TAN #193: Labyrinth where unatTANded children go ... (Page 21)

Whew! I was afraid you were going to say elementary then I would feel old again.

I never said I wasn't a child genius who went to college aged 8. Then again I wasn't so you're safe.

I can't remember exactly when but I do think your right that the 3 1/2" were around in at least the late 80s.

I don't remember the 3.5" drives that early.

Come to think of it, mid-80's was 5-1/4" drives, because I had one on my C-64, and the TRS-80's at school had them, too.

@Kido - I do remember the hole punch trick, hehe... that's cool. I'd completely forgotten about that.  As for tape recorder storage... I remember playing 'Bedlam', a text-based adventure game, on the TRS-80 loaded from a cassette. That was 7th or 8th grade, I think?

Wow, I really feel old now.

The C 64s were early 80s were they not?  Looked it up and the 3.5 was starting to be used in 1983.

Yes join the club! Get comfy and make yourself at home.

The C 64s were early 80s were they not?  Looked it up and the 3.5 was starting to be used in 1983.

Yes join the club! Get comfy and make yourself at home.

Well, I'll shuffle on in with my walker, then!

Yeah, they were early 80's.  I bought mine when I was like 13, so that was '84 and they'd already been around a while at that point.

I don't remember the 3.5" drives that early.

Come to think of it, mid-80's was 5-1/4" drives, because I had one on my C-64, and the TRS-80's at school had them, too.

@Kido - I do remember the hole punch trick, hehe... that's cool. I'd completely forgotten about that.  As for tape recorder storage... I remember playing 'Bedlam', a text-based adventure game, on the TRS-80 loaded from a cassette. That was 7th or 8th grade, I think?

Wow, I really feel old now.

Yeah, I didn't want to question since my memory may not be that sharp.  I remember the tape drives to 5 1/4 then 3.5...

3.5's were AMAZING since they held 1.44 mb and the good games needed TEN of them!  The 5 1/2 was like 520 bites.

People would be out of their heads now with these gigabit games.  If you told them you need a THOUSAND 3.5 to load a game, their head would explode.

Yep, I played word adventure games on the TSR-80. 

I just missed the punch card days.

I heard the other day that there is ridiculous amount more computing power in your smart phone than what they had to put a man on the moon.

The C 64s were early 80s were they not?  Looked it up and the 3.5 was starting to be used in 1983.

Yes join the club! Get comfy and make yourself at home.

I was thinking more like a hot tub party for our um.... aching joints.

Yeah, I didn't want to question since my memory may not be that sharp.  I remember the tape drives to 5 1/4 then 3.5...

3.5's were AMAZING since they held 1.44 mb and the good games needed TEN of them!  The 5 1/2 was like 520 bites.

People would be out of their heads now with these gigabit games.  If you told them you need a THOUSAND 3.5 to load a game, their head would explode.

Yep, I played word adventure games on the TSR-80. 

I just missed the punch card days.

I heard the other day that there is ridiculous amount more computing power in your smart phone than what they had to put a man on the moon.

Heck yeah!

I heard last week that someone is working on updating/remaking Leisure Suit Larry.

I remember Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of The Lounge Lizards!  And there was Castle something or other I can't remember but it was one of the early Doom type games.

I remember Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of The Lounge Lizards!  And there was Castle something or other I can't remember but it was one of the early Doom type games.

Loved all of them. I wonder if anyone has cracked versions of them I can download.

Doom was somewhere around 16 3.5 disks.