What Were You Doing In 1983?
I just found an amazing picture via FosFor gadgets of a 1983 office set based around an Atari 800. The picture really took me back, and funnily enough I still have a my Atari in a box in my closet.
I love the ‘cool’ digital clock next to the TV! I recognise the tape machine above the floppy drives (when disks actually were floppy!), but what’s the unit next to it?
Man, I miss the good old days of computing. Piracy in those days was a military operation, and no-one even thought of it as stealing. I used to put two tape recorders as we didn’t have tape-2-tape on pillows to try and minimize vibrations, and tip toe out of the room while I copied games. It used to be really annoying when halfway through trying to load a game I’d suddenly stumble across a recording of my Dad singing in the shower!
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Comment by frankhelp on 18 July 2008:
in 1983 i was 14 years ald. this mean that i was playing to my commodore vic-20 ifg i am not mistaken..oh yes…and i was doing it day and night!!!!
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Comment by Sarah on 28 July 2008:
I wasn’t born until 1987.haha, that picture is really vintage feel.love it.
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Comment by curmudgeon on 8 August 2008:
Next to the tape machine is the external modem. Looks like a US Robotics 1200/2400 baud unit.
In ‘83 I had a DEC Rainbow and an Eagle PC - both running the CPM o/s.
Great Pic.