"Another visitor,"
"Stay a while...."
".... stay... FOR A WHILE!"




I chuckle at how my C64 didn't even come from a computer store: my parents bought it one Christmas from Canadian Tire, of all places. Anybody remember that old program "Sing 1541" that used to make the heads in the floppy drive vibrate and play a tune? I can't imagine that was good for the hardware, in any way! I remember how much my jaw dropped when I graduated to a 1200 baud modem with MNP data compression. It was like being off to the races. Long after C64 was a thing of the past, I was hosting a whole houseful of guys from southern Ontario, over for a massive piracy meet where we were copying Amiga 500 games in assembly lines. A couple of die-hards were in a different room swapping out C64 games. One of them smirked at my questioning gaze, pointed at their vintage C64 and exclaimed, "That there is a REAL computer."

It was a joy to reminisce about the old days while checking out all the forgotten hardware in this abandoned farmhouse in Hagersville, ON. The attic loft above the kitchen was converted into a C64 repair shop that was filled with all the forgotten peripherals of my youth.


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Oh wow, I could spend ages in there rooting around.

You did a grape job on these pictures!

Lots of memories seeing all that nostalgia!

I tried Sing1541 a few times but I remember my friend's dad would not let them execute that command on their drive. He may have been on to something as the 1541 was notoriously prone to breaking. My first one died after a short period of time and my parents bought me one more but boy were they angry as the 1541's were very expensive.

Awesome dose of character, and in such an unexpected place as well. That second shot is beautiful, with the wall of plantlife right up until the door, and from there only gently weaving across the floor.

Would have given my left arm for some of that equipment back in the day