@Ibringthetruth1 I remeber when the "Apple II-E" came out around '86 or '87, and it was considered the "top of the line"...technology sure has come a looooooong way!
I almost bought one back in the day as my first comp but I'm so glad I didn't. In all my years BBSing I think there was only 1 other person that had a Coco. None of the BBS forums or downloads every had a single Coco program to download Boy, I would've been in major frustration.
I remember the TI-99 as well as the TSR-80 computers as well as the Commodore 64 (which I had) and the Vic-20s, and the Apple Computers from the first one to the Apple IIGS. Remember the "Franklin" computers? identical to the Apple models.
The Color Computer 3 had other options you could also buy not listed in the video, Printer, Modem, Floppy disk drive, expansion port, Hard drive, X10 lighting control . You could also run a version of Unix called OS-9, which allowed Multi-tasking and windowing OS. I ran a BBS on my Color Computer, created a Laser light show hardware for it, real time video digitizer.
@benny2700 That's nothing, I remember Commador computers using those, like the VIC 20. I saw a photo of a PC on the eight track heaven site that used eight track cartridges for storing programs, wish I could find one, it came out around 1977 so pretty early stuff.
@middle0eye I disagree. As a 17 year old punk kid, I think I can safely say structure is boring. I prefer slouching until I get stretch marks and generally bombarding myself with health risks. That's all I could ever dream of.
I had the Amiga, the Amiga would laugh all over this and piss on it and laugh again and then burn it to the ground, piss on it some more, and laugh and dump the burnt ashes in the bin and fill it up with piss and laugh some more then push it down the hill while laughing and piss on it and when it gets to the bottom and then point at it with the red mouse pointer and laugh...... Sorry was that too much :P
@scott93257 .. Amiga all the way. None of this firmware update every single day, none of this ask for permission to perform a task crap, none of this graphics card or sound card upgrade or you miss out on latest game play option crap. The only upgrade Amiga had was an extra floppy drive or 1MB ram upgrade and both were only needed if you wanted it. Amiga had awesome animated graphics and the music was even more awesome, I have xbox, ps3 and wii and not one game has music that I could listen to.
@ThisLockIsJammed .... Nah todays gaming music is fucked, nothing but orchestra crap. Keep it for theatre goers.... Don't get me wrong its good to hear original sound tracks during GTA4 etc but nothing special. People are still creating chip music today because how popular it was. Check out millions of chip music around youtube.
@ZroDfects Cinematic gaming experiences should have cinematic qualities to their soundtracks. People enjoy chip music because you can link it to an experience, but playing the Super Mario Bros theme from the NES to someone who has never heard it before probably won't like it.
And yeah, some awesome chiptune artists up here on YouTube.
@BigRed4231 Mine was my parent's Apple II was a whopping 48k. Long long nights, staying up and playing Wizardry and Computer Ambush......Zork! Check it out!
Just bought a Tandy Color Computer 2. Had the TRS-80 Color Computer 2 in the 80's, sold it and hated it every since. Now I can play around with it again!
@middle0eye I agree with you that parents are the boss, not the other way around. I witness a lot of parents being puppeted by their children. I don't judge them though because I don't know their particular situation or family dynamics. Sometimes parents spoil out of guilt. In the end, I can't change everyone's lifestyle. All I can do is raise my own children to be appreciative, patient and unspoiled and hope others are doing the same. Thank you for being someone who sees it the right way.
fuck me i used to have 1, i programmed a BBS when i was 11 yrs old called "The Best BBS!" i had it up and running in a town called ElliotLake along with Mike Dickerson or Dickensons bbs called CocoBuffs BBS! took me all of 3 months and was even charging peopel monthly to come online! and earned some money..
Yes this sure was "serious equipment" I remember thinking computers were stupid because the interaction and graphics really sucked, and they did. Now computer is good. So it is what it is, because it isn't what it was.
Yah he needs a printer and to really use one of these you need the disk drive.
Though one thing they did not show in the commercial the color computer 3 can use an RGB monitor and actually had better graphics then the Tandy 1000 series at the time plus you could get a macwrite like word processor call MAX-10. Instead they had him using the crappy word processor cart for the coco 1 and 2.
@Membrane556 Meh, I never was a big fan of the Tandy Color Computer. The Tandy 1000, however, was excellent. Who cares if it had the best capabilities if all the good games were ripoffs, whereas the Commodore 64 had amazing games, it was cheap, and it had great capabilities.
@DrEMplushrest He has to decipher the machine code into text and then write the code for the printer driver then get his soldering iron out to make a bridge from the 7-bit slot in the back to the 8-bit centetronics parallel port on the back of the printer. He'll be finished by the time he's 30. Wow...computers were so 'Educational' back in the 80's.
Yep, and welcome to the club :D My first computer was an MSX-1 with tape drive back in 1984/85 or so. I guess being from 1977 makes me one of the oldtimers as well ;)
it that still works today(i hope it does)that'll be more mobile than a laptop if places with public televisions allow plugin t.v. stuff and it wont even need charging.
you know what jeff's gonna do after school ... not playing outside with his friends ... noooo he's gonna play on the computer, gain weight from the lack of activity and loose his sight over an old 50 Hz CRT TV standing a foot away from his face ...... YAYYYYY !!!! ... so sad!
at least back then getting a computer was a big deal and kids appreciated it. nowadays, they expect new electronics on a regular basis and often show little respect for such serious equipment.
I am 28. In elementary school, they taught on Apple IIe. Had a Tandy & C64 at home. Middle school, it was DOS PCs and Mac Performas. Got a Win95 PC in 8th grade. High school: Windows 98, iMac & Linux. College & after, XP, Mac OSX, Vista, 7 I had Atari 2600, NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, Playstation, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, XBOX, PS3, X360. 8 to 16 to 32-bit. 2-D BOOM! 3-D No internet BOOM Internet! Land lines BOOM smart phones! I've seen all the HUGE changes and that's why I HAVE *RESPECT* >:-D
@vtak3 :) :) i wish the "miley cyrus" generation understood that. but, then again, in their defense, it's probably normal behaviour. our parents probably thought we took stereos and walkmans etc. for granted, lol. i know i went through them like water - meanwhile, before i was born (was born in '75) stereo equipment was a huge, costly deal and a serious purchase. i wonder what our grandchildren will 'disrespect,' lol. probably something way cool like backyard holodecks, lol.
@jenzeppelin some idiots don't even know the surface of what goes on inside to make their machines work... they just use it and when it breaks... "well I dunno, I'll just buy a new one"
@jenzeppelin only if the parents never raised their kids right and ended up spoiling them...which for some odd reason is happening so often nowadays. When i was younger (about 5 years ago) whenever i got something electronical i always appreciated it, i guess what im saying is it all depends on how your raised, and many parents are lacking the ability to teach their kids right.
@jenzeppelin my kids never played with the expensive stuff and had more interest in plastic Mc Donald toys because of imagination. The expansion of technology and it's ability to do everything for you leaves less for the mind to work with. My kids (like many in their school) are pretty much straight A or 4. I hope it continues this path. Though I question the curved grade in place. School expect computers at home now. to apply for work you need one. Maybe that's why. The novalty is gone.
@wellivea1 - doing the straight math, most phones are 600-1000 mhz. IIRC the CoCo was somewhere around 10 mhz. That's where I got the 100s from. But, yeah, thousands is probably closer to reality.
>at least back in the 1950s getting a radio was a big deal and kids appreciated it. nowadays, they expect new electronics on a regular basis and often show little respect for such serious equipment.
So things advance and electronics become mainstream/cheap. What the fuck is your point.
The next thing I bought after a CoCo was a CP/M 80 machine. There were a few inexpensive compilers for CP/M and I taught myself a few languages. Wrote some glue logic in FORTRAN to accept a comma-separated list of transactions and generate a spreadsheet that looked like a DOME BOOK.
@HoneycombAgent , 128KB (or, 131072 bytes of RAM), though Radio Shack did sell a RAM upgrade that would take it to 512KB RAM (a fairly large amount of RAM for 1986).
Color Computers Rule!
mojostrikesback 2 weeks ago
Crysis max settings right durr.
fakelol9 1 month ago
Jeff met a really hot chick in an early chatroom... who turned out to be Elliot in disguise.
SgtTravisBickle 1 month ago 3
The kid must have been doing a report on the matrix.
melissacarl2002 1 month ago
how much that shit cost back then
DJKID777 1 month ago
radio shack computers? meh. knew no one that had one. only c64 or vic20, apples.
Ibringthetruth1 2 months ago
@Ibringthetruth1 I remeber when the "Apple II-E" came out around '86 or '87, and it was considered the "top of the line"...technology sure has come a looooooong way!
dslgunner1977 1 month ago
@dslgunner1977
amiga was out around then too. i think.
Ibringthetruth1 1 month ago
I'm sure that bad boy can run Crysis on max settings.
gmp186 2 months ago
how anti-social can you get
urgonnadie25 2 months ago
this is not as good as the INNERnet
lilbeaveymac 2 months ago
Old school WOW
TerryGibbsWF 2 months ago
I download more than 100 programs a day....
donov25 2 months ago
Elliots masturbating to older men and jeff's illegaly downloading music.
Jawshieee 2 months ago
Press 4 to see Jeff shaking.
superdonald333 3 months ago
I almost bought one back in the day as my first comp but I'm so glad I didn't. In all my years BBSing I think there was only 1 other person that had a Coco. None of the BBS forums or downloads every had a single Coco program to download Boy, I would've been in major frustration.
oldtwins 3 months ago
I'm still using this computer as I write this. I'm upgrading soon to a Commodore 64.
ZeppelinFan70 4 months ago 6
@ZeppelinFan70 Hey, you might want to try the new Commodore 128 :)
dmine45 2 months ago
100 programs?! NO WAY!
xMikeyIcex 4 months ago
"book report"? that looks like a roguelike to me...
KingBobXVI 4 months ago
lol everyones making jokes and forgetting there wasnt any internet at the time. no ebay and no porn
daniyellowjello 4 months ago
@daniyellowjello that's the joke -_-
mingtooter 4 months ago
@daniyellowjello
There was a internet, but it was primitive and very underground.
AllPro777 4 months ago
this computer was the most technology Radio Shack has ever seen
smikules 4 months ago
This is a throw-WAYYY-back.
I remember the TI-99 as well as the TSR-80 computers as well as the Commodore 64 (which I had) and the Vic-20s, and the Apple Computers from the first one to the Apple IIGS. Remember the "Franklin" computers? identical to the Apple models.
kd4adv 4 months ago
Elliot and Jeff are pussies.
RAM71 4 months ago 2
My first computer was a step down from this - a TRS-80 color computer 2.
DJCandyManMike 5 months ago
Now Elliot is a 45 year old virgin that sells pencils and string on street corners.
FSanfordJunkman 5 months ago 36
100 programs?!!??! WITCHCRAFT!!!! D:
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Don't laugh - these kids are making at least 200k per yer now
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luridplanet 5 months ago
"....and whats Elliot doing ? hes wacking off to porn, Jeff too !! "
MegaSpazztic 5 months ago
That football game looks seriously weak. Bobbing back and forth due to all the "action" doesn't help sell it, kid.
MorreskiBear 5 months ago
i used to have that..kept for over 10 yrs..wish i still had it..lol
wantq2000 5 months ago
HEY EVERYONE!! More videos on the way as soon as I get my Betamax VCR up and running!! -Dsargent
dsargent724 5 months ago 16
What kind of football game was that??
DScully8 5 months ago
ZOMG COLOR!
grgemclr1992 5 months ago
what screen can use does it take hdmi
jason123456789210 5 months ago
I can't believe you guys put up with this technology. Garbage at its best!
Dan4USCTroy 5 months ago
VGA?
jason123456789210 5 months ago
@jason123456789210 yes VaGinA
TheTechBite 5 months ago 2
I find it ironic that I watched this on an iPhone - makes me think how far we've come...
Shrapnelization 5 months ago
The Color Computer 3 had other options you could also buy not listed in the video, Printer, Modem, Floppy disk drive, expansion port, Hard drive, X10 lighting control . You could also run a version of Unix called OS-9, which allowed Multi-tasking and windowing OS. I ran a BBS on my Color Computer, created a Laser light show hardware for it, real time video digitizer.
nexusone1984 6 months ago 5
elliots watching porn and jeffs buying worthless shit off eBay
metalmaiden999 6 months ago 64
@metalmaiden999
LMAO!!!
mistacramer 4 months ago
@metalmaiden999 Oh what the internet did to computing..
dedpxl 2 months ago
People started naming their boys Elliot after ET came out.
Audinos 6 months ago
@Audinos such an ugly name. sounds like some kind of fucked up pasta.
tygersflowerz 5 months ago
The best graphics are on the box!
cybermarsactual 6 months ago
commodore beat the crap out of that thing
ewh83 6 months ago
0:13 - Are you sure that's football???
slugnbozo 6 months ago
the keyboard is thicker than my printer.
arisadaminami 6 months ago
@arisadaminami That IS the computer. Or in other words it is a computer with a keyboard attached to it.
Skimaskkass 6 months ago
I had one, including the tape recorder for storing programs... yes... a tape recorder...
benny2700 6 months ago
@benny2700 That's nothing, I remember Commador computers using those, like the VIC 20. I saw a photo of a PC on the eight track heaven site that used eight track cartridges for storing programs, wish I could find one, it came out around 1977 so pretty early stuff.
OlegKostoglatov 2 months ago
Wow those are some BIG plans
MegaHowdoudo 6 months ago
@MegaHowdoudo Love it! That was too funny! Corny commerical
g00glian0 6 months ago
IKR
MegaHowdoudo 6 months ago
This is what computers looked like in the 80's WTF
WastedTimewithKyle 6 months ago
And now Jeff's working at Hardee's....
theaudieriggs 6 months ago 3
OOOOOO, so THAT's what that thing is on my shelf
karlSNESnerd 6 months ago
Omfg!!!! I want that!!!!
SonicArthur91 7 months ago
@middle0eye I disagree. As a 17 year old punk kid, I think I can safely say structure is boring. I prefer slouching until I get stretch marks and generally bombarding myself with health risks. That's all I could ever dream of.
Shivemaster 7 months ago
I had the Amiga, the Amiga would laugh all over this and piss on it and laugh again and then burn it to the ground, piss on it some more, and laugh and dump the burnt ashes in the bin and fill it up with piss and laugh some more then push it down the hill while laughing and piss on it and when it gets to the bottom and then point at it with the red mouse pointer and laugh...... Sorry was that too much :P
ZroDfects 7 months ago
@ZroDfects Yea, pretty stupid
g00glian0 6 months ago
@ZroDfects Well this was the 8-bit era. Your Amiga was a 16 bit that came out later. Seriously, you don't have any concept of timelines?
slugnbozo 6 months ago
@slugnbozo ... Who gives a fuck. Amiga rocked and still does.
ZroDfects 6 months ago
@ZroDfects I do agree. The Amiga ruled!
slugnbozo 6 months ago
@ZroDfects
Hell yeah... I still have my old Amiga 3000..It kicks ass. My first Amiga was the 500
scott93257 5 months ago
@scott93257 .. Amiga all the way. None of this firmware update every single day, none of this ask for permission to perform a task crap, none of this graphics card or sound card upgrade or you miss out on latest game play option crap. The only upgrade Amiga had was an extra floppy drive or 1MB ram upgrade and both were only needed if you wanted it. Amiga had awesome animated graphics and the music was even more awesome, I have xbox, ps3 and wii and not one game has music that I could listen to.
ZroDfects 5 months ago
@ZroDfects Don't bash music in games today, it's one of the more redeeming qualities. You might want to get that nostalgia out of your ears.
ThisLockIsJammed 5 months ago
@ThisLockIsJammed .... Nah todays gaming music is fucked, nothing but orchestra crap. Keep it for theatre goers.... Don't get me wrong its good to hear original sound tracks during GTA4 etc but nothing special. People are still creating chip music today because how popular it was. Check out millions of chip music around youtube.
ZroDfects 5 months ago
@ZroDfects Cinematic gaming experiences should have cinematic qualities to their soundtracks. People enjoy chip music because you can link it to an experience, but playing the Super Mario Bros theme from the NES to someone who has never heard it before probably won't like it.
And yeah, some awesome chiptune artists up here on YouTube.
ThisLockIsJammed 5 months ago
Yep Jeff did XD
Pizzaboyzmvp 7 months ago
RadioShack's Color Computer 3 comes with everything that you see here.
Oh, you say you wanted a computer monitor? Too bad! You have to buy that separately!
HardytheBeetle 7 months ago 3
Nothing compare to your first PC, you never get that feeling again. Mine was a 200mzh cyrix cpu 32mb ram & 2 gig hdd with Windows 95.
BigRed4231 7 months ago
@BigRed4231
mine, commodre 64, oh wait i had the Microsha with cobol...
LigaD100 7 months ago
@BigRed4231 Mine was my parent's Apple II was a whopping 48k. Long long nights, staying up and playing Wizardry and Computer Ambush......Zork! Check it out!
DickLodge68 7 months ago
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Lol Super bit FALL!! Super Mrio wanna Be!!
bestpaintballer9 7 months ago
Lol Super bit man!! Super Mrio wanna Be!!
bestpaintballer9 7 months ago
Computers so cool, even jock asshole kids will use them before they go to school the next day to beat up nerdy kids who also use them!
robobrow 7 months ago
So Jocks are bad at Math and Nerds like Adventure games?
eightbitclick 7 months ago 3
Only... at Radio Shack.... From Walt Disney Home Video.
WebVMan 7 months ago
Just bought a Tandy Color Computer 2. Had the TRS-80 Color Computer 2 in the 80's, sold it and hated it every since. Now I can play around with it again!
elgatoshadow 7 months ago
Classic. I love old hardware.
theflaviomgomess 7 months ago
@middle0eye I agree with you that parents are the boss, not the other way around. I witness a lot of parents being puppeted by their children. I don't judge them though because I don't know their particular situation or family dynamics. Sometimes parents spoil out of guilt. In the end, I can't change everyone's lifestyle. All I can do is raise my own children to be appreciative, patient and unspoiled and hope others are doing the same. Thank you for being someone who sees it the right way.
jenzeppelin 7 months ago
Those were the days....
7941series 8 months ago
"You have died of dysentery"
fullmetalgod 8 months ago
oh god thats some good graphics
emisner21 8 months ago
and now we just sit at home and play wow...
i wonder what they would have thought
weswii 8 months ago 2
@weswii I was a teenager when this was a new ad. I sit home and play WOW too......
ihatestupidsignups 8 months ago
fuck me i used to have 1, i programmed a BBS when i was 11 yrs old called "The Best BBS!" i had it up and running in a town called ElliotLake along with Mike Dickerson or Dickensons bbs called CocoBuffs BBS! took me all of 3 months and was even charging peopel monthly to come online! and earned some money..
What a machine
Liquadia1 8 months ago
Bet a tornado wouldnt pick it up
jrcr1 8 months ago
"Over 100" pieces of software available. Now, people think an app store with less than 100,000 apps is not competitive.
TaurenBedtime 8 months ago
How millions of American's got hooked on mind numbing dissociate your ass from reality from wanking off too much... PORN...
cobrachoppergirl 8 months ago
My first computer was a RS color computer (CoCo) purchase in 1980 with a whopping 16k of ram for $899.00.
Can't believe my wife let me buy it...
oad51 8 months ago 2
I remember buying software that never worked. If todays software comes full of bugs imagine back then when there was not a culture for it.
vjrei 9 months ago
Yes this sure was "serious equipment" I remember thinking computers were stupid because the interaction and graphics really sucked, and they did. Now computer is good. So it is what it is, because it isn't what it was.
cybermarsactual 9 months ago
i had one of these. Elliot's gonna have some problems with his book report due to the fact this computer had no printer.
gayskunk 9 months ago 72
@gayskunk
not even a printer port?
nomadcowatbk 6 months ago
@gayskunk It had no printer or did you just not get one with yours?
slugnbozo 6 months ago
@slugnbozo as far as i know i dont think they had a printer for Co co, but was a long time ago
gayskunk 6 months ago
@gayskunk buy it new? I Think this commercial is from 1984
jakesaintsrow123 5 months ago
@gayskunk
Yah he needs a printer and to really use one of these you need the disk drive.
Though one thing they did not show in the commercial the color computer 3 can use an RGB monitor and actually had better graphics then the Tandy 1000 series at the time plus you could get a macwrite like word processor call MAX-10. Instead they had him using the crappy word processor cart for the coco 1 and 2.
Membrane556 5 months ago
@Membrane556 Meh, I never was a big fan of the Tandy Color Computer. The Tandy 1000, however, was excellent. Who cares if it had the best capabilities if all the good games were ripoffs, whereas the Commodore 64 had amazing games, it was cheap, and it had great capabilities.
TeamRocketReviews 4 months ago
@gayskunk
That was 80's porn in binary 1's and 0's.
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TheOfficialNewVHS 9 months ago
FINALLY! A machine capable of running Crysis!
762BR 9 months ago 3
Elliot's book report doesn't even look like words on the screen, wtf.
DrEMplushrest 9 months ago 47
@DrEMplushrest Thats because it was a prototype for the kids today who text so much they have no idea how to write
peterdaniel66 5 months ago
@DrEMplushrest He has to decipher the machine code into text and then write the code for the printer driver then get his soldering iron out to make a bridge from the 7-bit slot in the back to the 8-bit centetronics parallel port on the back of the printer. He'll be finished by the time he's 30. Wow...computers were so 'Educational' back in the 80's.
ogicabp4u 5 months ago
Wow more then one hundred programs!
chaospants 9 months ago
I want one
I want one
420THECRYPTKEEPER 9 months ago
Do you think you got the volume loud enough?
gmdinformation 9 months ago
8 RETARDS DIDNT LIKE
aureliosjc 9 months ago
@aureliosjc Now 9
TheToploaderwasher 9 months ago
This was my second computer. Does that show my age?
chrama1 9 months ago
@chrama1
Yep, and welcome to the club :D My first computer was an MSX-1 with tape drive back in 1984/85 or so. I guess being from 1977 makes me one of the oldtimers as well ;)
SandsOfArrakis 9 months ago
hooly shit MOM! this has call of duty version 0.011! Pre-Beta!!!
worlwr2 9 months ago 3
What kind of 3d graphics card does it have?
gardnerbm 9 months ago
Angry Video Game Nerd has to review this.
Bubblingbrew 9 months ago
Gee! this is great! im gonna play Crysis!
computertechdude1234 9 months ago 2
Dang, look how far we have come, 10X smaller 1000X faster haha.
BlueFluidStudios 9 months ago
it that still works today(i hope it does)that'll be more mobile than a laptop if places with public televisions allow plugin t.v. stuff and it wont even need charging.
jazz21aa52 10 months ago
the commercial is come from america
MrArnejoJoshua 10 months ago
Look like crap fashion! Today tech is amazing!!!!!!!!
sasytre500 10 months ago
i'm watching this video on one of those.
TheGrassyBatter2 10 months ago
you know what jeff's gonna do after school ... not playing outside with his friends ... noooo he's gonna play on the computer, gain weight from the lack of activity and loose his sight over an old 50 Hz CRT TV standing a foot away from his face ...... YAYYYYY !!!! ... so sad!
GeorgiMl 10 months ago
@GeorgiMl Your mom has a big booty
Ribjaw9000 10 months ago
The poor sister didn't get much of a go. I guess that was before social networking and online shoe retailers.
Craptron2000 10 months ago 3
100 Programs wow on windows pc there are like 100 million or more lol
cavideoguy 10 months ago
por que siempre que veo un comercial tan viejo como este que sea de EEUU la voz es la misma?
EduBrahim006 10 months ago
How heavy were these things back then?
abehammy 10 months ago
at least back then getting a computer was a big deal and kids appreciated it. nowadays, they expect new electronics on a regular basis and often show little respect for such serious equipment.
jenzeppelin 10 months ago 110
@jenzeppelin It's natural for that to happen as technology progresses. I'm sure when you were a kid you didn't think a radio was a big deal.
RenatusUpborne 10 months ago
@jenzeppelin bla bla bla, things were better before, bla , bla, bla
Borisas88 9 months ago
@Borisas88 you will grumble in the same way when you're 50. you're just too young and bratty to understand it now.
jenzeppelin 9 months ago
vtak3 9 months ago 5
@vtak3 :) :) i wish the "miley cyrus" generation understood that. but, then again, in their defense, it's probably normal behaviour. our parents probably thought we took stereos and walkmans etc. for granted, lol. i know i went through them like water - meanwhile, before i was born (was born in '75) stereo equipment was a huge, costly deal and a serious purchase. i wonder what our grandchildren will 'disrespect,' lol. probably something way cool like backyard holodecks, lol.
jenzeppelin 9 months ago 2
@jenzeppelin
haha, I'm already grumbling, so god only knows how I will be at 50 :p
Borisas88 9 months ago
@jenzeppelin I love you
LunaVorax 8 months ago
@jenzeppelin couldn't have said it better.
Kingnothing8585 8 months ago
@jenzeppelin some idiots don't even know the surface of what goes on inside to make their machines work... they just use it and when it breaks... "well I dunno, I'll just buy a new one"
xshalludiex 8 months ago
@jenzeppelin only if the parents never raised their kids right and ended up spoiling them...which for some odd reason is happening so often nowadays. When i was younger (about 5 years ago) whenever i got something electronical i always appreciated it, i guess what im saying is it all depends on how your raised, and many parents are lacking the ability to teach their kids right.
Devilmaycryxx3 8 months ago
@jenzeppelin my kids never played with the expensive stuff and had more interest in plastic Mc Donald toys because of imagination. The expansion of technology and it's ability to do everything for you leaves less for the mind to work with. My kids (like many in their school) are pretty much straight A or 4. I hope it continues this path. Though I question the curved grade in place. School expect computers at home now. to apply for work you need one. Maybe that's why. The novalty is gone.
ptd1965 8 months ago
@jenzeppelin
Haha yeah , if u got a new game as a present u felt amazing.. golden dayz
unseensword 8 months ago
@jenzeppelin
SERIOUS EQUIPMENTS
l33tpwnzord 7 months ago
@jenzeppelin - most kids that age today have cell phones 100 x as powerful as that CoCo.
Hiraghm 7 months ago
@Hiraghm more like thousands
wellivea1 7 months ago
@wellivea1 - doing the straight math, most phones are 600-1000 mhz. IIRC the CoCo was somewhere around 10 mhz. That's where I got the 100s from. But, yeah, thousands is probably closer to reality.
Hiraghm 7 months ago
@Hiraghm lol so so true.
jenzeppelin 7 months ago
@jenzeppelin oh yeah, I remember when My brother and I got a 133mhz Windows 95 machine..an upgrade over our 486..We went nuts..
NastyNatey 7 months ago
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@jenzeppelin
>at least back in the 1950s getting a radio was a big deal and kids appreciated it. nowadays, they expect new electronics on a regular basis and often show little respect for such serious equipment.
So things advance and electronics become mainstream/cheap. What the fuck is your point.
eitrig 7 months ago
I can't believe they put up with that technology back then....lol
Dan4USCTroy 10 months ago
I think you could also use those games in an Atari 2600
thejoshfromtn 10 months ago
Ah the glory days of RadioShack
parkesc21 11 months ago
lmao. my dad found one of these in our basement last year.
Kelsie154 11 months ago
Damn....I'm 13....why the hell did we have that back then and we shit right now...*Goes back to playing Zelda*
ChristopherSmith2010 11 months ago
@ChristopherSmith2010 Did we met before?
Carthsting 10 months ago
SUPER PITFALLL!!!!
chiangui24 11 months ago
The next thing I bought after a CoCo was a CP/M 80 machine. There were a few inexpensive compilers for CP/M and I taught myself a few languages. Wrote some glue logic in FORTRAN to accept a comma-separated list of transactions and generate a spreadsheet that looked like a DOME BOOK.
sneakers55 11 months ago
Fucking windows 60'
Jamez7796 11 months ago
We all know Jeff checked out the 8 bit porn too
esau93631 11 months ago 199
@esau93631 Alas, there was no interweb yet... poor fellow...
marcelschoen 9 months ago
Snotty looking suburban rich kids playing machines with only 100 titles that no one has ever heard of, AND shitty graphics?
How did they get PS3s in the 80s?!
EmperorofCartoons 11 months ago
@EmperorofCartoons kids too poor for a ps3.. xbox sucker. haha
TheThingamajig 11 months ago
@EmperorofCartoons ps3's weren't around in the 80's they only had the atari
hyperlink3000 11 months ago
@EmperorofCartoons you must be mistaking that cube of metal with the original Xbox my friend.
CompakNess 11 months ago
@MrBrianTV Those are lines of black text on green background.
EmperorofCartoons 11 months ago
How much memory did it have?
HoneycombAgent 11 months ago
@HoneycombAgent , 128KB (or, 131072 bytes of RAM), though Radio Shack did sell a RAM upgrade that would take it to 512KB RAM (a fairly large amount of RAM for 1986).
cnoyes72 11 months ago
@cnoyes72 That is a fuckton of ram for 86.
thatloserkidquinn 11 months ago