Re: Old Computers Are People Too was Re: AT PC Wanted -Perth

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00

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Farmer <farmerjh@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:36d60fdb.13086794@news.ozemail.com.au...
> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote
>> Farmer <farmerjh@tozemail.com.au> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote
>>>> Clockmeister <gerryvdb@tnet.com.au> wrote
>>>>> DJ! <derek@jenkins.net> wrote
>>>>>> Clockmeister wrote:

>>>>>>> 1. Not many people still use a C64 (or 128).

>>>>>> Hey - hang on there! :-)

>>>>> Well, I did say not many... Retrogamer?.

>>>> Nope, he got severely traumatised by a C64 as a child.

>>> I would have thought the only thing traumatic was the
>>> loading times for the software, Even with a disk drive.
>>> B*)

>> That would certainly be enough to traumatise anyone.

>> In Derek's case there was far more than that involved tho.

> Yes the poor nipper. I had the good fortune of being
> an adult before home computer's were invented so
> was never any good at that type of game anyway.
> B*)

I can remember one kid who was so thoroughly disgusted with his
mum's performance on one of those games that he proclaimed that
he could get a much better result with his eyes closed. He could too |-)

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From: "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: Old Computers Are People Too was Re: AT PC Wanted -Perth
Date: 1999/02/17
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