Subj : Re: I want to do something retro...
To   : Bob Worm
From : neoshock
Date : Mon Jul 01 2024 03:39:25

 BW>  > Never went there. The parents always though that computers would be a f
 BW>  > in the pan, so no typing.  A lot later though, the same jooy could be h
 BW>  > entering hexadecimal code into "Monitor" on the II range... the joys of
 BW>  > looking for typo in reams of two digit numbers... Even worse than hunti
 BW>  > basic code.
 BW> 
 BW> I never could afford magazines for type-ins but I do remember my brother
 BW> and me collaborating to type in a "baby crying" program from the C64
 BW> manual. One-read-one-type-then-swap setup. The *entire* thing was pokes,
 BW> as I remember it, and it didn't work by the time we had it all entered.

Both my Commodore Vic20 and 64 were hand me downs, and there were a collection of software, accessories and the Compute' Gazette collection, I remember typing in those programs. When I got the VIC20 I did not even have a desk, the computer would just be on the ground with me cross-legged sitting on the floor typing away.

Lloyd (neoshock) sysop @ Vintage Pi BBS
vintagepi.asuscomm.com

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