[SATLUG] OT- C64 for sale

Geoff geoff at w5omr.shacknet.nu
Tue Oct 2 11:14:49 CDT 2007


Aaron Hackney wrote:
> The C64 was my first computer. I begged and begged my parents for one 
> for Christmas 1983. I got one with a Tape drive! I was in heaven. I 
> mowed lawns all summer and saved enough $$ for a 1541 disk drive. I 
> played games 24x7 on that thing. I got introduced to BBSing a short 
> time later with my 300 baud (Yep, they weren't using bits-per-second 
> yet lol) modem cartridge.
> I *LOVED* gaming on that computer! ;)
> As for the one for sale...it's worthless broken. Too light to be a 
> boat anchor or a door stop ;)

I would venture a guess that there's not many people in SATLUG that have 
ever had to deal with 300 baud modems (I have) or, for that matter, have 
ever had to deal with setting up a phone modem.

Show of hands, people..

who has known only broadband access to the 'net?




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