Gordon Howard, our senior school Biology teacher, had one and gave us some fascinating demos of the power of the device. He really understood early on how much they would impact all our lives.
19 November 1985
14 October 1985
Our childhood friends, Jane and Wendy
Special memories
- Our family Xmas get togethers - the best of memories
- Trips to the beach
- Family camping trips to the sea
- Kloofing trips - once you jumped, you couldn´t go back
- Asking Jane to do the Argus on a condom
- Asking Jane to marry me behind the sofa when I was 6 (she said she would think about it)
- Crochet in the garden
- Their Constantia house and lovely pool
- Sted 9 matric dance with Jane
- Std 10 matric dance with Wendy
- Janes matric dance
- Jane introducing me to Phil Collins and Super Tramp (who I still love)
- Fun games in the pool (Marco Polo)
- Gramps entertaining us all
7 September 1985
3 September 1985
2 September 1985
22 November 1983
Tape decks
I have vivid memories recording The Top 40 music songs on the radio using a tape recorder. I also had a small tape recorder that I loved.
Below are Tape Decks that remind me of the ones we owned as a family.
19 November 1983
My first computer: A Commodore 64
I loved my Commodore 64. I used it for computer games and for programming a simple game. This was my first passion project. Unfortunately I lost the code to the game and was so despondent, I gave up programming. A pity because I think I would have been well suited to it.
17 November 1983
Playing computer games as a child
Another of my favourite things to do as a child was to play computer games. I spent many hours doing this, first with our Atari Consul and then my Commodore 64 computer.
Atari
Pong
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Atari Consul and Joystick
Commodore 64
High Noon
Pole Position
Olympics
Airwolf
Commando
Beach Head
Donkey Kong
