Comments on: Reminiscing http://www.greenflame.org/2007/10/13/reminiscing/ Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephen http://www.greenflame.org/2007/10/13/reminiscing/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 Stephen Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:31:19 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2007/10/13/reminiscing/#comment-1912 I held on to the TI-99 until the mid-90s when I handed it over to a fellow computer science postgrad. I think I only ever found one shop in NZ that sold them (up Willis St in Wellington) though every now and then I saw one in a second hand shop (including one with the full Plato learning system!) Of all the different early-mid 80s systems I used the one I'd really like to get my hands on now is an old BBC micro (with the co-processor) for reliving the glory days of Elite as it was meant to be played. I held on to the TI-99 until the mid-90s when I handed it over to a fellow computer science postgrad. I think I only ever found one shop in NZ that sold them (up Willis St in Wellington) though every now and then I saw one in a second hand shop (including one with the full Plato learning system!)

Of all the different early-mid 80s systems I used the one I’d really like to get my hands on now is an old BBC micro (with the co-processor) for reliving the glory days of Elite as it was meant to be played.

]]> By: fernando http://www.greenflame.org/2007/10/13/reminiscing/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 fernando Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:48:07 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2007/10/13/reminiscing/#comment-1906 Hey I had one of those - in fact I still have it (in storage). I was lucky that the local computer store in Sydney (about 10 minutes walk away from my home) stocked them and had a small users group. Hey I had one of those – in fact I still have it (in storage). I was lucky that the local computer store in Sydney (about 10 minutes walk away from my home) stocked them and had a small users group.

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