#Home Computers

[fuzzyghost]

[stone-cold-groove]

Apple Macintosh 128K personal computer - 1984.

[miscpav]

Steve Allen & Jayne Meadows, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Home Computers (Casablanca Records [!], 1983)

Grammy nominee (!!), Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording

Vinyl rip:

Video by Fran Blanche with the audio and showing the booklet included with the album:

More info: Discogs

Inspired the 1984 video Computability starring Allen and Meadows:

More info/links: waxy.org, IMDb, archive.org

[rafawriter]

Sweet summer children:

[silvermoon424]

This is a subject that really interests me because I (28 years old) had computer classes in grade school where learning how to efficiently type was a big focus. As a result I have a very high WPM (words per minute) count and am an excellent touch typer.

However, I've heard that they started phasing out computer classes in a lot of schools because it's assumed that kids/teenagers already know how to use a computer in this day and age. But smartphones are more popular than computers now, and as result a lot of Gen Z/Gen Alpha kids are able to text very quickly but their typing skills aren't as good.

[felixwylde]

Idyllic Nostalgia

Your life without a computer: what does it look like? It’s hard to imagine, especially if you’re using this medium to read these words. What was life like before computers?I’m old enough to recall a world before home computers and smartphones. I remember building dens in the woodlands safely.TV wasn’t great back then, with just three channels at best, and kids’ TV had limited airtime, thanks to…

[ilyberrymuch]

you can also put in the tags how old you were, again im nosy lol

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Sharing some content for my fellow Olds

When I was little I had an irrational fear of when you tried to turn off your Windows XP and the screen would gradually turn Grey as you choose which power option to enter

That shit was SCARY!!!

[vintagehomecollection]

Natural light helps to create a comfortable work environment. The large window permits ample sunlight and, with the light-colored paint on the walls, creates a comfortable work environment.

A Portfolio of Home Office Ideas, 1998

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[raziraphale]

Tag your age if you wanna bc I was just thinking about how I have used floppy disks before (I'm 25 and used them in elementary computer lab) but my 22 y.o. brother hasn't which is so weird to me like 3 years isn't a long time at all to me

[heartorbit]

make a wish! 🍃

happy 1st anniversary, in stars and time 🤍

[itsahotminuteinbetween]

tryna figure out where I am on the doodle spectrum

[miscpav]

ABC Computer Critters Present: 1 minute Computer course (1984)

[canidaezy]

how do transmascs not want to kill themselves all the time honestly

[rhizzoph]

THIS is what an 80s home computer should look like. Anyways have this messy doodle where all my nerve damage shakiness shows . Bye