January 2009
Where do you buy 80s memorabilia
If you are like me, you would be kicking yourself for throwing away a lot of you old toys/music/clothes etc that you used (and enjoyed) back in the good old 80’s.
I still have most of my old vinyl records but the ironic thing is that I have nothing to play them on! That aside, I have no plans to get rid of them mainly because of the memories they hold.
Everything is back in vogue now, and some of it is even worth serious money if you’re into that type of thing.
But what if you wanted to get some of that old stuff back? Where can you get it from? Well, I have a couple of ideas to help point you in the right direction.
Space shuttle flights in the 80s
Remember when you were were younger and you heard that NASA were going to space in this new aircraft that looked like a plane, and when the mission was finished the craft would then glide bac to Earth and land like a plane?
I do, and of course it was the Space Shuttle. It seemed a big deal then (and it was). But I was only reminded today listening to the radio when it actually was…………….
Microsoft Computing in the 80’s
Believe it or not (depending how old you are will bring back memories), but Microsoft Windows started it’s life in the 80’s.
In November of 1983, Bill Gates showed IBM his new operating system, Windows. It went down like a lead balloon, but Bill realised that a proper GUI based operating system would be the way of the future.
Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released on November 20, 1985. It wasn’t a complete operating system like today as it was an extension of MS-DOS (which was released in 1981), the ‘command line’ or text based operating system.
From 1985, the selling details were as follows:
Price: $99
Hardware Requirements: 80386 CPU, 256KB RAM, 1MB Storage
Media Size: five 360KB 5.25″ floppy disks
Rage – going retro in January
For you Aussie readers, Rage which is the music video show on the ABC is going retro this month.
As they have done in previous years around this time, reruns of the the classic music shows countdown and rock arena are being shown this month.
As always with Rage, you can look at the playlists beforehand to see what is coming up.
Checkout the RAGE website.