Okay, a beer to whoever gets the reference.
You better have a lot of beer.
Posted on 10/01/2016 11:04:05 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
Apple’s Phil Schiller thinks it’s sad that people use 5-year-old computers. Well, Phil, there’s an auto repair shop in Poland that’s going to send you spiraling into a long depression.
Why? Because one of the computers they’re using on a day-to-day basis is a Commodore 64, and I don’t mean one of the slick nostalgic remakes. I’m talking about a classically beautiful beige C64 and its whirring, clunking 5.25″ floppy disk drive.
It’s been there for more than 25 years. See, not everyone finds the idea of using an old computer sad. Some, like the mechanics at this shop in Gdansk, treat their hardware like a trusted member of their team. Clearly this Commodore 64 has been pulling its weight for the past 25 years, or the shop would’ve found a different system to help them balance driveshafts.
As the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it — and this C64 seems determined to not break. According to the woman who originally posted this photo to a retro computing group, the computer has shrugged off plenty of abuse over the years. It’s been soaked by rain coming in a nearby open window and “most likely shat on by birds.”
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Wow.....!!!! Like I’ve been telling the wife, “Freepers, know some stuff.” I will pass this on to her.
You did a great job!
Spock. A city on the edge of tomorrow, if memory serves.
They should feature it in a Star Wars movie on an old ship like the Millennium Falcon or something.
Spock says the phrase to Kirk in Edith Keeler’s flophouse in the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever.”
“Wonder if they’re playing Bards Tale on it?”
-—Anyone remember a game called “Wizardry” me and my brother use to play this game on his computer (later 80’s) for hours
Ya beat me! Enjoy your beer!
You be first, and looking at all the other correct answers, I should have said, “got it first.”
Sheesh. I’m going to be broke.
5.56mm
Yep, definitely a later model - the case is flatter than the original and has cooling vents, similar to the C128.
the green screen frightens me.
Okay, a beer to whoever gets the reference.
You better have a lot of beer.
Breath easy, it might be a while before I get to FL to collect.
Although, with a Rocky Mountain winter fast approaching
it does sound like a good idea!
If we all show up at once we’ll have a small Trekkie convention going.
I had one in 1982, then an AppleII
Not whoever *first* gets the reference. Hey, words mean things. ;-)
Spock would concur, I'm certain.
I had an early C64, then a C128 - then made the leap to a 486. Seemed like it was lightning-fast by comparison. I did enjoy the Commodore machines, though. Some of my first “online” experiences were on dial-up BBS boards and on Quantum Link.
I have a computer I bought in November, 1991. I picked it up the day that Magic Johnson announced that he had AIDS.
I bought a wide carriage Panasonic printer—tractor feed paper.
I had a DAC-EASY (Sage) accounting system installed, including payroll & word documents—which were sepatate components. Accounting system is complete double entry system, with Inventory, Accts Rec, Accts Pay., and other sections. It was installed on DOS-—NOT WINDOWS.
I still use this system since then, only upgrading it for the change from one century to the next.
I have had as many as 19 bookkeeping clients on it at a time, with all the payroll, 1099’s & other necessary data to do books for small businesses.
I still have 2 clients-—one I have worked for for over 46 years & the other for over 40 years.
I won’t change it. Tower was built by a Chatsworth, Calif. company called OZ. Still have the same monitor & keyboard, also.
I have a computer I bought in November, 1991. I picked it up the day that Magic Johnson announced that he had AIDS.
I bought a wide carriage Panasonic printer—tractor feed paper. Still use it.
I had a DAC-EASY (Sage) accounting system installed, including payroll & word documents—which were sepatate components. Accounting system is complete double entry system, with Inventory, Accts Rec, Accts Pay., and other sections. It was installed on DOS-—NOT WINDOWS.
I still use this system since then, only upgrading it for the change from one century to the next.
I have had as many as 19 bookkeeping clients on it at a time, with all the payroll, 1099’s & other necessary data to do books for small businesses.
I still have 2 clients-—one I have worked for for over 46 years & the other for over 40 years.
I won’t change it. Tower was built by a Chatsworth, Calif. company called OZ. Still have the same monitor & keyboard, also.
maybe mechanic grime built up over years acts as a protectant...
I played that on my Commodore Amiga, drove me nuts since I could never finish it.
You made the WOPR ?!
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