Stumbled on the C64 book that came with mine circa 1986. I didn’t understand much of it back then but I remember fondly trying to. It wasn’t easy when nobody around you knew anything to help.
Luckily I had another basic programming book (Bordeaux cover) which had cool examples to type in.
In retrospect I always thought it was a lucky strike to get a used computer for Xmas because it came with lots of diskettes and books.
Amarcord di oggi: la classica edizione di Monopoli quadrata della Editrice Giochi (si chiamava ancora senza la Y finale 🙂 ).
Non so come abbia fatto ad arrivare fino ad oggi con me da quanto è frusta dal tempo e dal giocarci per terra in cortile da piccolo 😁
Ce l'ho dalle elementari, quando si giocava con le regole inventate, perchè guai a leggere le istruzioni, e non si capiva cos'era l'ipoteca, ma tutti a picchiarsi per avere il candelabro 🤭
Macintosh SE paired with an Apple Keyboard (not part of its original shipment). 🖥️🍎 On the "wanted" poster are the Apple devices sought after for inclusion in the museum's collection. 🏛️📜
In 1995, the Colorado town where I was attending high school hosted the first annual Digital Storytelling Festival.
One of the sponsors was "The Net" magazine, long since defunct. As part of the festival, a couple employees of The Net came to our high school and taught us HTML.
A recent bout of nostalgia led me to searching for issues of The Net magazine on eBay, but then I remembered to check the @internetarchive