old files are dangerous…

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from a letter dated january 10, 1994 written to a friend about my then-new computer:
I paid $1578 plus taxes for the one with 4 MB RAM (of course) and the .28 dot pitch non-interlaced SVGA monitor. Everything is fully upgradeable so at any time I can plug in extra megs or a bigger hard drive. I haven’t been away from it since I picked it up so my vision is a little blurry these days. My Aunt and Uncle got me Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos for Christmas. They must really love me to get me a $60 computer game. Its one of those fantasy role-playing games. I didn’t know if you would like a copy so I didn’t include it but if you’re interested just give me shout and I’ll send it to you. Be warned! It takes up 22 MB on your hard drive and needs 590 K free to run properly. It’s addicting too.
hah! twenty-two megs for an rpg. hah, i say!

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15 Thoughts on “old files are dangerous…”

  1. andy! on February 19, 2002 at 21:29 said:

    my favorite games (from sierra) used to come on 3 or 4 floppy disks!

  2. kaydee on February 20, 2002 at 04:48 said:

    sierra games were awesome at that time!

  3. andrea on February 20, 2002 at 07:43 said:

    those were the days!

  4. andy! on February 20, 2002 at 08:10 said:

    <hums theme to space quest and leisure suit larry>
    :)

  5. redsugar on February 20, 2002 at 08:14 said:

    i was a “hitchhikers guide” game girl…

  6. heather on February 20, 2002 at 08:15 said:

    i wonder if space quest 4 will run on my computer… *fishes out floppies*

  7. paul on February 20, 2002 at 09:32 said:

    the video game industry has drastically declined since they stopped production leisure suit larry games. and, for that matter, monkey island.

  8. andrea on February 20, 2002 at 11:30 said:

    i don’t even *have* a floppy drive nowadays. well, i have one but it broke and since i never use it i didn’t bother to replace it.

  9. derrick on February 20, 2002 at 11:51 said:

    i was young, and way into the apogee side-scrollers… y’know commander keen et. al.?
    that stuff was GOLD :)

  10. heather on February 20, 2002 at 11:59 said:

    i think i still have some commander keen, myself. damn, they were addictive.

  11. amber on February 20, 2002 at 12:09 said:

    hmm. somehow i missed the whole computer game thing. i think my game playing started and ended with space invaders.

  14. heather on February 21, 2002 at 15:02 said:

    bloo!!

  15. andrea on February 22, 2002 at 07:21 said:

    bless you ;)

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