An Introduction and History
Yes, I’m new to blogging. That is, writing and running a blog. It took me a long time to warm up to the idea because I thought blogs were a load of hyper-bunk. Of course, part of me still thinks this,...
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] James Bond on CompuServe
The Man with the Golden Gun I spent more hours on CompuServe in the early 1990s than I probably should have — considering it cost something like $4.80 (US) an hour. But of all the commercial online...
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] CompuServe Borg Cube
Resistance is futile. (click for full advertisement) Long-time readers of VC&G may recall me talking about my adventures on CompuServe from time to time. Needless to say, they never looked like...
View Article[ Retro GIF of the Week ] Doom II at the Office
Click to see other views of this image: [ Original Size ] [ 2X Zoom ] This particular image, titled “Another Day at the Office,” is one of the gems of my personal GIF collection. I believe I downloaded...
View Article[ Retro Scan Special ] Buying from Epic Games in 1996
Epic MegaGames purchase invoice in January 1996. You’re looking at a rare physical artifact from the twilight of shareware’s golden age. Way back in 1996, when Gears of War maker Epic Games still went...
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] My CompuServe Password
I still love my dad’s handwriting. Here it is, folks: My CompuServe Information Service password that I used from 1993 until the late 1990s: “Needy-Sacred”. Feel free to log in as me the next time you...
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] WorldsAway
“There’s More to Life On-Line” Just a few months ago, the 20th anniversary of the launch of WorldsAway, a pioneering graphical online world, came and went without any major notice (it launched in...
View Article[ Retro Scan ] HP 95LX
HP-95LX: Like a computer-shaped cookie that you can’t eat In case you didn’t know, the HP 95LX is a small, portable IBM PC compatible machine running a full version of MS-DOS that ran off of two AA...
View ArticleHP 95LX Games From CompuServe in the 1990s
In the mid-1990s, my dad gave me a Hewlett Packard HP 95LX he bought from a friend and never used. The HP 95LX (1991) is a really cool handheld PC that runs DOS from ROM. While looking for 95LX...
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