Thanks for the fond memories. My dad traded in his pickup for a TRS-80 with 32 K!!! And - get this - it had 16 colors. Isn't that wild? He splurged and got the 5.25" diskette drive (toaster-sized, stainless steel). We would type in games from Rainbow magazine in Basic. Joust was one of them. Dad also bought me one - a text-based takeoff on Alice in Wonderland.
Later, we got an Apple 2C (or was it a 2E?) and the whole family got hooked on Ultima IV. I will never forget the day my little brother saved over my game that I had been playing all summer. My kickass Paladin that had almost won the game suddenly became a crappy Mage or something like that. For a few years after that setback, only boys and parties could ease the pain (okay, so maybe I just turned 16 and that was the real reason).
Confirmed geek from way back - that's me.
Once we had both hard drives and latex paint to get rid of. In our community they no longer have a way to recycle or dispose of the paint, so they told us to leave it open for about a month until it's a solid block, then just throw it in the regular trash. So we dropped the drives into the paint and let it harden around them. Reading the other responses, it's nice to know you don't have to go to those lengths and there is even a way to recycle the metals in the drives!
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Thanks for the fond memories. My dad traded in his pickup for a TRS-80 with 32 K!!! And - get this - it had 16 colors. Isn't that wild? He splurged and got the 5.25" diskette drive (toaster-sized, stainless steel). We would type in games from Rainbow magazine in Basic. Joust was one of them. Dad also bought me one - a text-based takeoff on Alice in Wonderland. Later, we got an Apple 2C (or was it a 2E?) and the whole family got hooked on Ultima IV. I will never forget the day my little brother saved over my game that I had been playing all summer. My kickass Paladin that had almost won the game suddenly became a crappy Mage or something like that. For a few years after that setback, only boys and parties could ease the pain (okay, so maybe I just turned 16 and that was the real reason). Confirmed geek from way back - that's me.
Once we had both hard drives and latex paint to get rid of. In our community they no longer have a way to recycle or dispose of the paint, so they told us to leave it open for about a month until it's a solid block, then just throw it in the regular trash. So we dropped the drives into the paint and let it harden around them. Reading the other responses, it's nice to know you don't have to go to those lengths and there is even a way to recycle the metals in the drives!