Tech Commercials From Way Back
Friday, July 27, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
I'm
sure many of us here at one point in time owned a Commodore 64, or maybe an
Apple II. If you didn't, then maybe you were a cutting edge gamer who was the
first in the neighborhood to pick up an Atari system, or maybe you went the NES
route. Although I'm sure a few people also have no idea what I'm talking
about.
No worries though. The team over at CyberNet has compiled some of the best commercials from the "old school" for all to enjoy, even for those who don't remember any of this goodness.
Check out the videos at CyberNet.
sViz
Reply #2 Friday, July 27, 2007 5:52 PM
Reply #2 Friday, July 27, 2007 5:52 PM
LOL! I liked the Commodore64, Don't Copy that floppy, and Windows commercials.
Although I was too young to remember which versions I remember me and my older siblings had an NES, and an ATARI. I remember those big ol' cartridges and giant controllers but teeny monitors!
Although I was too young to remember which versions I remember me and my older siblings had an NES, and an ATARI. I remember those big ol' cartridges and giant controllers but teeny monitors!
messiah1
Reply #3 Friday, July 27, 2007 7:03 PM
Reply #3 Friday, July 27, 2007 7:03 PM
I've had quite a few game systems, most memorable being the ATARI. We also had a TurboGraphix 16. Anyone remember that one? Cutting edge back in the day.
RogerCale
Reply #5 Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:21 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:21 AM
I had Radio Shacks original Pocket Computer, CoCo, Model 2, Model 3 tape and 5inch floppy version, model 4 and model 4 portable. Then I started toward the big time I got the model 1000 from radio Shack it was an 8080 based IBM Clone and it's been all down hill from there. HaHaHa
rikkie
Reply #6 Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:03 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:03 PM
That CBM 64 was my first computer and I still remember how excited I was ( later I bought a STAR NL 10 printer for it ...remember those dot matrix printers ??? ) .
I still think folks developing software for those old machines were far more creative than is nowadays the case .You had to cram everything into a very limited amount of memory and they succeeded more often than not.And that Commodore 64 commercial showing "introduction to Basic " is included ( and the cassette deck, remember having to rewind or forward your tapes to the right location - and sometimes forgetting which tape it was or where on the tape it was ? )
Not on display is the ZX 81 and the Spectrum with those odd keyboards....
I still think folks developing software for those old machines were far more creative than is nowadays the case .You had to cram everything into a very limited amount of memory and they succeeded more often than not.And that Commodore 64 commercial showing "introduction to Basic " is included ( and the cassette deck, remember having to rewind or forward your tapes to the right location - and sometimes forgetting which tape it was or where on the tape it was ? )
Not on display is the ZX 81 and the Spectrum with those odd keyboards....
bmetelsky
Reply #7 Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:15 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:15 PM
I ran out and bought one of those magnavox word processors as soon as they came out.....
Jafo
Reply #8 Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:19 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:19 PM
STAR NL 10 printer for it ...remember those dot matrix printers ??? ) .
Yes....had one, too.
Horrible noisy things....
whatwhere
Reply #9 Sunday, July 29, 2007 4:13 AM
Reply #9 Sunday, July 29, 2007 4:13 AM
when i was younger i had the commodore 64..i used to program that thing to no damn end LOL i had hot air balloons flying across the screen with red baron type of bi-planes shooting them down..then at school we had apple IIe's..then they brought in a computer (though i don't think any one heard of them before) a franklin ace 1000 which was 1000% identical (internal parts) of the apple IIe..apple tried suing them but for some reason lost the court case. my favorite game i played on them was this tarzan type of game and oregon trail.here is a cool site i found on vintage computers vintage computers
glenda stocks
Reply #10 Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:57 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:57 PM
heya,
I am offended!
Atari had a 'computer' too! I learned to program in assembly language on the atari on the 6502 processor which was also the brains of your ole commodores too. remember the rivalries on the bulletin board systems? those were the daze yo
nada
I am offended!
Atari had a 'computer' too! I learned to program in assembly language on the atari on the 6502 processor which was also the brains of your ole commodores too. remember the rivalries on the bulletin board systems? those were the daze yo
nada
freezejeans
Reply #11 Monday, July 30, 2007 6:09 PM
Reply #11 Monday, July 30, 2007 6:09 PM
ATARI 800XL FOR LIFE!
Man I miss the simplicity of BASIC programming on that thing...player/missile graphics, too.
Man I miss the simplicity of BASIC programming on that thing...player/missile graphics, too.
MisterRic
Reply #12 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:03 AM
Reply #12 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:03 AM
OK . . . Two years ago I still had my first 8088 (V20 chip!) based machine running DOS 3.2 I finally retired it from running at my family's business, making bar code labels for manufacturing. Still worked. I Loved the C64 and Amiga 1000 and 2000 machines. How about Zork on an Apple IIe? That was fun! My original pong machine still works!
Thanks. PS: Fidonet Sysop too! Yikes!
Thanks. PS: Fidonet Sysop too! Yikes!
freezejeans
Reply #13 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:07 AM
Fun, indeed...INFOCOM was awesome
Reply #13 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:07 AM
about Zork on an Apple IIe?
Fun, indeed...INFOCOM was awesome
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Reply #1 Friday, July 27, 2007 3:16 PM
Thanks ID, brought back of a lot of memories of tying in basic language games in both the VIC and Commodore machines. That was a whold lot of fun especially when you made typing errors and had to go back and find them.