adrian207
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The Robertson jam jars still has the Golli logo on them.
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Retro Games
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eddie1968
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Do not remember KIM but remember the ZX spectrum with the computing power of a hairdryer lol. Hope folks got the BASIC joke earlier lolYes it was Tandy.
I used to take a great delight when my husband was shopping in Radio Shack to hack into their display model computer and add an endless loop or two. And I was certainly old enough to know better too, but it was fun!
Did you ever come across a KIM? I saw one built by one of our computer people at work. It was very basic - just a circuit board on a piece of plywood, so I assumed that was all you got! But he was very proud of it and was carrying it around as if it was the Crown Jewels.
Robbity
adrian207
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Yes it was Tandy.
I used to take a great delight when my husband was shopping in Radio Shack to hack into their display model computer and add an endless loop or two. And I was certainly old enough to know better too, but it was fun!
Did you ever come across a KIM? I saw one built by one of our computer people at work. It was very basic - just a circuit board on a piece of plywood, so I assumed that was all you got! But he was very proud of it and was carrying it around as if it was the Crown Jewels.
Robbity
.......and before what we now know as computers, the rage was "Word Processors" like a PC but had no features to talk about. The screen use to take ages to load with a cursor blipping from one side of the screen to the other and from top to bottom. The images and letters were always greeny blue.
Robbity
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@adrian207 How do you know that then - by golly - as a diabetic you shouldn't be eating jam!!The Robertson jam jars still has the Golli logo on them.
Robbity
adrian207
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I didn't say I was eating it, I saw them on the shelves at Asda@adrian207 How do you know that then - by golly - as a diabetic you shouldn't be eating jam!!
Robbity
wishing I could eat it
eddie1968
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I remember the green-screen IBM at work, used to give me awful headaches and ended up with tinted glasses. MS DOS, now there's a thing, you actually needed some brains to use it before Windows appeared lol
Robbity
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Errm:
10 G = 5
20 PRINT "TODAY MY FASTING LEVEL IS "
30 PRINT G
40 PRINT "I REALLY HATE DIABETES"
50 G = G + 2
60 GOTO 20
Can't remember if my syntax is all OK, but you'll get my drift.
Robbity
Robbity
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Yes indeed!! With a bit of twiddling you could really fancy it up and have some serious fun with it,
Definitely my sort of programming, but I doubt if I could do it in BASIC now...Robbity
Snowy12
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Glad someone knows what I am talking about.
Snowy12
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Lol we have a tarantula called fluffy and she is so gentle when she walks on you,wanna see you in that loft Eddie
Snowy12
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Love a good old toothache not,Goodluck at the dentist glad you are getting it sorted.
eddie1968
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I've tapped all my teeth with the end of the toothbrush and no pain in any, the joint at the ear is the sore bit lol
Snowy12
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So do you think you are seeing the right person
eddie1968
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Sort of. Saw dentist and he gave the gnashers the all clear. He has referred me to the Dental Hospital for imaging on my jaw joint which he noticed creaked and made popping noises on movement.
Snowy12
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Oh that's good at least he has referred you,sounds like lock jaw to me (just kidding) lol.
