J.C. Burns, who has a great collection of retro and non-retro images posted on Flickr, posted this shot from his mid 1980s home office. Which is filled with some Apple-based retro tech goodness. Part of me wonders how difficult it would be for me to replicate a retro home office of my very own with what tech I have.
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...
More so that the Apple stuff is the IBM Selectric typewriter. I used one of those throughout college (didn’t have a home computer until I was married) and THEY ARE WORKHORSES. I loved the changeable font element.
I used a typewriter in college as well (got access to a dependable printer towards the end though). While I am very happy with the freedom a computer gave me in terms of revisions. I liked the immediacy of seeing the printed letter appear with each stroke of the key. Sort of why I hung onto a Polaroid for so long as well I guess.
WHOA! Don’t know how I missed this. HAWT!
Is that an ashtray?
I think he says it a bowl with tuna or something in it that he happened to be eating.
Just love those apple machines. Love the hardware pr0n in general.