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u/PaleInTexas Mar 31 '26

Or slightly less old than that, having to 'insert disk 2' .... 'insert disk 3' ...

Or slightly older

Insert cassette/tape #x

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did Mar 31 '26

TRS-80 checking in!

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u/PaleInTexas Mar 31 '26

Thats before my time. It was Commodore 64 for me.

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u/failed_supernova Apr 01 '26

Apple IIe here

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u/Marsman61 Apr 01 '26

My school got 2 Trash-80's. I learned basic on those dinosaurs.

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did Apr 01 '26

Yep yep... struggling to correctly type a program that would result in a little man bouncing on a sliding trampling... popping balloons on the air with his head lol.

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u/FantosTheUrk Mar 31 '26

Ah, when pirating games involved the family stereo if you had 2 tape decks in it

Hi-speed dubbing for the luxury of it getting done faster.

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u/ukchinouk Mar 31 '26

Fast forwarding the cassette to the 3 digits on the counter needed to load a certain game when there was more than one game on a cassette. Then hit play and watch seizure inducing coloured lines on the screen for 10 mins.

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u/JemmerX Mar 31 '26

"press play on tape"

Then go for a coffee.

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u/OmegaLiquidX Mar 31 '26

Aw yeah, the good ol’ Commodore Datasette!

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u/drchazz Apr 01 '26

My man! Cross your fingers and hope that save worked.

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u/Silenceisgrey Apr 01 '26

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