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Semi-automated posting of old computers and videogames. Sometimes other bits of retro aesthetics and design. 12-15 posts a day on normal days, 24 posts on holidays. Following mod, ping mod for bugs/errors/suggestions/requests. Bot typically in English.
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The first complete, low-priced, fully assembled microcomputer!The first complete, low-priced, fully assembled microcomputer!

A catalog advertises the "Radio Shack TRS-80 Computer System," showing a system with the main processor (with integral keyboard), CRT monitor, cassette, and power suply, for only $599.95 ("save $49.90!")
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TGdeathofgeese.bsky.social

4k RAM? That's overdoing it, when will you ever need so much?

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CJjwgagne.bsky.social

Oooh! The “Trash 80”! Now that brings me back.

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GWgeorgedwatt.bsky.social

I wrote my first program on one of these. I liked the feel of the keyboard on this one, and the Model III. But the multi-function chiclets on the PET were cool too.

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Sstevemnd.bsky.social

Nostalgia.  It's delicate, but potent.
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glendf.bsky.social

My friend had one of these and we used to play a Star Trek game on it. Thought it was the coolest thing ever!

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THtomholmes2016.bsky.social

4k of RAM and basic stored in another 4k of ROM! Who could ask for anything more?

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coolnate.bsky.social

My very first computer

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BHred4mellifera.bsky.social

I so desperately wanted this at the back of a comic book. It's all I ever wanted for xmas (even though my parents weren't xian). When Radio Shack closed down locally, I ran in to see if there were any left ... but that time is gone.

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fraidicat2.bsky.social

Trash 80's! Learned to take it apart in class, which served me well when I fixed a home computer years later that the builder could not. *It was... ...the watch battery, CR 2025.

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ohnowwhat.bsky.social

Omg, the processing power!! Tape deck drive!! Amazing!

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Retro Computers
@retrocomps.bsky.social
Semi-automated posting of old computers and videogames. Sometimes other bits of retro aesthetics and design. 12-15 posts a day on normal days, 24 posts on holidays. Following mod, ping mod for bugs/errors/suggestions/requests. Bot typically in English.
4.9k followers1 following4k posts