This early concept video for a service that would function very similarly to the way the internet has come to function. Had they build it, I am sure a home system would have cost the equivalent of $50,000 in 1969 dollars. Still it is a pretty cool setup and I am a bit jealous. They both have 3 monitor setups and I am still stuck working with 2.
drquest: I use to work at a Bugles Boys store back when malls were all the rage.
Drahken: Yeah, that’s the one. Man, it’s been a long time since I saw one of those. I had completely...
Doug: @Drahken, you mean this?: http://www.ebay.com/ itm/Vintage-Pac-Man- Wind-Up-Plastic-Toy- Tomy-1980s-/16072...
Peter FoxHusky: Dar, no monitor but a color TV for both the C64 and for just watching television. Drahken: Dunno about the toys, I never had any. The commercials made them look good, but they also look like a lot...
ClaymationWerewolf: @Doug that’s really funny! When I watched the episode I actually did wonder if I was... Drahken: I vaguely remember sky commanders, though I never watched it at the time, I mostly just remember the ads...
Daniel Th1rte3n: Another excellent piece! I was aware of this property as a kid, but never owned any of the toys,... Doug: Yeah, there were toys. I had one. Were the Aussy and Jamaican bad guys? The way you describe them and the...
vinvectrex: This one near the top of my list of toys I wanted but never got. And, had I gotten it, I wouldn’t...
Man, they had it so good in the 60′s. When we ever get something so cool as this?
I saw this before and if I remember it correctly, I think it’s hilarious that the husband has to approve of all of the wife’s purchases.
And if I didn’t remember that right, then I feel dumb right now.
You remember it right Paul.
I don’t have to approve of my wife’s purchases…as long as she is buying groceries and using them to feed me! Otherwise, I do have to review the invoices on my video screen and then print them out and then scan them over to the bank for payment.