• Multihedra [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    I bought one of these for $10 or so at a 2nd hand store as a kid in the early 2000s. My friend and I blew it up with a homemade “firecracker”. I’ve felt kind of bad about it ever since

    • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      You are unironically a monster and deserve every bad feeling you've felt about this.

      • Multihedra [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        I am glad to know that my bad feelings are deserved. I just didn’t understand what I’d found at the time, and of course it’s too late now.

        I remember it came with DazzleDraw on a giant floppy disk

    • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Here

      spoiler

      10 GR

      20 COLOR=1

      30 J=0

      40 C=1

      50 FOR Y=0 TO 39

      60 IF C=9 THEN C=C+1

      70 COLOR = C

      80 FOR X=0 TO 39

      90 PLOT X,Y

      100 NEXT X

      110 J=J+1

      120 IF J=3 THEN C=C+1

      130 IF J=3 THEN J=0

      140 NEXT Y

      150 COLOR = 9

      160 FOR Y=0 TO 38

      170 READ N

      180 FOR J=1 TO N

      190 READ X

      200 PLOT X,Y

      210 NEXT J

      220 NEXT Y

      230 HOME

      240 PRINT ""

      250 PRINT " COMMUNISM WILL WIN!"

      260 GOTO 270

      270 GOTO 260

      1000 DATA 2,20,21

      1010 DATA 2,21,22

      1020 DATA 3,21,22,23

      1030 DATA 4,22,23,24,25

      1040 DATA 4,23,24,25,26

      1050 DATA 6,14,15,24,25,26,27

      1060 DATA 10,13,14,15,16,17

      1070 DATA 18,25,26,27,28

      1080 DATA 12,12,13,14,15,16

      1090 DATA 17,18,25,26,27,28

      1100 DATA 29

      1110 DATA 11,11,12,13,14,15

      1120 DATA 16,17,26,27,28,29

      1130 DATA 11,10,11,12,13,14

      1140 DATA 15,16,27,28,29,30

      1150 DATA 11,9,10,11,12,13,14

      1160 DATA 15,27,28,29,30

      1170 DATA 11,8,9,10,11,12,13

      1180 DATA 14,15,28,29,30

      1190 DATA 14,7,8,9,10,11,12

      1200 DATA 13,14,15,16,28,29,30

      1210 DATA 31

      1220 DATA 15,7,8,9,10,11,12

      1230 DATA 13,14,15,16,17,28

      1240 DATA 29,30,31

      1250 DATA 14,8,9,10,11,12,13

      1260 DATA 14,15,16,17,18,29

      1270 DATA 30,31

      1280 DATA 13,9,10,11,12,14,15

      1290 DATA 16,17,18,29,30,31

      1300 DATA 32

      1310 DATA 11,10,11,15,16,17

      1320 DATA 18,19,29,30,31,32

      1330 DATA 9,16,17,18,19,20,29

      1340 DATA 30,31,32

      1350 DATA 9,17,18,19,20,21,30

      1360 DATA 31,32,33

      1370 DATA 9,18,19,20,21,22,30

      1380 DATA 31,32,33

      1390 DATA 8,19,20,21,22,30,31

      1400 DATA 32,33

      1410 DATA 9,19,20,21,22,23,30

      1420 DATA 31,32,33

      1430 DATA 9,20,21,22,23,24,30

      1440 DATA 31,32,33

      1450 DATA 9,21,22,23,24,25,30

      1460 DATA 31,32,33

      1470 DATA 9,22,23,24,25,26,29

      1480 DATA 30,31,32

      1490 DATA 9,22,23,24,25,26,29

      1500 DATA 30,31,32

      1510 DATA 9,23,24,25,26,27,29

      1520 DATA 30,31,32

      1530 DATA 11,13,14,24,25,26

      1540 DATA 27,28,29,30,31,32

      1550 DATA 11,12,13,14,15,25

      1560 DATA 26,27,28,29,30,31

      1570 DATA 12,11,12,13,14,15

      1580 DATA 16,26,27,28,29,30

      1590 DATA 31

      1600 DATA 14,10,11,12,13,14

      1610 DATA 15,16,17,25,26,27

      1620 DATA 28,29,30

      1630 DATA 17,9,10,11,12,14,15

      1640 DATA 16,17,18,19,24,25

      1650 DATA 26,27,28,29,30

      1660 DATA 22,8,9,10,11,12,15

      1670 DATA 16,17,18,19,20,21

      1680 DATA 22,23,24,25,26,27

      1690 DATA 28,29,30,31

      1700 DATA 22,7,8,9,10,11,16

      1710 DATA 17,18,19,20,21,22

      1720 DATA 23,24,25,26,27,28

      1730 DATA 29,30,31,32

      1740 DATA 19,7,8,9,10,17,18

      1750 DATA 19,20,21,22,23,24

      1760 DATA 25,26,29,30,31,32

      1770 DATA 33

      1780 DATA 15,6,7,8,9,19,20,21

      1790 DATA 22,23,24,30,31,32

      1800 DATA 33,34

      1810 DATA 11,6,7,8,9,21,22,30

      1820 DATA 31,32,33,34

      1830 DATA 6,6,7,8,31,32,33

      1840 DATA 3,6,7,32

  • SimAnt [any]
    ·
    4 years ago

    this reminds me that my mom threw out my childhood Apple II/c. (yes I am old.) goddammit mom

    • wasbappin [he/him,they/them]
      ·
      4 years ago

      My family's first computer was some kind of apple. I just remember air hockey was the shit. It was like Mike Tyson's punchout with gimmicky opponents with hilarious flaws but air hockey.

      • SimAnt [any]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Never played that one, but I happily wasted many an hour on Below the Root

  • Ectrayn [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Honestly it looks really good, can you use it for simple things like writing letters/novels, and can it use Internet in one way or another (for emails for example)? If yes, then it's fine I guess

    • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      It can do word processing, and it is technically possible to get it on the internet but it's a pain in the ass

      • Ectrayn [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        By pain in the ass you mean "hours and hours of frustration fun" ? Ah I love the look of these retro computers though, I wish I had one. I also like the Dolch PAC 64, and all the hardware art of that guy http://androidarts.com/ (the website is ... confusing to say the least, but has a lots lots of cool stuff on it)