Things you did before computers?

I was on msdos before I could spell, I don't remember a before computers :p

I still played outside, made bases, read books, had a bike, and all sorts of things though. Using a computer does not equal no life
 
Von Smallhausen said:
Vic 20 .... There's a blast.
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Indeed. I was given the Vic-20 by one of my Dad's customers, they'd just upgraded to a C64. So I received the computer, tape drive and a very limited set of instructions in the form of the loading instructions for Flash Gordon.

Ah good times. Achieved next to nothing with it, but it made me happy as I had a computer and it kept me out of trouble. Previously I'd disassemble anything I could get my hands on, so my folks got me a computer as a distraction. They inadvertently put me on a path that would see me into a career, and forge a life long passion with technology. It started with 4k. :)
 
Off the top of my head:

Age 5 - 11 = Lego
Age 11 - 13 = Cars, knowing makes models & specs (I bought every car mag going weekly or monthly to keep up with latest models)
Age 13 - 16 = Airfix kits (old planes from WWII especially) I cost my mum a fortune.
Age 16 - 21 HI-FI. I bought Technics Separates & a pair of Monitor Audio speakers, I paid £250 for a Phillips top loading CD player & 3 free CD's way back in 1985. I had to go into London to get it. I still have one of CD's to this day (Phil Collins Face value)

Age 21 was when I got into Home Cinema, Another trip to London to buy the surround sound processor & a Stereo VCR from the now Defunct Comet.

Age 28 was when I got into PC's, I originally wanted one to type out a CV for Job Hunting.

Now (Age 47) PC's & Coffee. :p
 
Never a dull moment:

Corgi/Matchbox cars
Cap/pea guns
Model kits
Scooter
Swimming
Mechano/Lego
Playing with radios
Reading
Cinema
Youth Club

Yes, I enjoyed being a kid. :D
 
I was already working before I ever saw a computer in the flesh so I know how to do manual financial double-entry bookkeeping. I spent almost my entire childhood outdoors and it saddens me to see the modern childhood that appears to be spent entirely online :(
 
TCR - Total Control Racing

Race 'N' Chase
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Airfix
Balsa wood gliders
Meccano
Lego

Was about 10 when I had my first computer (Vic-20). Some of the above may have co-existed with the Vic-20.
 
spankingtexan said:
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Matchbox cars + cereal boxes = Sim City (sort of):
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:D

Oh yes, and playing outside without having an adult family member checking up every 10 minutes as they do with kids today to make sure you've not been kidnapped/stabbed or whatever.
 
I remember spending an inordinate amount of time wrapping tin foil around the ends of matches, then heating said match with another match to watch it explode. Tip: doesn't work with safety matches.
 
Lego, football, cricket, flumps, listening to the Top 40 on Radio 1 and copying all the songs I liked to cassette, making Mr Potato out of a ... potato, climbing trees, clubbing together to get 5p to buy a box of matches to burn stuff at our den.
 
I spent most of my time riding my bike, playing games and sportss with my friends, climbing trees and reading. Sometimes a bit of television or the cinema. And used my imagination a lot, oh and Lego and transformers and M.A.S.K toys! It's nostalgia I know, but it was a good time.

On my holiday I didn't even check facebook or emails - and have never felt more refreshed.
 
Cosimo said:
Never a dull moment:

Corgi/Matchbox cars
Cap/pea guns
Model kits
Scooter
Swimming
Mechano/Lego
Playing with radios
Reading
Cinema
Youth Club

Yes, I enjoyed being a kid. :D
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How many kids can say that today?

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Xbox
PS/3
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Lego was my favorite.. Couldn't keep me away from the stuff.

Good to see that picture of the chopper. Mine lasted years until my mid teens :)

edit good god. I just Googled one of my favorite toys.. Vertibird. These are going for $599 mint on ebay


 
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