this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2025
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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?

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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I'm old enough to have saved and loaded data with a cassette drive (i.e. a random ass tape deck with a special cable attached to the computer) on a TI-99/4a. You had to set the volume level the same for recording and reading or else it wouldn't read correctly. Get off my lawn.

[–] BoxOfFeet 2 points 1 day ago

The TI-99/4A was a gorgeous machine. Visually. I hated using it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT A LITTLE LOUDER? I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT!

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I SAID IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR METAMUCIL.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 5 points 2 days ago

WHY YES, I WOULD LIKE THE COFFEE CAKE WITH STREUSEL

[–] someguy3 2 points 2 days ago

Apparently they're still used for data storage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember playing Parsec, TI Invaders, and a bunch of other games on that. We also had the periperal expansion box, with its flat firehose cable.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 2 points 2 days ago

I remember Parsec from a friend's house but I didn't have that one. I had Jawbreaker and Hunt the Wumpus, and the extended BASIC cartridge. I was a party animal back then.