The Wonder Computer of the 1980s

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I wonder what it sells for these days?

Vince on March 29, 2011 at 10:15 AM

Hahahaha.

A Commodore Vic-20 was my first computer. I tossed it as soon as the Commodore 64 came out.

*sigh* I'm old.

Reverse Polarity on March 29, 2011 at 11:18 AM

Commodore's Amiga (also from the 80's) kicked the living crap out of all the others, and was still cheap. Took years for PCs to better the video capabilities. Brilliant engineering went into that marvel. Seriously.

Karlheinz Arschbomber on March 29, 2011 at 12:32 PM

My first computer was Dr. NIM.

rob! on March 29, 2011 at 1:06 PM

@3 yeah...the Amiga was way ahead of its time! But don't forget the Atari ST series, too. My roommate had the MagicSack emulator mod cart for his so we could run it as a MacPlus. With an old 2600 joystick instead of a mouse.

And how about first-person-shooter multi-player MIDI-protocol network games? The only drag was translating the German manual.

Oh crap, I just outed myself.

Mr. Happy Sunshine on March 29, 2011 at 1:40 PM

I'm annoyed that it cost less than an iPad does. I'm used to looking at how much cheaper macs are (no more $4000 systems) and thinking of computers as significantly cheaper nowadays.

Canadian Nurse on March 30, 2011 at 7:20 AM