I believe that most of the photos in this set were taken in the early 1980s, probably in the Lansing, Michigan area.
The first photo is undated but look early 80s-ish. It looks like it features a young woman with her baby and maybe mother and grandparents. Maybe this is family of the photographer.
Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (221-224)
Compute! was a popular computer magazine for home computer users in the 1980s. It covered various popular home computer systems and had spinoffs dedicated to particular systems. The most popular of those was probably Compute!'s Gazette which covered Commodore's 8-bit computers. The March 1989 issue of Compute! includes:
Compute! (March 1989)
A summary for those that haven't been keeping up with this series:
I found a number of 5.25" disks at a thrift store several years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25" disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents here.
Based on the contents, at least some of these disks were apparently once owned by someone named Connie who used to run the “Close Encounters” Special Interest Group (SIG) on Delphi in the mid 1980s.
A specific definition of this SIG was found in a document on one of the disks: "This SIG, known as 'Close Encounters', is a forum for the discussion of relationships that develop via computer services like the Source, CompuServe, and Delphi. Our primary emphasis is on the sexual aspects of those relationships."
This service was text based and was accessed via whatever terminal program you used on your computer to dial in to Delphi’s servers. Many of these disks have forum messages, e-mails and chat session logs. All of this is pre-internet stuff and I don’t know if there are any archives in existence today of what was on Delphi in the 1980s. In any case, much of this stuff would have been private at the time and probably wouldn't exist in such archives even if they existed.
This post includes the contents of OCTDA.DOC and OCTPOL.DOC. These are announcements about various polls that can be voted on from October and November 1985. There is significant overlap but unique stuff in both.
See the previous post here.
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30-OCT BRIEF POLLS & DATABASE New in the Fantasies Database: Party Time by Crosscuts The Woman's Day polls have been submitted to the Database in the General Information area. New polls have been added by Rodm. Please vote! 26-OCT BRIEF TRANSCRIPTS The transcripts of the Conference on Sex Magazines is now in the Open Forum database. The Conference on "Why Marry?" is now in the Open Forum database. 3-NOV BRIEF TWO POLLS MOVED The polls on the number of Sig Members and Teenagers Within The Sig have been moved to the General Information Database.=== OCTPOL.DOC ===
30-OCT BRIEF POLLS & DATABASE New in the Fantasies Database: Party Time by Crosscuts The Woman's Day polls have been submitted to the Database in the General Information area. New polls have been added by Rodm. Please vote! 23-OCT BRIEF SIG MEMBERS POLL Be sure to cast your vote in the new poll titled "SIG MEMBERS." 19-OCT BRIEF CO TIME POLL Check out the new poll on conference time. Let me know what time is best for you to be able to attend (without being late). Thank you. 5-OCT BRIEF WD POLLS Please vote on the Woman's Day Polls #1 thru #7! 3-NOV BRIEF TWO POLLS MOVED The polls on the number of Sig Members and Teenagers Within The Sig have been moved to the General Information Database.
Metroid was one of the killer apps for the NES. This game is frequently ranked high on top 10 and top 100 lists. In terms of game play, it isn’t fundamentally different than 2D platformers like Super Mario Brothers. You run, jump and battle enemies in a 2D environment. The difference is that Metroid is more of an adventure game. The world is larger and more open ended and there is more of a process of discovery in that there are things to find, some of which must be found to complete the game. In other words, exploration is an important part of the game.
In Metroid, you play the role of Samus who is sent to destroy Mother Brain, the biomechanical creature that commands the Space Pirates. It seems that the Space Pirates have attacked a research vessel that was carrying parasitic life-forms discovered on another planet called Metroids (hence the name of the game). The Space Pirates intend to use these creatures as biological weapons.
There have been many sequels over the years. The original Metroid has been re-released a few times as well. The original Metroid is available as a bonus upon completing the 2004 game Metroid: Zero Mission for the Game Boy Advance. Metroid: Zero Mission itself was an enhanced remake of the original. There was also a standalone Game Boy Advance version released in 2004 as part of the Classic NES Series. In addition, the original Metroid was released for the Wii Virtual Console in 2007 and for the 3DS Virtual Console in 2012. This is definitely a must play game for all fans of video games and there are plenty of ways to give it a try.
