BlackVCG

[shartley]

Happy Birthday... but you STILL can't date my Daughter!

[Miscue]

Happy B-Day!

[Timmee]

wow, ...

... the first computer I had didn't even have a disk drive, it had a tape drive. It was a TI 99/4a, and it included the tape drive, state of the art speech synthesizer, and such immortal games as Hunt the Wumpus, Car Wars, and Blasto. Also, anyone remember 8 track players?

[BlackVCG]

Shartley, you won't have to worry about that.

Thanks guys!

Happy B-Day to everyone else!

[MantisMag]

i vaguely remember the 8-track. i think it's still in the attic. the old commodore was a real pain for me to use. my dad put little post-its with the commands for me to play the games on the sleeves of the floppies. being quite young at the time i didn't understand the syntax so i just memorized them. DOS was so much easier though. i was older and it was simpler. DOS was the greatest thing when my dad first brought home a computer with one. that tape drive sounds like a lot of fun timmee. my dad loves telling me about all the stuff that i learn about in the "history of computing" chapters of my textbooks. he actually learned how to program using punchcards. it's amazing how far we've come since then.

[Jonno06]

<-----someone turns 16 June 1st....HAPPY BDAY BLACK.....I also typed in cd/wolf3d...that game owned......

[Croix71]

Dang I'm older than everyone CPhilip listed.

[shartley]

<-- old enough to get a beer. Heck one of my kids is darn near old enough as well... LOL

[Croix71]

Oooop... Forgot to say Happy Birthday! errrr, Happy Belated BIRTHDAY Black!!