Anybody watching "WarGames" on AMC???? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

**bruce21b** · 04-22-2008, 06:50 PM

i remember watching that back in the 80's thinking "WOW" at the computer graphics and the awesomeness of the PC war game....the computer with the old school phone modem, and the disk drive that took a floppy the size of an LP record....LOL....imagine playing "Call of Duty 4" back then!!!!!!!!!!!

ahhhh, those were the days.....

**Se2002** · 04-22-2008, 07:04 PM

do you want to play a game?

nhill0408 · 04-22-2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Se2002

do you want to play a game?

How about "Global Thermonuclear War"?

**Se2002** · 04-22-2008, 07:14 PM

ZXD9 · 04-22-2008, 07:21 PM

Puttin' it on TIVO for the kiddies to watch. I'll probably join in with 'em to. I was just learning to program computers when that came out. Brings back lots of memories.

**agalindo** · 04-22-2008, 07:25 PM

Yea those acoustic modems are collectors items.

I have a couple of those 8inch floppies just as reminders.

**boardsurfer** · 04-22-2008, 08:11 PM

yeah I was watching. My son just asked me what the WOPR was. I told him it was a computer. He didnt believe me - said it was way too big.

flashdragoon · 04-23-2008, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by agalindo

Yea those acoustic modems are collectors items.

I have a couple of those 8inch floppies just as reminders.

oh really, hehe I still have three of those relics, and two of em still function...wonder how much they are worth tehse days lol.

Ride the Lightning · 04-23-2008, 09:56 AM

I bought the WarGames/Spacecamp two for one dvd at WalMart a few weeks ago for $5.

LUVMYSIGP225 · 04-23-2008, 10:16 AM

I have owned that movie on VHS since the day it came out. As a kid that had a computer in 1979, I loved that movie. It kinda scared the $hit out of me a little, and it made me love my computer even more. I had a 110BPS Volksmodem with a "WarDialer", and I used to run through all of the phone exchanges in my area looking for other computers to hack.

I even ran a BBS system off of a single phone line and a 300 baud modem. It was one of the more successful BBS's in my area.

God, I miss the early '80's.

04-22-2008, 06:50 PM	#1
bruce21b XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 538	Anybody watching "WarGames" on AMC???? i remember watching that back in the 80's thinking "WOW" at the computer graphics and the awesomeness of the PC war game....the computer with the old school phone modem, and the disk drive that took a floppy the size of an LP record....LOL....imagine playing "Call of Duty 4" back then!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhh, those were the days..... __________________ Springfield XD-9 Service Sig Sauer P-229

04-22-2008, 07:04 PM	#2
Se2002 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: AL Posts: 1,381 Blog Entries: 1	do you want to play a game? __________________ If the prospect of having your thumb hit by the bolt is unacceptable do not attempt to load your Garand.

04-22-2008, 07:14 PM	#4
Se2002 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: AL Posts: 1,381 Blog Entries: 1	__________________ If the prospect of having your thumb hit by the bolt is unacceptable do not attempt to load your Garand.

04-22-2008, 07:21 PM	#5
ZXD9 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: GA Posts: 305	Puttin' it on TIVO for the kiddies to watch. I'll probably join in with 'em to. I was just learning to program computers when that came out. Brings back lots of memories. __________________ Mark Z Springfield XD9 Tactical

04-22-2008, 08:11 PM	#7
boardsurfer XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Golden, CO Posts: 435	yeah I was watching. My son just asked me what the WOPR was. I told him it was a computer. He didnt believe me - said it was way too big. __________________ "Denial has no survival value" XD45 Service

04-23-2008, 09:56 AM	#9
Ride the Lightning XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 1,529	I bought the WarGames/Spacecamp two for one dvd at WalMart a few weeks ago for $5.

04-23-2008, 10:16 AM	#10
LUVMYSIGP225 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Center of the Mind Posts: 6,099	I have owned that movie on VHS since the day it came out. As a kid that had a computer in 1979, I loved that movie. It kinda scared the $hit out of me a little, and it made me love my computer even more. I had a 110BPS Volksmodem with a "WarDialer", and I used to run through all of the phone exchanges in my area looking for other computers to hack. I even ran a BBS system off of a single phone line and a 300 baud modem. It was one of the more successful BBS's in my area. God, I miss the early '80's.

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