Jokes and Humor

Haertig · Nov 1, 2022

Leisure Suit Larry!

rusty · Nov 1, 2022

My first computer was a Commodore. Could not even tell you when that was.

Supervisor42 · Nov 1, 2022

rusty said:
My first computer was a Commodore. Could not even tell you when that was.

Likely the early 80's. I was addicted to Radio Shack Color computers models #1, #2, and #3.
The early ones were called 'Tandy'. A first model:

I had one of those, and yes, the first thing I did was take it apart and look inside

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(That's the joke part, it started me learning all about them and I was burning my own EPROMS 2 years later).
...I was probably "normal" up to that point.

Tacitus · Nov 1, 2022

Burning your own EEPROMS back then? Respect!

Fireman13 · Nov 2, 2022

dademoss said:
I died of dysentary on the oregon trail in text

My wife has a sweatshirt that says "You have died of dysentery".

And she's a nurse practitioner which makes it even more humorous to me seeing as we both played it back in the late 80's on Tandy computers.

Supervisor42 · Nov 2, 2022

Tacitus said:
Burning your own EEPROMS back then? Respect!

These were the original EPROMs before EEPROMS and had the clear window on top. You had to put them under a strong UV light (which I had) to erase them.
Our go-to was the 2764, 8K x 8 bits:

Joke: When you did this, you earned the official title of "nerd".

Haertig · Nov 2, 2022

What, you mean everybody didn't do there own EPROMS? That was a rite of passage for us nerds. Like making your own gunpowder with saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal (with varying degrees of success - er, I mean, failure). Don't tell me you didn't try to make your own gunpowder. Inconceivable!

rusty · Nov 2, 2022

Haertig said:
What, you mean everybody didn't do there own EPROMS? That was a rite of passage for us nerds. Like making your own gunpowder with saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal (with varying degrees of success - er, I mean, failure). Don't tell me you didn't try to make your own gunpowder. Inconceivable!

I made my own gunpowder in 5th grade. I had already had my own rifle for 3 years, so I knew what it could do.

Peanut · Nov 2, 2022

I used to fly with this, one of my carry-on bags... imagine trying to carry it on a plane now! Someone would shoot you before you got in the building.

Haertig · Nov 2, 2022

That's a great picture. What a beautiful assortment of random stuff - vintage electronics, some DeWalt gear, a few centerfire cartridges, the last remnants of a 2x4 - pretty much what many of us have sitting next to the computer on the desk in front of us right now!

Peanut · Nov 2, 2022

Most guys had two chip kits way back when. One more for cable/connectors and one for components. By the 90's it was cheaper to replace boards than do component level work. I still use my cable box to this day, handy when working on vehicles or patching things around the house... or your shoes.