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I remember having a Commodore 64 and that was totally awesome. The games on it were spectacular and as a young boy they were great fun.
What technology did you have in your childhood?
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I had pretty much what you would expect for someone born in '93 to a solidly middle class household.
That said, one tech toy I distinctly remember was a battery powered train that you could put small record/gear things into so it would play music as it moved along the floor. I got that toy right as my sister was learning to crawl so after a few times I had it chase her across the floor, the batteries were 'lost' by my parents.
That said, one tech toy I distinctly remember was a battery powered train that you could put small record/gear things into so it would play music as it moved along the floor. I got that toy right as my sister was learning to crawl so after a few times I had it chase her across the floor, the batteries were 'lost' by my parents.
Brazil in the 80's = first world circa WW2.
Just a small exaggeration, really. The economy was closed until 1991, meaning we only had outdated and low quality national products. In the late 80's we had a small black and white TV, no videogame whatsoever, a GM refrigerator made in the US during the 60's and imported before imports were restricted and a horrible Fiat Premio with no air conditioning. You can imagine how pleasant the trips to my grandfolks home were, with a 10 hours drive under the tropical sun at 40 degrees celsius. When I first traveled to the US in 1991 I remember the thing that shocked my parents the most was that superb achievement known as "supermarket". It was unbelievable the variety and amount of stuff available at low prices (meat and some other products were rationed in Brazil during the 80's).
Damn all protectionists to hell; that's the moral of this story.
Just a small exaggeration, really. The economy was closed until 1991, meaning we only had outdated and low quality national products. In the late 80's we had a small black and white TV, no videogame whatsoever, a GM refrigerator made in the US during the 60's and imported before imports were restricted and a horrible Fiat Premio with no air conditioning. You can imagine how pleasant the trips to my grandfolks home were, with a 10 hours drive under the tropical sun at 40 degrees celsius. When I first traveled to the US in 1991 I remember the thing that shocked my parents the most was that superb achievement known as "supermarket". It was unbelievable the variety and amount of stuff available at low prices (meat and some other products were rationed in Brazil during the 80's).
Damn all protectionists to hell; that's the moral of this story.
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I remember growing up back when it was more normal to have a dedicated computer room in the house rather than just putting a computer in a room. All that paraphernalia isn't needed today since back then there were cases and cases of floppy disks, manuals, stacks of that dot-matrix printer paper that I never see anyone - although I used to annoy my dad no end by tearing it off so it wouldn't go through the printer.
Also I remember having an old black and white tv which had a pong game built in that you worked by twisting the dials on the set itself.
Oh and dial up modems... certainly don't miss my modem being repeatedly punched in the balls every time I want to connect.
Also I remember having an old black and white tv which had a pong game built in that you worked by twisting the dials on the set itself.
Oh and dial up modems... certainly don't miss my modem being repeatedly punched in the balls every time I want to connect.
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And what a miserable childhood it was.
Tycho Brahe
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Quackers
The Frog
I actually remember the day when we got a dial up modem, 
, before then we had no internet and I occasionally played a few silly games on an old PC with Windows '95. I think we had all of the modern modcoms we have as of today minus...i guess an MP3 player?! Then again I'm a young'un compared to the floppy forty year olds here 
, before then we had no internet and I occasionally played a few silly games on an old PC with Windows '95. I think we had all of the modern modcoms we have as of today minus...i guess an MP3 player?! Then again I'm a young'un compared to the floppy forty year olds here 
^^^^ This without Risk plus Lincoln logs; plastic models you assembled; toy soldiers and neighborhood games.
Formaldehyde
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We had one of the first color TVs in the neighborhood. We ate hamburgers in front of it every Sunday in order to see Disney's Wonderful World of Color on NBC. It was one of the few programs to be broadcast in color every week.
This was my first computer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I
It was mechanical and consisted of 3 flip flops that you could program by sticking the plastic tubes onto the red plastic arms to perform various operations, such as addition, subtraction, logical OR, etc. You operated it by pulling and pushing on the white plastic arm at the bottom right.
My favorite toy was an Aurora HO scale slot car set.
This was my first computer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I
It was mechanical and consisted of 3 flip flops that you could program by sticking the plastic tubes onto the red plastic arms to perform various operations, such as addition, subtraction, logical OR, etc. You operated it by pulling and pushing on the white plastic arm at the bottom right.
My favorite toy was an Aurora HO scale slot car set.
Narz
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1st gaming system was InTelevision. My first game was Snafu. 
Bought a Nintendo (NES) with my own money that I'd saved a couple days before Xmas 1986 (my parents made it clear they weren't going to buy me one).
I remember really, really wanting Zelda but I couldn't afford it so I bought a crappy game called Commando instead. Eventually I saved enough $ to buy Zelda. It seemed so magical in it's golden casing!
Didn't have a phone or TV in my room. Ever actually.
We had an Apple IIe in the basement, used to mess around with BASIC, programming simply little games. My folks also got a Mac Plus which I had little interest in at first but eventually started using alot (I became an Apple fan until the early oughts when Windows caught up with & surpassed the Mac OS (IMO).
I first got on the Internet in 1995, a few months before my sixteenth birthday.
Bought a Nintendo (NES) with my own money that I'd saved a couple days before Xmas 1986 (my parents made it clear they weren't going to buy me one).
I remember really, really wanting Zelda but I couldn't afford it so I bought a crappy game called Commando instead. Eventually I saved enough $ to buy Zelda. It seemed so magical in it's golden casing!
Didn't have a phone or TV in my room. Ever actually.
We had an Apple IIe in the basement, used to mess around with BASIC, programming simply little games. My folks also got a Mac Plus which I had little interest in at first but eventually started using alot (I became an Apple fan until the early oughts when Windows caught up with & surpassed the Mac OS (IMO).
I first got on the Internet in 1995, a few months before my sixteenth birthday.
Narz
keeping it real
I remember the first tape my buddy Alex made for me.
It was a mix & when I told him I liked a couple songs off of it (both Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs) his hot sister made me a tape of Blood Sugar Sex Magick (plus two bonus songs from other albums).
It was a mix & when I told him I liked a couple songs off of it (both Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs) his hot sister made me a tape of Blood Sugar Sex Magick (plus two bonus songs from other albums).
We got a portable dishwasher at some point in my childhood. It loaded from the top and had a hose that connected to the faucet. Eventually they remodeled the kitchen and got a real dishwasher.
We had a Commodore 64 when I was little, and eventually a 386. Lots of random little games. The first console my family got was the N64, when I was about 15 or 16.
We had a huge TV. I continue the trend - my current TV is from 2003 and weighs a lot.
We got air conditioning one summer when I was about 12 or 13. Big deal for us.
We had a Commodore 64 when I was little, and eventually a 386. Lots of random little games. The first console my family got was the N64, when I was about 15 or 16.
We had a huge TV. I continue the trend - my current TV is from 2003 and weighs a lot.
We got air conditioning one summer when I was about 12 or 13. Big deal for us.
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...long, long time ago...
The art of mixing a tape!
Me and my friends also made "radio", inspired by Muppet News Flash
Link to video.
