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The Mandlebrot set
An Amiga replaced my
BB
C
Disk drive on board
Easy as 123
Fun and
Games
Held
In my hand
Joysticked my way to
Killing in gangs
Loading took ages
Machine code much longer
Now nobody writes
Operations are stronger
Packed to the gunnels with
Qwerky strings
RAM so cheep it doesn't need to
Sing.
Tell me the old ones have
Un-sung chords invested in
Versions before
Word and
Xcel reached the hords
Yes microsoft came and took the fight but
Zed is dead baby so I'll drop the mic
BB
C
Disk drive on board
Easy as 123
Fun and
Games
Held
In my hand
Joysticked my way to
Killing in gangs
Loading took ages
Machine code much longer
Now nobody writes
Operations are stronger
Packed to the gunnels with
Qwerky strings
RAM so cheep it doesn't need to
Sing.
Tell me the old ones have
Un-sung chords invested in
Versions before
Word and
Xcel reached the hords
Yes microsoft came and took the fight but
Zed is dead baby so I'll drop the mic
Published 9th Dec 2019
Author's Note
an A-Z of computers in the 80's
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9th Dec 2019 5:07pm
Great write (Algol-W and punch-cards at Univ in the 70s).
Then "Frogger" with the little console and joystick in the 80s. Plus an Amstrad 8256. That sure was progress.
Then "Frogger" with the little console and joystick in the 80s. Plus an Amstrad 8256. That sure was progress.
10th Dec 2019 9:44pm
Amstrad 8256 wow you were posh Josh, yes Frogger how could I forget, didnt DOS have an exploding banana throwing game embedded as well ?
11th Dec 2019 5:59pm
Amstrad 8256 - yep, cool - I splashed out to save me a long round trip each day to use univ equipment to write up my doctoral thesis.
13th Feb 2021 3:45am
I am digging this. Oooh, whoa!
"Loading took ages"
I felt those negative nostalgia tingles. Nevertheless, treasured memories.
"Loading took ages"
I felt those negative nostalgia tingles. Nevertheless, treasured memories.
