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I didn't get mine until Christmas of 1983 (thanks mam and dad) - but I've looked after it - and it's still going!

And it's still not as good as the Spectrum! Ba, dum.. chee!

<ducks and runs for cover>

Cheers,

Drew.

drew wrote:

And it's still not as good as the Spectrum! Ba, dum.. chee!

<ducks and runs for cover>

<beats you over the head with a bread box, anticipating your counter with an eraser gum>

I've still got my oul Spectrums upstairs in the attic.. We checked them last year and all worked fine. My Missus, who is a bit younger than me, asked if I thought they might have been the seed from which 'rave' music sprang from

How time flies.. though one constant is that my computer knowledge is still lacking!

Hi, ulaidian, and welcome to the Friendliest Board This Side Of Riedquat™.

(Personally I have the C64 still in the parents' attic, but I'm not sure whether it's still working. The Mega ST 4 in their basement should. )

Commander McLane wrote:

Hi, ulaidian, and welcome to the Friendliest Board This Side Of Riedquat™.

(Personally I have the C64 still in the parents' attic, but I'm not sure whether it's still working. The Mega ST 4 in their basement should. )

I get both C64s and all three Amiga A500s (1 standard (original/early) A500, 1 A500 with 1MB expansion (1/2Meg upgrade and newer Fatter Agnus), 1 A500+ 2MB delicately soldered internally (that was a nervous day, + A590 HD with 4MB in its expansion slot - this is the machine I used to play with Raylab on) out at least once a year to make sure they're still operational - so far, so good. It will be a sad day when I flick the power switch on any of them and nothing happens...

DaddyHoggy wrote:

It will be a sad day when I flick the power switch on any of them and nothing happens...

So don't flick the switch.

patient: Doctor, it hurts when I move my arm like this. What shoud I do?
doctor: Don't move your arm like this.

Ba Damp Bamp!

CommonSenseOTB wrote:

DaddyHoggy wrote:

It will be a sad day when I flick the power switch on any of them and nothing happens...

So don't flick the switch.

patient: Doctor, it hurts when I move my arm like this. What shoud I do?
doctor: Don't move your arm like this.

Ba Damp Bamp!

Then I'd have 5 Schroedinger's Computers - in a state of functional and non-functional simultaneously, a state which only becomes fixed when I try and turn them on! Wow - a 30 year old C64 is actually a quantum computer - cool!

Sadly, my original C64 gave up the ghost some years back, but I do have a working 64c setup in the basement and when I get nostalgic I'll mess around with it for an hour or so. The power connector is not very secure. Really should fix that.

Cheers for the welcome.. I looked for an 'Introductions' thread, but found none, so used this to say 'Hi'.

Like many of you, I came from the oul Elite games.. .some of the happiest times of my young adolescent life were spent at that computer (a great replacement for rainy and sometimes dangerous Belfast!)!
I actually did search around, and try a few.. but by the gods! I have struck gold with this game! There are very few that can immediately flood your senses with a bygone era.. and this is one of those few. A genuine gem, and I am happy to say that I am addicted again!

So.. a genuine pleasure to meet you all, and here's hoping to a great future of lots of Oolite!!

ulaidian wrote:

I looked for an 'Introductions' thread, but found none

As you can see we are not a usual board as well .-) Feel free to browse, take a sniff on Oolite, OXPs and their development and for sure PLAY this wonderful game.

Welcome onboard, ulaidian.

DaddyHoggy wrote:

Then I'd have 5 Schroedinger's Computers - in a state of functional and non-functional simultaneously, a state which only becomes fixed when I try and turn them on! Wow - a 30 year old C64 is actually a quantum computer - cool!

Reality is what you think it is. Until it isn't.