Flipping 'eck are you really that old ?When I were a lad the internet wasn't invented
Flipping 'eck are you really that old ?
You'll be forcing me to relive my vintage computer memories From ZX81 to Cromemco S100 machines, TRS-80 to the VIC-20.Flipping 'eck are you really that old ?
- You had to adjust a potentiometer for each "preset" on the TV to select the channel
- One of our TVs just had a pot and you had to rotate it to find the channel (and it was black and white)
- RCA record player with a tall multi-LP selector that dropped the next disk down one at a time...
- ...sometimes, except when it dropped two or three at a time...
- ...or dropped a record prematurely right on top of the tonearm
- My mum's Fiat 126, in green
- My dad's Austin 3L, in blue
- My Raleigh Grifter (and wishing my parents had bought me a Chopper instead) and...
- ...the joys of the Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub gear, which was supposed to have three gears but typically had two and a random neutral that would kick in despite the piano tuning of the tiny chain adjuster
That Izal medicated toilet paper was the forerunner of Teflon!!
For once I'll resist the urge to talk about old computers... as for your list...You'll be forcing me to relive my vintage computer memories From ZX81 to Cromemco S100 machines, TRS-80 to the VIC-20.
Off computers for a sec, I remember:
- There were three TV channels
- You had to adjust a potentiometer for each "preset" on the TV to select the channel
- One of our TVs just had a pot and you had to rotate it to find the channel (and it was black and white)
- RCA record player with a tall multi-LP selector that dropped the next disk down one at a time...
- ...sometimes, except when it dropped two or three at a time...
- ...or dropped a record prematurely right on top of the tonearm
- My mum's Fiat 126, in green
- My dad's Austin 3L, in blue
- My Raleigh Grifter (and wishing my parents had bought me a Chopper instead) and...
- ...the joys of the Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub gear, which was supposed to have three gears but typically had two and a random neutral that would kick in despite the piano tuning of the tiny chain adjuster