• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 hours ago

    That’s the first computer I grew up on. Taught me English as well, mainly through adventure games like Space quest & King’s quest.

    Glad I got to grow up with that, I don’t really envy young people in that regard.

    • sag@lemm.eeOPM
      13·
      8 hours ago

      Cassette Futurism is just name of genre like Steampunk, Cyberpunk or Dieselpunk

      • acockworkorange
        3·
        2 hours ago

        You’re telling me that a picture of a regular steam locomotive fits into Steampunk, or that a regular 18-wheeler fits into Dieselpunk, and I disagree.

        This ad for a regular technological device of the cassette era does not fit into cassette futurism.

        • sag@lemm.eeOPM
          31·
          1 hour ago

          Well, There’s no true defenition of cassette futurism or IDK ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I think any tech or media which resembles or from 70s or 80s fit this community. Feel free to post what you think is though.

  • espentan@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 hours ago

    That external hard drive had a whopping 20 megabytes of storage. I can still remember the sound or it spinning up…

      • TaldenNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
        2·
        8 hours ago

        There were a lot of non-Commodore monitors marketed alongside the Amiga. This isn’t one of them.

    • gelert@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      Possibly they meant the separately purchased monitor was compatible with base unit.

      • TaldenNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
        2·
        8 hours ago

        Likely this. Some monitors that would work on the Ami wouldn’t work in all it’s modes. This did. I had the 1084S which added stereo speakers I think.

        • gasgiant@lemmy.ml
          1·
          7 hours ago

          This is correct. Those separate square bullet points are just for the monitor.

          Isn’t very clear though. So it does read like the Amiga 500 is fully compatible with the Amiga 500…