent so many happy hours on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The Electron should have been a massive hit but for xmas delivery problems if memory serves me correct. Along with the 'Beeb' it did have the best home computer Basic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, TimRam said: The Electron should have been a massive hit but for xmas delivery problems if memory serves me correct. Along with the 'Beeb' it did have the best home computer Basic though. I wrote quite a few of my own games and stuff on the Electron, yeah it was better than the spectrum etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 35 minutes ago, Paul71 said: I wrote quite a few of my own games and stuff on the Electron, yeah it was better than the spectrum etc. Shame both machines only had 32k...that was their weakness I think. For learning how to program though they were great. Got me a career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 3 hours ago, TimRam said: Shame both machines only had 32k...that was their weakness I think. For learning how to program though they were great. Got me a career. And me , eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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