Those quick lines always did the trick. The salesmen didn't know their Amstrad from their elbow. Nowadays it's putting false viruses up on PVC World screens. Still provides a bit of a laugh though,.
You never get the computer on display unless you're buying it privately. Then you can try that trick. Panic stations in Boots. The salesmen didn't know what was wrong with the speccys. Gotta keep the staff on their toes. Phone around and finally decide to switch them off at the mains. If only they knew about the reset button!
What an ideal opportunity for someone who you "have never met before" to come up and try the computer and go "hmm it seems to be defective, tell you what, I'll buy it if you knock a few quid off"
Which of course is highly unethical and I don't condone such behavior :)
Those quick lines always did the trick. The salesmen didn't know their Amstrad from their elbow. Nowadays it's putting false viruses up on PVC World screens. Still provides a bit of a laugh though,.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
Haha! I had some quick few lines that would wipe/blank the Amstrad CPC's character set :D
Much confusion in Dixons hehe!
Xyphoe 2 years ago
You never get the computer on display unless you're buying it privately. Then you can try that trick. Panic stations in Boots. The salesmen didn't know what was wrong with the speccys. Gotta keep the staff on their toes. Phone around and finally decide to switch them off at the mains. If only they knew about the reset button!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
haha quality, GAH
I just realised...
What an ideal opportunity for someone who you "have never met before" to come up and try the computer and go "hmm it seems to be defective, tell you what, I'll buy it if you knock a few quid off"
Which of course is highly unethical and I don't condone such behavior :)
bobamu 2 years ago
I forgot to add that I also included a poke to disable the break key. It's not the same wandering into PC World. : (
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
haha
only pleasure we get these days is changing the screensavers on demo pc's but they seem to all lock those down now
bobamu 2 years ago
I used to go into Boots and type
10 PRINT " Fuck Off"
20 GOTO 10
RUN
After that I would run. Great times!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
hahaha
ahh those classic old type ins
man, I remember making up crap programs and typing them in at the computers in boots and whsmith :D
I did one that drew a face and some kid came along and he made a total arse of it, he couldn't even enter a basic line :D
bobamu 2 years ago 2
lol
nephildevil 2 years ago
Get the Guiness book of records round here now and bring a few cans of Guiness as well. I am the tallest man-ape in the world!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago