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Hey Kovoet smoke signals lmao. What do you remember most about those great 60s.
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Remember the earliest remotes that worked on sound? You could jangle a bunch of keys and change the channel.
My old boss once stayed in a fleabag motel with his family. It had a really old TV, no remote, just round dials. His kids didn't know how to work it. Sometimes being an old timer isn't a handicap.
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Age don't make you old....Wife/Kids/House.......that"ll make you old....but it's a journey well spent.
43yr's young here.
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Thats the point nothing lol was all a haze lol
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1000+ posts. TPU community is pretty matured.
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Hey {JNT}Raptor wife and kid's will make you insane and thats the reason im not married lol.
Quote: Originally Posted by DavidV Hey Kovoet smoke signals lmao. What do you remember most about those great 60s. Thats the point nothing lol was all a haze lol The great music for me. Man thank god for ytube because i use it all the time and SKY FM... |
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![]() ![]() Little tiny town in the middle of Montana; the population was about 2000. The only way we could even get any television was with "rabbit ears."![]() ![]()
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Even better...
What were some of your favorite TV shows from way back when??? |
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Gamer till the day I die!
34 yrs old and not getting any younger!!
Been gaming since I was 5 yrs old on the Odyssey Gaming System circa 1978!! ![]() Check out these specs....now that makes me feel old! ![]() * CPU o Intel 8048 8-bit microcontroller running at 1.79 MHz * Memory: o CPU-internal RAM: 64 bytes o Audio/video RAM: 128 bytes o BIOS ROM: 1024 bytes * Video: o Intel 8244 custom IC o 160×200 resolution (NTSC) o 16-color fixed palette; sprites may only use 8 of these colors o 4 8×8 single-color user-defined sprites; each sprite's color may be set independently o 12 8×8 single-color characters; must be one of the 64 shapes built into the ROM BIOS; can be freely positioned like sprites, but cannot overlap each other; each character's color may be set independently o 4 quad characters; groups of four characters displayed in a row o 9×8 background grid; dots, lines, or solid blocks * Audio: o Intel 8244 custom IC o mono o 24-bit shift register, clockable at 2 frequencies o noise generator o NOTE: There is only one 8244 chip in the system, which performs both audio and video functions. * Input: o Two 8-way, one-button, digital joysticks. In the first production runs of the Magnavox Odyssey and the Philips 7000, these were permanently attached to the console; in later models, they were removable and replaceable. o QWERTY-layout membrane keyboard * Output: o RF Audio/Video connector o Péritel/SCART connector (France only) * Media: o ROM cartridges, typically 2 KB, 4 KB, or 8 KB in size. Videopac with chess module * Expansion modules: o The Voice - provides speech synthesis & enhanced sound effects o Chess Module - The Odyssey2 didn't have enough memory and computing power for a decent implementation of chess on its own, so the C7010 chess module contained a secondary CPU with its own extra memory to run the chess program. |
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You deserved a thanks for that! I remember that thing, my cousin had one. That thing was a blast.
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The oldest thing i played was the NES.and sega genesis 3(still have it around someplace
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Since i have 7 sisters and brothers older than me i had to watch most of their stuff. Hey i had some favorites to. I like sci-fi series alot like.
The time Tunnel The invaders Some others Man from uncle Mission impossible Wild,wild west Wrestling out of Cleveland,Ohio. |
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Damn come June I will be on my 5th reboot
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Land of the Giants
Emergency Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea I Dream of Jeannie Petticoat Junction Green Acres Munsters etc... |
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I'm 34yrs too. Thanks for remembering what I could never have remembered.
You made me remember a game called Worm, it was on DOS (Windows didn't exist but it was nice.) If only I had a camera way back then... |
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What kind of pipes?
Ooohhh, I didn't say nuthin....lol I have grown fond of my pajamas now a days.. Funny how that works.. Slippers, not so much....lol
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Adam 12 Emergency Squad 51 KMG365 my favorite Martian Rowen and Martin laugh in Leave it to Beaver Get Smart...loved that show the cone of silence Hogans heroes |
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Ahhh One sees that all you old farts are still alive =)
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I'm more from the Dixon of Dock Green and Z Cars era myself
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As a kid I watched.
Speed racer. Thundercats. GI joe. Voltron. A bit later it was. Mash. Night court. WQRP in cincinatti. Likely more but I can't think about them all. Great series. ![]() I starter gaming with Atari and colecovision. Ahh the days of pong.. I can't believe how far we have come in 20 years. First game I ever played "I think" was "Oregon trail" lol.. A game made for elementary school classrooms I think it was. Apple computer I believe.
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Oh yah, Oregon Trail was great. I always lost everything while trying to ford rivers. Text games really harken me back to my youth, ZORK!!
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