Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06996
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Robert Stein rastein@dakotacom.net
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:58:02 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: James Watt's sculpture, jewelry, and bots.
> sometime, somewhere wilf wrote:
>
> >Ah, you youngsters with your fancy colored computers! The ZX81 was and
> >always will be MY first "computer" though before that I wrestled with a
>
> >PDP8L c/w paper punch in college .
>
>
> > Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
> > tel: (604)590-7493
> > fax: (604)590-3411
>
> I can remember the punch cards. I also remember the Sinclair
> 1000. Still have it (not sure if i want to admit that though). I can
> remember programming a football ball game with it. What a pain in the
> rear. I for one, like some of the new games, but I also grew up with
> the good ol` 64. Anyone remember "Leather goddesses of Phobos". Just
> checking.
> First "console" game was pong.....and that was all it did.
> Later all.
> --
> Robert Stein
> Applications Scientist
> Spectral Instruments, Inc.
>
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