Monday, March 26, 2007

Cool videos of eighties geekdom (that I enjoyed and participated in)



Back in 1980, my father ordered an Apple II+ from CAlifornia. We thought we were riding the wave of the future, with our black and white screen, BASIC programming language, and tape recorder drive that never really worked. Thinking about this time, I decided to go out and look for fun stuff about our old computer. Here is a video on the first years of Apple. Is it just me, or does Steve Wozniak look like Eric Martin? Here's another video of a person using an old Apple to make a neat music video - I knew BASIC but could never do anything like this! And who can forget this game? Or these? (Here's one for those who had a TRS-80 or an Atari 2600).


As for other geeky pursuits, remember Dungeons and Dragons? Yes, I was one of those who played the game, painted lead figures, and drew pictures of elves and wizards. However, I never got to the point of doing this (although, I'll admit that I probably would have tried it given the opportunity). I miss these innocent pursuits, and wish that I had some of a similar vein with which to spend my time. The band idea is still a possibility - if only I could find like minded folks who are interested in making a huge, feedback drenched racket!

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