Category: Apple II

Spirit of the Problem Violation

From 1985-1991, I competed in Odyssey of the Mind. (Side rant: Odyssey of the Mind was originally known as Olympics of the Mind back when I began participating. Apparently the aggressive and somewhat litigious International Olympic Committee forced the name change — not that there was any chance of people confusing a bunch of underaged geeks building crap out of cardboard, paper mache’ and poster paints with a gathering of international atheletes, but whatever. The O in OM (which is all we ever called it anyway) was quietly changed from “Olympics” to “Odyssey” and we all carried on about our… (read more)

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The Monitor That Wouldn’t Die

In the mid-80’s, my dad purchased an Amdek color monitor for our Franklin Ace 1000 computer (an Apple II clone). It’s a big plastic monster with an RCA input for video and an eighth-inch input (headphone jack) for audio. One thing I’ve always loved about this monitor is that on the top-rear portion it has a built in handle. After dad sold our Franklin, I inherited the monitor and used it on my Commodore 64 for almost a decade. The handle came in “handy” every time I lugged my system to a copyfest or over to one of my friends’… (read more)

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