You know you're old when...

[Ric in RVA]

Originally Posted by SpeedBuggy

Sears Christmas Wish Book

And not a video game in it......

How many of you remember pre video games/trs80/Apple IIe/cobol/punch cards?

Me!!!

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

And not a video game in it......

How many of you remember pre video games/trs80/Apple IIe/cobol/punch cards?

Me!!!

The first video game I ever played was Pong. We've come a long way since then.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Buug959

The first video game I ever played was Pong. We've come a long way since then.

Yep, me too.

[M_Six]

First one I ever played was an early version of what became Pac-Man. Same basic idea except it was missiles chasing an airplane around the maze. That was in Korea in the mid-70s.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

And not a video game in it......

How many of you remember pre video games/trs80/Apple IIe/cobol/punch cards?

Me!!!

Autocoder, anyone?

[Soul_Glo]

Update from me: I joined Match. Let’s see who is interested in a late 50 something doctor. Wish me luck.

Also, I have resolved my LPR with baking soda. Nothing else worked.

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

Also, I have resolved my LPR with baking soda. Nothing else worked.

LPR?

[Soul_Glo]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

LPR?

Silent reflux:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...eal-reflux-lpr
Acid from my stomach was creeping into my voice box as I slept. Leaving my voice gruff. It’s nice to have a normal voice back. The little things eh.

[wdb]

I played "Adventure" (or "Colossal Cave Adventure"), running on <mumble>'s mainframe, in the 1970's via a friend's in-home terminal. It was mildly addicting.



The same fellow also had a flight simulator program for his home-built personal computer; that so-called game took over 30 minutes to load via floppy disk. It was utterly awful; there were no graphics to speak of beyond some terrible ASCII stuff, and it was as abysmally slow to run as it was to load. I can't find any references to it online which strikes me as fitting.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by 3798j

staying with the '60's slot car theme...

Remember how hot the hand-controllers got?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by wdb

I played "Adventure" (or "Colossal Cave Adventure"), running on <mumble>'s mainframe, in the 1970's via a friend's in-home terminal. It was mildly addicting.

I remember a similar Commodore 64 game where you were in a building and a bomb was going to go off soon. You could either try to leave the building or find and defuse the bomb. I don't recall ever "winning" that game. Always got blowed up.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I remember a similar Commodore 64 game where you were in a building and a bomb was going to go off soon. You could either try to leave the building or find and defuse the bomb. I don't recall ever "winning" that game. Always got blowed up.

I had a Commodore 64 and I really liked it. It was my 2nd computer. The 1st one was a Timex-Sinclair 1000. With the Timex-Sinclair, I had to load programs with a cassette player/recorder. I had a cool (and crude) flight simulator that took 6 minutes to load!

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

Update from me: I joined Match. Let’s see who is interested in a late 50 something doctor. Wish me luck.

Good luck on Match. It worked for me a dozen years ago after my wife passed away and we are living happily ever after. I think I signed up for six months initially, then another six after that. I do not remember any horror tales -- I met a lot of very nice people, most of whom I did not "click" with. Give it time.

The only other thing I would add is that a physician on match will be a little like pouring blood in the water with sharks around. Is there any profession with higher prestige?

[3798j]

you might be old if remembering...different drum...

[wspohn]

Originally Posted by 3798j

you might be old if remembering...different drum...

Yup, Linda Ronstadt and an MGB (although from this angle it could be an MGC - the wheels/tires almost look 15")

[garyfried]

Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

And not a video game in it......

How many of you remember pre video games/trs80/Apple IIe/cobol/punch cards?

Me!!!

Me also. Amazed in college going into the computer room. A whole room required for a computer that probably would be out gunned by a modern cell phone.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by wspohn

Yup, Linda Ronstadt and an MGB (although from this angle it could be an MGC - the wheels/tires almost look 15")

Think your guess of MGC might be right...not only do the wires look like 15", they also look like 72 spoke (vs. 60 spoke).

[wdb]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Think your guess of MGC might be right...not only do the wires look like 15", they also look like 72 spoke (vs. 60 spoke).

I dunno. It's a rough picture but I don't see a hood bulge.

EDIT: I spent thousands of miles in our '71 BGT so I'm fond of them. Always thought they were beautiful things.

MGB GT


MGC GT

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

Update from me: I joined Match. Let’s see who is interested in a late 50 something doctor. Wish me luck.

Also, I have resolved my LPR with baking soda. Nothing else worked.

Can you describe what you do with the baking soda?

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I remember a similar Commodore 64 game where you were in a building and a bomb was going to go off soon. You could either try to leave the building or find and defuse the bomb. I don't recall ever "winning" that game. Always got blowed up.

Maybe you refer to the "Impossible Mission" strategy game featuring the mad scientist shouting ("Another visitor. Stay a while... stay forever!"). It was rather frustrating because, without some 'cheat mode'/'trainer mode' and frequent venturing, chances of survival were low and game complexity high. I knew how it ended as someone had taped the final stage.

Longplay:

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Maybe you refer to the "Impossible Mission" strategy game featuring the mad scientist shouting ("Another visitor. Stay a while... stay forever!"). It was rather frustrating because, without some 'cheat mode'/'trainer mode' and frequent venturing, chances of survival were low and game complexity high. I knew how it ended as someone had taped the final stage.

I remember that game. Loved the platform games from back in the day.

One I remember fondly was Jumpman for the C64. Was released for several other platforms, including cartridge for ColecoVision.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpman_(video_game)

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Maybe you refer to the "Impossible Mission" strategy game featuring the mad scientist shouting ("Another visitor. Stay a while... stay forever!"). It was rather frustrating because, without some 'cheat mode'/'trainer mode' and frequent venturing, chances of survival were low and game complexity high. I knew how it ended as someone had taped the final stage.

The game I referred to was text only. No graphics or sound whatsoever.