this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2024
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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

As an aside, I think my fifth grade teacher had those exact glasses. Very much of the era!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

I don't recall ever computing with the monitor next to the CPU. Did anyone else, or was this an aesthetically pleasing way of setting up gear for ad photos?

[–] glimse 10 points 3 days ago

William Osman loves these things

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like the tabs for the nested loops in the code shown onscreen. As a kid, I'd program in basic (on a Sinclair or a Commodore) but never indent the nested loops. This looks much more modern and legible than anything I was doing at the time. I don't even remember sample code having tabbed code like this at the time.

[–] rhacer 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When I was in high school, one of my friends had TRS Model II.

Sunday nights after church we would turn on KGON, dig out a programming magazine and type in the code presented there. Then play Pong, or Asteroids or whatever other game we had just "written". When we were done, we'd save it to casette tape for later.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The ending to your story made me really anxious. If I'd managed to get anything typed in from a magazine, I'd save right away. No playin around until that

[–] rhacer 2 points 3 days ago

We spent quite a bit of time re-typing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What is that horrible looking sandwich?

[–] RubberElectrons 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

None are pictured (nor should be on any sandwich)

[–] RubberElectrons 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am way too used to seeing those horrible light pink tomatoes when we're out of growing season.

Might be turkey on shredded lettuce.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] RubberElectrons 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but usually it's a nice sandwich.

Toasted bread, a small amount of shredded lettuce and thin sliced tomato before you get to the cheese and whatever. Maybe some mayo or hot sauce. Gives you a nice crunch along with the savory fillings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

That sounds significantly better than this photo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It looks like ham and coleslaw 0_o

[–] Plagiatus 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How much is that in today's money?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

$799 in April 1984 is worth $2444 in November 2024.

[–] SpiceDealer 2 points 3 days ago

The real question is: Can it run Oregon Trail?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Still got my stand 100