Omega-TI Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Post a photo of the FIRST computer you ever OWNED in it's least expanded configuration as "THEN". If you still have it, or re-acquired one, post a photo of it as "NOW" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 THEN... 1985 NOW... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) nice setup. you make the joystick? Edited July 26, 2014 by hloberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 you make the joystick? Yes, a long time ago. This winter I hope to make one with multiple buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 1987, 2014 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 1987, 2014 I'm curious, was this a re-acquire years later? I only ask because the disk drive looks different. If not, did that joystick REALLY hold up all these years?!? Funny thing about the CoCo, I see lot's of drives in photos for those things, but I never sold many. I'm thinking most people bought theirs through franchise outfits like Merrymac at reduced prices via mail order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'm curious, was this a re-acquire years later? I only ask because the disk drive looks different. If not, did that joystick REALLY hold up all these years?!? Funny thing about the CoCo, I see lot's of drives in photos for those things, but I never sold many. I'm thinking most people bought theirs through franchise outfits like Merrymac at reduced prices via mail order. No, I still own everything in that old photo. I'm pretty sure the coco in the 2014 pic is not the same one as in the 1987 pic, but I do have my 1st coco in a box in the next room.... Same with the disk drives. In 89 that drive in the pic had a white colored Panasonic 360K drive installed as drive 1 (b:?) I have several coco drive setups and cycle through them randomly. Those TRS-80 analog joysticks hold up! I have about 10 of them and all work. I have a few people modded with an internal hi-res interface, and did away with the springs for graphic arts. Funny you mention people going to 3rd party sellers for drives.. I myself always had a Tandy FD-something setup, but everyone else I knew, or years later acquired, had no name drives in cases, but oddly... Tandy disk controllers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 No, I still own everything in that old photo. I'm pretty sure the coco in the 2014 pic is not the same one as in the 1987 pic, but I do have my 1st coco in a box in the next room.... What I really admire about your second pic (the current setup) is the 100% retro appearance! It looks like it could have been taken years ago as everything is stock and IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE. The only thing that gives it away is that picture quality is too good for an older picture. On a side note, I'm a bit surprised that others have not jumped in yet with their retro systems. WHERE IS EVERYONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrownd Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) My TS1500 and TS2040 printer around 1985. Terrible old Kodak 110 photos, and the best capture I can do without a scanner. The second photo is actually visible in the middle of the first one, so they must have been taken about 6 months apart. Copies of Sync Magazine are visible in both, and in the second photo one of the magazines is propped up next to the computer as I'm typing in a program from it. I watched years of TV on that 10" black-and-white TV in the mid 1980's. There's a tin foil wrapped box behind the computer that was intended to make my friends think that box was really the main part of the computer. Has lived in storage 26 years... Edited August 13, 2014 by bkrownd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 I love the old World Book Encyclopedia Set! That was a sign of the times, now it's all online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrownd Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) I also notice an overlay for the Intellivision game Atlantis in the first photo! (identified via google images) I didn't have an Intellivision, so I picked that up off the street somewhere. Some of the objects in this photo I'm remembering for the first time in at least 25 years...it's amazing how some of that stuff is still tucked away in my head after so long! Edited August 13, 2014 by bkrownd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetal88 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I don't think I have any photos of my first computer, and my parents got rid of it when I was in the 3rd grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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