Monday, September 23, 2013

iPods in the 1960's


    Yes, we could record and store music back in the late 1960's.  On cassette tapes.  By laying the microphone close to the stereo speakers.  And vainly trying to keep background noise to a minimum.

    We could also play computer games.  Well, only one - a text-based Star Trek game.  And you had to ask the TA in charge of the computer lab at ASU to (wink wink) give you access to it.  For the most part, you "flew" around in sectors of empty space.  Until you crossed paths with a Romulan ship, which usually beat the schnark out of your puny Federation phasers, photon torpedoes, and shields.

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