“They don’t make ‘em like they used to” isn’t a phrase that is often applied to computers. Computers are like Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends- the newer the better. This old school Commodore Vic-20 has been modified to tweet. I didn’t think that something this old could even be used to shop for sleeping pills .. well, it can’t but that’s beside the point. This old comp is rockin’ a 1 MHZ processor and 5KB of RAM. My computer is literally 3,000 times more powerful, and my wife’s computer is some 10k times more powerful. I didn’t even know that the vic-20 could get online… it’s software is stored on a cassette!

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