Chocky's Challenge -- S3E1 -- part two

[meetthefocker2]

Wow, thats a pretty old computer then. I would guess that would have the old 5 and a quarter inch floppys!

[therealMrMackem]

@meetthefocker2 no they used the 3½" double-sided ddf discs, same as the Amiga and Apple Mac. Very popular for musicians as weegerri1sm aill vouch for. I had one back in the day. Noticed in the first series Mathews friend had an Atari too, but even more old school 800 maybe, with the trademark joysticks with the orange button and the cover that used to come clean off the handle if you got just a little carried away on pac-man! 

[weegerri1sm]

@therealMrMackem

That's right. It was the Atari 800 (which I also owned) with the brown keyboard and orange function keys.

The Atari ST range was incredibly popular for musicians like myself because of it's rock solid MIDI capabilities.

It had it's own built in MIDI interface and you could get great music software for it, such as Gajit's - Sequencer One, Steinberg's - Cubase and C-Lab's - Notator.

[weegerri1sm]

@meetthefocker2

No.. it was the late 80's. They use three and a half inch floppies. 720K DD in the early days but you could soon upgrade to 1.44MB HD by changing the floppy drive.

[meetthefocker2]

Is that computer an Amiga or Atari?

[weegerri1sm]

It's the Atari ST. Probably the original STFM, judging by the large floppy-drive eject button.

I've still got mine (the STFM and the STE) and they both still work, and yes, I still use them, for my chiptune music. I'd know these lines anywhere. :)

[booers79]

that old professor man calls Albertine "Aberdeen" at 5.10!

[lukenoir]

Ha ha ...Well spotted there!!

[davendebs123]

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