Welcome to the Aussie Arcade forums. For 15 years Aussie Arcade has been in the forefront on promoting the Pinball and Video Arcade hobby. Other topics include repair and restoration of Pinball and Arcade machines, retro computers and consoles, jukeboxes and much more.
Aussie Arcade is also home to the Mame Gaming League and Visual Pinball League two great competitions you can participate in.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process, account login or need to reactivate an old account please contact us.
*IMPORTANT* If you have not received your verification email please check your anti spam settings and junk mail folders before contacting the Admin. The verification email can take up to 10-15 minutes to arrive. *IMPORTANT* If you are having trouble resetting your password with the link provided use the code instead. Some email clients do not format the link correctly. The code must be used before the link to work, if you have already used the link it will invalidate the code and you will have go through the process again.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Microbee - The Australian Educational Computer of the 80s
I had one in the mid-80s. It was one of the first computers to have a 3.5" floppy drive and it ran CP/M OS. Apart from what you type in from magazines, there were a few games for it. There was a lode runner clone and a pacman game and a dungeoncrawler adventure game with fairly crude graphics.
We sold it so we could buy a PC XT clone which was the next evolutionary upgrade.
wow that brings back memories primary school year 5 1984 but you had to be a good boy or girl to get a go on it unfortunately i was rarely a good boy at least paddle pops were only 20 cents and
super doopers were only 5 cents back then crazy days indeed
wow that brings back memories primary school year 5 1984 but you had to be a good boy or girl to get a go on it unfortunately i was rarely a good boy at least paddle pops were only 20 cents and
super doopers were only 5 cents back then crazy days indeed
Hmmm, I remember Sunny Boys were 5c and ZooperDoopers were 3c or 2 for 5c !
Then again if you chose wisely you could get 2 lollies for 1c and the lady with the smoke on one hand would dish them out of the box a few at a time without gloves or tongs and into a white paper bag. At times I think there was more ash in the bag than lolly.
OK, next old person up for a story
Dave
************************************************** *******************
Remember--The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!
Hmmm, I remember Sunny Boys were 5c and ZooperDoopers were 3c or 2 for 5c !
Then again if you chose wisely you could get 2 lollies for 1c and the lady with the smoke on one hand would dish them out of the box a few at a time without gloves or tongs and into a white paper bag. At times I think there was more ash in the bag than lolly.
OK, next old person up for a story
Dave
I remember Western Wagon Wheels were the size of a tea cup saucer, Tomato sauce was free & Meat pie were steak not offal.
Hmmm, I remember Sunny Boys were 5c and ZooperDoopers were 3c or 2 for 5c !
Then again if you chose wisely you could get 2 lollies for 1c and the lady with the smoke on one hand would dish them out of the box a few at a time without gloves or tongs and into a white paper bag. At times I think there was more ash in the bag than lolly.
Tweet
Comment