First computer desk

Apr 20, 2017 04:28

Inside my studio apartment at 754 5th St. #B in Arcata, 32 years ago.



(Sorry about the overexposure. I tried to improve it with Photoshop, but this was the best I could do.)

Anyway, this was my "workstation" at the time. Although my Macintosh 512K was retired in 1989, it actually still works! That's also the exact same computer table I use today, the exact same mouse pad, and I'm sitting in that exact same straight-back wooden chair right this second. The even-older chair in the foreground is at the work table in my present living room. The desktop organizer at right is also the same one I used in college. I can't think where that is at the moment, but I still have it somewhere.

In the background, I also still have my mom's blue Royal portable typewriter, and my Sony STR-6055 stereo receiver, although I don't actually use either of them anymore. The Dual turntable is still in active service, however, as are the black no-name speakers. The wooden in-box at upper right is from my dad's office, and is still in use in my home office today.

Man, that little place sure was cramped. Even then, I had WAY too much "stuff." ^^
 

nostalgia, home

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