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New York professor discovered in the attic of the computer Apple 30 years ago in the working condition

Нью-йоркский профессор обнаружил на чердаке компьютер Apple 30-летней давности в рабочем состоянии

Professor from New York John Pfaff (John Pfaff) I decided to test the old computer by Apple Computer, pylivshiysya long time in the attic.

It was Apple lle, whose image he posted Saturday on Twitter. Apple lle - a third model series of Apple II personal computers, available for sale in January 1983 of the year. This computer provides the ability to use both uppercase, and lowercase letters, and also had the full functionality of the Shift and Caps Lock. All computer models were phased out in 1993 year.

«Insert the old game disc. asks, I want to restore the saved game. And one finds!, - wrote Professor tweet. — He should be 30 years old. me again 10 years old».

Pfaff restore saved game Adventureland, text-team game, released for microcomputers by Scott Adams (Scott Adams) at 1978 year.

«What should I do next?», - there was a question on the screen. «it's complicated, because after three decades, I can not remember, where he stayed on this tour Adventureland», - writes Pfaff.

Professor also found diskette multiple games at the time, including "Millionaire", "Neuromancer" and "Olympic decathlon".

Pfaff shows a computer for their children. «My oldest, which 9 years old, He said "This is a computer?"With genuine surprise, and then pointed to the floppy disk, and asked, "What is?“, - Professor told. — My younger twins just laughed at, So silly, they thought, he looked".

A source: cnn.com

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