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**S.T.D.** · 06-13-2012, 02:51 PM

... of 16 years of age, I built my own computer from an electronics kit. It had a memory capacity of 64KB. I cannot remember the other specifications. The whole thing was built from scratch. That is, components were soldered onto a circuit board. The TV was the screen. The best it could do was to be a digital typewriter. If you had a Daisy-wheel printer, you could write letters, and the most popular game at that time was Dungeons and Dragons. This was before virtual Ping-Pong. The game was text driven - no graphics what so ever. Other electronic nerds, of similar ilk, would chat on the Citizen Band radios, discussing their latest adventures of Dungeons and Dragons. The funny thing was, we all had similar mental images of the game.
The reason for this post is that David’s posted thumbnail image reminded me of a circuit board.

06-13-2012, 02:51 PM	#2
S.T.D. Join Date May 2008 Age 43 Posts 5,220 Senior Member	... of 16 years of age, I built my own computer from an electronics kit. It had a memory capacity of 64KB. I cannot remember the other specifications. The whole thing was built from scratch. That is, components were soldered onto a circuit board. The TV was the screen. The best it could do was to be a digital typewriter. If you had a Daisy-wheel printer, you could write letters, and the most popular game at that time was Dungeons and Dragons. This was before virtual Ping-Pong. The game was text driven - no graphics what so ever. Other electronic nerds, of similar ilk, would chat on the Citizen Band radios, discussing their latest adventures of Dungeons and Dragons. The funny thing was, we all had similar mental images of the game. The reason for this post is that David’s posted thumbnail image reminded me of a circuit board.
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