there i am in january 1982, geekin' it up on my IBM PC - Model 5150
i'm about to turn 9.
this photo is so old, that shirt style has already come and gone as 'retro'.
check out the specs:
NAME: PC - Model 5150
MANUFACTURER: IBM
TYPE: Professional Computer
YEAR 1981
BUILT IN LANGUAGE IBM BASIC (Special Microsoft BASIC-80 version in ROM)
KEYBOARD Full stroke 'clicky' 83 keys with 10 function keys and numeric keypad
CPU Intel 8088
SPEED 4.77 MHz
COPROCESSOR Optional 8087 math coprocessor
RAM 64 KB (The very first ones had only 16 KB)
ROM 64 KB
TEXT MODES 40 or 80 char x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES Optional CGA graphic modes : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200
COLORS Monochrome / 4 among 8 in 320 x 200 CGA mode
SOUND Tone Generator - built-in speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT 50.8 (W) x 40.6 (D) x 14 (H) cm
I/O PORTS Five internal 8 bit ISA slots, monitor, Centronics, cassette (!),
BUILT IN MEDIA One or two 160 KB 5.25'' disk-drives
OS MS-DOS, CP/M-86
POWER SUPPLY Built-in 63.5W switching power supply unit
PERIPHERALS 5 expansion slots, 5, 10, 20 MB hard discs
PRICE £1736 (1 FD, monochrome monitor, U.K., 1983)
Ah, these boys is all swelled up. So this was earlier...getting set to trade. Then, woooaaah differences. Blog ¤ Photos ¤ Book
I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.
Heh, I wouldnt even consider myself a geek. I mean I'm smart and all, passed courses on A+ certification and JAVA...know the hardware, software inside and out...but sometimes and whenever I cant get any design/freelance work...ie no money, and no place to sleep; I may find myself hopping trains to Chicago, union station; squatting/sleeping somewhere, sometimes eating out of the garbage. But the next day I might find myself back at the apartment I stay in with a nice computer, and a roof over my head.
really?? damn, you are a pack rat, thats great. I only have a backup of it on a 3 inch. along with other roberta williams games...i play them every once in awhile for a little nostalgia...
I used to get some magazine (I think it was 3-2-1 Contact) that had Commodore 64 programs in the back. My Dad would pencil in the changes that needed to be made to run on this thing. I should go back and look at the code now. Probably not as impressive a feat as I thought it was.
So old school it hooked up to the TV.
"What really bugs me is that my mom had the audacity to call Flash Kit a bunch of 'inept jack-asses'." - sk8Krog
...and now I have tape all over my face.
as i type this 4 feet away on my bed i have 2 commadore 64's, a panasonic dot matrix printer, and the "hard drive" which is a normal cassette tape player that you record the sounds it made as you typed if you wanted to save any word processing stuff. to get another copy all you had to do was rewind the tape and replay it and watch it type it back out. so badass haha
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
the "hard drive" which is a normal cassette tape player that you record the sounds it made as you typed if you wanted to save any word processing stuff. to get another copy all you had to do was rewind the tape and replay it and watch it type it back out. so badass haha
Pictures!
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