There’s some masking tape on the computer in the first photo. I can make out “Do Not,” but that’s it.
Lots more Atari 800’s in the second photo. Yes, kids, those were our monitors. We have the hernias to prove it.
(Images via Vintage Photos 2012)
Surveying the Gen X landscape and the origins of geek
There’s some masking tape on the computer in the first photo. I can make out “Do Not,” but that’s it.
Lots more Atari 800’s in the second photo. Yes, kids, those were our monitors. We have the hernias to prove it.
(Images via Vintage Photos 2012)
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Woo hoo! I can hear the loud sector-crunching whirrs of those disk drives all over again. I wish I knew where my 800XL was. I miss that thing now.
Dang, notice all three of those doods in the foreground are wearing topsiders? Can’t tell if they’re Sperrys or not, though. =)
Yeah, the topsiders without socks were big. But where’s the pinch-roll?
Looks like the writing on the masking tape says “Do not touch the orange key”, which is probably the Option key. Not entirely sure why that would be such a big deal (for such a stern warning).