Forty years ago, this is what my room looked like… UPDATED with photos!
Allen's room (so far):
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | VCR,Jag,Etc.| | | CM8/VCR | | TV | || | C= Mon.| ||
.\ |_____________| |_|_________|_|________|_||_|________|_______________||
. \ | _________ ______ ___ ||____ ____________ ....... ||
. \ | | .CoCo3. | MPI ||Dsk||| HD | Amiga500 | mouse ||
- |_|_________|______||___|||____|____________|________||
|------| CHAIR CHAIR |_____| |
| Boxes| |Term.| |
| | _|_____|_|
|______| | Ans. ||
|Shel| ______ Floor Space! | |---| ||
|-ves| |file| | |DMP| ||
| | |thng| |_|___|_||
| | |____| -----------------------------------------------------
|____| | | "
| | My Double Bed | "
| /\ | | "
| \K\ |___________________________________________________-
|# \4\ | Term.| | Lamp/ |
| # \/ | | | Radio |
+----|.......|---------------------------------------------------------------+
Door into room on top left, closet on bottom left, window on bottom right.
Going clockwise:
Starting at top, metal "erector set" shelving containing misc. junk on top
shelf, two VCR drawer cabinets and Jag on second, SVHS and editing gizmos on
third, fourth has complete Sega Genesis/CD setup, and below is Sub-Etha
Software stuff (paperwork, software, etc.)
First computer desk is CoCo system with CM8 on VCR, and TV to the right. A
set of medium sized powerer stereo speakers sits on the CM8 and another on the
Amiga monitor for great stereo seperation. Dual power strips below this, too.
(One with modem line and CoCo on it, the other is on "all the time" for VCRs
(clock) and TV).
Amiga desk is metal frame (not wood like CoCo) and has Amiga setup and
monitor, and TONS of books on shelves below right of desk. A pull out sliding
"table" at the right has a WYSE terminal on it w/CoCo cube stored below it.
Next is a printer table (came with the desk) with the Friday and printer and
power strip.
Bed.
Table with clock, radio, and lamp.
Another table with hardware terminal (so I can hack while in bed, via serial
port on CoCo).
K4 keyboard setup with amp/speaker, sequencer, Midi disk drive, etc.
Bookshelf with magazines and misc. junk, and filing cabinet (on wheels, lid
opens from top).
Storage bins (used to lug CoCo stuff to 'Fests) stacked three high, full of
junk.
And this, my friends, is my room. <whew>
Allen
And here is me, in all my nerdy glory.
And this is what the other wall looks like, after returning home from a CoCoFest.
Don’t panic! The room didn’t always look like that…
Until next time…