I had a Commodore 64 with STACKS of disks with all kinds of games & programs. Did anybody have the clipper thingy that would cut the notch on the other side of the 5-1/4" disk so you could use both sides?
WHen I first started using the C64 it had a cassette tape drive.
My first modem was a screaming fast 2400 baud (not on the C64... that was on my first PC)
I used to get on BBS's and telnet out to the internet from there. We played Legends Of The Red Dragon on BBS's until they kept adding modules and the game got too risque. Then we bailed on it.
Oh yeah... tons of fun.
I never had the clipper. I just used a scissors.
I used cassettes for my first computer, the TI 99/4a. Texas Instruments made it WAY too expensive to actually add a disk drive to the thing. You had to buy a huge expansion unit, the disk drive itself, the cable (yes, it was a separate purchase!), and a special disk manager cartridge to even access it -the OS was locked down with NO "poke" command to access the hardware directly.
Oh yes, and you better buy the 32K memory expansion, or all of the above used too much of the TI's 16k to be of any use anymore.
I remember the clackers. That was before people held others responsible for their own safety.
Probably my favorite... I had the whirly bird helicopter
Rock'em Sock'em robots.
There was a game where you all started your tops spinning and they battled in an arena.
Stretch Armstrong
Hot Wheels
Etch A Sketch
The whirlybird helicopter was a VertiBird. I got one for Christmas one year, and my dad and brother ran the batteries down before I even got a chance to play with it!!!!!!
I also loved Lincoln Logs.
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I had Barbie, Midge, Ken, Alan, Skipper & Scooter. That's when there was only ONE Barbie each year, not Barbies for every occasion. I also had a huge box full of paperdolls that I entertained myself with for hours.
I had Bobsey Twin books, Nancy Drew books, and Trixie Belden. I always loved to read.
One year I really wanted a spinning wheel by Kenner, I think. But I didn't get one. I did have one of those little things that made stretchy potholders though. I made and sold those to my sympathetic neighbors and relatives.
I always had those sticky plastic things that you could use to make different scenes and they would just peel off. I can't remember what they're called. Also, sewing cards.....lots of those. Anyone remember them?
I loved my Barbie and Ken. My next door neighbor who had several serious illnesses - got all of the Barbie accessories one year from her dad's company - She even had the bridal dress! I used to get pattern books from the local store and make my own paper dolls. I did love paper dolls - I could sit for hours and cut out paper dolls and play with them. I read Trixie Belden book and had a fairy tale book that I loved to read, too.
I had Barbie, Midge, Ken, Alan, Skipper & Scooter. That's when there was only ONE Barbie each year, not Barbies for every occasion. I also had a huge box full of paperdolls that I entertained myself with for hours.
I had Bobsey Twin books, Nancy Drew books, and Trixie Belden. I always loved to read.
One year I really wanted a spinning wheel by Kenner, I think. But I didn't get one. I did have one of those little things that made stretchy potholders though. I made and sold those to my sympathetic neighbors and relatives.
I always had those sticky plastic things that you could use to make different scenes and they would just peel off. I can't remember what they're called. Also, sewing cards.....lots of those. Anyone remember them?
I was an "Encyclopedia Brown" nut.
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