dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
2 days without homerec.com and I didn't know what to do with myself. What a sad, sad state of affairs.
Glad to see all is in order again. Good job dragon.
Glad to see all is in order again. Good job dragon.
ChuckU
New member
Ditto.
Sadly, I hung out for a bit in the meantime at Gear-Snob-, uh, Harmony Central.
It's just not the same.
Sadly, I hung out for a bit in the meantime at Gear-Snob-, uh, Harmony Central.
It's just not the same.
acidrock
GO PACKERS!
I never told the wife and kids the site was down,they thought I sincerely wanted to spend time with them.
crosstudio
New member
that was hilarious.
around 7pm yesterday i got bored with mixing (ear fatigue) and decided to hit the home rec site. talk about depressed.
around 7pm yesterday i got bored with mixing (ear fatigue) and decided to hit the home rec site. talk about depressed.
Paul881
Look Mom, I can play!
Hey acidrock, after two years on this site, yours was the funniest post ever.
And Dachay, its very sad to admit, but I felt the same. As my kids would say, "go get a life Dad".
And Dachay, its very sad to admit, but I felt the same. As my kids would say, "go get a life Dad".
dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
You made my morning coffee come out my nose, acidrock.
Teacher
New member
wow i never realized how old alot of people are here..just figured computers was a young man's thing..guess not...
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mixsit
Well-known member
Who you callin' old?!!
You just wait.
If I can get out of this chair...
Wayne
You just wait.
If I can get out of this chair...
Wayne
Paul881
Look Mom, I can play!
You hold him, I'll hit him with my zimmer frame.
acidrock
GO PACKERS!
Teacher you've got a lot to learn.Teacher said:
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Randy Yell
New member
Sometimes I think that computers are a young man's thing too.I got my first computer last fall at the tender age of 47!!
BTW,I'm a Grandfather!
BTW,I'm a Grandfather!
crosstudio
New member
i got my first computer (Commodore 64) when i was in 8th grade.
I wrote a program in basic that turned my computer keyboard into a piano keyboard... too bad i never thought to turn it into a sequencer, i'd be rich.
BTW, that was 20 years ago, and they now display a Commodore 64 in the Smithsonian as an ancient artifact of computer science.
I wrote a program in basic that turned my computer keyboard into a piano keyboard... too bad i never thought to turn it into a sequencer, i'd be rich.
BTW, that was 20 years ago, and they now display a Commodore 64 in the Smithsonian as an ancient artifact of computer science.
Paul881
Look Mom, I can play!
My first computer was a commodore VIC 20 with 20K of memory! I swore at it just as much as I swear at my current DAW.
Still doesn't listen to me though.
Should have married it.
Still doesn't listen to me though. Should have married it. 
SLuiCe
New member
I had a Vic 20 as well. My mics have more memory. Was really good for using Basic commands to make stick figures jump up and down.
Paul881
Look Mom, I can play!
Yeah, I remember that. It was all "poke" this and "Poke" that. More frustrating than trying to get a DAW working!
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banm33
New member
got you all beat a radio shack trs 80. if you want to call that a computer. a tape recorder for a hard drive.
heinz
New member
I cut my teeth on a TRS-80 with BASIC as a senior in high school. Then I would go out into Radio Shacks and while the salesman was absent write some quick loop code to display "BLOW ME" or something equally clever in huge letters scrolling and repeating on the monitor. None of those guys knew how to hit ctrl-break so naturally mayhem ensued.
Paul881
Look Mom, I can play!
Bloody hell Heinz, you could have made President Did you smoke cigars too?
Did you smoke cigars too?
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MaKettle
New member
heinz said:
A friend of mine went into Radio Shack when they first had those cheap little sampling keyboards. He made it say: "Don't touch the F***in' keyboard!" whenever you pressed a key down. He didn't stick around to see what happened.
By the way, my father was a complete computer geek from the time they first appeared on the market right up until he died at 75. He was always tinkering with computers and ham radios. He loved 'em!
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johnhoe
New member
Oh GOD I can 't believe this thread....
I loved my TRS-80. I modified it so that it worked in high res graphics I interfaced it to a speech chip. Ithought it was really cool that you could get it to play 2 notes at a time!!!!
I remember the prices too! In 1980 the TRS80 in Britain was £399
($550) with 16K of memory and a cassette recorder instead of a disc drive. The expansion box (which u needed to take the memory to a massive 64K) cost £599 with 48K of memory. A 360K capacity disc drive cost £300 ($420).
Sorry about this indulgence!
I loved my TRS-80. I modified it so that it worked in high res graphics I interfaced it to a speech chip. Ithought it was really cool that you could get it to play 2 notes at a time!!!!
I remember the prices too! In 1980 the TRS80 in Britain was £399
($550) with 16K of memory and a cassette recorder instead of a disc drive. The expansion box (which u needed to take the memory to a massive 64K) cost £599 with 48K of memory. A 360K capacity disc drive cost £300 ($420).
Sorry about this indulgence!