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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5788

    1978 is the year of the Home Computer!


    Yeah, like this'll catch on......


    I'm pretty sure this is the computer my girlfriend in college had in her dorm room.
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  • Earth 2 Chris
    Verbose Member
    • Mar 7, 2004
    • 32498

    #2
    When I got my first "real" job out of college in 1998, the office where I worked still had one of these!

    Chris
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    • HardyGirl
      Mego Museum's Poster Girl
      • Apr 3, 2007
      • 13933

      #3
      My dad got a "Timex" key board to attach the the TV to make a computer. He never used it. My friend Brian had one, and showed me how to use it, but my dad didn't believe I knew how to do it, so it just went to waste.
      "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
      'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
      Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
      If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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      • Wee67
        Museum Correspondent
        • Apr 2, 2002
        • 10586

        #4
        I would not get a PC for another 7 years. In 1985, I had to buy a 124K Macintosh. My university required ALL students to have. It was pretty cutting edge for the time, but it really became nothing more than a glorified word processor when I switched from electrical engineering to political science.
        WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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        • Grendel
          Museum Super Collector
          • Apr 21, 2006
          • 160

          #5
          Christmas 1979, the Atari 400 with 16k!

          It was the shizzle.

          Until we got the Atari 800 with 64k!!!!!

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          • toys2cool
            Ultimate Mego Warrior
            • Nov 27, 2006
            • 28605

            #6
            holy crap how the times have changed,could you believe people were paying $500 for that?
            Hey HG I know you hate new technology... is that the computer you're still using now? j/k but you know someone had to say it
            "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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            • cjefferys
              Duke of Gloat
              • Apr 23, 2006
              • 10180

              #7
              That's cool, I had never heard of the VideoBrain before.
              My first computer was the Commodore 64. I got it when it first came out around '82. A year or so later, it really caught on, and it cost a lot less than what I paid for it. That's what I get for being an early adoptor (and I still am!)

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              • huedell
                Museum Ball Eater
                • Dec 31, 2003
                • 11069

                #8
                The screen reveals that is a young Aunt May using that thing
                "No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix

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