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2016/09/27 14:34:45
Mooch4056
 
 
I saw it with my own eyes right here!
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iccQZCxDd60
 
Why would any want too?
 
I dont know - But I bet bapu would by the 64NIC+ cartridge that allows internet function   http://www.go4retro.com/products/64nic/
 
 
I am so excited - This is Better than Cats the musical  - I am going to see it again and again 
 
2016/09/27 14:55:20
Moshkito
Hi,
 
Not sure if they were connected to the Internet, but at one time, Tangerine Dream had a bunch of Commodores, and later Apple computers, with some patches and other things. Mostly effects and patches I think. The Edgar Froese book will likely mention that ... we hope!
2016/09/27 16:02:07
sharke
I had a friend who had a modem for his C64 back in the 80's. It was one of those ones you place the telephone receiver onto the cups. We used to log onto the CompuNet message boards. God knows how much it was costing his mother. We didn't give a damn! 
 

2016/09/27 16:33:43
bapu
Sharke, they were called acoustic couplers. I was using them in 1978 to dial into our HP3000 at the office so I could work from home in the evenings.
2016/09/27 17:40:32
sharke
bapu
Sharke, they were called acoustic couplers. I was using them in 1978 to dial into our HP3000 at the office so I could work from home in the evenings.


How about a nice game of Thermonuclear War?

And a can of Tab.
2016/09/27 17:47:32
bapu
sharke
bapu
Sharke, they were called acoustic couplers. I was using them in 1978 to dial into our HP3000 at the office so I could work from home in the evenings.


How about a nice game of Thermonuclear War?

And a can of Tab.

When I worked from home I sometimes played Adventurer on the HP3000.
2016/09/27 19:55:07
tlw
First computer I took online was an Amiga A1200, in 1990 or 91. Got full, direct internet access through Demon Internet in I think 92. It even had a factory hard-drive and an upgraded 68030 cpu plus floating point unit. PCs didn't begin to catch up with the Amiga operating system or smooth multitasking in many respects until five or six years later.
 
I've thought for years that it's a pity Commodore and the Amiga were run into the ground by bad management. It would have been very interesting to see what a 21st century Amiga would have been like.
2016/09/27 23:29:59
sharke
bapu
sharke
bapu
Sharke, they were called acoustic couplers. I was using them in 1978 to dial into our HP3000 at the office so I could work from home in the evenings.


How about a nice game of Thermonuclear War?

And a can of Tab.

When I worked from home I sometimes played Adventurer on the HP3000.




You are in a forest. There are trees all around. 
>N
You are in a forest. There are trees all around
>W
You are in a forest. There are trees all around
>NW
You are in a forest. There are trees all around. 
>SSW
You are in a forest. There are trees all around. A piece of paper lies on the ground before you. 
>READ PAPER
It's blank. 
 
My God what fun we had. 
2016/09/27 23:36:25
sharke
tlw
First computer I took online was an Amiga A1200, in 1990 or 91. Got full, direct internet access through Demon Internet in I think 92. It even had a factory hard-drive and an upgraded 68030 cpu plus floating point unit. PCs didn't begin to catch up with the Amiga operating system or smooth multitasking in many respects until five or six years later.
 
I've thought for years that it's a pity Commodore and the Amiga were run into the ground by bad management. It would have been very interesting to see what a 21st century Amiga would have been like.




I kept an Amiga going until the late 90's, awesome machines and I have such fond memories of them. It took me ages to come around to Windows after loving Workbench for so many years. I used to enjoy programming Amigas a lot too, which I kind of lost interest doing when I switched to PC's. My Amiga had a tower with a hard disc (40MB? Or something ridiciulous) and a CD-ROM (which I recall having to use a program called IDE-Fix to get it working). And I really miss the sound of the floppy. Scrnnn....scrnnn.....chucka chucka....scrnnnnnnnnnn.....
2016/09/27 23:56:49
backwoods
I consider I had a tremendous childhood because us kids had an Amiga with ALL the games and programs. Just a wonderful machine
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