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A THREAD FOR US OLD TIMERS!!!!
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[spapad] Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:16:05 PM 

HA!! This is actually one of the first movies I watched on HBO. That is AFTER I hooked up a long strip of antena to the back of the TV and slid a piece of aluminum foil up and down the line until the picture came in! LOL


  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, August 28, 2009 11:22:02 PM)
[guidogodoy] Friday, August 28, 2009 11:22:02 PM 
"How 'bout some more beans, Mr. Taggert?" HAAAAAAAA!!!!!





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[Fishu] Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:33:01 AM 
i remember the day mi dad installer norton commander... a great one,  i never had to use "cd" "dir"  and so on anymore...
[spapad] Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:30:36 PM 
I remember my first PC when I was elated to bring this beauty of a machine home that had 200 MB of Hard drive! LOL!!
Fixing problems with boot disks and DOSSHELL, otherwise know as DOS HELL

  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Fishu from Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:18:01 PM)
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:30:21 PM 
Two words: Oregon Trail.

BANG<===anyone who doesn't know this reference probably never had to code their games.

"Greetings Professor Falcon. Shall we play a game?"
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[Fishu] Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:18:01 PM 

i don´t remember quite well but my first computer was only a dos prompt, you could only choose between the text editor prince of persia and a game where you were a fireman and had to save babies that came out of a building on fire,
When i got my 2º computer the babies jumped so fast that i was unable to save them =(
 i remember playing games like x-com sim city disciples of steel and so on...  and i didn´t have to work nor study also =P

[guidogodoy] Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:18:02 AM 
3 1/2 inch floppies?! LUXURY! 5 1/4 were even too good for us. I had to change vacuum tubes on the ENIAC just to play tic-tac-toe! LOL!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by kiamat from Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:46:43 AM)
[kiamat] Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:46:43 AM 
Ahh, asteroids, I used to be so good at that game, we had it on our first computer. When I try to play it on free game sites I tend to die within about two seconds.. which just shows how these games ain't what they used to be...

I miss that computer, it had the original Lemmings, the original Sim City, Rogue- anyone remember Rogue? My sister played all the way up to level 37, myth and rumour said there were only 40 levels but sadly at that point the 'puter suffered a somewhat terminal crash and we never found out.

And of course, Frontier:Elite II, my Dad's pride and joy. Cost him £40 back in the late eighties, and do you know it needed three 3 1/2 inch floppies! State of the art stuff, I'm telling ya!
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[Head banger] Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:57:29 PM 
gorf.  I remember the name,  got to look that game up!!
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[spapad] Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:43:47 PM 
Wow, Tron is comming out in 2010? How cool! Sorry to be behind the times but I didn't see this! That is one cool trailer! I'll drag Flora to see it with me!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by kiamat from Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:06:40 AM)
[guidogodoy] Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:35:16 PM 
Yes. I have Stargate (two arcade versions) and Defender. Most of the classics as well. Asteroids, Robotron, Gorf etc.

Gimme a bit and I'll hook you up!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, August 16, 2009 5:48:43 PM)
[Head banger] Sunday, August 16, 2009 5:48:43 PM 
where would one find said rom?

wonder if the other games I liked as a kid are out there?  Stargate is one I never found.
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:13:18 PM)
[guidogodoy] Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:13:18 PM 
Read up and you'll just need the ROM to run the game.  Blacklights are on you! HAAA! mamedev.org/
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:20:58 PM)
[Head banger] Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:20:58 PM 
blacklights?  I can get a lamp and put a blacklightbulb in it, but I dont know where to plug it in near the pc??

mame.  will look that up when I get the home computer (as oposed to the work laptop) back from the younglings.
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:17:40 AM)
[guidogodoy] Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:17:40 AM 
Oh DAMN cool!

I hadn't seen (nor heard of it) before. I am THERE! That was even Jeff Bridges if I am not mistaken! Oh happy day! I AM Master Control!!!

HB, I have the original game for PC. I'll try and dig it up later. You need MAME (arcade emulator) to play it. While you are downloading that little prog, also look for your blacklights. The original arcade game had them but hard to reproduce on the PC! LOL!!!   [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by kiamat from Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:06:40 AM)
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[Head banger] Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:15:57 AM 
awesome.  wish I could find the original arcade game for pc. 
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by kiamat from Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:06:40 AM)
[kiamat] Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:06:40 AM 
Well, Check this out Guido!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, July 31, 2009 12:50:09 PM)
[guidogodoy] Saturday, August 15, 2009 8:44:36 PM 
Oh, right on, DF. Did you know him? LOL!!! Perhaps you were keen enough to catch my lyrics / watch the vid that he could "teach you to chick chicki boom?"

Partial credit! (Hellrider gets 100 points for being creative. HAA!). Pedro Aguilar was his name and was in many a movie / play as he was claimed by many "including Desi Arnaz and the person who wrote the song" to be the King of the Mambo. The movie / soundtrack "Mambo Kings" actually make reference to him. Oddly enough, though, is that he was from Puerto Rico, not Cuba! I learned this as a kid when we vacationed in San Juan. Also found out that Desi Arnaz's father was one of the founding members of Bacardi on that same trip. No. The folks didn't let me have any damn samples while we toured the plant! One of my favorite drinks today although I rarely have it. Cuba libre!
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[hellrider 31038] Saturday, August 15, 2009 2:23:03 PM 
he was a human being guido.
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:46:48 AM)
[Deep Freeze] Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:57:52 AM 
Umm, he was a dancer back in the 30's or 40's, I think????  Am I close??
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:46:48 AM)
[guidogodoy] Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:46:48 AM 
Trivia: can ANYONE tell me who was "Cuban Pete" without a google? 1000 points!
[guidogodoy] Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:56:47 PM 
I can teach you to chick chicki boom chick chicki boom chick chicki boom! Ahhh...they just don't make T.V. like this anymore.
R.I.P. "Cuban Pete!"
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[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:16:30 PM 
Hey, where's Chuck Norris? It's just not a good movie without Chuck Norris, man!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:13:38 PM)
[ron h] Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:34:12 PM 
...and Catherine Bach aka Daisy Duke HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:24:58 PM)
[guidogodoy] Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:24:58 PM 
I forgot HALF those people were in it! LOL!!! Come on, Ricardo Montalbán, Telly Savalas, Jackie Chan, Joe Theismann and Abe Vigoda aka FISH in the same film? HAAAAA!!   [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ron h from Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:21:31 PM)
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[ron h] Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:21:31 PM 
Wow, haven't seen that movie in years!!  A true classic, forgot Fred Dryer was in it!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:13:38 PM)
[guidogodoy] Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:13:38 PM 
Oh, just MARVEL at the list of stars!
Kids of today have no respect for good movies!
[Deep Freeze] Saturday, August 01, 2009 9:23:53 AM 
Oh MAN, ML!!! I remember all of those!!!! F-Troop??!?!?!? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! The end of the civil war was near when quite accidentally..a hero who sneezed..  HAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAAAA!!!! Loved that show. Had a HUGE crush on the blonde that was Berry's love-interest. And Larry Storch??? HAAAAAAA!!!!!!! That guy had to be one of the goofiest "TV stars" ever! Too funny!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Metallark from Friday, July 31, 2009 10:08:09 PM)
[Metallark] Friday, July 31, 2009 10:08:09 PM 
Looking over these I realize I am truly an old timer. Dusty's Trail? Wow...I forgot all about that one. I remember Forest Tucker's claim to fame was F-Troop with Ken Berry and Larry Storch. Berry went on to play on Mayberry RFD and Storch was a regular on "Love American Style".
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[Metallark] Friday, July 31, 2009 10:05:16 PM 
Chico and the man....wasn't that with Ed Albertson as the old man?
Yeah, Freddie Prinze offed himself shorty after he gained fame for this sitcom.
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[spapad] Friday, July 31, 2009 7:14:57 PM 
Ya know, I was just watching the Bob D. film. Look at it and watch the saloon wenche's expessions! I swear that may be Elvira!
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[guidogodoy] Friday, July 31, 2009 12:50:09 PM 
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:54:43 PM 
While I remember Smith and Jones (barely), I do NOT remember this Bob Denver classic.

How about this...when my young nephews were here recently they were ranting about wanting to go see the new movie "G-Force." I laughed thinking 'has Hollywood run out of ideas so as to resurrect such an old cartoon!?" Rest assured I set THOSE kids straight as to the real G-Force! HAAAA!!!
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[spapad] Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:36:14 PM 

I remember Chico and the Man! Could not believe when Freddie Prinzt shot himself!  Sad!

Remember, "Smith and Jones"? Peter Dule Aslo ended his life that way! Really sad, as I guess I was just 8 or so back then.

Here's the little known Sitcom of Bob D. God rest his soul!



  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:28:58 PM)
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:28:58 PM 
Scatman Cothers. RIP. Who else remembers Chico and the Man?


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[J.D. DIAMOND] Monday, July 27, 2009 5:09:35 PM 
God damn Guido I remember that from way way back in the 70's!!! lol! Man I haven't seen that intro or the cartoon in 30 years or more!!! lol!!  But when I played it...it all came back to me...lol! Man thats awsome!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Monday, July 27, 2009 9:52:16 AM)
[guidogodoy] Monday, July 27, 2009 9:52:16 AM 
[J.D. DIAMOND] Friday, July 10, 2009 4:58:56 AM 


Heres an old time picture!!!
[ron h] Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:00:18 AM 
Cool HB!!
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[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:00:57 PM 
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Cool vid, HB!!!
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:35:19 PM)
[Head banger] Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:35:19 PM 
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-walt-babyboomers-blurb,0,1036393.blurb
[ron h] Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:59:01 PM 
[Metallark] Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:16:35 PM 
Wow! Forgot all about RUN-JOE-RUN. A true oldy.
[ron h] Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:09:21 PM 
Wow...that's going waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back!!!  I remember watching that show...damn!! 
  [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by METALMANJP from Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:05:22 AM)
[METALMANJP] Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:05:22 AM 
I LOVED THIS SHOW !
[Healer] Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:53:16 PM 

Indeed! What a huge loss. R.I.P David.


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[spapad] Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:19:13 PM 

R.I.P. Grasshopper! Our beloved David Carridine. 


[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:20:13 PM 

Okay! Another vid for the Old Timers here...at least I think it's qualified to be considered "old"...maybe not.

Anyway, this was the most-shown movie in my high-school, one of those "If these kids can do it, so can you" things...here's Stand and Deliver.


[Metallark] Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:55:52 AM 
Hellrider...the same thought crosses my mind often...is there a cure for cancer that is kept under wraps because of it's financial implications? I see cancer everyday because I work in healthcare. Alternative fuels is another matter of what is and what isn't. If there were something CHEAP as an alternative fuel would this wreck the oil industry and therefore kept in secret? In either case you'd hate to think that such ideas would not stand in the way of progress and humanity but when money is involved you cannot think but wonder.

On Farah Fawcett, while I feel for her plight I feel much the same as DF. It's just to morbid for me to bare. The fact that it is presented in the form of entertainment does inspire me to watch either.
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