One for those over a certain age

[NDA]

AMG Merc said:

Someone’s posted this on another thread I’m following. Thought it a good mention here.

The original “Supercar”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m9Z010pM4

Dreadful! Hahahaha

[matchmaker]

GetCarter said:

Robbo 27 said:

First home computer I saw used a cassette player as a memory, the only game was flying a plane, no images you gave instructions on the height you were flying and speed and the game was to come into land, words on the screen told you if you had crashed or not.

Indeed, and not only that, before cassettes, we had to type in the code to make it work, and a single ANYTHING out of place it would crash...

..and when we turned it off, all the work was gone.

Something strangely Zen and magical about it all though. Magic now gone.

My first use of a computer was at school in 1969/70. An IBM 360 housed in a place called Dundas Vale Resource Centre in Glasgow. You wrote down Fortran on coding sheets and handed them in. A week later you got a pile of punched cards which you ran through the card reader. If there was a mistake (usually was ) you had to rewrite the coding sheets and had them in.

A week later you got a pile of punched cards which you ran through the card reader. If there was a mistake (usually was ) you had to rewrite the coding sheets and hand them in.

A week later you got a pile of punched cards which you ran through the card reader. If there was a mistake (usually was ) you had to rewrite the coding sheets and hand them in.

Etcetera...

[Gunk]

[Morningside]

V8 FOU said:

techiedave said:

Now does anybody remember the Amstrad jingle ?
It was a bombastic tune and I am sure the "lyrics" were:

"Amstrad makes it happen
Amstrad has the power ....
To fill your home with sound"

Joke was most of their stuff was useless. The amplifiers used to overheat etc,,,,

OK. Phillips cassette recorders. EL3302 and 2204. All the rage in 1972.......

We used to sell an Elizabethan 14" b&w portable TV. £42. Weekly wage was £32. Transistor radio MW only was £9. Sinclair calculator was £98 trade!!

Amstrad amps. I took a friends apart and shocked but not surprised to find everything all stuffed at the front. Cheap chipboard contruction and a transformer so small screwed in the back. Plus a large lump of aluminum on the cheap tuning dial to give it some fake weighting.

[Halmyre]

We had one of these style monsters:



We also had a couple of Dansettes; they were in my parents' loft for years until I noticed the rise in interest and price and asked my mum about them.

"Threw them out last year". Ah well.

[AMG Merc]

This'll take (some of) you back...

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[AMG Merc]

These bring back some memories...

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[V8 FOU]

The Don of Croy said:

What was the hifi shop in Camden road - KAC Electrical? - that was always rammed on Sat afternoon, staffed by middle-aged men in suits but always very keen on prices, and you got a quote printed on a Sinclair thermal roll (sophisticated or what!).

Spent thousands there over the years, but all long gone. Richer Sounds has a similar ambience but with pubescent staff (that know a lot more tbf).

Anybody mention the change over from town gas to natural gas - now that was a project.

Middle -aged? Laurie was in his early 40's - died before htiing 50. His wife was a real hottie! His uncle, Ken, was getting on a bit though. Fab blokes the pair of them and great friends too.
Jeez that used to be busy on a Sat afternoon in the 70's. When I were a lad........

[Dog Star]

matchmaker said:

My first use of a computer was at school in 1969/70. An IBM 360 housed in a place called Dundas Vale Resource Centre in Glasgow. You wrote down Fortran on coding sheets and handed them in. A week later you got a pile of punched cards which you ran through the card reader. If there was a mistake (usually was ) you had to rewrite the coding sheets and had them in.

A week later you got a pile of punched cards which you ran through the card reader. If there was a mistake (usually was ) you had to rewrite the coding sheets and hand them in.

A week later you got a pile of punched cards which you ran through the card reader. If there was a mistake (usually was ) you had to rewrite the coding sheets and hand them in.

Etcetera...

Ah, I did a degree in Computer Science and French at North Staffs Poly in Stafford (1987 - 1991).
We had a team of "data prep" ladies, and you learned VERY fast not to give them your code to type in (we didn't use punched cards, it was cobol on vax/vms and it was type it in and compile it) due to the fact that it would take longer to fix their errors than to actually type it in yourself. I did, however, use them for inputting test data for programs that I'd written - the errors would be a great test of how robust my programs error handling was.

[V8 FOU]

Went to the Ace Cafe for NYE and the band, The Fireballs, played the theme tune from Fireball XL5. I never,ever thought I would be singing along to that after 50 something years!!!

[Laurel Green]

^^^ Now that brings back memories (as well as the words). ^^^

[Blib]

Wacky Racer said:

Anyone else have an "Airfix" junior driver?

You stuck a steering wheel on the dashboard on the passenger side and "steered" the car while your dad drove.

(No seatbelts in 1959)

Yes!!!! I had one in the early sixties. I did thousands of miles benind that wheel.

[AMG Merc]

Laurel Green said:

^^^ Now that brings back memories (as well as the words). ^^^

+1. Saw an episode recently. Loved the horizontal takeoff ramp and stage 2 rocket blast at the end (sparklers!) taking it straight up

[CAPP0]

Blib said:

Wacky Racer said:

Anyone else have an "Airfix" junior driver?

You stuck a steering wheel on the dashboard on the passenger side and "steered" the car while your dad drove.

(No seatbelts in 1959)

Yes!!!! I had one in the early sixties. I did thousands of miles benind that wheel.

I clearly remember asking for one and my parents virtually ridiculing me, they just thought the whole idea was hilarious and stupid

It's probably why I now own 10 vehicles.

[nonsequitur]

I've just got an FA official replica England v. West Germany 1966 world cup final programme.

Originals are silly money, so this is fine.for me. The ads are classic 'Mennen for men' aftershave and 'Are you a boilermaker? we have jobs.

[General Price]

Blib said:

Wacky Racer said:

Anyone else have an "Airfix" junior driver?

You stuck a steering wheel on the dashboard on the passenger side and "steered" the car while your dad drove.

(No seatbelts in 1959)

Yes!!!! I had one in the early sixties. I did thousands of miles benind that wheel.

Most people had them when they were children.How come you only got yours when you were in your 20's?

[Wacky Racer]

Anyone remember?.......

[anonymous-user]

General Price said:

Blib said:

Wacky Racer said:

Anyone else have an "Airfix" junior driver?

You stuck a steering wheel on the dashboard on the passenger side and "steered" the car while your dad drove.

(No seatbelts in 1959)

Yes!!!! I had one in the early sixties. I did thousands of miles benind that wheel.

Most people had them when they were children.How come you only got yours when you were in your 20's?

I used to sit in the boot of my dad’s Vauxhall Victor Eatate with one of those attached to the rear screen. I was like Captain Scarlet with the reverse seating position

Health and Safety 1960s style!

[bristolracer]

Wacky Racer said:

Anyone remember?.......

Yes!

[WelshChris]

Apologies if posted before, but fill your boots - old Argos catalogues:

http://retromash.com/argos/