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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? 20:00 - Apr 17 with 1648 views

I'm watching 'Halt and Catch Fire' on C4 at the moment, and was delighted to see a box for a Star dot matrix printer in the background. Touched a memory address for me. Any other 80s tech special memories - triggered by retro telly or not?

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 00:15 - Apr 19 with 349 views

StokieBlue

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 19:42 - Apr 18 by NthQldITFC
Fella's got that right: - R. Osman worth five times what K. Keegan was worth. - S McCall worth four times what K. Keegan was worth. - B. Talbot worth three times what K. Keegan was worth.

You could also break into the loaded program and change the values for the players then restart.

SB

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 00:55 - Apr 19 with 322 views

quad

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 20:52 - Apr 18 by monkeymagic
First arcade game I got highly addicted to : Pity I quickly moved on to fruit machines, where I had considerably less success.

Everyone had buttons on their Spectrum that didnt work properly due to being pounded so hard playing this game

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 00:58 - Apr 19 with 319 views

quad

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 16:05 - Apr 18 by hoppy
I used to have this running for days on end on my Speccy...

I used to love that you could change the names of the players.

Used to be hilarious as a kid when Johnny Fartpants or Ernie Bigsh*t scored!!

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 07:33 - Apr 19 with 291 views

hoppy

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 20:52 - Apr 18 by monkeymagic
First arcade game I got highly addicted to : Pity I quickly moved on to fruit machines, where I had considerably less success.

I had Daley Thompson’s Decathlon on the spectrum… again, spent hours…

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 08:05 - Apr 19 with 275 views

Buhrer

Loved it.

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 08:11 - Apr 19 with 265 views

Whos_blue

I can't post photos for some reason, but this was huge among my friends.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Wars

I had this on my Christmas and birthday lists for a couple of years, but sadly never got one.

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 10:18 - Apr 19 with 248 views

brazil1982

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 07:33 - Apr 19 by hoppy
I had Daley Thompson’s Decathlon on the spectrum… again, spent hours…

I had this on the Acorn and spent hours waiting to see if it would load.

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 11:36 - Apr 19 with 225 views

crouchendyachtclub

I inherited one of these recently, plus a bunch of other Linn/Naim gear. Very tempted to keep it just because of the styling but it's solely an FM tuner so don't expect to get much use out of it.

So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 11:39 - Apr 19 with 224 views

unbelievablue

What a brilliant show.

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 12:31 - Apr 19 with 211 views

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 11:39 - Apr 19 by unbelievablue
What a brilliant show.

It is, but the b**gers have taken it off now I think, and I'd only seen series one and two. Might have to see if Donna wants to come round and help me hack Channel 4. I've got an idea, she's got the skills and I've got a 5¼" floppy ready to go.

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So 80s songs - how 'bout 80s tech? on 12:57 - Apr 19 with 183 views

Churchman

For the ultimate 80s tech I bought a two year old 1985 Toyota Corolla GT, just like this one. A boring looking 1980s hatchback runabout. Dull dull dull.

But it wasn’t. Our Japanese chums dropped an MR2 126bhp twin cam engine in it. Fatter tyres, couple of bits of bracing in the over full engine compartment, a sunroof, plastic trim and decals, radio cassette and boom. No power steering, aircon or stuff you get on a modern car. Lots of velour on your Recaro style seats though.

It looked nothing, but accelerated and went like hell. I got it up to 126mph indicated on the A12 one pre-camera Christmas Day (10mph slower in real speed) and what a sound that glorious engine made. Going round corners was heavy going but in a straight line - wow. XR3i, Golf GTIs etc - bye. I loved it. Totally reliable, so much fun and wish I still had it. 80s tech at its finest.

https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/70-1987-toyota-corolla-gt-twin-cam-16/?lot=1

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